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RE: My Actifit Report Card: September 19 2018
I have two. The first is to do purposefully do fifteen minutes of exercise (of any kind) a day, and the second is to lose 10 kg, which would put me at 72 kg. In January, I weighed 82 kg. Now I weigh 77 kg. I’ve been stuck at this 77 kg range for a few months now. That’s why I decided to try going to the gym, to workout with heavier weights in the hopes that the muscle I build will help me burn more calories throughout the day and make me leaner.
those seem like pretty manageable goals
The one thing that confuses me is how much weight I can reasonably expect to lose as I age. I’m not sure if my body has slowly increased in bone and muscle size/density or not. When I came to Japan, I think I weighed 67 or 68 kg. Five years ago, when I first weighed in at 76 kg, I thought, Oh shit. I better start exercising.. Now I’m 77 kg and I’m starting to think, This isn’t bad. You look great. And since I’m not really dropping below 77 kg, lately I’ve been wondering if getting down to 72 kg is is actually realistic or not.
I just picked 72 kg out of a hat, really, but I’m going to keep my sights set on that weight and do what I can to get there.
Just remember that muscle weighs more than fat. If you lift weights you may very well gain weight. Are you taking any nutritional supplements for testosterone support? Testosterone declines as we age which makes it harder to lose fat and build muscle.
No, I haven’t tried taking any supplements, and I’m kind of adverse to the idea of it, though not for any particular reason. I’m beginning to think it might be a good idea to just stop checking my weight and continue exercising.
I was watching something where Stallone was talking about supplements and he said every one you take makes you better. And he is like a million years old and super ripped.
If you are over 35 a little boron in your diet can work wonders. I used to feel the same about them until I started using them. Someone misplaced my scale a while ago and it has been a little annoying.
Hmmm ... I guess it might be time to reconsider my position on them. I’ll wait until the end of the year, though, and see where I’m at then. I want to try a full year of exercise before I start exploring diet, supplements, etc.
When I started working out every day I hit a wall where my muscles felt weaker after a while, turns out that it was glutamine deficiency.
I’m a little slow on the uptake a lot of times. This is the first time that I’ve connected the idea of taking supplements to a deficiency caused by working out too much. Interesting. I’ll have to look into that too. Thanks!