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[Ballhawk]

still over weight , i am down to 222 from 255 . i am hoping that if i lose weight i will get that blood pressure under control . I am going for walks and got an Ipod to take along . A little 2 gig , its more than i need . i also picked up APA pool again , lots of fun .
what sucks is that the place i need to lose it is the gut ....its a pain to get rid of 

[Rick]

Good luck Ballhawk.  I weigh 168 and feel like my gut is big.  Try to get your heart rate up even in short spurts.  That's the best way to get the pounds off and get that blood pressure down.  It's a lot tougher to get off than it was to put it on.

[PatsFan]

Good Luck !!

[Ballhawk]

thanks all ...to think at one time i was 185 .

["RIVERS"]

still over weight , i am down to 222 from 255 . i am hoping that if i lose weight i will get that blood pressure under control . I am going for walks and got an Ipod to take along . A little 2 gig , its more than i need . i also picked up APA pool again , lots of fun .
what sucks is that the place i need to lose it is the gut ....its a pain to get rid of 

Bro..you have always been a 'big man'...but no---you are on the right track towards health...I see you doing even more Ballhawk. More would be joining that gym that is right around your co'.

So now what?

be  healthy and stop being a big fat pig---or kiss your loved ones good-bye and be a dead big fat pig,....seems an easy choise to me.

[catman]

I have recently dropped from 210 to 190, but I'm not really sure why, other than I'm not eating as much as I used to.

[Ballhawk]

no gym , i am strapped for cash , it has to be walking . no sit ups , my back can not take it .
i have cut back on my eating habits and i now take fish oil , one a day , potassium and garlic [ some one told me garlic helps blood pressure ]
and no energy drinks , shots or pills . i have been ready bad thinga about that . At work i drink water , an V8 and O.J then at the end of work one soda , i don't always finish it .

[501]

Eat lots of chicken breast, cod and 97% lean beef. Bread has tons of calories, cut back on it. We wrap our burgers with big lettuce leaves and top with salsa.

Good job buddy! Keep up the good work! 

[Ballhawk]

Eat lots of chicken breast, cod and 97% lean beef. Bread has tons of calories, cut back on it. We wrap our burgers with big lettuce leaves and top with salsa.

Good job buddy! Keep up the good work! 

bread ....man thats my favorite , i eat multi grain . Chicken breast is good and lean beef , sometimes . I need to keep walking and getting out , i know now diet alone will not do it . one time i was at the beach sleeping and when i woke up i had a tag on my ear LOL .

[Ballhawk]

I walked two laps today at the park by my house . one lap is 3/4 of a mile and it takes me 15 min for one lap . little by little .

great, Ballhawk! I need to lose about 20 lbs also- most of mine is just to much beer! Keep us posted as you work it, advise of new recipes and such!
We eat lots of chicken, and pork also- pork not the leanest, but cheap and tasty grilled/baked!

[Ballhawk]

great, Ballhawk! I need to lose about 20 lbs also- most of mine is just to much beer! Keep us posted as you work it, advise of new recipes and such!
We eat lots of chicken, and pork also- pork not the leanest, but cheap and tasty grilled/baked!

the gut is the hardest i am finding out  , we must get active . diet alone will not do it . I think if we get a routine down and get some sort of exercise in the pounds will fall off .
i am trying to control the amount of which i eat first . cheap is my thing too right now so i have to get active and control the amount .

[catman]

Walking is a very good way to exercise.  You need to get your heart-rate into the "exercise" level -- about 120 BPM -- and keep it there for 15-20 minutes.  A nice brisk 30 minute walk daily should do that. 

also- the last 5 minutes of exercise does more long term good than the rest combined! anytime you can walk a little longer, the benefit increases....
2 15-20 minute walks are good, but 1 30 minute walk is better (or obviously, 2 30 minute walks!)

["RIVERS"]

Weight training is the best way to lose excess weight on your body. Your body burns caloric value through-out the day so all training IS NOT equal.

Let me explain it so--- say you burn 100 calories running. you can add about 10% to that number for recovery during the day and that's about all...total = 110.

Say you burn 100 calories weight training. You can add about 50% to that number for the day as your your muscles require more energy to feed and be replenished through enzymes and metabolism.....total =150.

 The extra gain of mass vs. fat also contributes to a more continuous burn of calories...even hours after rest.

Maybe think of it this way-- your body is either quiet or in motion. Quiet burns little, motion burns more but is easily recovered with a brief respite after exercise (even a 30 minute run puts your body back in 'rest' shortly after you finished your jog). Training with weights , on the other-hand, is very different---your body needs to fuel for hours because muscle is larger and needs fuel to feed itself simply because it (you) now has a greater mass and a greater mass (or heavier car) requires more fuel to go the same distance as a smaller mass.

The key to weight loss is weight gain...muscle weighs more then fat and uses energy (calories) to 'recover' from it's last 'work-out'---for HOURS at a time. . Don't worry about how much you weigh on a scale...it's pretty much irrelevant (unless your 450!).