I've thought of it lately as 80% diet, 15% exercise and 5% mental. Your mental state plays a big role in weight loss, if you're stressed, the body releases cortisol which amongst other things, can mess with your fat loss. Funnily enough over-training can have the same effect!
I like You Shawn was looking for a way to excersise at my own time. going to a gym was not working especially when I had two young boys I could not leave un attended and my wife worked a later shift. I own a bowflex and work out daily. I just take Sundays off. I work out two muscle groups a day. I also enjoy bike riding in the summer but have a stationary trainer to put my bike in. Running is just to hard on my joints. I eat 6 smaller meals a day. when I can eat a full meal or such I take in Whey protien.I don`t drink sodas at all. Pretty much water Bowflex also has what they call select tech dumb bells where you dial up the weight and then lift out of holder and only the wieghts you want are on the bar. Strength training is important. After age 30 we start losing muscle mass- especially if not using them. Mucsle is what burns calories. The more musce mass the more one can eat. That is why older people do NOT need very much calorie intake as they don`thave the muscle mass to burn it. Cicuit training is the best. keeps heart rate up. I am 50 going to be 51 this summer. I am 6`1" tall and wiegh in the 180 to 185lb range( can change 2 ro 3 lbs over night lol) I have a 32" waist also. the pic was from about two years ago. I changed up my routine and am even more toned yet. I feel great and stronger than when I was in my 20s.
