Journey, Not A Destination

Those pics are when I was in my prime. Some of them are only a few months old. But things change rapidly when you are at that level and stop with the consistency.

I'm fat and out of shape by my own standards. I just feel soft... probably mental more than anything.

Thanks for the comments though.

And I'll add, I'm really not down on myself. I made a decision to slow things down for a bit for quite a few reasons. I'm just ready to get back in the swings again.
 
Great pic's by the way, I just looked at them for the first time myself, your wife is a little doll. I have but another question for you that has been on my mind for quite some time now, but I felt like an idiot asking somebody about it, but what the hell. When I first started on this new lifestyle change I was roughly up to 200, I'm 5.6 1/2 by the way, and well I'm down to 176 currently. I've been working it really, really hard at least 4 days a week, most the time two days of weight training. My question is.... I've had several people just recently mention to me that I must be close to 145 now, and when I tell them nope I'm still far from that goal, they never seem to believe me, so I'm wondering is it possible I've converted a large portion of my "FAT" to muscle, therefore, since I am getting smaller, but my scale isn't moving down could that be what's going on?? what is the muscle to fat difference weight wise??
 
Hey Bud

Got another question for you. I am having some serious trouble with Side cramps while I run. I am having to stop much sooner than I would like too. I am not tired and really feel like I could keep going but these side cramps are killing me. How can I remedy them? I thought that perhaps it was from all the water I drink during the day but I try to stop drinking water almost an hour before I go on my run. I really am at a loss if you have any pointers I'd appreciate it.
 
Just wanted ta pop in and wish ya ~*Happy Friday!*~ :)

I hope you have a goal reachin' day!

- Thanks for your help re: my lil question yesterday. :D

lol

*Stacy
 
Miss Ladybug said:
Great pic's by the way, I just looked at them for the first time myself, your wife is a little doll. I have but another question for you that has been on my mind for quite some time now, but I felt like an idiot asking somebody about it, but what the hell. When I first started on this new lifestyle change I was roughly up to 200, I'm 5.6 1/2 by the way, and well I'm down to 176 currently. I've been working it really, really hard at least 4 days a week, most the time two days of weight training. My question is.... I've had several people just recently mention to me that I must be close to 145 now, and when I tell them nope I'm still far from that goal, they never seem to believe me, so I'm wondering is it possible I've converted a large portion of my "FAT" to muscle, therefore, since I am getting smaller, but my scale isn't moving down could that be what's going on?? what is the muscle to fat difference weight wise??
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Thanks for the compliments. :)

Fat is a lot more dense than muscle. So lose a lot of fat and maintain a lot of muscle and your body will look drastically different. This is why if people (namely women) went about things properly, they'd be surprised how good they'd look at a weight much higher than what their original goal weight was.

But most prefer to stick with cardio solely. Or, they lift weights, but they stick with the pumping and toning crap.
 
Requiem79 said:
Hey Bud

Got another question for you. I am having some serious trouble with Side cramps while I run. I am having to stop much sooner than I would like too. I am not tired and really feel like I could keep going but these side cramps are killing me. How can I remedy them? I thought that perhaps it was from all the water I drink during the day but I try to stop drinking water almost an hour before I go on my run. I really am at a loss if you have any pointers I'd appreciate it.
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Do you drink anything else? How soon before your bout to you eat?

It make be a weakness/imbalance issue of your core muscles, which would necessitate building up the strength of your abs and lower back.

It could be the fact that you are doing too much too soon.... need to scale back and build up from a less intense starting point.
 
Steve said:
Do you drink anything else? How soon before your bout to you eat?

It make be a weakness/imbalance issue of your core muscles, which would necessitate building up the strength of your abs and lower back.

It could be the fact that you are doing too much too soon.... need to scale back and build up from a less intense starting point.
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Typically I have lunch around 11:30 since I start my day early. Then I am drinking water, lots of it up to about 3:00pm. At which point I stop. I am off at 4:00pm and home right around 4:20 and change and head out on my run. So really I haven't eaten anything in some time. perhaps I am doing to much to soon and if that's the case it will go away in time. My roommate says it could be my breathing so I have been monitoring that but not as much as I should. Perhaps I should add in some crunches and lower back exercises? If so what would you suggest like 50-100 crunches and well I guess I really don't know any lower back exercises. Lol such a newbie to working out.
 
Yea, I doubt it's something with your nutrition.

I'd simply moderate your intensity a little better. Hopefully your body will adapt.

Also throw in some basic strength exercises for the abs and lumbar.

You can start out with 3 sets of 15 reps or so. Eventually, you should add some weight to these exercises. You do not go to a gym, right?











There's some basic ideas.... certainly not written in stone or anything.
 
Steve said:
Yea, I doubt it's something with your nutrition.

I'd simply moderate your intensity a little better. Hopefully your body will adapt.

Also throw in some basic strength exercises for the abs and lumbar.

You can start out with 3 sets of 15 reps or so. Eventually, you should add some weight to these exercises. You do not go to a gym, right?











There's some basic ideas.... certainly not written in stone or anything.
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wow perfect thanks Steve! And no, no gym yet, they are building a LA Fitness right across the street from my office when its open i think i am going to start going but for now it's running. I do have a bowflex but i havent been using it to train just yet. My main focus so far has been dropping the weight and once i reach a certian point i want to start adding in strength training.
 
