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100 lbs in 9 mos
Maybe the guy I went to was a motivational guy or something or just knew what the hell he was doing, cause I took that as a challenge when I heard the "you may not be able to do it part" but I went 43 days w/o going over 1,000 calories the first time. I have lost give or take a pound or so 95lbs since January, Now I felt like shit for the first 4-5 weeks, but once my body adjusted, I had enough energy to complete my daily morning workouts and work 10 days, 5 days a week !!! Now I feel like a million bucks !!! And every single time someone asked how I was losing so much weight, after my response was a diet and exercise, the next question was what diet? I always got a crazy look and questioned and usually was told I was crazy and that I was just starving myself, But after I explained that I was guided by a nutritionist and my daily intake it usually changed people's opinion quicky !
well I was 230 pounds six years back, had a few dirt bikes over four years and got to 211, then I started personal training, unfortunately due to work I've not raced this year, but I'm now down to 188pounds and can handle an hours solid kick boxing.
My diet is kind of Paleo, not real strict, I cut out the latte's ( espresso now ), eat way less for breakfast, I actually weighed the muesli for ages, minimal complex carbs ( bread /potatoes / rice ) and heaps of vegetables and alot less fruit.
Seems to work, the proof will be when I get home and can race again, but I'm in the best fitness of my life it feels like and I'm 46 and having a blast riding.
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Congrats to all you big boys on the weight loss programs. Lots of good advice from all.
By the way, it really pisses me off when you fatties blow by me on the track!!
I lost 25 pound just by cutting out beer and riding my bicycle,I have always had a good diet.,the beer part is the hardest for me as I like riding the bike.
I can't run much because I am old and my knees won't take it, especially downhills. Treadmills and such drive me insane
My driveway is about 40 yards long, and fairly steep. I started "sprinting" up (ok - ambling up), then walking down. Then turning around and doing it again. At first, 10 excursions would kill me.
After a while, I could do 3 sets of 10, then 10 sets of 10, then 50 straight actually sprinting. Back at the races, I found I found do 3 classes (just 6 motos 10 to 12 minutes each) with ease. I really enjoyed those days of racing.
The lesson for me was to find something to do I would continue to do, then do it. Doing anything is better than doing nothing.
I also dropped some pounds like the rest have suggested by eating good food frequently and in moderate portions.
I'm not one of these food Nazis but I've begun to pay attention to food safety and quality. Last Friday we went to see a new movie called "Fed Up" which is kind of a documentary on the food industry and the foods we commonly eat.
It sure sharpened my attention on food quality.
http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home - watch the trailer if interested. I was glad my wife dragged me to the movie - a good watch
Any way you can, it doesn't matter, fckin do it.
It means putting yourself 1st sometimes !
but
it pays off for you AND everyone around you.
Last year, weighing in at 235, I made a deal with myself again. I had to get back under 170 and then I could have another motorcycle. The catch was this time I had to keep it off for a few months first. I've made it back down to 179 as of this week and I'm striving for more. Mountain biking and trail running have become a passion of mine and I've even signed up for a mountain bike enduro race and an XTERRA du-athlon. I can't tell you how much fun mountain biking is. It almost feels like cheating. I get to ride all the time even though I haven't made it to my goal yet.
Get on that bike and ride your ass off. Have a great time. Focus on eating clean and the pounds will fall off.
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Two years ago I watched the Fat, Sick, Nearly Dead video and while swimming intensively with a local master swim team, did a juice fast. Not fruit juice but pond scum looking green juices. The transformation was immediate and borderline miraculous. Lost weight, blood chemistry went from need medications to completely normal. BP and HR went completely healthy. Like HR in the mid 40's. At age 58. So that was a wow experience.
Just recently read a book Finding Ultra by Rich Roll. Inspiring and I'm trying totally plant powered eating now. Because of the Rich Roll's book. More weight off. Energy up. I hope to be back at 160 or so this fall.
Ya'll are inspirations. Kicking butt when the entire world we live in is telling us it is ok to pack on a few hundred pounds.
congrats on losing the weight
if its white,it aint right.
you cant outwork a bad diet.i tried my fitness pal,until i had it down in my head.its surprising how fast it adds up.
try kale,fruit,smoothies.with ice and silk milk i love them.
water.plenty of it.
the biggest thing that helped me was i do it as soon as i get home. 5pm or 8pm whenever. no bs. yes some days its a fight,lol.
mix weights with cardio. if you can find insanity used buy it. do what you can then add a little each time.its good for rainy days and to mix it up. .i had acl reconstruct and a long cold winter on my azz.,fattened up nice and plump. i lost 30 lbs when i got serious with rehab. every 2 hrs have some protein.
i just ran a 5k in 26min not great @ all but the knee is stronger and lbs equals pain.
mx is for sure a motivator,30 minutes at a decent race pace i wouldve died a yr ago,no worries now.
kinda cheesy but i love this motto-----you can be sore tomorrow or sorry tomorrow. its up to you.
Me personally....I have a hard time gaining weight. I have to keep up on my food intake because if I don't I shrink. I'd say the last 15-18yrs I have mostly become a " Non drinker ".....as i don't drink all that much beer and I try not to put any other poisons into my body. That includes fast food , drugs , basically anything bad for me. But eating right is only part of it.....you still need the exercise.....and moto is the best exercise I've ever found.
