RV-7 N159SB Brian Chesteen (Brantel)

[rv7boy]

Way to go, Brian. You are an inspiration in many ways to several of us in the forums.

[BCP Boys]

Congrats on getting back in the air. Where did you fly to that had $2.20 fuel?

[Brantel]

Originally Posted by BCP Boys

Congrats on getting back in the air. Where did you fly to that had $2.20 fuel?

KLOZ gave all pilots/planes that flew in for their open house a half price discount!

[Brantel]

Just because the 3rd class medical is sort of a thing of the past for some of us, that is no reason not to be responsible and take care of ourselves so we can continue to enjoy our RV's for many years to come.

Mid February I got back on the bandwagon in an effort to continue to improve my health. Running every other day with at least 4 miles of extra walking on the off days. Hitting the gym for strength training every other non run day for at least an hour.

I decided to do an experiment to show myself how bad I was destroying what I had worked so hard to accomplish over the past month. Here is the result of that:



So far I am down over 10 lbs in 4 weeks by just cutting out the sugar and exercising regularly again. The fact that I am now strength training is putting muscle on my frame that had wasted away. This has slowed the overall decrease on the scale but is building lean body mass which will pay off in the long run!

[crabandy]

Way to put it into perspective, keep it up!

[Bob Martin]

Brian,
Great info....
Sugar is a love hate issue.
Thanks for putting it in perspective.

[BCP Boys]

Dang Brian, You're always coming up with new ways to inspire. Darn you for the wake up call HA HA Just kidding. In all seriousness, that white substance called sugar that is in everything and it's fake counterpart which tastes like sugar but doesn't absorb like sugar is slowly destroying our bodies. I used to work for a World known soda company here in Atlanta and I can tell you that stuff and all other sodas are some of the worse stuff you can put in your body. The off brands are even worse but all of them are not just bad, they are horrific for your body.

Way to go bud.

God Bless.

[60av8tor]

Wow - that is an incredible image and one that makes me feel sick to my stomach. 44 THOUSAND calories in only one month of garbage that has no value to your physiology. I'm fairly attentive to my diet/exercise and diet is where most folks struggle with the diet/exercise lifestyle change. It is easy to get into the trap of using your exercise (especially if coming from a sedentary job/lifestyle) as an excuse to splurge on the diet and eat way more calories than you just exercised away.

Please don't take this as preaching. I just feel very strongly about personal health and lifestyle choices. I'm shocked at how meticulously folks take care of their planes, cars, etc, but so easily ignore their own body. I've watched your progress on here and am amazed that you were still consuming the above. I think you are going to be shocked at how powerfully diet will affect your fitness gains. A good site is livestrong.com/myplate.com. It is tedious when first starting to weigh/track everything you eat, but it's an amazing education when you can actually visualize what "1 serving" really is and can balance your macro nutrients - fats, carbs, proteins - over the course of each day. Eventually you'll learn healthy meal combinations that are ideal for your age/fitness levels/goals.

Sorry for the rambling, but this is really great stuff!! I commend you for your dedication to change your diet and look forward to following "part 2" of your journey.

[Brantel]

Preach on!

The only thing that has prevented a disaster in my struggle is the massive amount of exercise I was doing while eating so poorly. You are correct. People like me use the exercise as an excuse to justify eating/drinking the junk.

You can't out run/out work a really poor diet. It will eventually get you!

Part of my reason for posting this is to rid myself of the denial and to own what I have been doing to sabotage my hard work...

[catmandu]

Nice work Brian.

I say, keep up the visualization experiment! Then, after several months of hoarding, at Halloween you will be the King of Cul-De-Sac:

"Dude, that house is giving out FULL SIZE candybars!"