NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS THREAD 2012

[Dr. Love]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Good Job get it girl!

It is Satuurrddaaayyyyy!!!!!!!!

Cheat meal for me today!


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WoooHoooo!

Nice!!!!

I have been pretty good this week. I still need to figure out how to have small meals. I generally snack if I get the chance - a banana is my first pick because I can take my kids down the hall to related arts and eat my banana at the same time.

This week's summary: A mile on Sunday, a mile 1/2 on Monday, zumba for an hour on Wed., and a mile today.

I have lost five pounds since Jan. 1.

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by CFD

Hi all, good to see everyone doing so good. I've been busy and doing a cam in my car so haven't been around much. Anyhow less than a week from my 57th and I am not quite at my single digit body fat goal but am almost there but I am going to have to take a break for a bit, if some of you remember last year I was in the hospital for some kind of blackout. They never did figure it out but we know a few things that seem to trigger it, the worst thing is working on my back in closed quarters, well working under my car yesterday triggered it, I managed to call a friend to come get me, I didn't blackout but was screwed up for a while. I am fine now but am going to take it easy for the next week or so then will be back at it. On a good note, checking over my records I see that last time I was at this body fat level (11%) I was 54 and weighed 168lbs, I am now at 177lbs, you know what that means, a gain of 9lbs lean body mass (muscle). It may not sound like much over a three year period but at my age putting on 9lbs of muscle is ok in my book.

Wow!! I would freak out if I blacked out mostly because I'm a pansy. I hope they figure out exactly whats causing that, sounds scary! Yes yes take it easy! 9lbs! That is good for your age! (Not saying your old )

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Just the person I need. I have done weight training on & off most of my life. I took weight training in college (and kinesiology which I might add was the hardest undergraduate course I ever took!) so I basicly know correct form. I just re-started doing some weight training just using dumbells & ankle weights. I expect muscle soreness, without it I am not working hard enough. But this time I noticed it was hurting a little in my elbows & sholders. I have avoided using resistance bands for several years in exercize classes because they felt like they were putting strain on my joints. No problem, I just substituted equivalent moves with dumbells & all was well. I am 53 yo. The discomfort was not bad & was gone in a day or 2 but is there something different I need to do now that I am .........Okay I'll say it........old :( ?

You said you were using correct for so... I think a little joint pain may be expected if yuo haven't been at it for awhile but if it gets any worse you may want to talk to your doctor. I know my parents take glucosamine for joint strength so that my be something you want to consider as well. As for any additional advice I'll leave that to CFD and the professionals.

Originally Posted by Dr. Love

Nice!!!!

I have been pretty good this week. I still need to figure out how to have small meals. I generally snack if I get the chance - a banana is my first pick because I can take my kids down the hall to related arts and eat my banana at the same time.

This week's summary: A mile on Sunday, a mile 1/2 on Monday, zumba for an hour on Wed., and a mile today.

I have lost five pounds since Jan. 1.

Congrats on the loss! That is great!

[RubyCamaro]

Yeah, I already take Glucosomine/chondriotin supplement.

Congrats on the weight loss Dr. Love!

[CFD]

I can't really give any other self help advice on joint pain. I myself have accepted the fact that it is part of getting old. If you should come up with a remedy I am all ears.

[bossbunny]

I just wanted to post this up...

My fiance will be taking the state trooper test this fall (including their fitness test) and so he is trying to get back into running. We went out and got him some really good running shoes, light and lots of cushion. He ran 3 miles on Friday and 4.5 miles yesterday! I am so very very proud of him.

[SleepWarz]

That's alot of running back to back!
I did a 2 hour hike the other night then went snowboarding the next morning to my bodys great displeasure. I'm recovering much faster than I would have before, usually snowboarding makes me sore but if your sore going into it, not so bad going out lol. Snack then another run tonight after my indoor exercises. Trying very hard to avoid my habit of not eating throughout the day. Maybe some new shoes would help me but at this point my cardio is garbage and that goes long before my legs or feet.

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

Update : Doing real well...I have 4 pounds to go ! Lost 6 and building some muscle...
And even then..I am good to go ! Woot !

Good for you Joanne your almost there, Keep going! WoooHoooo!

Originally Posted by Dznts

today is a definitely a cheat day for me as well. saturday is always great to look foward to after a week of intense working out and eating clean.

I think about my saturday cheat all weak, when I think about eating something bad I just say to myself! STOP, you haven't earned it yet, saturday will be here in a few days!

Originally Posted by ablackburn99

Hey all, I'm back for the 2012 RESOLUTION! I was in the old thread for a while got down to 140 and the started working out, bulking up and stopped trying to lose fat. Now I'm trying to cut down to about 6-8% BF for mid march.

