Thanks for sharing your journey and routine. I've lost 20lb since backpacking and kind of rolling with it. I've noticed with age I need to be active everyday or I'm going downhill fast. It's pretty tough to stay consistent with workouts and fasting schedules.
I thought I was listening to my life story.... Super skinny with a high metabolism, couldn't put on weight or muscle growing up Got married had kids, ballooned to 220 Got active lost some weight Gained some weight, lost some weight Anxiety, etc I am consistently at about 200. I've been down to about 180 before, but that was mostly a medication side effect that ended badly. Currently trying to slowly drop into the 180's. I struggle with consistent cardio because I always seem to get injured. Switching to the elliptical was like a "why didn't I think of that moment". I'm going to give it a shot for a while.
Our stories are very similar. I have always been a gym rat but during my prime years of raising my kids there was far less gym time and far more carb time. I eventually got divorced and my kids went off to college. It was finally me time. I did not like the way I looked and worst how my body felt. I have had a few injuries from skiing and mountain biking, some very serious. I watched a video on TH-cam about the keto diet and it said is would help with my body pain. I was all in. I went from constantly eating, to eating twice a day. Lunch and dinner. That was a couple of years ago and like you I don’t view it as a diet it’s how I roll. I do eat some carbs at the holidays or on a trip when it’s just easier to grab a burger. I got remarried and my wife says she has never met anyone with so much will power, it’s not will power I feel better, I look better than I have in decades and I rarely get headaches, something that has plagued me my entire life. At the age of 64 I am hiking bigger miles than I did 30 years ago, though that’s mostly due to going UL. On the trail I do eat carbs but I still eat a lot of nuts, cheese, low sugar keto bars from COSTCO, butter coffee etc. What many people don’t understand about simple carbohydrates is how they spike your sugar level and get the cycle of constant eating going. I used to avoid high calorie food but now embrace them. You are looking good and you understand your body. I hike pretty much only with my dog for a reason, all my older friends have aged out from backpacking. Take care PS there was a sale at Waymark, 20 percent off and I pulled the trigger on their 60 liter pack, I needed the extra room for my dogs gear and food.
Great video, two questions: 1) Do you workout in the AM? How's do you do over an hour without taking in calories and protein? 2) have you been able to avoid mild arthritis and nagging injuries after all that pavement pounding? Or do you accommodate for minor injuries.
I have never been hungry in the am. Working out doesn’t make me hungry. Old man aches and pains, but nothing too serious. Elliptical daily to reduce stress on joints. Thank you!
Awesome work and way to go in sharing your journey! It should probably be obvious to hit the gym and do more outside of hiking to be in shape but it's not mentioned enough in everyone's "beginner backpacking/hiking" videos. They always focus on gear gear gear. I've lost a good amount of weight and put on muscle in the couple of years since I started my backpacking and hiking journey. Recently hiked long days in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and while I completed them with no issues I learned I'd love to try and hike faster than a turtles pace to do even more. I just need to motivate myself to get to the gym in the morning vs evening when I'm already tired. Thanks for sharing!
Too bad that FB group kinda died away. It was helpful. I got down below my goal weight and then life happened and I put some of it back on. Thankfully I'm back to my original goal weight and I need to work at dropping more. Thank you for the video and encouragement.
I enjoy hearing what techniques people use to obtain their physical goals. I am more traditional bodybuilding with almost a bro split, and cardio is the treadmill. Forward and backward, lmbo. Keep up the good work Jeremy!!! Gotta crush those miles, bud!!!! Happy Trails 👣
Awesome video, honest and inspiring. I've had a similar experience, unfortunately started my recovery later in life...I'm fitter now at 61 than I was through my 30s, but the challenge is to maintain it. I finally have a diet and routine that works for me, so as you say, it has gotten easier over time. Congrats to you, and thanks for sharing this.
