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Old 08-21-2019, 01:03 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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I'm 40 this year and like you, 2 years ago at 38, I was not in shape. Weight wise, ok. 5 ft 10.5 at about 165-170 lbs. But was short of breath going up stairs and stuff.

Literally, find a gym that's super easily accessible. Start by going as much as possible in a week doing 1 exercise really. Running for like 5 mins with the goal of running a certain distance. For me, it was 0.6 miles. Just do that and some stretching. Basically, the less but more often. This will make your physical routine adoption more easier.

Than graduate to outside on nicer days. Reason why treadmill is better for beginners is it's more systematic.

Surprisingly, it took me nearly a year where I felt really confident running longer distances. Along the way, start expanding. I just did simple exercises, such as pull ups. A good way to gain pull-up strength is to hold yourself at the highest position you can for almost long as you can. Important to stretch. Throwing in the stair master after is also very good.


Throw in basic yoga stretches. Flexibility, balance and coordination is key as we age. Forget the type of workout, body you had in your teens and earlier 20s.

More importantly, don't forget about going for massages if your work has benefits to.
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Old 08-22-2019, 07:41 AM
 
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Both of you are essentially saying the same thing but approaching it from a different angle. Both the traditional low-calorie dieter and the keto dieter are basically achieving a caloric deficit, however they are weighting that intake differently (higher grains/fruit/protein and low fat vs. low grains/fruit and high protein/fat).

In my opinion, the calorie-counting diet takes a lot more self control for most people because you need to know *how* to weight your daily calorie intake to ensure you don't eat all carbs/sugar and end up hungry and "cheat". However, once you learn how your individual body responds to varying levels of sugar/protein/fat intake and how it affects blood sugar it can be easier. All the food we eat gets converted to calories, but the body does not respond the same to all calories, if that makes sense.

No one specific thing 'makes you fat' (protein, fat, carbs, sugar) it's eating an excess that makes you fat. How you structure your diet on a permanent basis to ensure you don't eat an excess is pretty much the thing any good lifestyle diet change tries to achieve. Understanding how the body responds to different types of food and the impact they have on hunger/blood sugar/energy levels is key in all this.

No way were we saying the same thing, they said quote It has nothing to do with calories.

I said Losing weight has everything to do with Calories in and Calories out

How is that the same?
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Old 08-22-2019, 09:14 AM
 
Location: New York
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No way were we saying the same thing, they said quote It has nothing to do with calories.

I said Losing weight has everything to do with Calories in and Calories out

How is that the same?
You are saying the same thing because regardless of whether you advocate low carb or calorie counting, you're achieving a caloric deficit in both scenarios.
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Old 08-23-2019, 09:37 AM
 
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You are saying the same thing because regardless of whether you advocate low carb or calorie counting, you're achieving a caloric deficit in both scenarios.
Give up we said completely opposite can only believe you did not read it.
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Old 07-11-2020, 02:10 AM
 
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