I guess I’ll update this.
My parents wanted me to move back in since I don’t need to commute for work right now.
My brother went on an every other day fast to lose weight. I decided that I have a couple spare pounds to lose too, so I decided to do it with him.
I may drink a fruit shake in the morning and eat some nuts and eggs at night, but it is inconsistent and not really planned. The point is that I eat very little every other day. IDGAF what I eat on my eating days; am not hitting 1gram/lb of protein either. I eat just when my mom prepares lunch and dinner. It’s free rent and free food; I don’t want to make things difficult by asking for specific meals or taking up the kitchen and fridge space to cook for myself.
Weight is down to about 172lb at the end of the fast day now. I started this weighing ~185lb so about 13lb down in about 2 monthish? I don’t remember when I started doing this exactly.
Walked quite a bit back in March-May when the weather was good. Averaged a minimum of 3 miles a day to a max of 6-7 mile a day. Stopped doing this in mid-June when it started to get hot and the Sun started to sting.
Weight loss was pretty good when I was doing all that walking. Definitely slowed down when I stopped walking.
Work outs are bare-bones. Initially it was just a bodyweight circuit with sandbag squats and sandbag OHP. Then my sister in law introduced me to a youtube fitness person named Chloe Ting. I’ve recently started doing her workouts after the circuits.
Doing those videos after the bodyweight circuit feels amazingly difficult and my core/legs feel like they’re burning.
Recently settled on doing this-
3x
chin-up close to failure
dip close to failure
~60lb sandbag squat- currently up to 17 reps per set. Could do more but I learned my lesson.
either lunges or single leg deadlift for a bunch of reps
Chloe Ting video afterwards.
Can now do 13 reps of chin-up and upwards of 15 reps of dip with pretty good form. Obviously should be better at it since I’ve lost weight. Noticed some more definition on my upper back and arms, so I figure the dip and chin-ups are good.
Didn’t do the sandbag squats for a while and so struggled to do 12 reps with the 60lb when I got back into it. Decided that it’s really pathetic to struggle with a 60lb sandbag and gritted out 2 sets of 25/30 rep about a week and a half ago. Now the 17 reps are pretty easy.
Can press the sandbag for up to 20 reps. I think I was able to do a max of 25 reps a month or so ago, so I got weaker at this. Probably because I am inconsistent at doing them.
I’m doing static strength work on fast days- crow poses, various planks, leg raise holds, back lever progressions, etc. All fun stuff.
Ran ~4 miles every other day back in April/May too. Had to put that on hold when my ankle/feet started to get what felt a lot like overuse injuries. Back to normal now when I tried a 3 mile jog a week ago. Can hold an approx. 10 minute pace for three miles with “relative” ease, so that’s also nice. I’ve never been able to do this, so it’s fun to see progress.
I’m itching to go back to the gym. Probably won’t happen for a long time, even if the gyms do re-open in this area. My parents aren’t young and healthy, so it would be utterly stupid of me to risk bringing the virus into the household.
So I’ll probably be doing the above work-out plan for the time being.
Current goals are-
Keep dropping weight until I hit 160lb. Evaluate physique then and decide if I want to drop more.
Hold a 10 minute deep squat, because I realized just how hilarious it is that my mom, who probably never did a squat workout in her life, can drop down into a deep squat to look at something on the floor/get something from the bottom cabinet and then stay there as long as it takes for her to get whatever she needs done.
Whereas I feel like my calves/lower back/hip/feet are on fire if I try to stay in a deep squat for longer than 3 minutes. Oh, and I need to do a couple second warm-up to even contemplate the thought of dropping into a deep squat.