Lots of great info! Congrats on dropping the lbs and keeping them off, while also maintaining moderation and occasional enjoyment of the good stuff or guilty pleasures. Sounds like you have it dialed in. I have been blessed and cursed with a high metabolism, and I love carbs, but don't eat a ton of calories, so far me I have had trouble gaining/maintaining weight. I like an eliptical for cardio because of the no impact and just me shooting hoops during late spring, summer and early fall for the fun of it and for getting outside. Never really enjoyed weight training and didn't stick with it. In the last year though I picked up a Total Gym (Ok stop laughing). Anyway, it's a great machine to tone or even build muscle and is much EASIER on the body (joints, muscles, etc.). Not near the soreness with nearly identical results and pump...(except for serious bobdybuilding). Physical therapists use them to aid in recovery for patients and of course 83 year old Chuck Norris still uses it after nearly 40 years, and looks great and could lay me out with one arm tied behind his back and without breaking a sweat. The one I have has a weight bar attachment that can hold another 180 lbs of plate weights for added resistance. For me, in 9 months I have put on 12 lbs and would like an additional 10-15 more. Better shape than was able to do in the gym and it's nice to have it right at home, no travel time or distractions to deal with either. For trip training I like to walk with my pack around 30 lbs, both level surfaces and lots of hill training if heading to the mountains, especially the Rockies over 10,000 feet. When I lived in the cities, there was a nice hill a few blocks from my place just west of the tennis courts on Lake Harriet. Roughly a 60 foot gain. Occasionally I'd head to Hyland Hills Ski area in Bloomington where I had a nice up, level, down loop that was more challenging.
I truly enjoy your videos. I am currently 6'3 and 300lbs. I'm trying to get down to 260 by December, but hiking in Oklahoma, where I live, is almost impossible to do in the summer here. Looking forward to cooler weather to develop my trail legs. Your video has given me motivation to get out ave just walk. Thank you once again.
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Watched during my AM workout. Motivational and true. It's a life long commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
Thank you
Great information…love the old pics!
I still enjoy eating like a 12 year old 😂
Thanks for sharing your journey and routine. I've lost 20lb since backpacking and kind of rolling with it. I've noticed with age I need to be active everyday or I'm going downhill fast. It's pretty tough to stay consistent with workouts and fasting schedules.
I thought I was listening to my life story....
Super skinny with a high metabolism, couldn't put on weight or muscle growing up
Got married had kids, ballooned to 220
Got active lost some weight
Gained some weight, lost some weight
Anxiety, etc
I am consistently at about 200. I've been down to about 180 before, but that was mostly a medication side effect that ended badly.
Currently trying to slowly drop into the 180's. I struggle with consistent cardio because I always seem to get injured. Switching to the elliptical was like a "why didn't I think of that moment". I'm going to give it a shot for a while.
Very motivating
Our stories are very similar. I have always been a gym rat but during my prime years of raising my kids there was far less gym time and far more carb time. I eventually got divorced and my kids went off to college. It was finally me time. I did not like the way I looked and worst how my body felt. I have had a few injuries from skiing and mountain biking, some very serious. I watched a video on TH-cam about the keto diet and it said is would help with my body pain. I was all in. I went from constantly eating, to eating twice a day. Lunch and dinner. That was a couple of years ago and like you I don’t view it as a diet it’s how I roll. I do eat some carbs at the holidays or on a trip when it’s just easier to grab a burger. I got remarried and my wife says she has never met anyone with so much will power, it’s not will power I feel better, I look better than I have in decades and I rarely get headaches, something that has plagued me my entire life. At the age of 64 I am hiking bigger miles than I did 30 years ago, though that’s mostly due to going UL. On the trail I do eat carbs but I still eat a lot of nuts, cheese, low sugar keto bars from COSTCO, butter coffee etc. What many people don’t understand about simple carbohydrates is how they spike your sugar level and get the cycle of constant eating going. I used to avoid high calorie food but now embrace them. You are looking good and you understand your body. I hike pretty much only with my dog for a reason, all my older friends have aged out from backpacking. Take care PS there was a sale at Waymark, 20 percent off and I pulled the trigger on their 60 liter pack, I needed the extra room for my dogs gear and food.
This was super helpful, thanks Almost! BTW - 0:42 LOL!
