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Physical activities…..

Susquatch said:
My dad used to say that the best exercise to do to lose weight was to do push backs from the kitchen table.

That doesn't work for everyone, but it's pretty darn effective for most of us.
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I have a diet I follow occasionally called the ELDA diet.
EAT LESS DUMB ASS.
Works but is hard to stick to.
When my Covid was quickly followed by shingles my appetite was gone for about 2 weeks.
I lost 12 lbs in 14 days.
Probably not the recommended way to go.
 
Mike R said:
I feel like I'm teetering on the brink of getting beyond the point of no return, or maybe I'm already there with fitness. Use to be easy, go biking (mountain or road), play hockey, do manual labor around a cottage, hiking or whatever (except running - my body violently disagrees with running). Then a few setbacks really screwed me up in terms of keeping fit. 1st was broken leg mountain biking at age 39. That was my first and only serious injury from biking up until then including doing MTB races. I'd say I never recovered from that but that isn't totally true, I'd gotten back alot of my fitness after about 5 years (was a really bad break with multiple surgeries). Then my appendix decided it wanted out of this world and exploded with 3hrs notice, lots more hospital time. That is the one that has probably sent me on the path of obesity. Its been really hard getting back into shape since then (and that was many years ago now).
I need to figure out a workable plan and get with it cause I know the path I'm on isn't a good one. Looking forward to what others do to get and stay fit. Maybe one of you guys will share something that resonates with me and gets me going.
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I heard ya man, I have lots of trouble exercising beyond work activity. I do not do any cardio but I'm very active walking about yard and home. I've got various aches and troubles that make exercise difficult. I like you also, did quite a bit of activity when I was younger but a heart attack at 42 seemed to really slow me down to the point of no return. I need to do more but damn it I'm just too tired and out of shape to exercise.
 
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When I was working in a office I did bike to work, but mostly I just made a point of using the restroom that was up four lights of stairs...and drinking lots of water.

Now at home there is only one flight of stairs, but I'm naturally inefficient about moving things, taking multiple back and forth trips rather than thinking whether I could bring that screwdriver to the other end of the shop on the same trip as picking up the screw. Adds up to many kilometers a day!
 
mickeyf said:
but I'm naturally inefficient about moving things, taking multiple back and forth trips rather than thinking whether I could bring that screwdriver to the other end of the shop on the same trip as picking up the screw. Adds up to many kilometers a day!
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Ahh yes, the benefits of a chaotic workflow.
I can spend 6 hours in the shop, not really accomplish much of anything, yet somehow come out with 14000 steps on phone app.
And it's still a mess as well.
 
Susquatch said:
Working up a HUGE SWEAT, and getting a Cardio Workout trying to connect my Bush Hog to my Tractor........ PTO shaft is being VERY STUBBORN!
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I started this task yesterday at noon. At 6pm today, I finally beat it! Had to use my farm jack, 3 big crow bars, a bunch of 4 x4s and two 8x8 Blocks, my 4x4 ATV, my bucket to act as a creeper, and a new dictionary of swear words never before uttered in Canada. But I got it.

Now..... Do I go cut some brush..... or do I call it a day, find some shade, and pretend I have nothing else to do today.....
 
whydontu said:
The assembled Bush Hog / Tractor combination needs to thermal soak overnight to release any mechanical stress. Wouldn’t want to risk the PTO shaft cracking like a Crane toilet.
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Good logic. But too late. Already took the risk and cut a half acre or so.

Supposedly, my Hog will handle 3" trees. I decided against that and limited the adventure to 2" trees. If that PTO shaft had any tightness still remaining, it doesn't anymore (he says with a defiant aire of false bravado)........
 
I have a mental block against exercise for the sake of exercise. I simply cannot convince myself that settin' down & doing calisthenics, lifting weights or other such nonsense is a good thing for me.

