I’m only 25, but a couple months back, I did my morning yawn as I got out of bed and ended up straining my mid-back. I had limited movement for a week 
I’m quite fit too, but you never know when and how you’ll get injured I guess.
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The way to get slimmer (not healthier, just slimmer) is by not eating. While exercising will be a good addition, it’s easier to shift the kcal in - kcal out balance by eating less than by running more.
A few weeks ago, I started doing some light boxing again after buying a cheap heavy bag (30 quid or the equivalent) and I forgot how good it felt to just stand there and throw punches until exhaustion. If I can vouch for a great exercise, is boxing (you don’t need to spar or anything, just move, hit, and throw combinations).
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If anyone here wants to exercise more, and you happen to have a VR headset, I highly recommend The Thrill of the Fight. It’s not a pretty game by all means, but the game is good for getting a workout in, without having to leave your home! I’m a boxer myself, and I still found it pretty tough to knockout the AI!
In general, I think VR is the best way to make cardio fun. I do all sorts of fitness (long-distance running, boxing, and HIIT), but I think VR cardio is easily the most fun. Do I look goofy doing it? Yes! But is it a fun, effective workout? Also yes! The most important part about fitness is finding something that excites you, and if it’s VR cardio, then great! And because it’s gamified, it often doesn’t even feel like you’re exercising which will be helpful for those who often feel unmotivated to move!
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Do y’all have any suggestions for low-calorie, high-protein, easy-to-make, meal recipes?
I’ve started my cut 3 weeks ago (196lbs) and I’m now at 188lbs. Planning on cutting down all the way to 165-170lbs (for bodybuilding/fitness/joint health reasons). And the one area I’ve always struggled with is making tasty food. I’m a novice when it comes to cooking and I often find myself too lazy to make anything grandiose, so if you guys have any recipes that fit the above criteria, I’m all ears!!
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I’m a big fan of mujaddara, which is a simple mixture of lentils, rice, and caramelized onions. It’s tasty, filling, vegetarian, pretty high in fiber and protein, super easy to make in bulk, and even easier to vary up with new veggies or meats to keep it from getting stale.
Here’s one recipe for it, but beyond the core three ingredients you can really throw in whatever you want: Mujadara (Lentils and Rice with Caramelized Onions) - Cookie and Kate
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Not even really trying to diet or anything right now but this sounds delicious! Lol. Gonna have to try it.
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I’m not in front of the recipe right now, but if you have ever had salmon patties or tuna patties you can make a higher protein variant using the fish, egg, and pork rinds crushed up instead of a traditional flour-based breading.
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I’m trying, once again, to get in shape before my Japan trip since there’s going to be a lot of walking involved. I took a mile long walk on Tuesday and did 25 calf raises today. Consistency has always been my weakness so here’s hoping I can keep to it this time around.
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Buy ring fit adventure! Lol. I havent invested real time into it, but what i did do was really compelling and enjoyable. My girlfriend plays it probably a coupke times a week between Just Dance and Fitness Boxing.
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Most people that I’ve trained also struggle with consistency, so there’s no shame in that. But learn to do a little bit everyday, even when you’re not in the mood. It doesn’t have to be a mile-walk everyday, but maybe a 5-10 minute walk around the neighborhood!
Once you’ve built that habit of walking daily, then you can start increasing the distance you walk each day!
And have someone join you in your journey, or to help keep you accountable. It’s much easier to be consistent when you have someone else that can encourage you.
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I actually own Ring Fit Adventure but I always have this issue where if my Switch is set up in my living room, the joycons like to disconnect randomly which can be really frustrating. I don’t know if there’s an interference with the other consoles or what. I don’t think it’s distance because I’ll stand directly in front of the console and it still happens. The only times the joycons have stayed consistently connected has been when I’ve had it set up at my PC. And this issue has been with two different consoles and different controllers. Hoping Switch 2 is more reliable. :((
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My coworker said she’ll be my drill sergeant and I have another friend who’s also been helping too. But it all boils down to me and I’m the weakest link. 
