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What have you done to get healthy?
« on: January 29, 2013, 10:18:54 PM »
I have lost 11kg in 10 weeks, and I am now wearing the smallest Jeans I have owned in 3 years  :thumb

Teela is up to 12kg lost with almost 13 inches lost from her waistline in the same time!

Anytime Fitness Toowoomba have really been first class in helping us reach our goals, and helping us lose weight and get fit responsibly.

We have cut most of the high sugar (soft drinks, junk food), and just started eating more salad, fish, and eating smaller less supersize portions...

Our motivation is national rally, and our wedding coming up, but most of all was to feel good about ourselves and get some energy back in our lives.

All of which got me thinking...

Have you had the life moment that said I am getting healthy? And why did you do it?
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2013, 06:20:02 AM »
Well done and congratulations to Teela and Streak :thumbs

I've done nothing.....  :eat
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2013, 09:36:35 AM »
Here is a family photo we took this morning as Aiden is off to his first day of prep! teela got a fright as she is used to looking like an umpalumpa  :crackup

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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2013, 01:14:18 PM »
Gee, I won't recognise you so let me know who you are!  Very well done as it takes a lot of commitment and willpower   :thumbs.  I have always been about the same weight, but I have gone from 65kgs when I was 18 to 72kg just now..must be old age and all that extra muscle  :whistle
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2013, 09:54:07 PM »
Well done Graham and Teela.
 :runyay :runyay :runyay :runyay

My "aha moment" was about 2 1/2 years ago.  Since then I have lost 50kg and 6 dress sizes (I actually kept a pair of jeans to remind me of where I was, and my 12yo daughter and I can both climb into them together).  Initially lost 40kg in 12 months, then the last 10kg took me another 12 months.  Still backslide occasionally, especially when my asthma prevents me from exercising, and at the same time have medication that increases appetite.... But still, I'm slimmer now than I was at 15.  I have a jacket that was tailored for me all those years ago that is now way too big.
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2013, 09:39:13 AM »
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Thats a ripper Mate,,
I just wish mine would stay off but every time I loose some kg's I turn the
corner and ZAP there it is.  :grin
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2013, 10:16:24 AM »
Streak that 11kg you lost.......I found it for you !!!!!! Get back to you any time your ready......

Well done team !!!

Got my weight sorted out now, just needed to be explained to me, I'm the correct weight for a bloke who is 7"3'........so in reality I'm just short !!!

Am 6ft and was 120 kg about 10 years ago.....got back to 95kg with lots of cycling, now back to 105 kg and only cycling about 50k's a week now......was around 200 k's a week when was serious about it.

Real secret to weight loss.....eat less, move more.



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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2013, 07:07:39 PM »
My body is my temple.....roughly modelled on the Taj Mahal
I jus wanna ride my bike

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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2013, 07:10:17 PM »
And before anyone wades in on this one ......I did NOT buy a goldwing to make me look smaller... I know you were all :think1 it
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2013, 10:34:51 AM »
Streak and Teela have the secret - less crap in - soft drinks, junk food. (Says he who is a chocaholic.)
Saturated fats and sugars - it's all on the labels so just take a look and keep to the lower limits.
Surprising how much of those two is in the processed foods we eat.
I suppose most people excuse the crap food by saying they are time poor but it's not really an excuse, just laziness.
I watched that series of Jamie Olivers where he produced 15min and half hour meals.
Didn't skimp on the goodies or the taste but by changing the ingredients slightly knocked out truckloads of calories.  :eat


Then again looks who's lecturing. I got to 68kg eating junk food for lunch and sitting in front of a computer all day.
Been 63-65kg since turned 20. Just can't put on weight.
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2013, 01:17:03 PM »
For the first 25 years of my life I was anorexic.
My mother used to cart me off to the Drs when I was young because she was concerned about how skinny I was. The Drs invariably prescribed some foul smelling and tasting tonic to increase my appetite. It never worked.
Thankfully I got married and Alice put me in a good paddock.
I think I can now claim that I have finally defeated anorexia.
 

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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2013, 04:58:48 PM »
NOT ENOUGH.  :well
   must start but still got all the "good excuses"  :whistle
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2013, 08:42:56 PM »
For the first 25 years of my life I was anorexic.
My mother used to cart me off to the Drs when I was young because she was concerned about how skinny I was. The Drs invariably prescribed some foul smelling and tasting tonic to increase my appetite. It never worked.
Thankfully I got married and Alice put me in a good paddock.
I think I can now claim that I have finally defeated anorexia.