I started my carb cycling diet about 2 weeks ago. It's working out good so for but if anyone has any other carb cycling diets, i would like to know.

day 1 1000 cal. 55% protein/ 40% fat/ 5% carbs
day 2 1500 cal. 45% protein/ 50% fat/ 5% carbs
day 3 2500 cal. 30% protein/ 40% fat/ 30% carbs
repeat

Has anyone started a weekly check in? Ok I'll start.

Started weight BF% waist
1- 8-12 161.6 13.5% 32
1-15-12 154.2 13% 31.5
1-21-12 151.6 12% 30.5

Great to have you back, and please check in and post your progress with us! I look forward to it!!

Originally Posted by TCAT

Wow, I'm surprised I didn't see the old thread or this thread until now. Hopefully I'll have time to be of some help to everyone viewing the thread who needs information regarding weight loss, general nutrition, injury prevention, resistance training, muscle mass, strength imbalance, postural abnormalities, etc., just let me know. My background is in Kinesiology (the study of human movement and performance) and primarily Biomechanics as well. One of the goals in this thread is also to "debunk" a bunch of well known myths out there in regards to health and fitness. You would be surprised how many so called "awesome" personal trainers provide inaccurate and invalid information. I'll try to be around this thread as often as I can, but I'm usually talking about car topics on this forum (naturally ), especially since I talk about health all day Monday-Friday. Hahaha.

Great to have you, happy to have someone to learn from with so much knowledge!

Originally Posted by camaroitalia

sweet its awesome to have you!!
weighed in this morning for my end of the week. I am down 54 pounds!
i was 2 pounds away from what i wanted to hit today :(

Congrats on your 54 pounds! Thats an amazing accomplishment!

Originally Posted by CFD

Hi all, good to see everyone doing so good. I've been busy and doing a cam in my car so haven't been around much. Anyhow less than a week from my 57th and I am not quite at my single digit body fat goal but am almost there but I am going to have to take a break for a bit, if some of you remember last year I was in the hospital for some kind of blackout. They never did figure it out but we know a few things that seem to trigger it, the worst thing is working on my back in closed quarters, well working under my car yesterday triggered it, I managed to call a friend to come get me, I didn't blackout but was screwed up for a while. I am fine now but am going to take it easy for the next week or so then will be back at it. On a good note, checking over my records I see that last time I was at this body fat level (11%) I was 54 and weighed 168lbs, I am now at 177lbs, you know what that means, a gain of 9lbs lean body mass (muscle). It may not sound like much over a three year period but at my age putting on 9lbs of muscle is ok in my book.

9 lbs is great! Congrats!! Hope they can figure out whats going on with ya!

Originally Posted by Dr. Love

Nice!!!!

I have been pretty good this week. I still need to figure out how to have small meals. I generally snack if I get the chance - a banana is my first pick because I can take my kids down the hall to related arts and eat my banana at the same time.

This week's summary: A mile on Sunday, a mile 1/2 on Monday, zumba for an hour on Wed., and a mile today.

I have lost five pounds since Jan. 1.

WOW! thats great Dr. Love! congrats! Keep going, your doing it!!

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Yeah, I already take Glucosomine/chondriotin supplement.

Congrats on hte weight loss Dr. Love!

If I hear about anything else I'll let ya know!

Originally Posted by badgebunny

I just wanted to post this up...

My fiance will be taking the state trooper test this fall (including their fitness test) and so he is trying to get back into running. We went out and got him some really good running shoes, light and lots of cushion. He ran 3 miles on Friday and 4.5 miles yesterday! I am so very very proud of him.

Thats awesome! Go Skip! Go Skip!





Made my meals for the week! I'm ready to kick some AZZ, come on week! Lets do this!


My daughter asked me to take her to the track at the High school, she said she wants to get into great shape for her next cheer competition, So the track we went! Did my cardio i missed yesterday,

Walking Lunges for 2 minutes, sprint for 1 minute, and walking squats for 2 minutes, did this for 50 min. felt great being outside and not in the gym on a treadmill!!!!

[RubyCamaro]

I am proud of myself for eating pretty darn healthy on vacation (just a bit of cheat). And today I worked out with my weights. And no joint pain this time. I guess badgebunny was right, Just my body getting used to using weights again. I also increased my glucosomine supplement seeing what Bonnie takes.

[TCAT]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Just the person I need. I have done weight training on & off most of my life. I took weight training in college (and kinesiology which I might add was the hardest undergraduate course I ever took!) so I basicly know correct form. I just re-started doing some weight training just using dumbells & ankle weights. I expect muscle soreness, without it I am not working hard enough. But this time I noticed it was hurting a little in my elbows & sholders. I have avoided using resistance bands for several years in exercize classes because they felt like they were putting strain on my joints. No problem, I just substituted equivalent moves with dumbells & all was well. I am 53 yo. The discomfort was not bad & was gone in a day or 2 but is there something different I need to do now that I am .........Okay I'll say it........old :( ?

