I have been losing weight at 250g a week consistently for about 2 years now. That's about 30kg/66lbs total lost. What matters is consistency. For most of those 2 years my weight felt almost flat, 250g barely shows up given day-to-day variance of weight, yet it adds up. So great consistency! :D
Doing anything is better than doing nothing but I can't recommend lifting weights enough. Even 20 minutes per week (replacing your stretches for example) can be life changing over a few months. It doesn't take going full Schwarzenegger. I've been helping my boomer dad regain strength and mobility, happy to share some ideas if it would be helpful.
Fantastic efforts - you’re inspiring me to get moving, even if only in my 40s. Just one q - where did the American accent come from when living in Ireland?
Love seeing you keep at it, and I'm definitely seeing some improved movement from your last video! It'd be great if you reconsidered skipping on resistance training though. I think there's plenty of benefit in it for you, even if strength isn't really the goal. A lot of heavy, compound lifts like the squat and deadlift are a great way to work on not just your strength, but your mobility, coordination, and balance as well. There's been studies that suggest putting your skeletal system under load promotes bone density and health. Even if your strength is still at a level you're comfortable with now, it's worth it to continue resistance training to keep that strength as long as possible as you hit 70/80/90/beyond, especially if your current health issues keep you less active than you'd like to be. I think you're pretty evidently someone who loves to nerd out about things (I say this with affection), and resistance training gives you way more reasons to track data and make charts than cardio and stretching. Haha. Starting Strength is the most common way to get started with resistance training, and while the creator is unfortunately outspoken in many fields outside of resistance training, he has a good program for beginner resistance training and a lot to say about resistance training for older populations. I also enjoy using a lot of the 5/3/1 programs by Jim Wendler.
I've been in that boat buddy, I've recently lost about 23kgs since last July. About your flexibility, stick with it and consider dynamic stretching - no need to rush the process! Regarding your cardio, you don't really need it - unless you enjoy it! The key to losing weight is a decent calorie deficit. Cardio may help with that as it's gonna enable you to eat more food, nonetheless you need the deficit. Get yourself a step counter and be mindful of how many calories you're eating. another helpful thing to remember is the 60% rule - you're gonna see results over time if you keep to your diet and exercise 60% of the time. Good luck with your journey, there's never a bad time to lose weight!
I think it's great you make the effort to post that, reminds us what the bell curve actually looks like. My 5 cents: the science / consensus indicates that to lose weight, you should include / focus on weight training. Maintaining muscle requires energy, so if you build muscle, your base metabolic rate will increase. And from a caloric intake perspective, it's quite hard to get fat from protein, and protein makes you feel full. And you need protein to build muscle. So, consider eating industrial amounts of sardines, eggs and chicken :) If you like the feeling of fasted training, fair enough, but no science has shown that it's better in any way (performance, weight loss...), so please dont do it because it's better: it isn't, especially cardio. In recent months, the only way i've managed to shed some of my winter fat was eating a lot of white fish and avoiding carbs pretty methodically. I'm getting old.
Well, if rushing through your stretching isn't giving you the expected benefits, I think you already know what to try next. ;) Besides, going slower also reduces the risk of injury. The way I've seen it explained, the oscillating/dangling style of stretching a lot of people do only increases the risk of injury without improving the benefits, so the standard that can be recommended to everyone is static stretching - you elongate the muscle and tendon system you're trying to stretch to the greatest length you can without pain (either by locking it against some fixed objects or by contracting your opposing muscle system) and hold it like that for a good 10 seconds or up to 30, depending on patience. Then you move to the next part you want to stretch, and so on. LE: Ah, I didn't realize what some people call "stretching" at the beginning of a session is actually a warm-up. A warm-up of course should be done through movement, but in that case the point wouldn't be to force and extend any range limits. That static stretching I mentioned is apparently something best left for the end of the whole session after you're all warmed up.
Consider adding Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and you will roll back the years! As a mirror image of you, a middle-aged coffee hobbyist with a sweet tooth, I experienced the best results with IMF & HRT. I take one injection per month and stop eating around 3 p.m. each day. No matter what, keep at it, mate; those short-term pains will lead to long-term gains. I'm looking forward to your next coffee video.
