The importance of physical fitness and being healthy cannot be overstated. I know most of us are unvaxxed and all that, and that's of course great. But eating healthy, working out, and staying fit are equally - if not - more important.
Over the last 8 weeks, I started working out 3-4 days a week. All at home stuff with a set of dumbbells and a yoga mat, 30 minutes or so a day. I've been working on full body stuff.
Coupled with regular exercise, I've started eating much cleaner. A cup of black coffee and 2 meals a day. 4-6oz of clean meat (fish, beef, turkey or chicken), and 1-2 cups of green vegetables (brussels sprouts, asparagus, green beans), and some kind of healthy fat (avocado, mixed nuts, peanut butter). I give myself a cheat meal a week, where I'll allow myself to add bread or pasta or something sugary to an otherwise clean meal, but only once a week as a little gift to myself.
My fiance has been my partner on this plan, she's been a motivator, she's been a positive accountability partner, and, if I may say so, is looking reeeealllll good (not that she didn't already). Together we've lost over 30 pounds in 8 weeks and added abs and muscle tone to our bodies. (Side note: this makes appendix carry a lot more comfortable).
In these last 8 weeks, I've found I have more physical and mental energy. I've found my productivity at work and at home have skyrocketed. I've found my research has been more productive. I've found my sleep is deeper and more regenerative, my days are generally more positive, and my overall feeling and well-being is so much greater.
The truth is, they want us unhealthy. They want us obese, on their drugs, and not physically able. The relevancy in this forum is that when the shit ultimately hits the fan, and society collapses or there are riots or whatever, I know that we're going to be physically fit enough to make it through. If we have to run, we can run. If we have to fight, we can fight. If we have to build, we can build - because we're focusing on our physical fitness now.
Can you run, if you need to? Can you fight if you need to? Can you build if you need to?
I encourage all of you to start becoming physically fit, no matter your age or your current fitness level. It's never too late, you're never too old, and you're never too fat or too disabled. Your physical fitness is the number one way to expand your life expectancy and keep your brain functioning well.
Godspeed, anons. Love and prayers to all of you and your families.
Feel free to PM me if you'd like to learn more about our workout and diet program. I promise I'm not selling anything, ever.
u/MagaMan1776 a couple years ago I used to message others more frequently. Not sure if it is because is late or I my just brain farting from the crap food, though I can't recall how to message you LoL
Toss some of it up here for all of us to enjoy, or give this elder pede a reminder on messagimg LOL
Here you go, patriot!
MEAL PLAN
2 meals a day, with black coffee in the morning. If you absolutely need breakfast, a couple of hard boiled eggs will do.
4-6oz of clean meat (we love salmon, or turkey patties or chicken breast etc). 1-2 cups of green vegetables. Basically any vegetable is fine, except tomatoes as they are inflammatory by nature.
A serving of avocado, a handful of nuts, 2 tablespoons of sugar free peanut butter, or a handful of olives.
Seasonings (without sugar) are fine, and sugar-free mustard and hot sauce, but no ketchup or mayo or anything like that.
If you crave a dessert (except for week 1, I recommend, for a sugar detox) here's my absolute favorite:
Freeze some bananas. Put them in the food processor with some cinnamon. Microwave some peanut butter until it's liquid (40 seconds). Add the peanut butter to the banana/cinnamon, and it's like ice cream. Fucking love that stuff.
1 gallon of water each day. Flavor with lemon juice if needed.
WORK OUT
3 or 4 days of full body workouts. We do a 30-40 minute circuit in the morning, that has 5 or 6 exercises focusing on each muscle group. 1 minute for each exercise, take a 1-2 minute break, and repeat 5 times. This might look something like:
1 minute of pushups,
1 minute of crunches,
1 minute of weighted squats,
1 minute of kettle bell swings,
1 minute of planking,
2 minute break. After a week or so, you can cut your break down to 30-60 seconds.
WALKING AND SHATAPAWALI
We have a dog, so we take him for a 15 minute walk in the morning, a 45 minute walk in the early evening before dinner, and another 15 minute walk before bed. Indians (from India) practice an after-dinner walk each evening called Shatapawali. We live in an area with many Indian families (mostly doctors, actually) and we've adopted this practice from them, and we've come to really look forward to our after-dinner stroll. Start here, and add the rest!
On at least one of our off-days (usually Saturday mornings), we make a point to walk at least 2 miles with the dog in a park or somewhere we can work with hills so we get some elevation. Also, I golf, so I like to walk as much as possible on the course.
Week 1: NO SUGAR AT ALL! Not even fruit.
Weeks 2-6: Add fruit. Things like apples, oranges and bananas, have one with each meal. Things like berries, a handful with each meal.
Weeks 7-8: Cut the fruit, cut the breakfast. Cut the vegetables down to 1 cup and your meat down to 4oz.
That's pretty much it. Technically you shouldn't drink alcohol, but we'll have a vodka soda with lime (or 2 or 3, lol) if we're drinking socially.
Thank you!