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Mosby
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You are right. One mistake people make is putting on weight over years and trying to take it off in days or a few weeks. When it doesn't work quickly they quit. The rabbit doesn't win this race....the turtle does. This isn't going to be quick and it's going to take time to get to where I want to get too.Working out hard after a longer period of inactivity and cutting to minimum calories to survive is a recipe for disaster.
A lot of this is mental. The first step for me was completely changing what and when I am eating and drinking. I needed a reset. I was eating and drinking crap and eating and drinking it frequently. All hours of the day and night. Your body gets used to all those calories, carbs, sugar and sodium and it becomes part of daily routine. Doughnuts for breakfast, sugar drinks, spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner and snacking on candy and cookies. Rinse and repeat.
I decided I needed to develop a new eating routine relatively quickly. That's all I'm doing. I'm not going hungry but I do go 10-12 hours without food intake, I am controlling portions and counting calories right now but that is in the short term. It did take me a couple days to get my body and mind to adapt to the change but I'm there now. Fish and veg for dinner. It's 10 pm and I'm sipping on a cup of hot tea. That is what I was looking for in the short term and it's sustainable change.
There was a HOF wrestling coach at the U of MN named J Robinson and he once said that loosing weight is easy. Eat less and work harder. The harder you work, the more you get to eat. It's as hard as you want to make it...or as simple.
My calorie intake is fine for what I'm doing right now. This isn't an all or nothing kind of deal. 1500 calories a day isn't a long term ceiling and at my age, with my metabolism, dieting alone would be a waste of time anyway.
Most of what I am doing right now is stretching to get my range of motion back before I start lifting. I'm stiffer than a board right now and it will help prevent injuries going forward. My cardio is a ramping up process too. I'm walking a couple miles a day but my miles need to increase weekly and eventually I'll add a pack, weight and some mountains to the program.
My calories, carbs and protein will increase in the upcoming days and weeks as my cardio and work outs get more frequent and harder but that will be a ramping up process and proportional. Eventually, I should be able to get everything dialed in so I can maintain the fitness gains I make along the way and have a sustainable program going forward. That's the plan right now at least.