Weight loss support thread

[hellbound]

So I did a little research and learned that my high-maintenance flat feet need special foot support when running/jogging. I then bought shoes specially meant for running, since the New Balances I was wearing were only meant for walking. PROPER RUNNING SHOES ARE EXPENSIVE! But the fact that my feet don't hurt like hell when I try to jog, and the subsequent health and fitness from jogging regularly, is priceless!

There's a pretty extensive body of research suggesting that things like flat feet are actually more often caused by our extremely supportive shoes than corrected by them. Think of it them like a cast: it holds your feet into a shape so they don't have to, and the muscles that provide proper shape atrophy.

THIS IS NOT TO SUGGEST YOU SHOULD THROW OUT YOUR SUPPORTIVE SHOES AND GO RIGHT TO LESS-SUPPORTIVE ONES. If you already have flat feet, that's a recipe for injury and pain. Instead, work slowly towards it. Start walking barefoot or in a minimal, unsupportive shoe for short distances and increase it over time. Say, whenever you're home, go barefoot if you can. This helps build up the supporting muscles in your feet slowly. Your feet will begin to normalize. After you become comfortable walking a reasonable distance without the support, maybe throw in some short-distance (<1/2 mile) jogging and build that up over time.

I can understand not a lot of people want to walk around in our modern world barefoot. Broken glass, nails and screws, dog crap, lots of things we don't want on our feet. Shoes branded as minimalist are usually fairly expensive too. However, since they don't have padding to compress over time, they generally last longer than most running shoes so the cost over time may be cheaper, particularly if you only wear them for workouts because they're almost always ugly, and actually Chuck Taylors are a surprisingly decent low-support walking/running shoe if you don't have terribly wide toes.

 

[Mourning Dove]

^ Hmm, I'm still going to keep my supportive insoles and shoes for now. Knee problems run in my family, and supposedly flat feet exacerbates the problem enough to warrant knee surgery in the future. Also if I don't wear supports my feet get extreme pain and bunions so...

 

[cypocryphy]

I've been running in the same sneakers for just about 9 years now. They still serve me well.

 

[The Hunter]

When it comes to shoes, I strictly only wear hiking boots except on a day I know I'm going to run, in which case, I have a pair of running shoes (that are in really good condition since I rarely use them despite all the jogging I'll do). Although I don't have flat feet, so yeah.

 

[pickleniggo]

I've been running in the same sneakers for just about 9 years now. They still serve me well.

I was going to post a comment to the effect of "who keeps shoes around for nine years!"
...and then I realized that many of the shoes I own are actually from nine+ years ago. Goddamn the years are flying. Carry on, bungholio.

ANYHOO, I've lost two pounds in a week by simply cutting down on shitty food.
Meanwhile, this person I know just got a second adjustment to their lap-band, yet continues to eat shit that's not going to help their weight loss. Literally they ate ice cream sundaes for lunch all last week. That's not a joke. WHY.

 

[Mourning Dove]

The seasons are a' changing! In the Northern Hemisphere at least, autumn will turn into winter. Remember to go outside while the weather is still reasonably nice!



And as we continue to better ourselves remember this...

 

[AtroposHeart]

I am the opposite of most people. I know people tend to loose more weight in the Summer and Spring because it is warm outside and they can go out and swim. They gain weight around the winter and fall because it gets too cold outside and the holidays are full of bad foods. I am different, because of my rather severe seasonal allergies I am stuck in the house almost all Spring and Summer. In Alabama, around the Fall and Winter it doesn't get too cold and it rarely ever snows here. If it does, it is usually for only one day a year.

 

[Mourning Dove]

There is a reason why people in the Midwestern United States (where I currently reside) are commonly overweight or obese. One, healthy foods aren't mainstream yet; people love their chain restaurants. Two, this area isn't really public transportation or bicycle user friendly yet; a car IS required to get anywhere around here. Three, the seasons are so extreme here (blistery cold in the winter and desert-like in the summer) that people don't like going outside much.

My sister who tends to travel abroad often once commented that the people of the Midwest are extremely fat compared to the svelte people of the countries she's visited. And she is right.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I feel pretty good. I exercised every weekday this week so far. I think I'm losing weight because my clothes fit looser.

On Monday I'm going to the doctor and getting weighed, so I'll find out then. I'll find out what 8 weeks of eating better and exercising did.

 

[The Hunter]

There is a reason why people in the Midwestern United States (where I currently reside) are commonly overweight or obese. One, healthy foods aren't mainstream yet; people love their chain restaurants. Two, this area isn't really public transportation or bicycle user friendly yet; a car IS required to get anywhere around here. Three, the seasons are so extreme here (blistery cold in the winter and desert-like in the summer) that people don't like going outside much.

My sister who tends to travel abroad often once commented that the people of the Midwest are extremely fat compared to the svelte people of the countries she's visited. And she is right.

That's everything wrong with this place as well. One, people still cling on to their traditional Mexican foods, some of those foods being cooked in lard. There is one vegetarian restaurant here and a lot of froyo shops, but that's it for diversity. Two, if you wanna talk about cars being a necessity, well, yeah. Everything is spread out because of ranch lands and stuff. The only organized place in town is downtown, and that's only like, what, three blocks? Riding "El Metro" is also terrifying and the only form of public transportation here (taxis aren't even that popular). Bicycles are only really used to ride around the block or down a path. The only bike lane (I'm not even fucking joking) is on the loop (don't get me started on the freaking loop here). Three, it's retardedly hot in southwest Texas. I've personally fainted just from walking in the weather here. Like, there's humid, then there's hot, then there's both at the same time. I'd rather just drive a truck if I'm gonna live here. Still, losing weight isn't that hard for me (I've actually been cheating a lot on my diet, but not severely. Still seeing my figure go down).