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That sucks! Ive lucklily not had that issue with my switch.
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I walked another mile last Thursday and I have another walk scheduled for this Thursday. So far so good…
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I walked another mile today with my partner after voting so I feel extra proud of myself.
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… and you will 
walk 500 more you can do it! 
Also big thank you for voting! Every vote everywhere in the world counts when we want to make a change!
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I wrote up a really foul-mouthed rant and then did a “select-all, delete” on it, and that was honestly really therapeutic.
One of my biggest barriers to fitness now, and for years, is when I make an achievement and it’s immediately met with some form of discouragement? Either, “You’re not doing it right,” or “Fitness culture is unhealthy,” or “People who go to the gym are stupid,” like all this stuff. It. Is. Constant.
I am doing everything in my power to do empirical research and avoid pseudoscience “bro culture” stuff. I am trying to get fit because I have legitimate body dysmorphia and taking control of my own body - even just stuff like fashion, even posture - is important to me. It took me a long time to get here.
I don’t like to see people hurting, and I feel really bad that my own success, in a post today, triggered some bad feels in someone with their own struggles. And I thank BMO, as much as I thought his response was delivered in an incredibly (emotional?) tone, for pointing me to this thread. That whole business cut me up so bad that my food in the oven is now about 30 minutes overcooked cuz I’ve sat here stunned.
But I made a choice to do the work to become comfortable in my body. I will keep doing that work. But it’s also work I can’t really talk about, cuz everyone else just HAS to interject with their opinion of what your body should or shouldn’t be, based on their own feelings. It fucking sucks. But maybe I can talk about it here.
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Honestly man, what works for you, all the power to you. I wasn’t criticizing what you said, just pointing out that this might be the better place for your post.
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And you were right in that assertion. But when you invoked language like - I forget what it was - “diet culture?” it feels super condescending and invalidating. If I had to GUESS, it’s from an emotional part of you cuz you’ve seen someone hurting. But on the flip side, it’s like you’re telling ME that I’m just stuck in some dumb cult and following pseudoscience like a moron. That’s how it came off to me. Like my choice to pursue any kind of health is somehow wrongthink.
And you can’t possibly know this, but I’ve been hearing that shit all my life. If I’m too big, I’m fat and lazy. If I’m trying to be active, I’m suddenly somehow the enemy to some people. If I try to eat healthy, everyone has a story about the one article they read that says “gut fauna” or “antioxidants” or all this crap. If I eat poorly, it’s “this is why you’re fat”.
Like the constant social policing of MY body has wreaked absolute hell on me, and trust me, I am doing everything I can to do this in healthy ways. Let me own my own god damned health.
All I needed was a gentle nudge to the forums, not your commentary.
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Any form of dieting is part of diet culture just as any form of fitness is part of fitness culture. Plenty of people can engage with that and be perfectly fine. For other people that’s highly triggering and they can’t engage with it. By placing any discourse on the topic on a public front page where people can’t opt out of it means you’re forcing people to engage with it, even if you don’t realize that or meant anything by it. If you’re upset that I pointed out that it can be triggering for people, I’m not sure what to say to you. No one is policing your body, I’m asking you to be thoughtful and considerate and to shift your conversation to an opt-in thread. I don’t care what you do, just be aware that public discussions of anything along this line (diet, food, fitness) can be more than just hard for some people. It can be an active trigger for self-harm.
I’ll point something out, we have a food and drinks thread. Both opt-in. The reason there’s isn’t just a single food and drink thread is because I asked that the creator seperate them so that people who struggle with alcohol addiction can opt out of the drink thread and still engage in the food thread. Sometimes we just need to be thoughtful about where we discuss certain things. This isn’t just about you, it’s about the fact that we have a community and people need to consider where they post. Everyone needs to be mindful so I don’t care what you want to say, just be mindful where you say it.
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