I saw the photo.

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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2013, 10:14:10 PM »
Awesome effort to both of you,
I also suffer from not being able to get fat, so cant help with any super diet tricks but cycling is one of the keys to getting fit, but please get fitted for bikes....
Just getting a bike and pedaling away will do more damage. Get the right size bike for you, have it adjusted properly for your body size, just a small 5mm seat height adjustment stopped my knee pain in 24 hours that i had suffered for three months.

My life change moment came when i was hospitalised for two days from a suspected heart attack at age 39.
I had smoked for 24 years average 50 a day.
I walked out of hospital with a new lease on life, never touched another cigerett and took up cycling
After 9 months of training i rode solo from Mudgee NSW to Young NSW in three days. - via sofala.


It was definately one of the biggest highlights in my life.
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2013, 11:53:53 PM »
The last 5 weeks i have given up caffeine in the lead up to Natstoc , changed my diet
( no sugar, no canteen meals- all home cooked ) reduced my alcohol intake ( apart from the rum i'm currently consuming : 4 x 6 day shift working weeks in a row - my reward  :beer
Lost about 6 kg ....feeling mucho mucho better  :thumb
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2013, 11:09:27 PM »
In 1999 I was 117 kgs. and developed a breathing problem, Doc sent me to the heart specialist at PA. Sure enough, blocked artery. Doc gave the run down on how the treatment worked, then said he wouldn't do it unless I gave up cigarettes and lost weight. He reckoned he was wasting his small budget on people who didn't care so he was focusing his efforts on those who did. Valid argument.
So I lost 20 kgs and never had another smoke from that day to this.

Also, type 2 diabeties detected. (That kicked the daylights right out of me!)

2006 second stent fitted. Doc said I was a good tryer because he had expected to have to it 12 months after the first. Diabeties stable, weight stable.

2011. Home from Perth feeling a bit 2nd hand. Off to the Doc. Ergo, 10 days later I was in recovery from a quad bypass. Thankfully successful. They said I'd be in recovery for about 3 months. That was a bit out. It was 14 months, with ankle pains and fluid retention problems. And I'm back to 98 kgs.

All my research on health on the above, and I've done some, and how to live with it all taught me this.

Stay away from processed white sugar. Stay away from anything with a carbohydrate level in double digits. White flour bread is the worst. Go grain bread (carb level below 10.)

Spuds (potatoes) are out in any form. Use sweet potato. (you'll get used to it)

Tropical fruits are mostly out. Natural sugar levels are way too high. AND Mr Banana is off the menu. Everything wrong with 'em for any diabetic, and they lay on the fat. (that one really hurt)

Weetbix is a staple breakfast food for us types, (add some seeds & nuts AND get into Sinnamon - it is very good for diabetes control). UN-toasted muesli is OK. Toasted is out. Read the labels and you'll see why.

Don't stress on weight loss. Stress actually seems to acascerbate all the problems.

And the latest for the last. Sweeteners. If you're using a sweetener that has Aspartane in it - give it away now. The latest confirmed scientific tests shows that aspartane actually turns off the recepters in the brain that tells the body "I have eaten sufficient food. Stop consuming."

So if you've switched to Equals (with Aspartane) you're doing yourself no favours. Same with anything with Fructose.

Quick story - Aspartane is manufactured by Monsanto Inc. The U.S. FDA (Food & Drug Administration) wouldn't permit Aspatane to be used in food for human consumption.
George Bushes No 1 guy in the Gulf War was one Donald Rumsfeld. When he left the job he became the CEO of Monsanto. From Monsanto he became the head of the US Food & Drug Administration, and lo and behold six months later Aspartane was released for human consumption.

The medical fraternity in the US, and Aust. blame the move on the increase 80% fold in child obesity, and a dozen other associated problems, over the past few years.

So you are better to have the occasional straight Coke or Pepsi, even as a type 2 diabetic, than 3 or 4 Diet, Max, or Zero Cola's, because the Aspartane won't let your thirst be quenched, so you want more. etc and guess what? - you get fatter because you are consuming everything in levels above that which your body needs, or can cope with.

Me think it all bluddy 'mazing. (But it's true!)

So that's my input to the discussion. Hope didn't bore you and I hope some of you benefit from it.