It works in a circle for me. I lift weights , spin bike , exercise my brains out not only because I love it.....but it helps me in the sport of moto. And then moto also helps me stay in shape. They work together.
Anyways.....not just ex-fatty's use moto to stay in shape.....us skinny guys use it as exercise as well.
Keep us posted on your progress, you will soon be cycling around for little errands, that you jumped in the car for in the past.
Again, I am not a kinesiologist, a personal trainer, a doctor, etc. Here's my routine, but you should consult someone before you try this:
1. Set your heart monitor for your aerobic zone rate (consult a professional, google it, for the third time I am not a professional)
2. Warm up (consult, etc)
3. Count off 100 turns of rope - the counting is important, it keeps you paying attention. It seems like counting isn't a big deal during the first round, but it's not so easy after 50 minutes.
4. 40 bicycle situps
5. 10 body weight squats
6. step 3 again
7. 10 burpees
8. 20 lunges
9. step 3 again
10. 20 situps
11. 10 military pushups
12. repeat cycle
Any time your heart rate monitor starts screaming at you that you are beyond the aerobic max, finish the set and jog in place until you get back to the middle of your aerobic range, then start the next cycle. Set up a chart so you can tally each step as you complete it. You should move from step to step as fast as possible though.
This first time I did this routine in January it took me thirty minutes to get through one cycle. It was a total trainwreck. Now I'm doing ten cycles in 75 minutes every other day and I've doubled the turns in step 3. If you can't put in that kind of time, then half that is still good. I think five minutes beyond your local moto time is going to put you in a good position. My last hare scramble was a disaster, but it was entirely a riding ability / amped up to the moon problem - I felt great physically.
Jumping rope is a skill, but I think anyone can do it if they commit ten minutes a day to learning how to do it and have it down after a week. Any "speed" jump rope is going to work. They generally go for under $20. I don't suggest using a weighted rope.
Perhaps a professional trainer will tear this program a new ass for some reason, but it's been great for me. Only my riding needs work these days.
This thread is old and I know it went in a great direction after it started then simmered down without any progress reports like I felt I owed everyone giving me all this valuable advice. 11 days after buying this bicycle my life changed forever and not in a good way... I had just seriously started the rode to a better Kyle that could finally moto as he always wanted to all while still driving truck crossed country going to all the SX and MX events I could make it to, then this happened.
Crappiest day of my life...
The report saying I wasnt wearing a seat belt was bull shit btw and I had all the sites try to change it for legal reasons ( I was an owner operator truck driver) but by the time I was out of the hospital, papers and sites all over had already printed and said it was too late to reverse.
As you can see the bike and I were in much better condition when this thread was still hopping along. Im just thankful I made it out of this one alive, this head on crash kicked the shit out of every mx wreck ive ever had = A TON
I just wanted to tell yall I had Spondylolisthesis of L4, L5, S1 which required fusion surgery and they removed some bone to allow more room for the sciatic nerve so I could feel my left leg again. Due to these injuries Im now greatly reduced on what I can do specifically bending. Riding is pure hell now, pretty much done with MX and can no longer make my living driving truck because I cant sit for more than an hour at a time. If anyone needs or wants any bikes rebuilt etc, ive done many and I think that I do good work. My buddy owns his own car hauling business and can haul bikes for me so if anyone needs something done to their bike and dont want to do it themselves (lack know how or time etc) Ill be very reasonable with them on price. Just realize I cant get around like I used to and it wont be like a 2 day flip turnaround on splitting cases on your KX450F etc. Ill need a little more time. Thanks Vital
PS still working on eating right, mostly juicing and plant based. Down to 258 and hoping for more but its tough not being able to move like I did a year ago. Just turned 29 last week and fuck, my mx days are done, I cant take the compression on the spine. Trust me, against Dr recommendations I tried it anyways. I live for this sport fat or not.
Bought the bike and some sweet new size 13 Gaerne SG-12 Boots that actually fit my big ass calves and felt great too. As well as the gear, all this was bought just 11 days prior. Talk about timing and misuse of $$$
After leaving the Moto industry I went into business for myself! Pic taken a few days before the wreck
Sadly the 20 year old boy on the other side of this hood didnt make it, RIP Tyler Alitz
As you can see my 2014 Ram 4500 turned into a pop can
As you can see my shiny new bike didn't like staying together at the rate of this collision
33,000 # D.O.T. rated ball snapped in half and the safety chain loops ripped away like butter
If you look at the steering wheel Im amazed I didn't break both arms, although I was wearing a seatbelt and my hands and head still made their way into the windshield.
Proof I was wearing a seat belt just like I always ride with a helmet (common sense)
Suprisingly the shittiest part of the day other than mentally dealing with the fact that I had been face to face with a guy at an accident like this and I was the only survivor was them taking all the glass out of my hands. Pics don't do it justice I can promise yall.
Lastly me today, alive and doing much better trolling my Vital family from time to time.
I honestly dont know what prompted me to read through my old thread posts, but this one struck a nerve and I felt entitled like I owed some of yall an explanation on why theres been little progress on the weight loss.
Happy 4th everyone, ride and drive safely!!!
PS send me your bikes, Im bored without working
Current inspiration is a pic of Malcolm's bike from I don't know when (for some reason I never seen this setup in a race... anyone know when he ran this bike?
Before pics
Current status - cant wait to complete her
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