Thank you for sharing your journey. Not sure if you have Osteopathy practitioners in the US??? I have been going to one for a few years here in Australia, and it’s completely changed by understanding of the human body and how one thing impacts another. I used to ‘stretch’ all the time, until my Osteo (Osteopath) pointed out and showed me it was making things worse. He started showing me more about the correct ways of moving, using exercises in the right way to prevent my body from locking up. Previously, for me, chiropractors and physiotherapists made it worse for me. I wonder if osteopathy is something you could explore and might find helpful. Blessings for your health journey. I have absolutely loved all your coffee related videos, thank you for that content!
Working on weight machines at the gym helped me a lot. Before I've been a "calorie counter" (one-to-one translation from the derogatory german expression "Kalorienzähler" similar to "bean counter") putting EVERYTHING I ate into an app, which helped me to get from 90 to 70kg in just 5 month. But this has not been sustainable. Nowadays I go to the gym working exclusively on building up muscle mass, which let's my body burn more calories even when I'm not working out. Maybe give that a try, too. By the way, my first impression was: "He looks better than before." That's something! (-:
Aiming for weight loose can be a bit of challenge if the equation of input calorie and output calorie doesn't match. You can't burn all those extra input with daily exercise or workout at an armature level. So another key factor comes to this equation. Cutting carbohydrates, sugar, salt and drinking decent amount of water with minerals can be a huge key factor. I did lost 30 kilos with food control over 1,5 year. And now stabilizing by daily exercise/workout. But my diet is still the same. I also replaced white flour with whole wheat.
I have been losing weight at 250g a week consistently for about 2 years now. That's about 30kg/66lbs total lost. What matters is consistency. For most of those 2 years my weight felt almost flat, 250g barely shows up given day-to-day variance of weight, yet it adds up. So great consistency! :D
Doing anything is better than doing nothing but I can't recommend lifting weights enough. Even 20 minutes per week (replacing your stretches for example) can be life changing over a few months. It doesn't take going full Schwarzenegger. I've been helping my boomer dad regain strength and mobility, happy to share some ideas if it would be helpful.
Long walks is also good. It is not that hard on the joints and you can listen to music or podcasts. Keep at it !
Progress is progress and 5 pounds is a great pace! I definitely see the increased speed, hopefully we’ll see 16oz by 12x3 soon enough!
Fantastic efforts - you’re inspiring me to get moving, even if only in my 40s. Just one q - where did the American accent come from when living in Ireland?
I brought it with me :)
Love seeing you keep at it, and I'm definitely seeing some improved movement from your last video! It'd be great if you reconsidered skipping on resistance training though. I think there's plenty of benefit in it for you, even if strength isn't really the goal. A lot of heavy, compound lifts like the squat and deadlift are a great way to work on not just your strength, but your mobility, coordination, and balance as well. There's been studies that suggest putting your skeletal system under load promotes bone density and health. Even if your strength is still at a level you're comfortable with now, it's worth it to continue resistance training to keep that strength as long as possible as you hit 70/80/90/beyond, especially if your current health issues keep you less active than you'd like to be. I think you're pretty evidently someone who loves to nerd out about things (I say this with affection), and resistance training gives you way more reasons to track data and make charts than cardio and stretching. Haha.
Starting Strength is the most common way to get started with resistance training, and while the creator is unfortunately outspoken in many fields outside of resistance training, he has a good program for beginner resistance training and a lot to say about resistance training for older populations. I also enjoy using a lot of the 5/3/1 programs by Jim Wendler.
I've been in that boat buddy, I've recently lost about 23kgs since last July.
About your flexibility, stick with it and consider dynamic stretching - no need to rush the process!
Regarding your cardio, you don't really need it - unless you enjoy it! The key to losing weight is a decent calorie deficit. Cardio may help with that as it's gonna enable you to eat more food, nonetheless you need the deficit. Get yourself a step counter and be mindful of how many calories you're eating.
another helpful thing to remember is the 60% rule - you're gonna see results over time if you keep to your diet and exercise 60% of the time.
Good luck with your journey, there's never a bad time to lose weight!
