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@bridgida I really don't worry so much about the type of workout I do anymore. Hard cardio just means anything like that - running, stair climbing, cycling, etc. For me the order goes - Rest/Sleep, Diet, and exercise. Get the first two right and the third is so much easier. I don't have a...

@bridgida Basically, I spent 2 years at a caloric deficit to lose the weight. In the first year I did just walking hiking, etc. The second year I added in more intense cardio and slowing increased the amount I was doing over the year as the weiught continued to come off. I do stair...

@bridgida I made the change 4 years ago a 43. Most of it is diet. For me it is diet and hard cardio. Leaned way down and am far more mobile and have far more energy than 4 years ago. So I do things like stretching and body weight exercise. As well as a lot of running, stair climbing...

@bridgida Here is my result post on r/intermittentfasting But essentially a proper diet to lose the weight. You have to make decision on things like alcohol. I quit altogether as it was a problem for me. Once you are at a proper weigh the fitness becomes almost easy. I took my time to...

@snada Mine is 67. I met him while working out. Said he used to be a boxer back in the day and basically kept the same body type. Guy is probably 10 percent body fat or less and does hard intense cardio as well as some basic home gym stuff. Nothing super heavy. So much of his workouts...

@hightechredneck 4.5 years ago I was 43 5'8" 30% body fat and about 220 or so and couldn't run a mile. Today I am 48, 155 and 10% body fat and can run 15km in an hour on my typical runs. How far you want to take it is dependent on your goals and what you want to do. Your diet will make...

@cecgreenstein I no longer worry about a specific routine or that I have to do X on any given day. I just do things that I want to do. To me doing the same routine every other day would just be incredibly boring. So on any given day I don't have a plan and even if I do I just change it if I...

@adrastus I workout largely outside. So summer I will do 40 minutes of stair climbing and a 40 minute run for example. I don’t make hard goals anymore. Those times are just what I aim for. I might do that 5 days a week with another day I go on a long bike ride or whatever else I feel...

@adrastus Because there is always choice. You can’t be all things. One of the things I have learned in my journey back to decent health in my 40s is that as I age I have to make choices. Youth allows you to make very dumb ones and still do okay. Make those same stupid choices as a 40 year...

@lidalulu Sure it does. I did the same thing for 2 years to lose 80 pounds in my mid 40s. It is just much easier to modify your diet to make the deficit then just try and work out more. By doing the one you suggest you never learned to control your weight with diet alone. That is...

@lidalulu Sure it is. Most people fail at it though just like I did. You can't outrun a bad diet. What typically happens is that it works until it doesn't. Trying to work out with a 1000 calorie deficit long term will just kill you. If you fix your diet you won't even have the deficit...

@lidalulu I can concur. Went from 230 and 30-35% body fat to 155 and 10%. That was 80% diet with hard cardio thrown in to really get the final pounds off.

@estherann How fast did you lose the weight? In the intermittent fasting groups you see that some say that it can promote autophagy where it tightens up loose skin. But usually, it happens when you do it is a slow even way. I've had people ask on my result posts if I had any loose skin...

@dx70 If you were in a 1500 calorie deficit a day (burning 3000 and eating 1500) then you would be losing 3 pounds a week. If you are not losing any weight, then you aren't in a deficit. It is all math. Each pound of fat on your body contains 3500 calories. So if you do a 500-calorie...

@cecgreenstein You feel like you barely eat because compared to many you likely do as a small person in height and weight your caloric needs can be much smaller then another person. Your TDEE even when exercising is going to be very small. And our world doesn't recognize this. You go to a...

@dawn16 I never discounted it. It is incredibly important. What I said was that when we are younger we often discount how important diet is because we are able to eat largely what you want in whatever amounts you want and still maintain a decent physique. The wall most experience at middle...

@thisisme123 Start slower or shorter and push it out slowly over time. Don't worry about how shitty the first time you do it are.. Depends on where your fitness is now and what your focus is on. Running is just very weight sensitive. The lower weight, and leaner you are, the easier...

@gtorre I notice you talk very little about diet. I have found the key to being fit in your older ages is diet. Diet to me was a far bigger part of my weight loss than the exercises I did. I mean you have people in here say you have to do weights when I have only done hard cardio in the...

@rlma3355 I personally just used diet and exercise to drop my weight right to where I wanted. For me it was a 500 calorie deficit a day for about 2 years to lose the 80 pounds I wanted. Overall I tried to hold a 500 calorie deficit but it ended up averaging more like 400 so it took longer...

@jake99901 You don't even really need to work out to lose the weight. That just happens because of a caloric deficit. A deficit of about 500 calories a day below your TDEE will get you to shed 1 pound a week in fat. Get your body fat lower and everything else becomes easier. Trying to...