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I'm at work and a see many older folks with a huge gut. How do I avoid this?
- Thread starter Dorothy Gale
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Start taking daily walks, get a bike and commute to work without a car or public transport. Educate yourself about proper eating habits, nutrition, and how to portion.
Normally I wouldn't pin something like that down to one thing, but everyone I know with a large gut is a huge beer/binge drinker.
Moderation at all times.
Moderation at all times.
Most of those guys spend their days sitting around, drinking cheap beer and eating nachos. As long as you eat (semi) healthy and move around from time to time, you should be fine.
1. Calories in vs. Calories out.
2. Live a life where you don't get so bummed that you don't care if you eat yourself to death.
Honestly start slow, if you go from no exercise to tons and shit diet to great diet you likely won't stick to it.
Unless you are already morbidley obese (aka you need to fix it now or die) take baby steps.
1. Drinking a ton of beer/full sugar soda? Switch to lower/no calorie drinks and hopefully no soda eventually.
2. Not exercising at all? Go for a 20 min walk every two days, then start either jogging or going to the gym 1-2 times a week (even if you're just doing random isolation machines to avoid the "scary" stuff it's a better start than nothing) then if you like lifting go from there to find a real routine.
3. Consider your diet, going from candy and pasta and other carbs to 0 carbs is going to make you hate the planet. Slowly transition, smaller amounts of sweets. Love ice cream? Start buying some of the "healthy" brands like halo top. Obsessed with pasta? Start better controlling your portions/try whole wheat.
2. Live a life where you don't get so bummed that you don't care if you eat yourself to death.
Honestly start slow, if you go from no exercise to tons and shit diet to great diet you likely won't stick to it.
Unless you are already morbidley obese (aka you need to fix it now or die) take baby steps.
1. Drinking a ton of beer/full sugar soda? Switch to lower/no calorie drinks and hopefully no soda eventually.
2. Not exercising at all? Go for a 20 min walk every two days, then start either jogging or going to the gym 1-2 times a week (even if you're just doing random isolation machines to avoid the "scary" stuff it's a better start than nothing) then if you like lifting go from there to find a real routine.
3. Consider your diet, going from candy and pasta and other carbs to 0 carbs is going to make you hate the planet. Slowly transition, smaller amounts of sweets. Love ice cream? Start buying some of the "healthy" brands like halo top. Obsessed with pasta? Start better controlling your portions/try whole wheat.
Eat one bowl of mushroom soup a day. Nothing else.
On Sundays you can add a pinch of salt for flavour.
You won't need to drink because soup is already mostly water.
On Sundays you can add a pinch of salt for flavour.
You won't need to drink because soup is already mostly water.
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Eat a lot of vegetables. Know what your body can and can't do. Don't eat fast food. Alcohol in moderation.
Sign up for yoga classes, vinyasa/flow classes are a great work out. Msg me if you're interested, or ask here and I can give you info.
Work out if not yoga.
Remove as much sugar from your diet as you can.
There are tons of different recommendations for eating and living healthy. You need to find some that work for you. I'd search on Google to get a wide variety of advice. There are countless, countless articles on how to be healthy and it'll mostly all work. You just need to be able to make it a part of your life. Major change will probably not be permanent.
Start good habits now. More protein, less carb. Regular exercise. Reasonable portion size. Anyone over the age of 30 has to work harder to keep the weight off and it keeps getting harder. Key factor is genetics. If your family is thinner by nature, you're luckier, and your metabolism is such that your skinny no matter what.
And it is complicated. Just not for some. If it was easy there wouldn't be an worldwide industry on weight loss and healthy diet.
And it is complicated. Just not for some. If it was easy there wouldn't be an worldwide industry on weight loss and healthy diet.
Is there anything you believe you are struggling with at the moment?
Cut out fast food and sodas. Exercise and plenty of water to kill off hunger. Also no late nigh eating helps.
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Feel free to post anything helpful. I have difficulty reaching my toes.
Weigh yourself weekly and adjust your diet accordingly.
Being active and fit helps but at the end of the day being active won't be enough if your diet consists of 4000 calories worth of sugary garbage daily.
Being active and fit helps but at the end of the day being active won't be enough if your diet consists of 4000 calories worth of sugary garbage daily.
I find working out will make you slim before it will make you too bulky anyway. A little bit of muscle will help you burn off more than that in fat.
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It really depends on where you live. In NYC, I walk a ton, so I can eat a lot more than I would in the burbs. Otherwise, my advice is...
1. Keep a picture of you that shows you as overweight. Refer to it weekly, unless it makes you cry. Then look at it everyday instead.
2. Build muscle. It lets you eat more. I prefer to watch TV/Netflix and lift weights, use resistance bands. It keeps you fit and you can catch up on stuff you've missed.
3. Per others, keep your calories hovering around 2,000. Watch out for shitty foods. You know your vices. Cut back when you can.
4. Get a bit overweight? Use myfitnesspal to count calories for a few weeks. It will stop you from eating poorly.
5. Join a gym if you can.
6. Most important of all, you're doing this for YOU. Not for a significant other, not to impress those around you, but because you want to feel and look good.
My personal motivations include all of the above, plus my fathers weight issues, my divorce, and getting better abs than my daughters, who's stomachs are spider-webbed with the most amazing muscles. I'm jelly.
1. Keep a picture of you that shows you as overweight. Refer to it weekly, unless it makes you cry. Then look at it everyday instead.
2. Build muscle. It lets you eat more. I prefer to watch TV/Netflix and lift weights, use resistance bands. It keeps you fit and you can catch up on stuff you've missed.
3. Per others, keep your calories hovering around 2,000. Watch out for shitty foods. You know your vices. Cut back when you can.
4. Get a bit overweight? Use myfitnesspal to count calories for a few weeks. It will stop you from eating poorly.
5. Join a gym if you can.
6. Most important of all, you're doing this for YOU. Not for a significant other, not to impress those around you, but because you want to feel and look good.
My personal motivations include all of the above, plus my fathers weight issues, my divorce, and getting better abs than my daughters, who's stomachs are spider-webbed with the most amazing muscles. I'm jelly.
Yeah getting bulk is a challenge as you have to consider what you eat, what supplements you take.
Hard to really give tips if we don't know where you're at now. Are you looking to lose weight? Just maintain it?
Count your calories, there are apps. Cut unnecessary carbs/sugar. Have some kind of workout, whatever you like. The most important thing is to keep at it, no matter what it is.
Diet is the main lever on gaining/losing weight. Exercise or lack thereof can help move things along, but diet is much more important.
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