Improving my health

[FergusonTO35]

One thing I'm doing is choosing to push mow my back yard every week, which is about 3/4 of an acre and has a pretty steep incline. Now that's a good workout!

 

[FergusonTO35]

I'm doing that right now in fact. It's not fun but I am feeling the benefits!

 

[TexasJohnny]

I cheated - 51 years old 6’3” 280 and I got a script for tirzepitide. I’m 240lbs about 3 months later cholesterol at 151 total and triglycerides at 50. I feel better my bones don’t ache and I don’t tire as easily.

I stopped taking it though - my wife said I was getting too skinny and just the thought of food made me nauseous. If you’re really obese it could be a lifesaver though. Even a few weeks after I don’t eat like I used to - shrunk my stomach too.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I was on Wegovy for awhile. Lower doses did absolutely nothing, higher doses made me miss work for reasons you can probably guess. I don't know if I ever will lose weight, and I'm about to decide that I don't want to spend the rest of my life worrying about it. Right now I'm just trying to be as healthy as I can be right now with the body I've got. If that means being in better health but still fat then so be it.

I am making slow but measurable progress. I can now push mow the back yard without stopping to rest. And, my food choices are a little better than they used to be. It ain't much but I'll take it!

 

[John Wargo]

I am taking zepbound as is my wife. She has all kinds of side effects and mine have been minimal. I'm down 62# and she has lost 41#. Definitely helping us out

 

[hacskaroly]

I cheated, but I feel better my bones don’t ache and I don’t tire as easily.

I don't consider it cheating, you were able to use a tool to help you change some ways. I am glad to hear that it isn't something you have to take for the rest of your life. I know I sit too much, need to get up and get moving more often!

 

[FergusonTO35]

I'll talk to the doc about the tirzepitide next time I go in, see if she has any experience from other patients with it.

 

[TexasJohnny]

I had side effects initially. I’d eat and immediately after I was on the toilet spraying like a fire hose. We don’t run at work unless there’s an emergency so it was tough walking fast to the restroom.

I stopped taking it for a week for a family vacation - I wanted to enjoy myself - when I started taking it again when I got back I didn’t have the same issue.

 

[59billy]

I was on Wegovy for awhile. Lower doses did absolutely nothing, higher doses made me miss work for reasons you can probably guess. I don't know if I ever will lose weight, and I'm about to decide that I don't want to spend the rest of my life worrying about it. Right now I'm just trying to be as healthy as I can be right now with the body I've got. If that means being in better health but still fat then so be it.

I am making slow but measurable progress. I can now push mow the back yard without stopping to rest. And, my food choices are a little better than they used to be. It ain't much but I'll take it!

How are you doing now?

 

[FergusonTO35]

Doing good. Now that I don't work two jobs anymore I can do more farm work, which is my favorite kind of exercise. Seems like I'm consistently losing about 10 pounds a month and sleep better.

 

[59billy]

That is great to hear! It sounds like you've got a handle on what works for you. Being able to "do stuff" is a better metric of overall health than anything.

I used to be deeply involved in the online fitness community. It's interesting how many exercises mimic real work. Google "farmer's walks." There's at least one company that sells a "wheelbarrow" designed to be loaded with weight plates!

Personally, I've got a wheelbarrow and a bunch of (sometimes literal) crap that has to be moved, so that's a win!

 

[John Wargo]

Just a quick update. Kathy and I are still both taking zepbound. I'm down 68#and she is down 47# as of today. We went on a challenging foe us hike at a local state park Monday and she did a phenomenal job. Can't say enough how proud I am of both of us for making major improvements in the health and fitness area.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I just push mowed the back yard in one go without taking any breaks and feel fine. When I first started mowing it this year I had to always take 2 or 3 breaks before I got it done. I also push mow the really hilly part of the front yard, I leave the flat part for dad to mow with his riding mower because he enjoys doing it.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I'm still working on my health, consistently losing about a pound a week. Today I fit into a pair of pants that I haven't been able to wear in 2 years! I'm setting an audacious goal for my self. I'm 47 now, and by the time I hit 50 I'm going to be SKINNY. I don't know exactly what that weight would be, but I think anything under 200 would qualify since I'm 6'4. I'm at 317.4 as of this morning.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

I'm still working on my health, consistently losing about a pound a week. Today I fit into a pair of pants that I haven't been able to wear in 2 years! I'm setting an audacious goal for my self. I'm 47 now, and by the time I hit 50 I'm going to be SKINNY. I don't know exactly what that weight would be, but I think anything under 200 would qualify since I'm 6'4. I'm at 317.4 as of this morning.

Good job! Has anyone one here mentioned raw milk? Conventional medicine will tell you it'll kill you and from a conventional mega dairy it probably would make you violently sick, but if you can find a small farm locally that does grass fed raw milk it's some of the best stuff for you. The biggest thing is that it's kept clean and chilled below 40 degrees within a hour, which maga dairys can't do.

 

[John Wargo]

Update time. I am down 95# and Kathy is down 72#. Doctor cut my blood pressure medication in half and was amazed when i went for my checkup a month ago. Started playing disc golf with some guys from work. Fun way to get a extra 4000 to 8000 steps after work. Love being a smaller version of the old me. Me and the Steel City Outlaw at the High Limit race last month.

 

[hacskaroly]

Has anyone one here mentioned raw milk?

I second this. In Maryland it was illegal for raw milk to be sold for human consumption, so it was sold as "pet" milk, got hooked on it. When we got here to Idaho, we found a local farmer that sells raw milk and get two gallons a week. During the times that the cow is calving, we go without and use Nido powdered milk (get it from Costco - 4.85 lbs for $27.00) for any baking. Now store bought milk turns my stomach. Raw milk does not rot like pasteurized milk, it instead sours so you can make sour cream. Bonus is in a gallon jar of raw milk, we usually get an inch of cream which we scoop off and use too. We also freeze dry it and make our own powdered milk.