Gettin’ Right...Health-Wise!!!

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Big_Stacks

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Hey Guys,

You're killing me with all that fast-food talk. The wife and I are "gettin' right" health-wise by working out regularly, eating right, and quitting smoking. I'm approaching 40 years old (in 4 years) where all the problems start, so "Time Has Come Today". The last few years I've kind of let my lifestyle slide down the proverbial hill. I already eat right, outside of the occasional "Whopper" fiendin' and sweets. Gettin' my fat ass on the treadmill (right beside my bed, mind you) 5 times a week is a must because I lay around too damn much. But, quitting smoking is gonna be a bitch!!!! I'm nic-fittin' right now. Anybody else trying to get right health-wise?

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak
 
Trying! Eat less, more frequently (to keep metabolism up) and take walks around campus (briskly!!!!) Cardio+weights.





AND with smoking, I read where this guy ate a carrot everytime he got the urge to smoke a cigarette. He ate so many that the beta carotene turned his skin yellow. Weird but TRUE!!!


Peace


T.N.
 
I try to go to the gym at least three times a week but I usually end up too tired after twelve hours of school and work. This past summer I was going four times a week and felt great. Hopefully I can keep that up this summer.
 
lay off the carbs and cheese. my diet for the last few years has been on some disgraceful shit. i'm talkin like 70% carbs and cheese with little to no ruffage....i am a tall lanky fuck but i definitely have a gut coming through....bike rides though and a trip the gym and the occasional sit up/push up session at home will make all the difference
 
I just got back into my running schedule (3-4 miles outside, 5 times a week). I used to fuck around and try cardio at the gym but it just isn't the same as running outdoors. I also started playing badminton, and will most likely start playing tennis again when it gets warmer. On the diet tip, I eat lots of vegetables and lean protein, and have recently substituted soy bean oil for vegetable oil which cut a substantial amount of saturated fat out of my diet. Beer is still my greatest enemy. For real though, it's CRAZY how much better you'll feel (mentally and physically) after only a few weeks of living right.
 
I just got back into my running schedule (3-4 miles outside, 5 times a week). I used to fuck around and try cardio at the gym but it just isn't the same as running outdoors. I also started playing badminton, and will most likely start playing tennis again when it gets warmer. On the diet tip, I eat lots of vegetables and lean protein, and have recently substituted soy bean oil for vegetable oil which cut a substantial amount of saturated fat out of my diet. Beer is still my greatest enemy. For real though, it's CRAZY how much better you'll feel (mentally and physically) after only a few weeks of living right.
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Yeah Breakself,





That's the weird thing, I've been an active guy all my life. I pushed the boundaries a bit on some lifestyle shit back then (drink, buddah, and bonin'), but otherwise, lived a fairly clean life. I don't know what happened in the last few years, but it was like I said "fuck it". Got all big and stopped working out consistently. Shit, I used to dunk before I got married. Huh? Maybe there is an insight, getting married makes you...lazy!!!! No excuse, but that seems to be around the time my lifestyle started slippin' though. I never kept sweets in the house until I got married and didn't have great (but good) home cookin' either as a bachelor.





Peace,





Big Stacks from Kakalak
 
not toally healthy living but one thing i have done to get some more greens into my diet is to blend a fistful of baby spinach into my morning smoothies. sounds nasty but spinach doesnt really have a powerful scent/taste so it goes down pretty smoothly. throw in a carrot, some berries, vegan rice protein, OJ and soy milk and youve got yourself one powerful smoothie / way to start your day...

oh yeah, get at least some cardio in your daily grind and no munchies after 9pm.

good luck.
-rich
 
i quit smoking cold turkey 8 1/2 months ago.

im trying to eat better, my girl and i started rolling sushi the other night and we are already getting pretty decent at it. and if you get the crabstick at the grocery store its pretty cheap. i dont know how good that is for you though, the crabstick.

salads too, i need to eat some more of them.

my problem is the beer. i drink a healthy amount. like chill out at the house making beats or whatever and drink 4 or five beers. i need to cut that shit out and save it for when i go out.
 
Maybe there is an insight, getting married makes you...lazy!!!!
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ABSOLUTELY!! About a year after I started dating my present girlfriend I just got apathetic about living healthy. I was so comfortable with the relationship i just figured, 'who do i have to impress when i'm coming home to a dime piece urrr night?'. The problem is the laziness extends to the rest of your life and before you know it you're spending 6 hours a day on soulstrut and 6 on ebay.

stay focused.


no munchies after 9pm.
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This one is really difficult for me, but so necessary.
 
