My back is almost %100 but my weight is still the same!!! What will it take to get me to lose weight!!!
For me, I've used a combination of things, so if I slack in one area, I can pick up in another and continue to lose weight.
Probably one of the biggest influences has been using a calorie/exercise tracking app on my phone. There are a bunch out there, but I've been using "Lose It!" It really helps keep me in check. And it's free. It's got a barcode scanner so makes adding food fairly painless. And it links to Runkeeper.
So that's probably my number 2 helpful app. I go out for a walk *every day*. It doesn't matter if it's below freezing or raining or the weekend, I make time to go for a walk. I started at 2 miles and, until I recently hurt my hip, I was up to 3.5 miles on average. Usually on my lunch break at work I can fit in a 2+ mile walk. And on weekends I tend to shoot for more. I try to get in a 5k or 10k every weekend.
My knees aren't a big fan of running, so I stick to walking.
Tying into that, I have a cheap pedometer attached to my belt. I try to get 10-15k steps in every day. My work offers a wellness program and I generate lots of points just by walking every day. Every month or so I earn enough points to cash in for a $25 Amazon code, which is pretty slick.
Finally, I workout with the old Xbox game, Yourself Fitness almost every day. Sometimes it's only 15 minutes and sometimes it's an hour. Afterwards, I've gotten into the habit of doing crunches, pushups, and some weight lifting.
I don't always get all of these things in every day, but as long as they're fairly consistent, I can guarantee I'll lose 2-3 lbs a week.
Now I'm pretty much at my target weight so I've shifted a bit from lots of exercise to finding a diet I enjoy and can maintain that doesn't go nuts on calories and doing more weight training. But slow and steady wins the race in my book. I don't want to push myself and end up quitting it all.
My wife has also started exercising more since I've started doing this, and my son likes to keep me company during the Yourself Fitness sessions and he comes up with his own exercises so I've been lucky to have a supportive family.
My main push was to get to a healthy weight for MGC, so I'm hopeful that it'll continue once MGC has passed.
