I have chronic pain. I was instructed by the pain clinic I went to, under no uncertain terms, to exercise 5 times a week. No taking a day because I feel sore or tired or because the overwhelming blinding pain is screaming at me not to. I just have to do it.
That was a year ago.
I am still going.
I went from sedentary for a decade to a healthy BMI and muscle mass because of 1 rule.
Don’t let how I feel guide how I act.
Fuck me it was hard. It is hard. It was hard today. It was hard every single day.
I have currently a torn labrum, a torn rotator cuff, 3 torn things in my knee, 4 bulging disks in my back, a herniated disk, arthritis in 5 joints, and a titanium cage holding part of my spine together.
If you can commit to tracking every single thing you eat in the app MyNetDiary ( it scans barcodes and is free), and exercising 5 times a week; I guarantee two things will happen.
1.) I will do the same and have an accountability buddy to keep me going.
2.) You WILL be successful in the weight loss and gaining a healthy life.
Your call if you want to transform your life.
I have PT exercises and low impact options for days. I have whole fitness plans and diet plans from distinctions, and hundreds of hours with PTs. I have so much to share with someone whose life I can help gain so so much…
You just have to commit to joining me.
A year from now you could be vastly different than you are now. So could I. IF we keep our promises to ourselves and one another.
Well, I’m down 100 lbs from where I started. But, between work and caregiver duties, I can usually only get to the gym 3 days a week, and sometimes less.
I buy quinoa and beans in bulk, so there’s not exactly a barcode to scan for those either. I actually need to avoid pre-packaged food even more than I do currently. The low-calorie ones tend to be high sodium, and a lot of just too many calories.
I’ve done some body-weight stuff (sit-ups, push-ups, squats), but I can’t really get a good aerobic exercise inside the house.
I have a pretty good grasp on what I’m cooking anyway. I have my own spreadsheet where I extracted the Nutritional Information label (or looked up bulk foods on fat secret website), to plan to keep my calories until 14000/wk and keep my sodium down. For me, it was easiest to go vegan: beans, quinoa, greens, nooch, plant milk. I have been eating out more, and that’s no on there, nor do they publish nutritional information (local family chain). But, I also get the “vegetarian” faire there (there’s a white sauce so I’m pretty sure there’s dairy in it) but I know I can skip a couple of my meals to roughly balance that, caloricly at least. That got me down the first hundred. I still need to lose more, but it’s harder now; I used to be closer to a gym… among other things.
I for for a fact I can work anyone breathing to the point they are maxing their heart rate and can’t stand for a half hour after we are done.
If you are not hitting that at home it’s on you.
I did 10 miles today on a stationary bike at a 3 minute mile pace. Then I set target heart rate of 145 and never dropped below it for 1 and a half hours as I did my circuit and strength plan.
Get creative with it. You can use nothing but a foam roll and get a completely wrecking aerobic workout.
I have chronic pain. I was instructed by the pain clinic I went to, under no uncertain terms, to exercise 5 times a week. No taking a day because I feel sore or tired or because the overwhelming blinding pain is screaming at me not to. I just have to do it.
That was a year ago.
I am still going.
I went from sedentary for a decade to a healthy BMI and muscle mass because of 1 rule.
Don’t let how I feel guide how I act.
Fuck me it was hard. It is hard. It was hard today. It was hard every single day.
I have currently a torn labrum, a torn rotator cuff, 3 torn things in my knee, 4 bulging disks in my back, a herniated disk, arthritis in 5 joints, and a titanium cage holding part of my spine together.
If you can commit to tracking every single thing you eat in the app MyNetDiary ( it scans barcodes and is free), and exercising 5 times a week; I guarantee two things will happen.
1.) I will do the same and have an accountability buddy to keep me going.
2.) You WILL be successful in the weight loss and gaining a healthy life.
Your call if you want to transform your life.
I have PT exercises and low impact options for days. I have whole fitness plans and diet plans from distinctions, and hundreds of hours with PTs. I have so much to share with someone whose life I can help gain so so much…
You just have to commit to joining me.
A year from now you could be vastly different than you are now. So could I. IF we keep our promises to ourselves and one another.
Well, I’m down 100 lbs from where I started. But, between work and caregiver duties, I can usually only get to the gym 3 days a week, and sometimes less.
I buy quinoa and beans in bulk, so there’s not exactly a barcode to scan for those either. I actually need to avoid pre-packaged food even more than I do currently. The low-calorie ones tend to be high sodium, and a lot of just too many calories.
You can input any bulk food and its stats into the tool. I cook most everything I eat. Lots of veggies and chicken.
All my workouts can be done at home with a few inexpensive items.
I’ve done some body-weight stuff (sit-ups, push-ups, squats), but I can’t really get a good aerobic exercise inside the house.
I have a pretty good grasp on what I’m cooking anyway. I have my own spreadsheet where I extracted the Nutritional Information label (or looked up bulk foods on fat secret website), to plan to keep my calories until 14000/wk and keep my sodium down. For me, it was easiest to go vegan: beans, quinoa, greens, nooch, plant milk. I have been eating out more, and that’s no on there, nor do they publish nutritional information (local family chain). But, I also get the “vegetarian” faire there (there’s a white sauce so I’m pretty sure there’s dairy in it) but I know I can skip a couple of my meals to roughly balance that, caloricly at least. That got me down the first hundred. I still need to lose more, but it’s harder now; I used to be closer to a gym… among other things.
Aight. You do you.
I for for a fact I can work anyone breathing to the point they are maxing their heart rate and can’t stand for a half hour after we are done.
If you are not hitting that at home it’s on you.
I did 10 miles today on a stationary bike at a 3 minute mile pace. Then I set target heart rate of 145 and never dropped below it for 1 and a half hours as I did my circuit and strength plan.
Get creative with it. You can use nothing but a foam roll and get a completely wrecking aerobic workout.