Congrats to all you guys/gals that have realized and taken care of getting/making yourself healthy. Many of you know a few years I went thru a total hip replacement and since then I have had some (serious) health issues that made me get serious about my weight and health. I've had bouts of being overweight, dieting, gaining it back (+), along with at times being on high blood pressure medicine. With the recent health concerns I experienced I decided that if I were to live to a ripe old age I needed to take charge of my health, loose weight and get as healthy as I could/can.
I now exercise 6 days (sometimes 7)/week. I do cardio everyday and weights along w/the cardio 3 days a week. My cardio consists of elliptical and recumbent bike... on the days I do all cardio I do one hour on the elliptical and thirty-five minutes on the bike.... days I do weights I do forty-five minutes on elliptical and thirty-five minutes on the bike. Once a week (on Saturday) I do one hour on the elliptical and one hour on the bike (burn 1,700+ calories). When I started this regime I found an app called "MyFitnesPal" (can be found in the play store [android], and app store [ipad]).. with this app you set up your profile (age, weight, goal weight, etc.) and daily you enter the exercises you do and food you eat. Doing this I found that the things I had been eating daily the calorie count was enough for several days for what I was eating in one day. What is really nice is the app has a bar code reader that you can scan in the foods you eat along with a search function (that has a large database) to find the nutritional info of that item. Another plus for this app is the more your exercise (calories burned) are added as additional calories you can intake that day (if you choose too).
With all that said I have lost 60+ lbs by exercising and being conscious of what and how much I eat daily. I'm feeling better than I have in years and by me getting my body in better condition the procedures and treatments I had w/my last health concern I was able to endure them w/little to none side effects/issues.
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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