Gettin’ Right...Health-Wise!!!

[Big_Stacks]

Hey Guys,





The weird thing with me is that I'm a big guy, true enough, but my cholesterol is only 117 and I have good blood pressure (110/70 or so slightly lower, on average). The reason for that is that I was an athlete throughout my life, so I was always working out (even during the college drink, spliff, Taco Hell era) and I'm a Type-B, non-worrying type cat. Also, I generally eat healthy by not shaking salt, consuming few fried foods, rarely eating fast-food (use to have an occasional Whopper), sweets (which I've cut out completely), red-meat, and so on as has been said by others. In addition, I don't even drink much just an occasional beer or drink here or there. My biggest three vices are:





-Coffee (cut back to a cup a day, teaspoon of sugar).


-Cigarettes (quit cold turkey).


-Sedentary (lazy fuck, couch-potato) lifestyle (hitting the treadmill 5 days a week).





So, my battle are with these three things. I've dropped weight before so I know what to do, and I've been doing it so far. I'm definitely driven to "get right" health-wise for good, not for superficial reasons either, but to maintain good health and longevity.





Peace,





Big Stacks from Kakalak

 

[grandpa_shig]

here's a lil hint on the quit smoking end. i was a half a pack to pack a day parli lite smoker. i switched to them american spirit lite things and now i only smoke like 2 a day.

gotta get on that exercise tho. summer's coming and the ladies are expecting me in a sling back.

 

[day]

gotta get on that exercise tho. summer's coming and the ladies are expecting me in a bananna hammock.

 

[djanna]

I've never been skinny, but I've been feeling super chunky lately, I think I put on a lot of weight last year when everything was going down with my dog and the police and I was injured and depressed and got fat without realizing it.

I quit smoking 2 years ago and now I can really work out. I joined a gym and I just upped my eliptical sessions from 30 minutes to 45 minutes so hopefully I will see some progress. I eat good, but I'm a vegetarian and I get caught in the carb trap sometimes, though lately I have been really good about eating less bread, only whole grains, and more fresh veggies.

I also do yoga once a week to keep my back happy.

Shit is hard though!

 

[threetwosix]

Starting riding a bike instead of driving on those bullshit short missions. It's good exercise and even in urban gridlock situations can be really enjoyable. You'll soon start riding further and faster, getting to your destination way before you would in a car. Start slow and don't get discouraged. In addition, no ga$, in$urance, parking fee$, etc.

When it's just the bike, you and the road, it's a mental workout as well. Wear a helmet as messy hair is sexier than a dome that looks like a stitched baseball.

 

[Mangoman]

Just play the Dead Prez track "BE HEALTHY" that worked for me, I ate what ever I wanted but as long as that song played I lost like 20lb. and if you convert that to grams I lost 9071.85g so it seems more mentally

 

I used to have a partner at my job for 2.5 years, he was all into bodybuilding and staying right. Plus, the guy I used to cop herbs from was a trainer, and on top of that my sister married a bodybuilder so I have a lot of resources to draw from.

But yeah man, it's been said in this thread many times but I'll add my own spin...water water water.

I carry a gallon jug of Poland Spring with me in my truck at work, and many times it is done by the end of the day. Next day, I refill it at the filtered faucet and do it all again. Add to that maybe another liter or two at home and I'm pretty well hydrated.

Once a week, usually Monday or Tuesday, I drop an entire lemon into the mix. Take the lemon, seperate the fruit from the rind, crush it up to get the juices out, and dump it all into the jug. Shake it as the day goes on to get the pulp going. It strips out the crap that I ate over the weekend in a timely and respectful manner, plus it's like a steady Vitamin C drip.

My job can get fairly physical sometimes, so it's a good way to keep me energized throughout the day.

Other than that I eat a ton of chicken and fish, do pushups and run.

 

[HAZ]

Hi,

I got on a fitness kick about 2 years ago. I became a vegetarian & started running & walking whenever I could. I dropped about 60 pounds & now weigh about 180. I wanna drop another 10 over the summer. Didn't get much exercise this winter & I'm feeling a little flabby.

Peace

h

 

[Jonny_Paycheck]

I took a page from Bambouche and rocked the following:

Rotini
Steamed broccoli
roasted red pepper
tomato
black olives
white cheddar

dressed with balsamic, olive oil, a bit of pepper and white wine.

Very nice. Shit is banging

Had to rock the lager with it though... I need SOME poison!



Red Foxx said, "you're gonna look like a goddamn fool sitting in the hospital, dying from nothing"

 

[Raystar]

I think everybody should try to fast at least once... I mean like three days at least, you have never felt better or even more relaxed... you have to prepare your body though... try to get as much crap out of your large intestine as possible... you really need to read at least one book about it so you'll know what to expect... it aint easy but you have never felt better...

 

[Jonny_Paycheck]

You mean like straight through, or dawn to dusk?

 

[Raystar]

I mean whole days... not on some we can eat before the sun comes up... thats weak...

 

[Zeke]

Eat less, more frequently (to keep metabolism up)

This needs to be the mantra of the overweight.

I've been dealing with the issue of eating too damn much (no need for scientific terms) for the past 6 years of my life, and I swear that since I started eating small amounts of food 4-6 times a day things have seriously changed. I've lost 20 lbs in the past 5 months. In the past three I haven't excercised at all beyond physical therapy, and the weight hasn't come back on yet.

For me, it's about fist-sized amounts of WHOLE foods every 2-4 hours.

This comes from a fat kid (still claiming) who loves to eat.

Peace,
Zeke

 

[Jxarchive]

Companies are shitting themselves because trans fat is their whole game in a nutshell.... apparently McDonalds fries rely on the stuff. What's ironic is that it might mean they go back to using more saturated fat for better "mouth feel"!

That scene on the "Supersize Me" DVD where the french fries didn't even start to biodegrade after 8 weeks or so should freak anyone out, whether you love fast food or not.
Great documentary. Anyone read Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation? The section on the
New Jersey taste factories explains how food, such as those mcfries, has been
engineered to taste so good. The slaughterhouse chapters are another story entirely.

 

[yuichi]

american spirit

When i used to smoke, I smoked Marlboro mediums or lights or parliaments or whatever. And when i would ocassionally smoke a menthol cigg. or american spirit or charcoal-filtered mild sevens, it would give me this wierd cough that would last for months. has anybody ever experienced this?!