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I was told by a mate who undertook a couple of 70.3 Ironman races around 7 years ago and who has been following my journey over the past couple of years and providing guidance. He is fully aware of what I do at the gym and he keeps telling me, it isn’t just what you weigh you need to concern yourself with because generally when you lose weight you also lose skeletal muscle mass.

Post Covid lockdowns (Sept 2020)

Weight 103.9kgs
BMI 34.3
SMM (Skeletal Muscle Mass) 37.1kgs
BFM (Body Fat Mass) 38.4kgs
PBF (% Body Fat) 37%

Today (August 2022)

Weight 96.9 kgs
BMI 32.4
SMM 38.1kgs
BFM 29.8kgs
PBF 30.8%

The fact I’ve lost weight but gained muscle mass is very pleasing. As a 61 year old, I’m probably healthier than when I was at 30.

I’m more a rugby rather than AFL profile (nuggety and wide shoulders).
 
kirky said:
I was told by a mate who undertook a couple of 70.3 Ironman races around 7 years ago and who has been following my journey over the past couple of years and providing guidance. He is fully aware of what I do at the gym and he keeps telling me, it isn’t just what you weigh you need to concern yourself with because generally when you lose weight you also lose skeletal muscle mass.

Post Covid lockdowns (Sept 2020)

Weight 103.9kgs
BMI 34.3
SMM (Skeletal Muscle Mass) 37.1kgs
BFM (Body Fat Mass) 38.4kgs
PBF (% Body Fat) 37%

Today (August 2022)

Weight 96.9 kgs
BMI 32.4
SMM 38.1kgs
BFM 29.8kgs
PBF 30.8%

The fact I’ve lost weight but gained muscle mass is very pleasing. As a 61 year old, I’m probably healthier than when I was at 30.

I’m more a rugby rather than AFL profile (nuggety and wide shoulders).
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The fact I’ve lost weight but gained muscle mass is very pleasing. As a 61 year old, I’m probably healthier than when I was at 30.
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I concur with this ….. although have taken a very different approach post Covid

Pre-covid i was very muscular, and 93 kgs ….I ate my 180+ grams of protein every day

Covid saw my exercise regime drop from 4 days x 1.5 hour sessions ….. to nothing bar push-ups ….. that’s what the VIC LOCKDOWN did ….. gyms closed

Now, the different approach ….. because my muscle turned to fat, and was over 100kgs …… i decided to lose fat first, via intermittent fasting …. 18 hours, then 2 meals in remaining 6 hours

I’m 1 kg shy of my goal weight of 86kg …. from there i’ll add the muscle back …. i need to as i’m not as young as kirky

Firstly though i have to recover from the Heart Surgery today …. success though, heart’s back in rhythm ….. gee i hate Covid !!!!!
 

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WaynesWorld19 said:
I concur with this ….. although have taken a very different approach post Covid

Pre-covid i was very muscular, and 93 kgs ….I ate my 180+ grams of protein every day

Covid saw my exercise regime drop from 4 days x 1.5 hour sessions ….. to nothing bar push-ups ….. that’s what the VIC LOCKDOWN did ….. gyms closed

Now, the different approach ….. because my muscle turned to fat, and was over 100kgs …… i decided to lose fat first, via intermittent fasting …. 18 hours, then 2 meals in remaining 6 hours

I’m 1 kg shy of my goal weight of 86kg …. from there i’ll add the muscle back …. i need to as i’m not as young as kirky

Firstly though i have to recover from the Heart Surgery today …. success though, heart’s back in rhythm ….. gee i hate Covid !!!!!
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Cardioversion for AFib?

Wishing you a full and speedy recovery mate.
 
WaynesWorld19 said:
I concur with this ….. although have taken a very different approach post Covid

Pre-covid i was very muscular, and 93 kgs ….I ate my 180+ grams of protein every day

Covid saw my exercise regime drop from 4 days x 1.5 hour sessions ….. to nothing bar push-ups ….. that’s what the VIC LOCKDOWN did ….. gyms closed

Now, the different approach ….. because my muscle turned to fat, and was over 100kgs …… i decided to lose fat first, via intermittent fasting …. 18 hours, then 2 meals in remaining 6 hours

I’m 1 kg shy of my goal weight of 86kg …. from there i’ll add the muscle back …. i need to as i’m not as young as kirky

Firstly though i have to recover from the Heart Surgery today …. success though, heart’s back in rhythm ….. gee i hate Covid !!!!!
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Jesus dude, good luck with your recovery.

I did your intermittent fasting when covid hit and lost weight, works well, except when I break it eating crap.
 
Doctor B said:
Cardioversion for AFib?

Wishing you a full and speedy recovery mate.
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Ablation procedure …..tries to quarterize the source of arrhythmia …. twice the % chance of the heart not going into arrhythmia versus defibrillation
 
George Kramer said:
Jesus dude, good luck with your recovery.

