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I am fortunate to live where I can get on the bike and run my Lab on a mile circle of residential around and around before I head out down the highway. She is usually ready to go back home in about 5 miles but the enthusiasm she brings to the table always puts me in a good mood. She actually tries to race me most of the way. Her name is Pepper.

Congrats, RH, well done.

Ive had nowhere near the journey you've had, but at my physical last month my doc was worried about the weight I lost. Said I was pretty much the only patient he has that lost weight without intervention (lap bands, etc). Insisted on doing blood work after I told him all I did was cut carbs. Blood work came back great. Blood pressure, great. Feeling great. Eating great. Just low carb. He kept asking me about exercise. Good grief, I farm, where do I find time to exercise? Your body will tell you what it needs.

Right now, it's telling me to lighten up and have a good glass of rye.....

That is one hell of an accomplishment.

Congrats, RH, well done.

Ive had nowhere near the journey you've had, but at my physical last month my doc was worried about the weight I lost. Said I was pretty much the only patient he has that lost weight without intervention (lap bands, etc). Insisted on doing blood work after I told him all I did was cut carbs. Blood work came back great. Blood pressure, great. Feeling great. Eating great. Just low carb. He kept asking me about exercise. Good grief, I farm, where do I find time to exercise? Your body will tell you what it needs.

Right now, it's telling me to lighten up and have a good glass of rye.....

Great Job that is quite a accomplishment.

I was once 444 lbs at 45 years old. I hadn't stepped on a scale in years so I had no idea i was that heavy. I started that day going low carb dieting and walking most every night 25-40 miles a week. I dropped 120 lbs in a year. Found out I had colon cancer at. So i figure I probably lost half of that weight from the diet and the other half to cancer. Had a colon resection and 24 rounds of chemo. Doctors advised my to stop dieting and just worry about the cancer. Of course with the chemo I had no energy to exercise as much and spent what energy I had on going to work. They gave me steroids to help with the chemo and it made my appetite go crazy. So needless to say I regained to 395 lbs. Hips and back were killing me so I decided to have Gastric bypass. Best decision I have ever made. I was 395 on July 17 2019 had surgery on July 31st 2019. This morning I weighed 257 lbs. Was wearing size 52 jeans in July and am now in size 40 that fits loose. No matter how you do it find a way to lose the weight.

Rye is known in some circles as being a complex carbohydrate.
Jus sayin !

Believe it or not,I am actually stronger. I do work with weights and do calisthenics.I do yoga for Pete's sake. I don't want a huge amount of mass though. I'm going for Spiderman,rather than Hulk. I would rather be lighter and move faster than stronger and slower. I've seen guys that had great muscles but were too heavy to lift their own weight. I work out on a Yoga Body Yoga Swing. I set it up to work like Olympic rings and do suspended dips and pull ups,sit ups.

You will get as big as you eat. If you don't eat big, you won't get big. You've utterly mastered control over your diet. Crushed it, driven it before you. Its women are lamenting. Now harness that control to add some lean mass to your engine room (legs/hips/back). 10-20 lbs, not 50-60 lbs. The goal is go rather than show. If you wear slim fit or regular fit jeans, lift until they don't fit and you have to buy relaxed or athletic fit with same waist size. You don't have to get super bulky to see a MAJOR strength increase, of the kind that makes living easier and more fun. That sort of 10-20lb weight gain corresponds with you being able to squat sets of 5 reps with 185-225 pounds, and deadlift sets of 5 with 225-275. If you are already there, great. If not, you can get there in half a year, no problem. That's a very modest strength goal, but one that makes your joints stable and equips you to excel at any physical task, in comparison to others your age. You've gotten this far; don't settle.

People who have never been strong, are the toughest to convince that being strong is useful. Literally EVERYTHING physical that you do will be easier, including any so-called "endurance" work outside of competitive hundred-milers, marathons and triathlons.