Bowflexes can get the job done. And adding in some strength training now wouldn't be a bad idea.

Cardio for fat loss and resistance training for muscle building is screwed up logic.

They both, together, work synergistically in a weight loss plan.
 
So Steve what would you recommend weight lifting wise for women and toning?? Do you think Free Weights?? Or are those machines at the gym worth anything?? I sometimes wonder if those machines are a crock.
 
Hi Steve!~

Oh Kim, if you know Steve by now you'll find he doesn't really like the machines as much as he'd recommend free weights! :p Also, don't forget your squats and deadlifts! I remember PMing him MONTHS ago about the best exercises to lift the booty and make that part above the fold of it all nice and plump and succulant, and he suggested the bar or dumbbell squats and deadlifts--so I've been doing them ever since, and my BF is always complimenting my butt. If you're not born with a ghetto booty you can fake it with more muscle! :D Of course, if you're born with a booty like me you can make sure it stays UP, heh heh...
 
Miss Ladybug said:
So Steve what would you recommend weight lifting wise for women and toning?? Do you think Free Weights?? Or are those machines at the gym worth anything?? I sometimes wonder if those machines are a crock.
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There is a time and a place for pretty much anything.

With that said though, I advocate free weights for a vast majority of the situations that can arise. Nothing will ever replace the functionality of free weights.

I do work some machines into the equation, but it's rare.

Unfortunately, there is a huge stigma associated with free weights. Especially with women. Like:

- They'll make me bulky
- They're dangerous

Wrt the first, resistance is resistance. I don't care if you supply it with free weights, machines, a growing calf (who can tell me where this is from?).... you're body really doesn't know the difference.

Wrt the second, living is dangerous. I could make an argument (a good one too) that machines are dangerous. I could also make an argument that staring at this computer screen is dangerous, lol.

Does that answer your question?
 
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Hi Steve!~

Oh Kim, if you know Steve by now you'll find he doesn't really like the machines as much as he'd recommend free weights! :p Also, don't forget your squats and deadlifts! I remember PMing him MONTHS ago about the best exercises to lift the booty and make that part above the fold of it all nice and plump and succulant, and he suggested the bar or dumbbell squats and deadlifts--so I've been doing them ever since, and my BF is always complimenting my butt. If you're not born with a ghetto booty you can fake it with more muscle! :D Of course, if you're born with a booty like me you can make sure it stays UP, heh heh...
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This answers your question too Kim, lol :p

How's it go Val?
 
Curvie Girlie said:
Hi Steve!~

Oh Kim, if you know Steve by now you'll find he doesn't really like the machines as much as he'd recommend free weights! :p Also, don't forget your squats and deadlifts! I remember PMing him MONTHS ago about the best exercises to lift the booty and make that part above the fold of it all nice and plump and succulant, and he suggested the bar or dumbbell squats and deadlifts--so I've been doing them ever since, and my BF is always complimenting my butt. If you're not born with a ghetto booty you can fake it with more muscle! :D Of course, if you're born with a booty like me you can make sure it stays UP, heh heh...
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Thanks VBF!! I wasn't born with junk in the trunk, just nice head lights. LOL LOL SUCKS! but I've been working on the trunk for about 6 months, it's lifting, but it's also getting narrower, what the fu........ damn body! oh well, I need to have the trainer at the gym show me how to use free weights right, because I don't use them enough to really work it I think, I do use the bar and do squats during my Power class, so that I am getting. How many of each should I be doing?? And how much weight? Please Don't hurt me either, I'm still learning on all this weight lifting stuff. And to think during highschool I took weight lifting for gym every time it was offered, you would have thought I would retain some of what I was taught... or maybe I was just to busy checking out the studs. LOL LOL
 
It's great, Steve--did weights today but not a long session, unfortunately. Still staying solid, though--it's raining over here and therefore the season has started, so I'll be running a lot less and be in the gym more. Which is fine, time for the elliptical I guess. I haven't stepped on that thing since you said one doesn't have to incorprate cardio on their weight days, or at least, not at the same time of day. So normally I'd run one day, lift the next, do kickboxing, and so on--it was liberating to get rid of the elliptical time before my weights! On the best days, I run before work, and lift after, then do yoga--talk about sore! But that's rare.
 
Miss Ladybug said:
Thanks VBF!! I wasn't born with junk in the trunk, just nice head lights. LOL LOL SUCKS! but I've been working on the trunk for about 6 months, it's lifting, but it's also getting narrower, what the fu........ damn body!
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Genetics.

Ain't they a bitch?

oh well, I need to have the trainer at the gym show me how to use free weights right, because I don't use them enough to really work it I think,
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Hopefully the trainer doesn't need to have somebody show him how to 'work it right' too.

I do use the bar and do squats during my Power class, so that I am getting.
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What's a power class?

How many of each should I be doing?? And how much weight? Please Don't hurt me either, I'm still learning on all this weight lifting stuff.
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If you are still learning, absolutely no weight. Or just the bar.

Don't add weight until you are 100% comfortable with the movement.

How many you should do depends on the rest of your program.
 
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