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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2013, 06:49:05 AM »
Gave up smoking on Tuesday by lunch on Wednesday the fridge was empty  :fp smoking again but keeping the weight down. :-[
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2013, 04:27:55 PM »
I gave up the smokes in June last year and substituted them for food - essentially a see food (and eat it) diet. I gained well over two stone in the old scale or around 12-14 kilos. It's taken me all this time to get off the merry-go-round of eating, then dieting and now just eat less, no confection (well, not much to be truthful) not too much of anything that looks like it'd increase my waist, and am now beginning to lose  the weight.
I went from 98 kilo's to 113, and now down to 108.something, and can now ride with less air in the tyres  :grin
I'd been smoking for the best part of 45 years, and it took a high BP count to make me see the error of my ways. BP's still a bit high but coming down as the weight comes off so that's got to be a good sign.
Streak and Teela, you should be extremely proud of yourselves for what you've both achieved so far, and I'm sure you'll reach your goal weight in no time  :thumbsup
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2013, 04:33:35 PM »
Gave up smoking on Tuesday by lunch on Wednesday the fridge was empty  :fp
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2013, 04:52:42 PM »
After that trip accross the paddock im two kilos lighter
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2013, 08:14:50 AM »
About 8 months ago I took my 4 kids to the local boxing gym twice a week.  It's a low budget (no profit) place run at the local showground and not connected to bikies.  I watched them as I have bulging discs and fused vertebraes in my neck and at that time exercise was out.
Three weeks ago I started training with them and its not easy at 53 yrs old but I do better than some of the others there.  Feel tired and a bit sore sometimes but also feel fitter and stronger.  I'm also learning a new skill.  After 2 hours of training (sit ups, push ups, running, bag work etc) feel pretty much wasted but sleep better and feel good the next day.  Gotta improve my stamina as the real boxers don't even tire.  Feel pretty good when I can do things that muscled up tattooed teenagers can't because they aren't fit enough or strong enough. 
I reckon if you don't put it in you can't put it on but that's easy to say.  Rest and rust.
I've got the kids to go with, sometimes they come with me and there is my motivation.
I've heard it said before that the hardest part of going to a gym is leaving the front door.
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2013, 12:27:04 PM »
started back at the gym (with personal trainer) and walking the dog. one week and im feeling reasonably good
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2013, 11:11:10 AM »
My current goal is to be in the best shape ever by my next birthday in a few months....

I have been weight training at the gym for over 20 years which is something I enjoy.  Diet is my downfall.  I don't eat toooo badly but I don't really eat healthy either.

Recently I have been doing more cardio which I have found beneficial.  15-30 mins of cross trainer and bike at the end of a weights session.  I also try to get to the spinning class when I can (exercise bike class for those unfamiliar).

I tried CrossFit for a few months - the 'box' (gym to normal people) that I went to was a bit crap so I didn't really enjoy it.  It's expensive for what it is too.  Might try it again somewhere else.  Not the be-all and end-all that they seem to think it is though.

Outdoor training is good - e.g. at the esplanade when you can mix in running with the activity stations and some other exercises like burpees, lunges etc.

I have done a fair bit of running lately which I find to be the best way to lose fat, unfortunately my knees disagree and so I am not running at the moment.

To replace running I bought a half-decent mountain bike.  There are some good trails around here.  Good fun too.

Over the years I have found the best thing to do is find something you enjoy and do it regularly.  I see loads of people come and go from the gym.  I see so many people in there who go a couple of times a week and sit on the exercise bike on level 1.... waste of time.  Far better to find something enjoyable that gets the heart rate up for at least 30 mins per day.  Just my observations from my experience.
 

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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2013, 03:17:37 PM »
I feel positively unhealthy after reading your stories. My story is the oposite to most of you.........
Ive never had a weight problem, but years ago I got quite ill. In order to get my strength back I took up cycling. One thing led to another and I found myself addicted to triathlon. I trained hard, and was the healthiest ive ever been. I was never a champion, but always finished a race with my body and my dignity intact.
Throughout my triathlon period I always felt there was something missing in my life, and I ended up returning to my first love, music.
I gave up triathlon after a few too many near misses on the road, dug out my trumpet and started practicing again. I now play with my own band www.wellswungdaddies.com most weekends, smoke and drink,stay out too late at gigs and am as happy as a pig in poo.
At least trumpet playing is some sort of aerobic exercise.......thats what I tell myself anyway.....
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Re: What have you done to get healthy?
« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2013, 11:07:25 PM »
My life changing moment was 5 years ago when I seemed to have put on 15 kilos almost overnight. I decided then that I would get back to my original weight of 70-75 kgs. So...for the last 5 years I've thought about getting fit, but still have to get around to doing it. BUT...it was life changing because I think about losing weight all the time. Specially right after breakfast, lunch and dinner. :p
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