However, couch some good, ol' fashioned physical activity in the guise of (fun) recreation, I'll sweat my backside off. While I no longer do these w/ any degree of regularity, things I do every year are hiking, backpacking, canoeing, mountain biking (just around town) and cross-country skiing. Throw in some yard work, mowing the lawn, shovelling snow, etc., I get sweaty every now & then. Probably not as much as I should but far from sedentary.

That said, I walk lots for work. Don't know how many steps, some days it's a bunch.
 
I was tired of being a very skinny teen and hit the weights hard, 4-6 times a week, put on 35lbs in a year, kept up that regime until i was 30, got married, bought a house in an area with terrible gym options, so that killed that.

Luckily for me my job can often be very physically demanding so that keeps most of muscle mass i was able to put on, although the nature of the work has shifted some of it away from the beach muscles, somewhat to my wifes dismay.

I have recently bough some free weights to get back into it, and i still enjoy hitting the gym at whatever hotel im staying at when working out of town.

I did however have to cut down the potato chip intake, i noticed some of my favorite summer time shorts getting tight, cant be buying new shorts, better things to spend money on.
 
historicalarms said:
Well, ive got the bagels on hand and 3 different flavors of home made smoked venison sausage and the "Boss"is on her way up town now for some cream cheese ...any other suggestions so I can phone her the order before she turns around!!
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I don't have a recipe in front of me, but search "burgoo", it's a stew in the south, pair it with cornbread

White sausage gravy goes good on biscuits or chicken fried steak or pork chops or...

Blackened steak tips

Tater tot casserole with pea/cheese salad, or green bean casserole

If you can get your hands on it okra or collard greens

Fish tacos with spicy pineapple salsa
 
Ohh man now your making me to want to hit the road again...truck stops, even with all the people always around can be the lonliest places on earth if your away from the family for extended periods....but man, the meals they can/do provide are top notch...good white gravy on anything or corn beef hash with a couple poached is worth a 800 mile drive.
 
Mike R said:
I also probably need to stand up for myself at work more, used to work longish hours but would take as long as I needed at lunch and get a ride in. (usually 1-1/2hrs total from changing to riding a loop and getting back and showering and eating). Now I don't do the long hours but I'm booked into meetings that encroach my lunch and often overlap it.
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In my last job I was required to meet with HR and Management once a week along with other supervisor staff. There were other meetings that often came up, too. Before I ever got into that job I knew I was not going to like that part. Very inefficient and unproductive most of the time. I felt like it was a paid break with people who earned a much higher salary but did constructively far less.

One manager, whom I knew quite well, despondently admitted to me that 75% of what he did all day was attend meetings that he shouldn't be required to take part in.

Hopefully, your meetings are more productive.
 
thestelster said:
I've always been pretty active. Weight training, boxing, downhill skiing, cycling, running. Then I injured my hip and lived with excruciating pain for 3 years and almost zero exercise, until I decided enough was enough, and got a hip replacement (metal-on-metal), at 43. With my new found super powers I decided to get fit again. And of course being me, I decided long distance triathlon was my calling. I've done 2 Ironman triathlons (3.9km swim, 180.2km bike, 42.2km run), and a whole bunch of 1/2 Iron distance races. Training was 6 days a week, 4 of those was double workouts (morning swim, evening cycle or power walk (surgeon advised against running). Fittest period of my life. Then divorce, closed my shop, depression, yada, yada, yada, did nothing for a couple years. Then the knees started to hurt, need at least one replacement, a couple of heart stents, and here we are. So down to walking the dog, and some morning exercises, weights and squats. I stopped eating bread which has helped keep the weight down.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen!!
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For 9 years my wife worked days and I worked evenings. Did that until all 3 kids were in school. For my mental well-being I needed a physical outlet and got into distance running. My training consisted of running on my 30 min. supper breaks and one long run on the weekend. I worked independently so it worked quite well. I'd use the staff gym in the winter and run outdoors in the summer (running trail was about a minute away). Never expected to do much more than improve my times but did manage to place first in one 10K event. All the fast guys must have slept in that day.:)

I assume your training and recovery must have been consumed the majority of your non-working time?
 
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