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I know what you are expecting here but I approached getting more power from a different angle.
I figure its all about weight vs. power, so I approached it from the weight side of things.
heres how I approached it....
How I lost 100 pounds in 2013, without ever wearing spandex
I know it’s hard to believe, but yes I did lose a 100 pounds without wearing spandex. I should get an anti-spandex award.
I have said for years I would lose some weight and never got around to it. Then in March I received my ‘trigger’. I believe everyone must have some kind of ‘trigger’ to spark the will to change. When I received mine I decided it was time to make the changes I knew I needed to make.
Unfortunately there are no secrets or short cuts, it takes hard work. I had to work for every single pound I lost. I didn’t do some weird diet and I certainly didn’t pay for a diet or shots, or new pill or latest fade…. I simple worked. I call it the math diet; less in and more out equals weight loss. My main method was portion control and exercise. I started the first month by halving my portion size. Yes, I was hungry for a week or two but that went away quickly, A few months later I halved it again. I tried cutting and closely watching different aspects of my diet. First I dropped carbs to 60 a day, then I experimented with watching and cutting different aspects of my diet – carbs, calories, proteins, fat, etc.… I didn’t notice any big differences between the various things I watched. I think it all came down to portion control and exercise. Although experimenting with my diet really paid off later in the year when I was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease and put on a 1500 mg of sodium a day diet. Had I not experimented with cutting different things from my diet I would never had been able to follow my current Meniere’s diet. I know I was prepared for this throughout the year. The low sodium diet has been by far the most difficult to follow but after a year of playing with different aspects of nutrition I have been able to follow it. I met with a dietitian early on who told me “you can out eat any exercise program, start with your diet”.
For exercise I bought a bike and a pair of hiking boots. I started by walking around the block. Quickly after that I was doing a few miles, then longer steeper hikes. I kept an accurate record of every hike/ride I did and would watch my improvements. One of the first hikes I did was the diamond fork hot springs with the scouts, it about killed me. The scouts all finished the hike a long time before me and eventually sent another leader down to make sure I was ok. I did finish the hike but it took hours to get to the top (2.5 miles and 1000 ft elevation gain) with numerous stops. The last time I hiked it, it took 45 minutes to get to the top without stopping once, round trip total time was 1 hour and 26 min. For bike rides I started by riding up lake fork. The first ride was depressing, I only did 2.8 miles and it took forever. The last time I rode it was 5.3 miles in 32 minutes. By recording everything I was able to get excited and stay motivated as I saw my times and distances improve each time. Last example; we took the scouts to hike angles landing in May, I didn’t make the top. I returned in July with Katie and together we completed the round trip hike of 5.5 miles in 1 hour and 45 minutes, which was exciting to see. The point- It wasn’t easy but in a short amount of time my endurance greatly improved.
Monthly break down
March – 6 lbs lost
April – 11 lbs lost; 17 total
May – 21 lbs lost; 38 total
June – 12 lbs lost; 50 total
July – 10 lbs lost; 60 total
August – 12 lbs lost; 72 total
September – 9 lbs lost; 81 total
October – 6 lbs lost; 87 total
November – 4 lbs lost; 91 total
December – (first week of January too, Christmas messed me up) 9 lbs lost; 100 total
Costs;
Bike
Boots
Backpack
New clothes – way too much, everything has to be replaced- coats, pants, shoes, shirts, everything…
Food- healthy food is more expensive
Benefits;
100 lbs less weight
Lowest blood pressure ever
Increased energy
Happier
Better quality time with my kids doing healthy activities
More Kama sutra positions
I figure its all about weight vs. power, so I approached it from the weight side of things.
heres how I approached it....
How I lost 100 pounds in 2013, without ever wearing spandex
I know it’s hard to believe, but yes I did lose a 100 pounds without wearing spandex. I should get an anti-spandex award.
I have said for years I would lose some weight and never got around to it. Then in March I received my ‘trigger’. I believe everyone must have some kind of ‘trigger’ to spark the will to change. When I received mine I decided it was time to make the changes I knew I needed to make.
Unfortunately there are no secrets or short cuts, it takes hard work. I had to work for every single pound I lost. I didn’t do some weird diet and I certainly didn’t pay for a diet or shots, or new pill or latest fade…. I simple worked. I call it the math diet; less in and more out equals weight loss. My main method was portion control and exercise. I started the first month by halving my portion size. Yes, I was hungry for a week or two but that went away quickly, A few months later I halved it again. I tried cutting and closely watching different aspects of my diet. First I dropped carbs to 60 a day, then I experimented with watching and cutting different aspects of my diet – carbs, calories, proteins, fat, etc.… I didn’t notice any big differences between the various things I watched. I think it all came down to portion control and exercise. Although experimenting with my diet really paid off later in the year when I was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease and put on a 1500 mg of sodium a day diet. Had I not experimented with cutting different things from my diet I would never had been able to follow my current Meniere’s diet. I know I was prepared for this throughout the year. The low sodium diet has been by far the most difficult to follow but after a year of playing with different aspects of nutrition I have been able to follow it. I met with a dietitian early on who told me “you can out eat any exercise program, start with your diet”.
For exercise I bought a bike and a pair of hiking boots. I started by walking around the block. Quickly after that I was doing a few miles, then longer steeper hikes. I kept an accurate record of every hike/ride I did and would watch my improvements. One of the first hikes I did was the diamond fork hot springs with the scouts, it about killed me. The scouts all finished the hike a long time before me and eventually sent another leader down to make sure I was ok. I did finish the hike but it took hours to get to the top (2.5 miles and 1000 ft elevation gain) with numerous stops. The last time I hiked it, it took 45 minutes to get to the top without stopping once, round trip total time was 1 hour and 26 min. For bike rides I started by riding up lake fork. The first ride was depressing, I only did 2.8 miles and it took forever. The last time I rode it was 5.3 miles in 32 minutes. By recording everything I was able to get excited and stay motivated as I saw my times and distances improve each time. Last example; we took the scouts to hike angles landing in May, I didn’t make the top. I returned in July with Katie and together we completed the round trip hike of 5.5 miles in 1 hour and 45 minutes, which was exciting to see. The point- It wasn’t easy but in a short amount of time my endurance greatly improved.
Monthly break down
March – 6 lbs lost
April – 11 lbs lost; 17 total
May – 21 lbs lost; 38 total
June – 12 lbs lost; 50 total
July – 10 lbs lost; 60 total
August – 12 lbs lost; 72 total
September – 9 lbs lost; 81 total
October – 6 lbs lost; 87 total
November – 4 lbs lost; 91 total
December – (first week of January too, Christmas messed me up) 9 lbs lost; 100 total
Costs;
Bike
Boots
Backpack
New clothes – way too much, everything has to be replaced- coats, pants, shoes, shirts, everything…
Food- healthy food is more expensive
Benefits;
100 lbs less weight
Lowest blood pressure ever
Increased energy
Happier
Better quality time with my kids doing healthy activities
More Kama sutra positions
