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2005/06/01, 11:17 AM
I am 34. I have almost never voluntarily worked out. The Army made me. I have ridden or raced motocross my whole life and that has kept in okay shape. I'd like to improve my fitness level and lose little in the middle. I could not live with a super-strict program. Not with my schedule. What should I do. I thought I'd continue to ride motocross 1-2 times a week. Do some running and bike riding, some weights, cut out pizza and fast food. Is that too simple? What would be a good routine.
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2005/06/01, 12:40 PM
Do what you want to do - you know?
Truthfully, getting in shape really requires a BIG commitment and personally, I would rather not do it all rather than make a flakey half-"butt" commitment/effort and not get results I deserve.
Plan A: Riding motorcross and doing the activities you mention, along with eating better, is certainly better than being sedentary. It's not the end-all, save all of fitness though.
Plan B: You may find some of the programs here offer you the proper amount of "structure" in that it prescribes a certain amount of lifting in each muscle group along with a certain amount of cardio such that you get benefit. The quantity, time of day, and days of week of your workouts would be within your control.
If plan B is too super-strict, it's probably best to stick with plan A.
My $.02 and I reserve the right to be wrong.
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I dont have to outrun the bear - just you....
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2005/06/02, 08:37 AM
Yeah I agree with spam. plan A and B are great options.. in order to loose the fat in the middle you have to eat right, but u have to do it your way.... if you force something on yourself you might not like it and might make you not want to do it or even look forward to doing it, which in turn will get u no results cause u might find yourself not wanting to do it... but ft has some great routines you should check them out!!
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God wont give you anything you cant handle!
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2005/06/02, 11:03 AM
I'm making a commitment, and I don't think it's that much of a change really. I am doing reserve military full-time for a while. We have a gym here. I did some weight training, then after work I took a bike ride. Tonight I will ride motocross for a few hours. My only prob. is the diet. I'm trying to follow the guild lines from this site. 185Protein 463Carb 35Fat 2875Cal. The calories seems high to me and how do I get that much protein with that little fat?
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2005/06/02, 11:32 AM
Check out the grocery list for healthy eating in the food and nutrition thread-it is stickied at the top of the thread. Things which are high in protien and low in fat include chicken breast, cottage cheese, tuna, shrimp, protien shakes, fish, lean beef. It really helps to track what you eat for a while. You can use the nutrition tracker on this site to see what the P/C/F breakdown of the foods you're eating and then adjust your intake accordingly.
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Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
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2005/06/02, 12:36 PM
I'll go check that out. I've eaten 5 meals containing Protein Bars, 1% cottage cheese, some grilled chicken kabobs with onions and red peppers, some nuts, some 1% milk, tuna, and water. According to the nutrition tracker I am good with the protein. Calories were low, carbs were way low, fat was too high. This is tough.
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2005/06/02, 01:28 PM
Yes it is...but well worth it in the end. Keep it up and track it for several days or even weeks till you find out the right combinations and variables of what you can eat and what you can't. It doesn't have to be precisely the same day to day...but as long as it's healthy you're better then you probably were before. Eventually you'll get to the point where you know what you can and can't eat and you'll be able to calculate in your head what you ate earlier and what you need.
Just a side note though...try to eat all your necessary carbs before 3PM and get mostly protein after 3PM. Unused carbs get stored for energy in the form of fat. So lotsa carbs and then going to bed...guess where those carbs go?
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2005/06/02, 01:44 PM
Kollire, Watch the protien bars, they tend to be high in fat. I started with 1 per day, mid afternoon, then cut it to 1/2, now I don't eat them except on rare occations. For a snack I have either yogurt or cottage cheese. I do have a protien shake after a workout, but the rest I get from whole foods. I also cut out nuts to keep the fat down. The one item I left out as a great source of protien is eggs! Preferably egg whites, but I use egg substitute instead which is a bit lower in fat than whole eggs.
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2005/06/04, 11:11 AM
Thanks you for all the information! I have been consuming too many bars evidently. I noticed my metabolism has definitely changed. I was going all morning without eating before. Now I am hungry. If I wanted eat very well for one day what would be a good example menu?
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