same for me man!
i had really really bad acid reflux but once i started exercising and eating clean its gone! even when i cheat and eat the stuff that would cause it.

btw- just got back from the park for a 30min run, man its hot! but i love to sweat hard :)

I don't know how I missed this thread, but I'm glad I found it. Being healthy and living good is so important to me. Especially since I work in the healthcare field and I'm a firefighter/paramedic. A little about me and my take on not only having, but maintaining a healthy lifestyle. I don't eat red meat and haven't since 1994...I only eat fish, chicken and turkey. No fried foods, except very rare/special occasions like a big get together and there hot wings, etc. And even mostly then I only have 2-3. I don't eat fast food. Maybe a Subway sandwich at times if I'm out and cannot get anything else, but I usually fix my lunch daily and take it with me even if I'm off of work. I normally cook my food for the whole week, put it in sandwich bags and grab it to go as I need it for the day. I also drink a gallon of water a day. Sometimes a little less if I don't finish the whole gallon. Now, as far as the workout part, I turn 40 in February. Therefore, ever since about the age of 34 I've stopped trying to lift the whole gym and started doing light weights and more reps. I do an hour of cardio daily. When I was in my early to 20's, I'd run 5-6 miles a day straight, nonstop. Now, almost 40 I can't do that. My hour of cardio consists of walking on an incline and a light pace jog in intervals on my treadmill. Now, don't get me wrong there are days I say screw it and I'm tired, but I do it daily for the most part. One of the best investments I ever made was buy a professional grade treadmill for the house and that way I can do it. My friends thought I was crazy when I bought a $3500 treadmill. I get up about 4:30am no later than 5 am and do my cardio. I only lift weights about 3 times a week. Getting older....cardio is way more important to me than lifting every weight in the gym. LOL!! Plus, I have all the weights I need at the fire station. With all that being said, due to my healthy lifestyle, many of my high school classmates are now very overwight. They tell me I still look the same as I was 175-180 lbs with a 32" waist when I graduated high school in 1991 and I am now 210 lbs with a 36" waist. My blood pressure runs about 110/44 with a resting pulse of about 45-50 beats per minute. Trust me I check it daily either at the hospital or at the firestation. So, I'd say after almost 22 years after graduating high school, I'm doing something right by only gaining a little over 30 lbs and adding only 4" to my waistline. People who don't know me are amazed when I tell them I almost 40 years old. Lastly, I bet alot of you guys are like, "yeah right" to my gallon of water a day and my hour of cardio, but I promise to GOD and can assure I never get sick and it works. The pic I attached is my gallon I'm drinking today. If you notice the computer screen in the back is me typing this post to this thread. LOL!! It's no coincidence that I just happened to have a gallon of water at work.

:lol: :thumbsup:

Hey, where is the old mouthy boozed up Todd? He was a lot more fun... :rofl:

yeah the new todd is super uptight about his threads!!!

"no questions regarding the sale of my car":P

lets not forget all the useless BS is what made your build thread one of the top dog threads of lat-g ! hahaha

"We are what we repeatedly do." -Aristotle

"A daily routine built on GOOD HABITS is the difference that separates the most successful amongst us from everyone else" -Darren Hardy


Fess up guys, who's slid back into those old bad habits and why?

Did you bit off more than you can chew and not set up a work out program that is fun and sustainable?

Did you go back to an envrioment that entices you to engage in that bad habit?

Did you give up before your new good habit had a change to actually become a habit?

I'm still eating right and dropped down to 174. Haven't been to the gym for the past 2 weeks because I have been working my ass off physically. Shoveling and wheel barreling multiple yards of decomposed granite and dirt tends to tighten the mid section pretty well. Picking. shoveling, and stacking boulders isn't a bad work out for arms, shoulders, and back muscles either, :unibrow:

Got in 35+ miles last week with a couple of days of weightlifting. One of my runs was a 15.1 miler in 2:22 not bad for a long slow run. This weeks mileage will be between 33-37 depending on if i step back and only run 13 or step up andrun 17. Already got 1 weightlifting session in and 1 bodyweight workout in this week too. Don't plan on getting off the wagon anytime soon!!

yup staying on the wagon here also. hell i got up an hour early this morning so i could go and run at the park then when i opened the garage it was pouring rain!:_paranoid but i was already all set to go so i grabbed a hooded sweater and went anyway. it was actually really fun and a nice change from the usual scorching sun.

still been steady weight lifting 4 days a week and I've started making my meals in advance for the week and just putting them in Tupperware to bring to work (makes it much easier to stay on track!)

Good to hear guys. I woke up at 4:50 AM today. :willy: I headed out at 6 for a run and got pissed on a little. It was great. :D

I broke down and bough a pizza......it was delicious and I cried while I ate it since i knew it was bad.....but seriously i changed 2 things portion size, and started packing a sensible lunch and dropped 12lbs in 3 weeks. trying to get to sub 200 and have 12 more to go. Glad to see others in the fight!