Fitness, Health, and Gaming: My Story

[livetolift]

Nice job man! Lot of people get motivated and start their physical training which last maybe a week or two then they just give up. The hard part is to maintain that routine and stick with it. You did an awesome job! I was in the same boat. My weight was 190lbs 20% body fat. Took me a year to get to 145lbs and now i weight 168 lbs with 6% body fat. The only thing i can suggest for you is that replace the casein in the day with either some salmon or chicken, you can also do whey. Do casein before bed. Other then that you are on the right track brother! Keep it up!

[JohnGabriel]

20% body fat is good, average, depending on your age you'll be somewhere around there. 6% is outrageous, like 25 year old professional athlete good.

[livetolift]

Ya 6% is kind of pain to get to. I was stuck at 10% for a long time. I stopped running and started doing stairs. That did the trick for me. And helped my lower abs to show.

[Multibocks]

What happened to my reply?


edit: nm there are two threads on this same post.

[daanji]

What happened to my reply?


edit: nm there are two threads on this same post.

Indeed! It appears I made the front page news. Good times.

[pinotnoir]

I think all the boxers will now have free time to exercise.

[Mickthathick]

Great post, you'vev encouraged me to do more walking on top of what I am doing now (seeing a trainer 3 times a week, walking on the days I don't train.)

I'm into week 12 now and have lost 15kgs (umm 30 pounds?) since the start of the year from the exercise and being on the Weight Watchers 'Points' program.

I Still have a long way to go but the trainer helps enormously with my motivation as I know I 'have' to the do the session- he charges me whether I show up or not! Plus he's a great cheerleader, and it really helps when I smash out many reps of an exercise that almost killed me in January.

Doing exercise regularly is something I have always struggled to maintain, I hit a bit of a wall a few weeks ago but I got over it and have been really keen this week (started walking to work now it's cooling down in Oz)

It's like when I quit smoking, after a month I swore that I would never smoke again as I didn't ever want to go through the pain of quitting again, no way am I letting myself go again as i know how much it is hurting to get fit now!

[Stephanie Ingram]

Thanks for this Post! I have been exercising regularly and it has made such a difference to my health and my body shape.

[MadMilitia]

A big factor for us 20-30 something gamers is hyperacidity:

http://digestion.ygoy.com/2010/05/10...-hyperacidity/



Basically if you consume too many acidifying foods your blood becomes acidic and hyperacidity sets in. Blood doesn't flow near as well and this means cells die due to not getting the right amount of oxygen. Then your body needs more sleep to repair. How many of us have been on binges where we needed 10 hours of sleep and more afterward? That's your body telling you its time to change.

Worse, when your body has to readjust to slightly alkaline status (your body normally works to find slightly alkaline status), it leeches your bones for calcium and other mineral deposits to reach alkaline status.

It doesn't mean you can't eat the acidic foods. You just need to do a lot of alkaline with that acidic food.


Here is a spot on the subject of foods an their status on the PH chart:

http://alkaline-alkaline.com/ph_food_chart.html