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Diet-Fitness-General Wellness Your Thoughts?

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Buckeneye;1955952; said:
I'm able to eat like a horse and pretty much whatever I'd like without getting....'chunky'. My metabolism has been through the roof since I was a kid and I've always been quite active as well.

Some people are more genetically per-determined/dis-positioned to gain weight easier then others.
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Pretty much the same here. I burn off the "suggested" daily caloric intake (2,000) even if I don't get out of bed (I think that's the only thing I learned from my college health class freshman year :lol: ). That doesn't change the fact that I know I need to be more active for my future health. I have maybe a total of 3 or 4 20oz. bottles of pop/carbonated beverages over the course of an entire year now, and when I first cut out the carbonation, I felt great. My next personal goal is to get back to being in as near to running form as I used to be when I ran cross and track in middle school, and my diet has never really changed from when I was a runner. My diet has remained mostly carbs.

I have however, had an office job for about two and a half months now, and I can tell it is slowly dragging me down, health-wise. It was much easier when I was walking several miles a day during work (walk from the front to the back and other various spots around EPCOT multiple times in the ridiculous heat and humidity, and do it 5 or 6 days straight every week), and probably burning 2 or 3 times my "at-rest" amount. Now that I sit at a desk instead of being active and out in the weather, I feel much less energetic and enthusiastic, and know I need to get back into an exercise routine of some kind.

Ok, my rant is over. :lol:
 
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scarletmike;1956053; said:
I have however, had an office job for about two and a half months now, and I can tell it is slowly dragging me down, health-wise. It was much easier when I was walking several miles a day during work (walk from the front to the back and other various spots around EPCOT multiple times in the ridiculous heat and humidity, and do it 5 or 6 days straight every week), and probably burning 2 or 3 times my "at-rest" amount. Now that I sit at a desk instead of being active and out in the weather, I feel much less energetic and enthusiastic, and know I need to get back into an exercise routine of some kind.
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Yeah. Office jobs can really take their toll. I park as far away from my office as I can and try to leave myself a half-hour at lunch just to go take a walk.

I have noticed a couple people in my office have forsaken their chairs and brought in stability balls. I'm not that radical. :lol:
 
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Dryden;1956066; said:
Yeah. Office jobs can really take their toll. I park as far away from my office as I can and try to leave myself a half-hour at lunch just to go take a walk.

I have noticed a couple people in my office have forsaken their chairs and brought in stability balls. I'm not that radical. :lol:
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I know this cage fighter and he told me (he's a cook) that he does 1,000 pushups during his lunch break, 10 sets of 100. He's obviously going for endurance.
 
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I think I kind of annoy a few people at work because I cannot bear to sit still, so instead of emailing them a question, I walk over to their cube/office. I pretty much only email the people in my building if I'm in the middle of something, or I'm in a bad mood. There are times I just want to hop on the elevator*, go walk a few blocks over to Starbucks or Arbys just to get up and move. I was so glad to spend a day up at our camp (the day I posted that I was getting paid to zipline) because I got to walk around instead of sitting at a desk.

*Take the stairs, I know, I know. I don't care, not a fan of stairs. I'd much rather walk around downtown for a few hours than go up/down the stairs from the 5th floor once. :lol:
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1956056; said:
I am against diet and fitness and general wellness.
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I find that erroneous. Two packs a day and a fifth of bourbon a day keeps the doctor away. You, my friend, are the picture of health! :biggrin:

Dryden;1956066; said:
Yeah. Office jobs can really take their toll. I park as far away from my office as I can and try to leave myself a half-hour at lunch just to go take a walk.

I have noticed a couple people in my office have forsaken their chairs and brought in stability balls. I'm not that radical. :lol:
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I've moved from chair to exercise ball to a standing computer area now. Gradually gotten much better each time. If I could only wear my Vibrams to work, then it'd be solid.
 
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DubCoffman62;1956069; said:
I know this cage fighter and he told me (he's a cook) that he does 1,000 pushups during his lunch break, 10 sets of 100. He's obviously going for endurance.
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That reminds me of an article I read a few years ago about what a physical freak Herschel Walker is. One of his old teammates said that you never saw Walker in the weight room, but he was always one of the fittest guys on the team. One road trip, the teammate was in the hotel room next to HW, and would hear loud noises thru the wall every few minutes. When he went to see what was going on, HW said he was just watching TV. When asked about the noise specifically, he said every commercial break he did 100 pushups and 100 situps.

I've also heard that Walker never ate more than one meal a day, and would eat nothing but candy bars for weeks at a time. Everything that is known about anatomy and nutrition says that it would be impossible to maintain a physique like his with that diet. Some people are truly freaks of nature.
 
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The beauty about most of the work I do is that its in the cold - so right there my body is burning calories just to keep warm. I'm generally hungry and eat a small meal about every 2 hours. Its become clock work - I eat at 7am, 9am, 11am snack at 1:30. snack 3:30. meal at 5:30 and something around 7:30-8ish. I dont even look at the time anymore. Body tells me when to eat.

Of course you can tell the difference when your body is craving calories - you start to get quite chilly in my line of work before I go to lunch.
 
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DubCoffman62;1956093; said:
What's the deal with vibrams? I'd never heard of them before until recently here in the forum and now I notice quite a few people wearing them.
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Enjoy the feeling and benefits of walking barefoot, but without the worries of tetanus shots or stepping in dog shit.
 
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