Exercise: My What, Why, & How
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- I am a person that has always hated exercise!!! In this video I talk about what role exercise played in losing 120 pounds in 10 months and in 8 months of maintenance.
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So true. I have read that it doesn’t matter how much you exercise til you clean up your diet. You are proof. So glad to see you “showing up” for yourself, as I’m sure you do for your family and friends. Keep up the hard work.
Great point! I love walking and I burn about 400 calories an hour. But a snickers bar is 250 calories. Exercise as the main means of weight loss is futile which is why many people give up frustrated.
I am experimenting with carnivore OMAD currently and love it. They also have child watch at my gym. The kids love it and I can walk or exercise safely rain or shine.
Great channel keep it up!
That is so helpful when the kids love it!! I agree...exercise is my bonus and not my fat loss tool.
Wish my kids were young enough for the gym-sitter still lol
They come in and talk to me while we are all working out, my ME TIME is gone 😳 as a single hsling mom this is saaaaaad.
You are awesome, Laura! I’m a single mom but I stared off at the same heigh & weight as you did and I think I can catch up with you at some point this year 🤩. By summer would be so fabulous so I can have the energy to run around with my kiddo and put on any swim suit I want 🥳. But my kiddo will be stoked if I just have the energy to play with her. I appreciate the time and effort you really put into helping us see that it can be done with a regular ol’ parenting lifestyle. ♥️🥰🤗
❤️Love this! Laura, please don’t feel guilty about taking your kids to the gym with you. You are setting a great example for them!
Your really a wonderful role model, truly amazing and beautiful. Your story rings true to so many of us who have had a life time of binge eating and yo-yo dieting. Thank you for sharing with all of us :)
Wow so kind. Thank you so much!!
That 5 pounds you gained the first week was water weight into your muscles from working out with weight lifting. I will gain about 8 pounds in 4-5 days when returning to the gym after time away from working out. The scale will tell you gained weight but your waist size will you otherwise, guaranteed.
You cant out run a bad diet. Great info, laura . I enjoy resistance training more now.
You seem like a really nice person I wish you all the best
I view exercise like washing dishes or flossing; I do it for the benefits, not for pleasure. I often enjoy my exercise, but the motivation rests in benefits. I walk 2-3 miles most days (outside), weights 2-3x a week. Exercise does so much for the brain and body beyond weight. Your videos will help many people.
Dean Riley I like your approach of exercising most days. I go to work 35 minutes early so that I can get in a 2 mile walk and I usually walk a mile at lunch with a coworker. This allows me to get my exercise in 5 days a week.
Cardio flossing? Lol
You are amazing!! So encouraging and so honest!💕
Good for you!! We go to a 24 hour gym and i use to only do cardio during Keto. Lost my drive for the last two months. Started Carnivore and while i hate getting out of bed to go to the gym at 5 am, I do like the results I have been seeing with my (light) weight lifting. Thank you for sharing your journey!! I love your videos
Last year at this time I weighed 293 lb. At this time I fluctuate between 263 and 270. My goal weight is 150 lb. I'm 5' 8.5" tall. For most of my life I was always skinny. In my mid-20s I started noticing weight creeping on but I could basically fast or cut back on certain foods, junk foods, and drop it right off. I had my first child at the age of 30 and gained about 40 lbs. Four years later I finally started losing that 40 pounds. Come to find out it was because I was pregnant again. I gained a total of 6 lb with my second son. I had morning sickness the whole 9 months. He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz when he was born. By the time he was three I was back down to my pre-pregnancy weight. A year later I got sick. Within the next 5 years I had 7 surgeries. For health reasons, I had a total hysterectomy at the age of 43 and it's been a battle ever since. Open next 15 years my weight kept creeping up a little every year until it reached 293 lb. I'm finally ready to do the work to get healthy again. Thank you for your videos. You are truly inspiring and so is your mom. 😊
Too true, you can't exercise off a cookie if you have boxes of Girl Guide cookies hanging off your hips.
