Originally Posted by
Bean438
Actually dalton it’s neither of those two things. I last lifted in 2004. I sold all my weights and went down the p90x route, cardio and body weight training. “Weightlifting was for young people”. Then I got divorced in 2009. All training stopped. I simply did not care about anything. Then I quit my second job (it was very physical) because I got rid of the spend happy ex, and I got sick of paying more tax as others sat and contributed nothing to society.
My weight slowly climbed because of less calories burned. I lived off of fast food to the point that the staff knew me by name. Boxed frozen pizzas were standard fare.
Then I met my current spouse. She has been very good to me. She’s an amazing cook.
Since 2009 the weight went from 200..215..225, then it was 247, and now we’re approaching 270.
I look like shit, feel like shit, I’m tired , and get winded easily. I have a hard time breathing when I bend over to put socks on.
I have a lot of visceral fat.
I’m done living like this. It ends now!
I also suffer from paralysis from analysis. And there’s so much conflicting information. Dr Sullivan’s book really hit home with his aging phenotype. I don’t want to be that guy.
It kinda makes sense to lose 70 pounds and then get right into the SS program, but it also makes sense to just start SS and clean up the eating. Lifting burns calories, adds muscle which burns calories. It also builds some cardio.
BUT kettle bell swings also build some muscle while burning,fat. Tracey reifkind lost tons of weight doing swings. I read about her in Tim Ferris ‘s book 4 hour body.