2024: Fitness - Walking/Running/Cycling/Swimming/Gym/Diet?

r00fie1

r00fie1

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How's it going?
New Year usually starts with the best of intentions.
Some people exercise regularly.
Any tips?
Progress?

Me: started turbo-training every day thru December an carried on.🚲
Gone from 92.4 kg to 89.2 kg.
A strain some days, but it seems to be working.

Anyone else?
 
Cut down on the calories intake and the pounds will shed - you don’t need to have a massive fitness regime. I use My Fitness Pal to monitor food each day. Also close my rings on my watch exercise goal of an hour a day walking or cycling.
 
used to run every day mainly in the mountains but struggling a bit with the joints and Arthritis as I get older so just mix it up now with running, cycling , walking and Gym depending what I feel like on the day but I think the main thing is to keep active and moving as much as you can and just do what you can
 
Historically, I’ve done dry January and went really strict with calorie intake / running etc.

My problem tends to be once I get to February, I have a blow out and fall off the wagon. It’s difficult to sustain for a social butterfly like me 🤣

This year I’ve taken a different approach. Not doing dry January (I tend not to drink that much anyway - Matchday pints and a few pints on a Darts night). Started up running again. Not ran since August so just started off around 4k but will build up in increments towards 10k by the end of January.

Food-wise, I cook fresh a lot anyway but fell into the habit of having at least 1-2 take aways a week (mainly on weekends after a busy week working / getting in from matches etc.) so going to make that a monthly treat now - either take away or eating out on a “date night” with the missus.

On top of that, I’m fasting 2-3 days a week and scheduling those days around my weekly plan / activities so it’s easier to work around.

Lost 4lb New Year’s Day and the running will ramp up a bit more next week. This year I’m trying to go more sustainable lifestyle changes rather than the never ending cycle of unsustainable dieting and binging.

Got a 2 week holiday in September so a decent target to aim towards.
 
I understand why people start this in January, but I really don't think it's the best time of year for such exercise change.

If you want to exercise outside, it's the coldest, darkest time of the year.
As a regular gym goer anyway, I find it far harder to find the motivation to go during this time of year than later on.

If you're new to regular exercise, I'd think you'd have a far better chance of sustaining it if you started after Easter rather than New Year.
 
I’m giving veganism a go, and nailing Zwift. 3 pounds off so far but that was just Christmas gain. I’ve sacked off the gym as I just can’t be arsed.

I’ll def stick to it throughout January.
 
My issue is, when I have these brains waves that im going to have a health kick and watch what im eating I go from one extreme to the other which makes it hard to stay consistent. So for example I do like a takeaway which could be a couple of times a week, and when I do get one I'll order the biggest largest dirtiest parmo you can imagine and garlic sauce.

Then I will decide to go on a health kick and watch my calories but I'll basically just starve myself and eat nothing or very little !! Which obviously isn't really feasible in the long run and a few weeks later I'll just end up falling off the wagon and pigging out !! I'm trying this time to be a lot more consistent and eat enough calories of the right food.
 
r00fie1 said:
How's it going?
New Year usually starts with the best of intentions.
Some people exercise regularly.
Any tips?
Progress?

Me: started turbo-training every day thru December an carried on.🚲
Gone from 92.4 kg to 89.2 kg.
A strain some days, but it seems to be working.

Anyone else?
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Well done on the weight loss (y)
I was fortunate to be able to retire early this time last year, and love walking, swimming, jogging, cycling and visit the gyms most days, for cardio / light weight work....but often spend most of the time chatting to other retirees and OAPs :). I think mixing it up as the key (y)
 
I've hit the ground running this year, was a bit detuned towards the end of 2023 after having a couple of long lasting colds/viruses then got home for Christmas and ate and drank as much as I could :)
Out mountain biking on New Years days (though I was going to spew) and done another 2 rides and 2 weight training sessions since.

Still got a full tub of Treeslets left though :)
 
Health wise, it got me focused, and I've tried different length cycle plans. Started off on the 20 minutes intense stuff, then 30 and managed an hour about three days ago. Realized it's harder to suddenly jump up to the next stage, so taking time can be important. :)
 
I had to stop running due to injuries so I did more cycling. I dont have a indoor turbo with the fancy links but I would love to try Zwift for example. So most of my cycling is outdoors on the MTB or road bike. It seems to work keeping the weight down but from mid Dec to now the weather has been too bad to venture outside.
I am hoping to better my strava target of 4800km in 2024 so hoping I can top 5k.
R00fie - you could always create a strava group and invite your friends if you wanted to compare.
 
Bought one of these Tac C Flux2 turbo-trainer just before covid started. It's really quiet.
Just take off the back wheel and off you go.
It's Bluetooth, so you can mount your bike computer on the front, use a heart monitor, etc.
You can record, heart rate, cadence, distance, speed, pace, temperature, gradient, watts, power curve, training stress, etc. I use Garmin Express and an 810.
Also bought some headphones and a pod to listen to Planet Rock whilst training(y)
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I have let myself go a bit over the past few years but started diet last Thursday. Need to lose around 12kg. In the past when I have lost weight I find that keto works so doing that now. Once I have lost a third of my goal I will alternate between weights and cardio, probably running. Aiming to be done by mid march. Then the hard work of staying off crisps and biscuits starts.
 
I've put on over a stone since I took early retirement but when I was at work I was always on the go in the school and I'm not doing half as much as I used to. I also got out walking and would regularly be out doing a reccy for walks for my DofE groups. I also think going over to France for eight weeks doesn't help.

Towards the end of last year, I was looking at getting the train from Ormesby over to the Danby or Castleton area and doing a few walks on the moors. I need to stop looking at this and put it into action.

Diet wise, I always found eating a little often was better than cutting right back and starving yourself. I also think you need to have one cheat meal so you have something to look forward to. My issue at the moment is eating far too much cheese and this is something I do both at home and when we are in France.

I have my son's wedding coming up in August and would like to shed the stone I've put on before that. We always did the red day green day in the past and this worked for us.
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
Cut down on the calories intake and the pounds will shed - you don’t need to have a massive fitness regime. I use My Fitness Pal to monitor food each day. Also close my rings on my watch exercise goal of an hour a day walking or cycling.
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Could not agree more, I weight train 5 days a week and cycle about 250km a week mid March to Mid October, then on my Turbo trainer for at least 1 hour 5/6 night a week in the off season.
I was the embodiment of you cannot out train a bad diet, i was always about 1 to 1.5 stone overweight until 2018 when I decided at 50 that fad diets don’t work. Since then I have a weekly weigh in, track every thing every day on My Fitness pal. Since then I have followed the same regime and not been overweight since.
 
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