Best thing I've ever bought myself was a rowing machine, now I do 30 minutes a day at a moderate pace. I especially like the neuro-protective benefits. Cheers Laura you're doing a great job with the honesty and encouragement.
I love that!!
And totally makes sense how you did it. Any person who looks at how you did it and says you are wrong well sadly enough in bad shape I need to get their head checked. Laura you did the right thing I'm in the same boat right now. So I understand.
You are speaking to the choir! I don't have the self-motivation to workout independently by myself.
"I don't even know who I am anymore!" LOL! LOVE IT!
Well done Laura! I think the way you are looking at exercise in "moderation" is very healthy and sustainable. I used to try to "outrun my fork" but since starting carnivore I've been walking my pup on the trails instead. I will pick the running back up once my body says too. My body has been so kind to me through all the years of dieting, binging, and over- exercising. I'm finally listening and trying to live gratefully. Keep the videos coming, you're doing fantastic!
Yes! I am a bit obsessive about things so it is easy for me to overdo anything. It is good we have found a balance.
Total here you on the exercise front. I didn’t do any for the first 4 months due to knee and back problems. But now I’m lighter I love working out. My fav is hitt training at the moment 👍🏻🤗
thanks for sharing laura. yes sauna. enjoy your content and what works for you. thanks again!
Personally, I like kettlebell swings. Full body conditioning and HIIT all in one. Less than 30 minutes every other day and you're done. I'm using Tracy Reifkind's Swing book for my workout. I also usually get in a few walks in a week. I'm currently doing keto and intermittent fasting and have lost 60+ lbs. FWIW, I also have knee issues and kettlebell swings are easy on the knees.
Finishing 4th month on Carnivore and haven't started (or even want to) exercising. Still finding my way. Down 15 lbs. 40lbs to go. I'm hoping that I'm now "fat adapted" and the weight will release from my insulin resistant bod.
Laura, Sometimes I feel really great on this woe. But sometimes I feel yuck. I'm trying to figure it out, but so far its not obvious, like I ate this so now I feel this. Anyway, do you remember feeling up and down during your weight loss period? Sometimes I feel like I should be eating veggies and fruit for health sake. I don't, but I wonder.
I clicked for the Tegan and Sara poster not gonna lie. Lesbian me from 9th grade took over momentarily.
😂😂😂 that's amazing!! We love them!! I am still in shock but I got to see them at Red Rocks a few years ago!
Laura Spath you live in CO? Nice!
No AZ...I just happened to be in CO for work on the night they were playing.
Laura Spath I was born in AZ so that’s cool as hell!
Exercise helps mitochondrial health, burn excess carbs if any, release toxins in the form of sweat, boost circulation and muscle form, and helps bust stress. I've recently been diagnosed with Hashimotos thyroiditis and it was making me feel really horrible and lacking in motivation and very tired and low on energy and while I plan to get on meds after meeting my doctor she was unavailable for a while, so I just decided that I have to do something to change this and did a 20-25 min workout (jogging) and felt so much better! Felt like my old self. I figure I will need meds to control the condition (it's related to leaky gut and an immune system response to the food/ other particles entering the blood stream through the permeable gut lining), and eat as clean as I can (there are many inflammatory foods to avoid) but I figured I have to find ways to manage it better and as I mentioned I read exercise is good for mitochondrial health and as it helps remove toxins it supports gut health. I figure with years of damage it's unlikely that my gut will go back to 100% health, if it goes great, but that's unlikely, so have to bite the bullet, take the meds and work on other lifestyle factors. Overexercising isn't good and if you cut out the carbs, as you have, you don't have to crazy amounts of cardio. Sharing my Hashimotos story so that it may help someone else.
You may want to check out Amy Myers MD., a functional medicine practitioner who specializes in autoimmune thyroid issues.