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

I am proud of myself for eating pretty darn healthy on vacation (just a bit of cheat). And today I worked out with my weights. And no joint pain this time. I guess badgebunny was right, Just my body getting used to using weights again. I also increased my glucosomine supplement seeing what Bonnie takes.

Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner. I'll switch to my laptop really quick, so I can type quicker. I'm on my smartphone right now. Then, we'll talk about workout, etc.

[TCAT]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Great to have you, happy to have someone to learn from with so much knowledge!

Thanks! I hope I can help out with something, or contribute in one way or another for everyone.

[Ladybugsmom]

Hello everyone!
I don't really have a "resolution" to lose weight, but I am starting Zumba this week. I'm hoping my knees and shoulders can handle it... I have some genetically messed up joints.
For our local kinesiologist, I have a question: My knees have shallow patellar grooves, which can lead to instability; and in my shoulders, the acromion is curved, which has already led to rotator cuff surgery on one side. So - given these orthopedic issues, any advice on adjusting my movements to avoid problems???

[TCAT]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Just the person I need. I have done weight training on & off most of my life. I took weight training in college (and kinesiology which I might add was the hardest undergraduate course I ever took!) so I basicly know correct form. I just re-started doing some weight training just using dumbells & ankle weights. I expect muscle soreness, without it I am not working hard enough. But this time I noticed it was hurting a little in my elbows & sholders. I have avoided using resistance bands for several years in exercize classes because they felt like they were putting strain on my joints. No problem, I just substituted equivalent moves with dumbells & all was well. I am 53 yo. The discomfort was not bad & was gone in a day or 2 but is there something different I need to do now that I am .........Okay I'll say it........old :( ?

First off, I commend you for resistance training, as many people as they age completely leave it out of there regimen. They tend to focus on cardiovascular work (most of the time because they try to use it as their sole means of weight loss, but it should be primarily used for a healthier cardiovascular system), but they neglect resistance training. It's also a huge benefit that you've taken a Kinesiology course in College because you now have a great idea about exercise movements and proper technique. I can relate to you saying Kinesiology courses can be tough, ha-ha. Some of mine were definitely packed with studying non stop, but I love it, so it eased the mental pain.

As for the joint pain (shoulders and elbows), how long have you been resistance training consistently? Or, in other words, how long was your break from resistance training and how many workouts have you performed since your return to it? Joint pain can be associated with many different aspects, so it's hard to know what the true issue is especially when I haven't worked with you or know your health background and previous injuries (especially in those joints). Many times, the pain is felt in the musculotendinous junction (area where the muscle meets the tendon), and sometimes it's deeper in the joint itself. Since I just read your new post that the pain seems to have subsided, it's seems that it was a minor issue thankfully . From the sound of it, the pain could have been associated with your return to resistance training, and possibly how your performed your resistance training (not necessarily your exercise technique, as you said you feel confident it the movements), but more associated with the repetition range used, sets, overall volume, etc. So, what repetition range did you use (and did you go to muscular fatigue, and how fast were the sets performed while the muscle was under load), and how many sets per muscle group were performed, as well as the range of motion (ROM) performed in the movements (an excessive ROM can be hazardous since the small protein fibers/cells responsible for cross-bridging (in essence, muscle shortening/lengthening) don't have sufficient overlap to actually contract. Think of it like this, they are trying to connect to each other, but they are just too far apart, so this leads to increased risk of muscle strain).

Many times, when introducing resistance training back into an exercise routine after too long of a break, especially if the load used during training is relatively heavy and total volume was high, joint pain will be common. The muscles will definitely be sore from resistance training (also remember, you don't necessarily haveeee to be sore to produce results ). However, the tendons and ligaments take a particularly large beating during training when it's introduced after a break. Tendons take longer to recover than muscles do from a bout of resistance training, since they have a poor blood supply in comparison to muscles. Keep in mind that the tendons are what's carrying tensile forces from muscle to bone. This is one major reason why resistance training is critical as aging occurs. A loaded (from resistance of any sort) muscle will have these loads carried to the tendons, followed by the bone structure. This loading (medium and high intensity resistance only) will help activate beneficial bone cells called osteoblasts, which help build bone density. Osteoclasts are opposing bone cells used to break down and remove bone. Estrogen in females actually inhibits osteoclast activity to help maintain bone mineral density. As females age, and estrogen levels take a hit, they don't have as much of this added benefit they once had. Resistance training has also been shown to be of great benefit to individuals with Osteoarthritis (OA) So, resistance training makes even more sense to help retain as much bone density as possible, as this also provides a great base for an individual to build upon their muscular structure, as well as stabilize joints and reduce the chance of injury.

[Gigachip]

I'm jumping on the train longer this year

[hrpiii]

Originally Posted by Gigachip

I'm jumping on the train longer this year

yeah, last time you made your way to the back of the train and took a nap! Not this time buckoo!