I've been making some changes in the way I live lately. Somehow I lost 15lbs since December. I still don't get it. 185->170 like woah. I don't know what exactly is working, but this is what I've been doing recently:

B-boy practices 3x a week has really gotten my lively hood back. It whipped me into shape when I was in high-school, and now I'm continuing to get back to where I left off. Haven't felt this good since 18.

NO MORE SODA! I'm doing away with the sugars. And have been substituting most of my snack craves with hot tea or cold water. I totally curbed the fast food as well, except for quiznos and subway. Making my rations a little smaller than norm too. I didn't think I could get thru the day without a whole footlong sub at one point.

I've also been staying up much later and sleeping less. Maybe this is effecting a lot. Even though I'm just busy working on this computer for most of these extra hours in my day.

But yeah man. Good luck with it all, especially the smoking (that might be the toughest). The whole key is consistency. I've been told if you can be strict with something for 30 days straight, you can be strict with it for life, but you have to muscle your way through those first 30 days. They are the most important days. They will set the tone.
 
just think about your the records you can buy if you don't buy junk food.

I don't drink soda, eat candy bars, chips, ice cream cuz they all cost too much.

When I go shopping I don't buy no junk food cuz the bill is too high with just the shit I need. (Cuz I wait till the fridge's empty before I go buy groceries)

The hardest part is making my girl not buy junk food.

She got me hooked on them mini ranch rice cakes. Also ice pops are good.

 
NO MORE SODA!
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Yeah, leave that sh*t alone... it does nothing good for you. Rots your teeth, gives you a gut, and if it's got caffiene the sh*t can be seriously addictive. Getting off of Coke (the Cola, I mean) was no easy task for me- crazy headaches errrday. I'm almost strictly Juicy Juice now and have been for awhile. Still need to drink more water, but water is just sooooo boring. There's nothing better for your body, though.

I have GOT to get into shape this summer, or at least some semblance of it. I don't think I'll ever see my 175 lb. well defined torso with the abs of steel again, though... it just gets so much more difficult to stay disciplined as you get older. I'm gon' try regardless.
 
I'm on my fourth attempt to quit smoking. I only started in the first place when my college girlfriend dumped me. Two years later we got back together but by then I had the habit. Two years after that and now she's telling me everyday to quit. Yesterday, I found a couple old butts in my apartment, squeezed the tobac out of them and made myself a fresh cig. (I don't think that counts.) Is there any credence to gradually weening yourself off the smokes -- like 15 a day, then a month later ten a day....?

Oh and I'm trying to eat more fish but am worried about mercury poisoning. If I quit smoking so I can be an old dude, don't I want to have my mind intact???
 
Capri Sun is ganKsta too!

And ice cold water is the sh!t

the only fattening shit I wont stop drinking is beer and alcohol.
 
damn, yall are all on some good shit.
when kids at hte school ask me what to do, firs tthing i mention is the soda. kill it. keep in mind even 100% juice is mad sugar too. its just that juice has good vitamins,etc. along with it (but not as much as the whole fruit).

ive been severly time challenged lately, not much time for gym and working out. i try to exercise while working....biking to work , skipping elevators, etc.
sets of situps, pushups, pullups, etc whenever i get the chance...even if its spread throghout the day.

whole grains...protein,fiber,vitmains, minerals, antioxidants...its superfood. refined grains (whitebread,whiterice,etc) is pretty much just starch, soon to be sugar...not doing anything for you.


i still got along way to go...theres a lot of habits i gotta learn. but our world is designed for overworked, sedentary, convenience living.....its hard for an individual to stay healthy in this shit.

good look yall. especialmente with the cigarillos, stacks. no more pocket money to jesse helms! fuck that follllll!

 
Damn, I want a cigarette. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!! I'm fiendin' like Pookie!!! I've stopped cold-turkey.





Peace,





Big Stacks from Kakalak
 
Become a vegetarian.
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Yep. I get absolutely no exercise but at 35 years old and 5'11", I've been able to stay around 165lb-175lbs by never smoking in my life, eating right with no meat or dairy, no soft drinks (ok maybe 1 a week), and about 2 gallons (no joke) of water a day. Sure I drink a lot more beer since I started DJing 4 years ago, and would probably weigh 160lbs if I didn't. But hey, I can still fit into my 1995 wedding suit without worrying about that top trouser button popping off so it's all good.

Good luck Stacks from a fellow Carolinian wishing you
NONSTOP WILLPOWER??MY MAN
 
Damn, I want a cigarette. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!! I'm fiendin' like Pookie!!! I've stopped cold-turkey.

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak
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run around the block. and do 4 sets of 20pushups. proceed to taking shower, and pigging out while watching t.v. does the trick for me.

almost 2 months cold-turkey for me. we in this together PEOPLES!
 
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