How long is a piece of string, I guess. Obsessive? Definitely… that’s why i get annoyed with exercise trackers that don’t track properly. In the end ! all my spreadsheets are just humongous estimates with some marginal bearing on reality. Lol,… And that pair of 34 inch shorts laughs at me!
75 puts me in the healthy Bmi range for my height. So while that doesn’t seem like a final goal… it seems to represent skind of upper limit. And 70 seems gaunt. so 73 or 74 would be about right. I guess. Sighs! I have to accept these imperfections! Lol!
Thanks for everyone’s positivity! I know some of you are battling weight issues too. If i can be of any help… lmk.
Oh, I think I could do that. My weight is now under 85kgs for the first time in years. Which means less pressure on the knees. With my walking and biking, stamina has improved a lot over the past 12 months. I already tried a gradual approach to running but I called it off because it didn’t suit me at the time!
I might start with even smaller goals than a 5K. 3K sounds more like my goal. Time to go looking for some good running shoes! LOL!
Actually, I didn’t give up carbs at all. I just shifted their emphasis. I love bread and fruit, so I simply refused to give them up.
I typically make my own bread these days so it’s reasonable quality (not much sugar or fat), not the commercial quality. I would buy my friend Alain’s bread but our freezer is just TOO small to freeze it, since he does batch orders. It’s awesome bread, though.
On the fruit front, I typically eat bananas most days with a mixture of whatever fruit the wife has bought. It’s nonsense to give it up… the mangoes this year are intense! Well, potatoes or rice once a week or less. I do eat low-sugar cereal and drink milk so this diet I did is no crazy Atkins diet, for sure. Unless you’re kickstarting your diet, … if you’ve already lost some weight… restricting carbs unduly may be counterproductive. HOWEVER, the carbs I eat I tend to consume by lunch. I try not to consume too much after 6pm… but life sometimes makes that difficult. I also must say: I don’t do rice or noodles or spaghetti (well, like once or twice amonth).
During my first few months of weight loss, I did restrict carbs more aggressively than I’m doing now. I still don’t know if it will be less or more successful this fourth time around. I’m now considering prepping bento dinners next week for the first time so I can eat dinner a little earlier than 9:30pm. We’ll see how that goes.
There comes a point where things like OCD, anxiety, paranoia and other “in your head” type issues rule the day. It almost becimes an addjction, like a collection. In my opinion, know your body, know your goal and be happy being healthy. It becomes a bit of an issue if the goal is to appease someone else’s standards , which as Finley stated you may get going to various people for opinions. Know your height, know your density, keep active, stop eating garbage and try to time everything well. You seem already on a course better than most public doctors would bother spending time to explain if you want to really buckle up, expect to pay private companies. Consultants. It will be out of pocket, like a trainer, dietician, nutrionalist etc. For most of us, the info is free, as is the effort. Just time Good job by the way. I think going slow and steady, but strict, is the way to be.
I intermittent fast, have for over a decade. More because of work not because of health intentions. I can go a day without food relatively easily if busy. But it usually means gorging oncrap later. The solution ain’t complicated
Also note your height. I’m just under 100kg and 196cm and quite active. My skinny unhealthy look is at 82kg (18 years old, older now). So for my height and density I just want to shed the obvious “outer trim” haha. 90kg looks good for my opinion. I think we need to be real about our body types and not just go by grams alone.
Well, there’s a thing> I decided to do the same. From zero running to 4K in 3 months. I couldn’t even run 100 meters. But I kinda learned how to do it. Watched a little videos and got some visual input. Then went out and tried. LOL!
I initially thought it would help lose some weight… truth, it hasn’t. Well, not as much as I expected. I managed to eat quite a bit in Japan in 10 days… so I used it to bring my weight back to about 84kg. A little higher than at the start of the summer…
So I ran (well walked?) my first 4K in September with some training, then again in October where I ran 90% of the run. I’m running another on Saturday… where I WILL run 100% of the run but the time will be S L O W (ie. about 40 minutes = I don’t honestly care as long as I finish before cut off). On Friday last I was able to run 10K in about 2 hours. I’ve already signed up for a run in Kinmen in January.
I’ve been doing 4Ks since August, running mostly late at night because of the heat. Running in the day heat easily added heat stress while running quietly at night seems easier. But now that winter is fast approaching and day times in tamsui seem drier than night times… I’m going to have to switch to daytime running.
So overall, that was a surprise. But I had intended to start running at some point: I tried at 97kgs (too difficult) then again at 92 (still awkward)… but somehow found the motivation at 85kgs or so do it. It’s been a real blessing as long as I don’t stress out over how little I can actually do today. I hope this encourages you to begin or keep going.
My 34" short pants hang on the rail begging me to try them which I did today. Could get them on and close the button… but the breath-in was a little extreme. Sigh!!
So the goals are to run typical 10Ks once a week or so until January. But I’m going to need additional strength training, a better diet and better sleep, if I want to run 13Ks or 21Ks next year more often. I may also need a coach and a more detailed running plan.
Never quit. Never give up. No matter what. You CAN do it.
if you want to really buckle up, expect to pay private companies. Consultants. It will be out of pocket, like a trainer, dietician, nutrionalist etc. For most of us, the info is free, as is the effort. Just time 