Help! I'm Fat - *** Official Exercise and Weight Thread ***

[Pope]

I'm 67 and I'm afraid I've eaten like an 18 year old pretty much all my life. It has really caught up with me as I've gotten older and I have put on far too much added weight. I had a physical about 6 weeks ago and the blood test results weren't horrible, but they weren't great, either.

Per my doctor's request, I had to come back a week ago to have them check my blood again. In the meantime, I got serious about changing my eating habits and I've lost 25 pounds in the last 6 weeks. It made an enormous difference in last week's blood test and I'm now in the normal range for just about every indicator.

I'd like to lose 25 more pounds, but I've decided I need to do it more gradually to avoid sudden weight loss health risks like gallstones, and I'm determined to make this a complete lifestyle change and never put those extra pounds back on. It feels pretty awesome to see my belt tighten a couple more notches!

 

[ScottyP]

Resurrecting this thread a bit

I've stalled out on my fat loss. I'm eating anywhere from 1800 to 2100 calories, but I don't want to go too low. I'm 5'6 and about 162 pounds. According to one of those body fat scanners at the gym, I'm about 16% body fat, but I think I'm around 20% if I did a DEXA scan.

I'm also strength training, but my lifts have stalled out. My bench was higher in November/December than it is right now and I haven't improved much on my lifts the past few weeks.

Any tips on breaking through a plateau?

 

[CloneFanInKC]

Resurrecting this thread a bit

I've stalled out on my fat loss. I'm eating anywhere from 1800 to 2100 calories, but I don't want to go too low. I'm 5'6 and about 162 pounds. According to one of those body fat scanners at the gym, I'm about 16% body fat, but I think I'm around 20% if I did a DEXA scan.

I'm also strength training, but my lifts have stalled out. My bench was higher in November/December than it is right now and I haven't improved much on my lifts the past few weeks.

Any tips on breaking through a plateau?

How old are you? Or are you above/below 32 or above/below 50?

 

[Kaner04]

Resurrecting this thread a bit

I've stalled out on my fat loss. I'm eating anywhere from 1800 to 2100 calories, but I don't want to go too low. I'm 5'6 and about 162 pounds. According to one of those body fat scanners at the gym, I'm about 16% body fat, but I think I'm around 20% if I did a DEXA scan.

I'm also strength training, but my lifts have stalled out. My bench was higher in November/December than it is right now and I haven't improved much on my lifts the past few weeks.

Any tips on breaking through a plateau?

If you don’t want to decrease calories, you could increase activity with some cardio a few times a week. You’re already lifting, adding some incline walking (my preference) or anything else that gets your heart rate up for a 20-30 minute period of time could help you burn more calories without taking it out of your food

 

[ScottyP]

How old are you? Or are you above/below 32 or above/below 50?

40 (I'm a man! I'm 40!)

 

[Cloned4Life]

If you don’t want to decrease calories, you could increase activity with some cardio a few times a week. You’re already lifting, adding some incline walking (my preference) or anything else that gets your heart rate up for a 20-30 minute period of time could help you burn more calories without taking it out of your food

This. Throw some weights in a backpack and walk some hills or incline. Throw in a podcast or movie or show. YouTube Premium has been a game changer as well.