@@sharonp9429 Thank you... will look her up. Since this comment I came across the Auto Immune Protocol diet (AIP) and I've cut out and reduced more inflammatory foods and am having more antiinflammatory ones plus am on thyroid medication for the Hashimotos. Doing a lot better... Dr. Sarah Ballantyne is also excellent for AIP.
I do a hitt workout twice a week at the hydropool and do a seated workout every now and then with hand weights as I have mobility issues. But I'm hoping doing the carnivore way of eating will help my inflammation so I can do more "normal" workouts eventually as I used to be very active. I'm 50 now though and overweight with hypothyroid, type 2 diabetes and high inflammation. I've lost weight on Keto but feel I need to go stricter as I seem to react to certain plants unfortunately. I love my vegies, but they just dont seem to love me as I feel more inflamed when I eat them, not every vegie affects me in a negative way though.
Thanks for showing your loose skin. It always helps me when a person shows some of the things they are dealing with. Your hair video has been very helpful to give me hope. I listen to a lot of videos and have heard most of the carnivore posts which I am doing also. I am doing some lifting but I also have some loose skin. 😊
I really appreciate your honesty.
I am a big sauna fan too. For exercise I think 25 minutes of vigorous water walking with Styrofoam barbells is good enough for right now. Perhaps if I lose 100lbs I'll feel differently too.
That is a perfect place to be!! The sauna is my excuse to go to the gym sometimes. I love it
@@LauraSpath Same here!!! I am an oddball who looks forward to deads and squats but hates upper body days.
How do you do that, Laura?!
Once again...fine words of wisdom!
Omg I thought I was the one who gained weight by going to the gym everyday at 5am. 😰
Hi Laura,
can you make a video on loose skin? How do you think Carnivore has helped you with loose skin and how you feel about your skin. I really really appreciate it.
"I don't know who I am anymore." ~Mrs. Spath
As for me, bicycling is my exercise and my mental blowout.
Since I'm burning fat I have enough fuel to bicycle around the Sun.
It is 90% diet! I luckily am someone who loves to exercise. So people think that is why I am so fit and lean but it only a small part of it. I tell everyone it is nutrition. If I eat bad I can gain weight easy even if I workout everyday. So hard even for me. Maybe harder for me because I like to stay so lean at under 15% body fat as a female in her 40’s. But it’s nice to look better in a string bikini then most 25 yr olds 👙💪🏻
Wow that is fantastic!! I agree for me working out is the bonus but my diet has to be on point!! You are goals for sure!!!
Brooke Smith I agree Dìet is 90%. I get in 30 minutes of exercise daily, but without a good diet I put on weight easily.
Let's see it
I would like to be 25%, curvy.
I love to walk but I HATE the treadmill too. Mentally it is a drain because it is just so boring. I walk outside with my dogs and love it. :)
I found a really nice sitting bike that I can use while I watch TV except we all have barricaded ourselves in our rooms until this nasty virus is over with since 2 people in the house are essential workers. :/
So proud of you!
Hi great video! Also, what do you eat before a class? I can work out fasted in the gym but there's no way I could get through a Pump class without some fuel on board! Body Pump is my fave class too, closely followed by Xcore. I totally get what you mean about needing the motivation of a class as opposed to half-arsing it in the gym!lol No sitting down and playing on your phone in a class, that's for sure. :-)
Oh yea I forgot to talk about that. On Saturdays I am always going fasted because the class is in the morning. Wednesday nights I eat lunch before...but i have done that class near the end of a 48 hour fast often. I just make sure I have plenty of salt in me
Ah, nostalgia for 2019. To live in a world where we could actually go to a REAL LIFE gym class. In our dreams.
Thank you for sharing!
Never cancel a gym membership, consider it a fat tax if you don’t use it 😂
LMAO
I recommend reading Good calories Bad calories by Gary Taubes.
Love body pump. 😍
I’ve found that lifting helps me burn more fat. I don’t do cardio.
