In a way this does have something to do with Bowhunting!
Just wondering how many like me had a goal to lose weight and get in better shape this year? I started off the year weighing 231# I never had anyone guess me at that weight and most commented I carried my weight very well.
Huh!! I though it was pretty tough to carry![8D]So I made a vow to myself to lose weight and get in better shape, so I could be more effecient at Bowhunting this Spring, Fall, & Winter. Also being more effecient at work is a plus too.
I went on a strict diet, started walking, and bicycling 3 to 4 times a week.
Weighed in this week at 204#!
Boy can I tell a difference in the way I feel. Only had one or 2 headaches this year, and I'm full of energy! Plans are to go on down to 190# to 195# and maintain and improve conditioning.
Everybody else that is on a weight lose plan or trying to improve conditioning check in here!
Maybe we can support each other as we check in onour progress!
The weight I feel best is around 205 lbs. I was up to 225 earlier this year, but I am slowly coming down and am around 220 now. I figured out the problem. I eat at work in the dining hall with the juveniles I watch every day, the food is full of fat. I started to eat my own food last week and have already lost 2-3 lbs.
The weight I feel best is around 205 lbs. I was up to 225 earlier this year, but I am slowly coming down and am around 220 now. I figured out the problem. I eat at work in the dining hall with the juveniles I watch every day, the food is full of fat. I started to eat my own food last week and have already lost 2-3 lbs.
I think that's the key is finding a weight you really feel good at. I really ought to try and get down to 185# but for now my goal remains 190# to 195#
I know on my last Elk hunt I got down to 176# and even the natives couldn't keep up with me
Dan you are absolutly right, it has something to do with bowhunting. It makes you perform better in the field and just feel down right good. I was 230 two years ago, I started eating different cutting out sweets and soda, now just water. I started hitting the weights and just recently like Greg, picked up on p90X, Im now currently 185 lbs and im not joking, i feel 20 years younger Do it!!
I am finally able to start this afternoon when I awake from the working 3rd shift.
My starting weight is 245lbs and I would like to get down to 200lbs by Oct 1.
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Dan,
I've been putting some time on my stepper and lifting LIGHT weights in HIGH reps working on my cardio for my elk hunt this fall. I initially gained about 10#, and have since dropped those 10 plus a couple. I can put 25-30 minutes on my stepper, and get bored before I get worn out. Been putting in some couple mile hikes up down and around through my woods as well. For me it's far more about my conditioning than my weight, I ran 5-7miles a day when I was in the Army, and weighed 225#, not I'm not in near the shape I was in then, not musclar nor cardio, but I weigh about 15# on average more. My knees and hips and back have all VETO'd the idea of running again, so using the stepper, and hopefully soon as I find a little more daylight and time, biking will be part of my regimen as well. Good Luck in your venure, I'm still about 18# from where I'd like to be when I head west, but if I don't get there, but am well-conditioned, that will be good enough for me. Several years ago, I dropped from 249 to 197 in a 3 month period, and I looked like a skeleton. My wife actually told me to put some weight back on, and I more than obliged, maybe overdid it a bit, but I'm in decent enough shape to do what I need to do, be it play ball with the kids or chase after my teenage nephews when they needs roughing up.
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