I did your intermittent fasting when covid hit and lost weight, works well, except when I break it eating crap.
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I just do 18 hours ……last meal at 6pm and next meal 12 noon next day
Also converted from Pepsi to Pepsi Max ….. which was my major sugar intake

Fasting combined with 6km walks and weight sessions, allows some food indiscretions
 

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cleanhands said:
Sh*t dude all the best with your recovery, BF needs you, take it easy
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I wasn’t all that worried approaching the OP …. till i witness 7 nurses and doctors preparing me ….. then i thought F***, this is serious ….. Cardiovascular Specialist said though, only 2% chance of things going wrong …… and apart from this I’m very healthy
 
I don't care how routine or how often these procedures are done, there is something hectic about sending in something to deal with your heart - crazy stuff - sounds like it's gone to plan and on for your recovery :thumbsu:
 
WaynesWorld19 said:
I just do 18 hours ……last meal at 6pm and next meal 12 noon next day
Also converted from Pepsi to Pepsi Max ….. which was my major sugar intake

Fasting combined with 6km walks and weight sessions, allows some food indiscretions
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Look, you've been through enough

But if you boil IF down, it's just calorie counting by stealth.
 
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This seemed to be the appropriate place to share the screenshot that I took on my watch during todays walk with perfect heartbeat.

BTW. I wish that I had found this thread earlier. I was 126kg in May and am now down below 94kg with the aim to get down to around 80.
 
Cap said:
Look, you've been through enough

But if you boil IF down, it's just calorie counting by stealth.
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I agree with this to a point .......but that's not why I'm fasting & missing breakfast

Because I've always had high sugar intake ....this is what I'm trying to manage
The reason I'm doing the 18 hour fast is to allow the Liver to process what sugar I have consumed via methods other than liquid sugar and products like chocolate ....this hopefully will avoid fatty liver and it's associated health implications

I'm still learning about the different type of sugar intake .....it's a complicated area

BTW I'm home now :)

Is sugar hard for the liver to process?

It can harm your liver, too. The organ uses one type of sugar, called fructose, to make fat. Too much refined sugar and high-fructose corn syrup causes a fatty buildup that can lead to liver disease. Some studies show that sugar can be as damaging to the liver as alcohol, even if you're not overweight.
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Crowfoot said:
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This seemed to be the appropriate place to share the screenshot that I took on my watch during todays walk with perfect heartbeat.

BTW. I wish that I had found this thread earlier. I was 126kg in May and am now down below 94kg with the aim to get down to around 80.
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Great result .....you'd be feeling a million $$$

I've worked out that my 6 km walk .....which is exactly 1.5 x around a big block in my suburb = approx 10,000 steps ......10,036 during Magpie swooping season 🤣
 
Brian DeBosch, MD, PhD, and his colleagues showed that a natural sugar called trehalose prevents fatty liver disease in mice. (Photo: Robert Boston/School of Medicine)

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition closely linked to obesity, affects roughly 25 percent of people in the U.S. There is no drug treatment for the disease, although weight loss can reduce the buildup of fat in the liver.

Now, studying mice, new research shows that a natural sugar called trehalose prevents the sugar fructose — thought to be a major contributor to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease — from entering the liver and triggers a cellular housekeeping process that cleans up excess fat buildup inside liver cells.

The research, by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, appears Feb. 23 in the journal Science Signaling.

“In general, if you feed a mouse a high-sugar diet, it gets a fatty liver,” said first author Brian J. DeBosch, MD, PhD, a pediatric gastroenterologist. “We found that if you feed a mouse a diet high in fructose plus provide drinking water that contains three percent trehalose, you completely block the development of a fatty liver. Those mice also had lower body weights at the end of the study and lower levels of circulating cholesterol, fatty acids and triglycerides.”

Evidence suggests that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease develops as the liver works hard to process dietary sugar, especially fructose, found naturally in fruit but also added as high-fructose corn syrup to soft drinks and many processed foods. Ultimately, the body stores fructose in the liver as fats called triglycerides. In severe cases of the disease, the fat can build up to toxic levels that may eventually require a liver transplant.

Trehalose is a natural sugar found in plants and insects and consists of two glucose molecules bound together. While it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for human consumption, DeBosch cautions that more research is required before trehalose could be tested in people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as part of a clinical trial.
 
Crowfoot said:
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This seemed to be the appropriate place to share the screenshot that I took on my watch during todays walk with perfect heartbeat.

BTW. I wish that I had found this thread earlier. I was 126kg in May and am now down below 94kg with the aim to get down to around 80.
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Well done, man. That’s massive weight loss. Keep it up.
WaynesWorld19 said:
Great result .....you'd be feeling a million $$$

I've worked out that my 6 km walk .....which is exactly 1.5 x around a big block in my suburb = approx 10,000 steps ......10,036 during Magpie swooping season 🤣
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How often were you doing the walk (before surgery, obvs)?
 
Runnin Blue said:
Well done, man. That’s massive weight loss. Keep it up.

How often were you doing the walk (before surgery, obvs)?
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4 days a week .....after surgery, I can't do weightlifting for at least a month, to allow everything to settle down .....so I'll be back walking 5 days a week

I'll have to be careful, as I've hit my goal weight, and don't want to lose anymore ......86 KG at 182 cm
 
WaynesWorld19 said:
4 days a week .....after surgery, I can't do weightlifting for at least a month, to allow everything to settle down .....so I'll be back walking 5 days a week

I'll have to be careful, as I've hit my goal weight, and don't want to lose anymore ......86 KG at 182 cm
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That’s a lot of walking. Good stuff!
 
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