There was an article this week where a non diet doctor set out to study "hunter gatherers" in africa and show everyone just how little exercise modern people do. One problem, he found out we burn the same amount. He now says that humans burn the same amount and isn't effected by exercise. If you exercise you don't burn more, you just redirect your energy from say the immune system to exercise.
Laura, thanks for your helpful insights and enthusiasm. I have only been on Carnivore for a week but already feel that this will be a long term life changer for me. If you see my comments, will you please address the following two questions.
1. I am trying to lose 15 kilos (33 pounds) initially and wonder whether exercise will be critical to my success? You have told of losing 120 pounds without exercise and I really want to bed my eating habits down, which includes going off alcohol before I add another layer of 'stress' to my life.
2. I have watched numerous youtube vids on what foods are acceptable on this diet and some say heavy cream and/or yoghurt are O.K. but others eschew anything except any type of meat and eggs. What are your thoughts on cream and yoghurt?
I started watching your videos in order, today. You have said a few things in which I can relate. Such as, (your wording was better) it is better for me to completely restrict something, such as nuts, than to try to moderate it. That is the reason Carnivore is more appealing than Keto. Also, is this video you said you are obedient. I too would rather have someone tell me what to do, or if I am signed up for a class I will go but if I go to the gym on my own I end up doing maybe 3 things before I lay on the Hydro massage bed. So, I am really enjoying your videos because you are relatable. I wonder though if you have tried Yoga? I get a better work out through a real yoga class than cardio classes and weight lifting classes and it helps your body release toxins that weight lifting alone cannot. I still lift weights but there is no substitute for a good yoga class.
I use to do Pump but I didn't get the results I wanted. It was a good workout but I have to go lift heavy weights to get results.
I am assuming your knee got better. Do you think it was your diet that healed the knee or your regular exercise. I ask because I have a bad knee and I am new to carnivore.
I need to gain flexibility. I’m always so stiff 😳
Quit sugar and go keto to reduce inflammation
Hi Laura,
Can you tell me what gym offers that one hour weight class? Is it GOLDS GYM?
how did you get rid of the extra skin?
Iseekoutthetruth not a factor. Look up autophagy
Do you have loose skin on your belly?
Try mini workouts at first if don't like working out.
Do you have a cost video and how to feed the kids?
Cost video coming soon. Debating about sharing the kids stuff. I want to but UA-cam is a pretty harsh place and I don't know if I want my kids in all that mess.
Laura Spath i was wondering about feeding kids while eating so restrictively yourself.
Is there a photos off Your results?
Yes, lots. Go to her home page here on youtube (click on her name above) and the click on 'community' and scroll through them.
I used to be that crazy instructor telling everyone to yell Hey! 😂 Then I got Lyme disease. 😥 That said, I'm much better, especially being primarily carnivore; though I never went back to teaching classes. I much prefer lifting weights. And heck no, I don't run! There's literally an article out there called "Why Women Shouldn't Run". It talks about how it jacks with our hormones. If someone wants to do it and it works for them, great! I prefer weight training over all!
Love wgts. Love walking. And hiking. Love tai chi and stretches.
I looooove having muscles. I feel so ABLE, in all areas of my life, when Im stronger.
Chris who?
Donahue. He is on Instagram as @carnivoreketocoach
Loose skin? Autophagy. Check it out.
Hmmm sounds like Life Time Athletic.
Agree, I go there too
Although I go to a pretty big lifetime and we don't have a sauna as far as I know
I don't understand your before and after pictures I don't see lose skin and I don't see stretch Mark's and you have different color hair are those pics photoshopped were you ever really big
If I was photoshopping I would have maybe matched my hair color. 😜😜😜 check out my Instagram for more pictures. Promise it is me. (People dye their hair)
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Brenda Your a fuckinng dork!!
Jealousy is a disgusting trait.
Thank you for your realness. You are an inspiration and do beautiful