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OK so after being diagnosed with high cholesterol at the age of 33 just a few months ago I've decided to take drastic action and start to eat right and exercise.


It's been 2 months now and I have so far lost 22 lbs so I thought I'd start a thread where people can share their health & fitness tips, personal experiences or new health research/studies that could be beneficial to others. I know when I started out I had lots of questions and had to Youtube a lot of it or just look it up online.


Here is some of what I did:

- Eliminate sugar from my diet (switched to stevia if I needed to make coffee, etc)

- Cut down on refined Carbs (white rice/bread)

- Cut down on red meat (restricted to less than 30g per day)

- Eat more fruits and vegetable

- Downloaded calorie counting app to keep track of what I ate each day VS how much energy I expended

- Fast 1-2 per week (usually about 20 hours each time)

- Bought a 2nd hand treadmill & a home gym (best thing I ever did)

- Interval training (sprint 1 min, walk 1 min, alternate for 45 min. per day).

- Weight training 10 min. per day. (push up, pull down. exercise ball).


Youtube has been really helpful, I found this guy's channel had been particularly helpful to me. He does a great job of explaining how your body works, incorporating how to eat properly and also provides some really useful exercise suggestions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8FRuXJuImM

So if you have any Health & Exercise Tips - feel free to share them here!!!
 


Good job triple k
 
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Trojan is a crappy name for a brand of condoms......
It's basically named after something that penetrated the stronghold, then broke open and thousands of little guys poured out and ****ed everyone's day up
 
fishonjazz said:
Trojan is a crappy name for a brand of condoms......
It's basically named after something that penetrated the stronghold, then broke open and thousands of little guys poured out and ****ed everyone's day up
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Haha.... true dat.
 
Another I forgot to mention above is I started snacking on nuts instead of potato chips or corn chips.


Try a handful of pistachio or almonds instead, they're just as tasty and is much better for you too.
 
A balanced diet that contains vegetables, grains, and proteins, along with a daily exercise regiment that includes strength and cardio training. That's all your body needs to stay healthy. It's not rocket science.
 
fishonjazz said:
Trojan is a crappy name for a brand of condoms......
It's basically named after something that penetrated the stronghold, then broke open and thousands of little guys poured out and ****ed everyone's day up
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I'd rather get herpes than a wear a chicken choker. The best piece advice that I can offer is to never wear a condom.










Secretly hoping y'all die from AIDS
 
I've been trying to get into shape as well.

Besides a balanced diet and a daily multivitamin the only things I worry about are total calories and sugar. As long as I'm not eating too many calories I don't care at all about fat, carbs, whatever else, just try to eat as close to no simple sugar as possible. I have been trying to increase the amount of fiber in my diet through whole foods.

I generally eat pretty well. 90% of what I eat is homemade from scratch, so I know what's in what I eat.

The worst part of my diet is the residual sugar in beer and the calories in beer. Other than that I've been doing really well.

I have been exercising 30min/day 5 days a week with a mix of straight cardio one day and a bootcamp style workout (calisthenics) the next day. Tomorrow is my weekly weigh-in day but I'm down 18lbs since I started on Jan. 5th as of my weigh-in last week. And down 3" on my waist.

I got a Jawbone UP wristband as a gift and have been logging my steps. I'm averaging 16k steps a day and that's counting weekends when I don't really make an effort to get a lot of steps. Most of my walking happens at work and on workdays I'm usually between 18k and 20k steps.

I feel a lot better and have noticeably more strength and flexibility. I did this about a year and a half ago and made good progress but quit once I started working 12hr night shifts. I'm off night shifts and that all by itself makes a huge difference.
 
This is another useful Youtube channel if you're into research & studies. He talks about new scientific research into food and what is or isn't beneficial to you then you can go and read the research for yourself if you're interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3yp0oTd1YA
 
Gameface said:
I've been trying to get into shape as well.

Besides a balanced diet and a daily multivitamin the only things I worry about are total calories and sugar. As long as I'm not eating too many calories I don't care at all about fat, carbs, whatever else, just try to eat as close to no simple sugar as possible. I have been trying to increase the amount of fiber in my diet through whole foods.

I generally eat pretty well. 90% of what I eat is homemade from scratch, so I know what's in what I eat.

The worst part of my diet is the residual sugar in beer and the calories in beer. Other than that I've been doing really well.

I have been exercising 30min/day 5 days a week with a mix of straight cardio one day and a bootcamp style workout (calisthenics) the next day. Tomorrow is my weekly weigh-in day but I'm down 18lbs since I started on Jan. 5th as of my weigh-in last week. And down 3" on my waist.

I got a Jawbone UP wristband as a gift and have been logging my steps. I'm averaging 16k steps a day and that's counting weekends when I don't really make an effort to get a lot of steps. Most of my walking happens at work and on workdays I'm usually between 18k and 20k steps.

I feel a lot better and have noticeably more strength and flexibility. I did this about a year and a half ago and made good progress but quit once I started working 12hr night shifts. I'm off night shifts and that all by itself makes a huge difference.
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Well done bro, sounds like you're on the right track there too.
 
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