I think it's great you make the effort to post that, reminds us what the bell curve actually looks like. My 5 cents: the science / consensus indicates that to lose weight, you should include / focus on weight training. Maintaining muscle requires energy, so if you build muscle, your base metabolic rate will increase. And from a caloric intake perspective, it's quite hard to get fat from protein, and protein makes you feel full. And you need protein to build muscle. So, consider eating industrial amounts of sardines, eggs and chicken :) If you like the feeling of fasted training, fair enough, but no science has shown that it's better in any way (performance, weight loss...), so please dont do it because it's better: it isn't, especially cardio.
In recent months, the only way i've managed to shed some of my winter fat was eating a lot of white fish and avoiding carbs pretty methodically. I'm getting old.
remember; the camera adds at least two bags of lavazza coffee beans! keep grinding!
Well, if rushing through your stretching isn't giving you the expected benefits, I think you already know what to try next. ;) Besides, going slower also reduces the risk of injury.
The way I've seen it explained, the oscillating/dangling style of stretching a lot of people do only increases the risk of injury without improving the benefits, so the standard that can be recommended to everyone is static stretching - you elongate the muscle and tendon system you're trying to stretch to the greatest length you can without pain (either by locking it against some fixed objects or by contracting your opposing muscle system) and hold it like that for a good 10 seconds or up to 30, depending on patience. Then you move to the next part you want to stretch, and so on.
LE:
Ah, I didn't realize what some people call "stretching" at the beginning of a session is actually a warm-up. A warm-up of course should be done through movement, but in that case the point wouldn't be to force and extend any range limits. That static stretching I mentioned is apparently something best left for the end of the whole session after you're all warmed up.
Consider adding Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and you will roll back the years! As a mirror image of you, a middle-aged coffee hobbyist with a sweet tooth, I experienced the best results with IMF & HRT. I take one injection per month and stop eating around 3 p.m. each day. No matter what, keep at it, mate; those short-term pains will lead to long-term gains.
I'm looking forward to your next coffee video.
Awesome, keep at it! You could be building some muscle which will off set some weight loss so dont get too down about it. Consistency is key!
Keep going, man! Progress is progress, each and every day it will only get easier and easier for you❤❤
Great work!
What happened to the video you uploaded today.
Copyright issue; I'm appealing and hope they'll restore it. Thanks for noticing :)
@@wiredgourmet not a problem sent it to my family and they could not open it.
I re-uploaded another version that seems safe to link to :)
@@wiredgourmet Thank you I will
Thank you for sharing your journey. Not sure if you have Osteopathy practitioners in the US??? I have been going to one for a few years here in Australia, and it’s completely changed by understanding of the human body and how one thing impacts another. I used to ‘stretch’ all the time, until my Osteo (Osteopath) pointed out and showed me it was making things worse. He started showing me more about the correct ways of moving, using exercises in the right way to prevent my body from locking up. Previously, for me, chiropractors and physiotherapists made it worse for me.
I wonder if osteopathy is something you could explore and might find helpful.
Blessings for your health journey.
I have absolutely loved all your coffee related videos, thank you for that content!
Thanks for the suggestion. I will look into it. I do often feel like the typical stretching does more harm than good.
@@wiredgourmetthat’s a really interesting observation, and also my experience also with regard to ‘stretching’.
Working on weight machines at the gym helped me a lot. Before I've been a "calorie counter" (one-to-one translation from the derogatory german expression "Kalorienzähler" similar to "bean counter") putting EVERYTHING I ate into an app, which helped me to get from 90 to 70kg in just 5 month. But this has not been sustainable. Nowadays I go to the gym working exclusively on building up muscle mass, which let's my body burn more calories even when I'm not working out. Maybe give that a try, too. By the way, my first impression was: "He looks better than before." That's something! (-:
Looking loose as a goose! Stay hip!
There are no "bad" foods, only bad portions.
Aiming for weight loose can be a bit of challenge if the equation of input calorie and output calorie doesn't match. You can't burn all those extra input with daily exercise or workout at an armature level. So another key factor comes to this equation. Cutting carbohydrates, sugar, salt and drinking decent amount of water with minerals can be a huge key factor. I did lost 30 kilos with food control over 1,5 year. And now stabilizing by daily exercise/workout. But my diet is still the same. I also replaced white flour with whole wheat.