Thanks for the tips and nice Shug shirt!
Awesome work ethic. Cheers
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Inspirational and informative, thank you.
Great video, two questions: 1) Do you workout in the AM? How's do you do over an hour without taking in calories and protein? 2) have you been able to avoid mild arthritis and nagging injuries after all that pavement pounding? Or do you accommodate for minor injuries.
I have never been hungry in the am. Working out doesn’t make me hungry. Old man aches and pains, but nothing too serious. Elliptical daily to reduce stress on joints. Thank you!
Awesome work and way to go in sharing your journey! It should probably be obvious to hit the gym and do more outside of hiking to be in shape but it's not mentioned enough in everyone's "beginner backpacking/hiking" videos. They always focus on gear gear gear. I've lost a good amount of weight and put on muscle in the couple of years since I started my backpacking and hiking journey. Recently hiked long days in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and while I completed them with no issues I learned I'd love to try and hike faster than a turtles pace to do even more. I just need to motivate myself to get to the gym in the morning vs evening when I'm already tired. Thanks for sharing!
Too bad that FB group kinda died away. It was helpful. I got down below my goal weight and then life happened and I put some of it back on. Thankfully I'm back to my original goal weight and I need to work at dropping more. Thank you for the video and encouragement.
I enjoy hearing what techniques people use to obtain their physical goals.
I am more traditional bodybuilding with almost a bro split, and cardio is the treadmill. Forward and backward, lmbo.
Keep up the good work Jeremy!!! Gotta crush those miles, bud!!!!
Happy Trails 👣
Awesome video, honest and inspiring. I've had a similar experience, unfortunately started my recovery later in life...I'm fitter now at 61 than I was through my 30s, but the challenge is to maintain it. I finally have a diet and routine that works for me, so as you say, it has gotten easier over time. Congrats to you, and thanks for sharing this.
Lots of great info! Congrats on dropping the lbs and keeping them off, while also maintaining moderation and occasional enjoyment of the good stuff or guilty pleasures. Sounds like you have it dialed in.
I have been blessed and cursed with a high metabolism, and I love carbs, but don't eat a ton of calories, so far me I have had trouble gaining/maintaining weight.
I like an eliptical for cardio because of the no impact and just me shooting hoops during late spring, summer and early fall for the fun of it and for getting outside.
Never really enjoyed weight training and didn't stick with it. In the last year though I picked up a Total Gym (Ok stop laughing). Anyway, it's a great machine to tone or even build muscle and is much EASIER on the body (joints, muscles, etc.). Not near the soreness with nearly identical results and pump...(except for serious bobdybuilding). Physical therapists use them to aid in recovery for patients and of course 83 year old Chuck Norris still uses it after nearly 40 years, and looks great and could lay me out with one arm tied behind his back and without breaking a sweat. The one I have has a weight bar attachment that can hold another 180 lbs of plate weights for added resistance. For me, in 9 months I have put on 12 lbs and would like an additional 10-15 more. Better shape than was able to do in the gym and it's nice to have it right at home, no travel time or distractions to deal with either.
For trip training I like to walk with my pack around 30 lbs, both level surfaces and lots of hill training if heading to the mountains, especially the Rockies over 10,000 feet. When I lived in the cities, there was a nice hill a few blocks from my place just west of the tennis courts on Lake Harriet. Roughly a 60 foot gain. Occasionally I'd head to Hyland Hills Ski area in Bloomington where I had a nice up, level, down loop that was more challenging.
We get fat when we consume more calories than we use.
I do an exercise and diet program similar to yours.
How did you receive your trail name "Almost"?
Colorado mountain false summits had me claiming we are almost there, when we weren’t. 🤷♂️
I truly enjoy your videos. I am currently 6'3 and 300lbs. I'm trying to get down to 260 by December, but hiking in Oklahoma, where I live, is almost impossible to do in the summer here. Looking forward to cooler weather to develop my trail legs. Your video has given me motivation to get out ave just walk. Thank you once again.
I think it's funny that you got older and suddenly hit 220 pounds. Same thing happened to me, but it was 225.
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