Getting in shape?
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I think the absolute most important thing if you're making any changes to your meals, exercise, life is that these new changes are something you can stick to. I've tried cutting out bread, but I love bread! Same with beer. BEER! It really clicked for me when I was in Atlanta on a week-long business trip a few years back and at every restaurant I went to, the calories were printed next to each item. 1,600 calories for a cheeseburger and fries? No way, that's a 9 mile run to burn it off and it's just not worth it.
When I heard my kid say "Daddy's fat", it woke me up. I was soft and fat - 6'3" and hovering around 220lbs. This was May of 2020 right as the pandemic was sinking in. I had no core muscles and as a result was constantly dealing with back issues. I had a heart arrhythmia and as someone who had kids later in life, I wanted to be healthy and active for my boys. I wanted them to see their Dad exercising so it wasn't a foreign concept to them. So I said fuck this, and started exercising and running. I use dumb bells every morning - even if I don't exercise to failure, I still touch my weights every day. Then I laced up an old pair of Asics, stretched, and pushed myself. Once I got to a point where I could run and breathe with rhythm I didn't want to stop because I worked too hard to get there, and then it was okay to have 4 slices of pizza, or a monster cheeseburger once in a while because tomorrow was a run day and I would burn the calories. Four years later I still run 3.35 miles every other day, in snow, rain, on business trips and I've lost 40 pounds, can feel some solid core muscles in my abdomen and my boys look at my "muscles" now and say OOooooh. And now my 11 year old runs with me on weekends. I can eat what I want, but it feels better to eat healthy because i notice how much better I feel when I do. I made these changes that I could stick to, no keto, carbs, or fasting. Just loosely monitor caloric intake and then do something to burn calories and keep the metabolism going. Find something that you can stick to, and don't quit. There is some mental toughness needed. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm patting myself on the back, but I PROMISE you, if I can do it - anybody can do it.- This is why getting the right crystals is so importantnb