 

[cypocryphy]

I've been running in the same sneakers for just about 9 years now. They still serve me well.

I was going to post a comment to the effect of "who keeps shoes around for nine years!"
...and then I realized that many of the shoes I own are actually from nine+ years ago. Goddamn the years are flying. Carry on, bungholio.

And I'm proud to say they don't smell bad either.

 

[AtroposHeart]

There is a reason why people in the Midwestern United States (where I currently reside) are commonly overweight or obese. One, healthy foods aren't mainstream yet; people love their chain restaurants. Two, this area isn't really public transportation or bicycle user friendly yet; a car IS required to get anywhere around here. Three, the seasons are so extreme here (blistery cold in the winter and desert-like in the summer) that people don't like going outside much.

My sister who tends to travel abroad often once commented that the people of the Midwest are extremely fat compared to the svelte people of the countries she's visited. And she is right.

That's everything wrong with this place as well. One, people still cling on to their traditional Mexican foods, some of those foods being cooked in lard. There is one vegetarian restaurant here and a lot of froyo shops, but that's it for diversity. Two, if you wanna talk about cars being a necessity, well, yeah. Everything is spread out because of ranch lands and stuff. The only organized place in town is downtown, and that's only like, what, three blocks? Riding "El Metro" is also terrifying and the only form of public transportation here (taxis aren't even that popular). Bicycles are only really used to ride around the block or down a path. The only bike lane (I'm not even fucking joking) is on the loop (don't get me started on the freaking loop here). Three, it's retardedly hot in southwest Texas. I've personally fainted just from walking in the weather here. Like, there's humid, then there's hot, then there's both at the same time. I'd rather just drive a truck if I'm gonna live here. Still, losing weight isn't that hard for me (I've actually been cheating a lot on my diet, but not severely. Still seeing my figure go down).

The South is bad too with it's hot weather and lack of sidewalks and bike paths. We also love out fried foods too and eat a lot of fast food. Their have been talks about the Bible belt getting bigger

I went to the gym today and decided to get weighed after I went swimming. Even though it's been a little over a week since I last got weighed, I found out I lost three more pounds. Bringing my total weight loss total to nineteen pounds

 

[Surtur]

I went to the gym today and decided to get weighed after I went swimming. Even though it's been a little over a week since I last got weighed, I found out I lost three more pounds. Bringing my total weight loss total to nineteen pounds

Awesome!

So Im down to 198, so I have lost a total of 12 pounds so far and thats without exercise just a change in diet. I started running today and it felt great and I feel great.

 

[Fialovy]

There is a reason why people in the Midwestern United States (where I currently reside) are commonly overweight or obese. One, healthy foods aren't mainstream yet; people love their chain restaurants. Two, this area isn't really public transportation or bicycle user friendly yet; a car IS required to get anywhere around here. Three, the seasons are so extreme here (blistery cold in the winter and desert-like in the summer) that people don't like going outside much.

My sister who tends to travel abroad often once commented that the people of the Midwest are extremely fat compared to the svelte people of the countries she's visited. And she is right.

I live in the midwest and my area is very bike friendly (it has lots of bike trails and stuff) and its by the water and its close to ski slopes and stuff in the winter and there is lots of local stuff to buy for a good price and a great farmers market. It can be kind of weird going downstate to the bigger cities where there are a lot of people that are obese. I think I'm probably in one of the few areas in the midwest though.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I went to the doctor and lost 4 lbs. since I visited him 8 weeks ago

It's a modest loss, but I was gaining 1/2 a pound a week before I started exercising and now I'm losing 1/2 pound a week.

I'M WORKIN' ON IT

 

[Niachu]

Watched an interesting video on obesity. It talks about some causes other than too much food/too little exercise.

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[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

I went to the doctor and lost 4 lbs. since I visited him 8 weeks ago

It's a modest loss, but I was gaining 1/2 a pound a week before I started exercising and now I'm losing 1/2 pound a week.

I'M WORKIN' ON IT

That is an excellent pace, brother! Slow and steady is the way to go man, just like when you are training for a steel cage match against Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorf.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

Thanks, Hulkster

 

[Picklepower]

I am at 203 pounds, My plan, lose the belly and then build up arms and legs. I don't have the money now but someday I want to go back and take Taekwondo like I used to as a kid, but this time really put hardcore effort into it.

 

[hellbound]

Watched an interesting video on obesity. It talks about some causes other than too much food/too little exercise.

[youtube]VgnbRK8pij8[/youtube]

One of the most interesting parts about that is the last part, about fecal transplants.

It's astonishing how much actually seems to be linked to our gut microbiome. Differences in microbiota have been linked to all kinds of disorders, including obesity as they mention and C. diff infections for which a fecal transplant is one of the only effective treatments, to inflammatory bowel disease (e.g. Crohn's or ulcerative colitis), irritable bowel syndrome, and even mental disorders like ADHD, OCD, and autism. Maybe similar microbial compositions of Barb and Chris led to their respective colitis and atsimu problems. Clostridium hystolyticum is found in higher levels in both individuals with UC and with autism, for example (B. Kleessen et al 2002 and H. Parracho et al 2005, respectively)!