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Anyone still working out?

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:35:39

I've got like 7 lbs to go to my body weight goal. Now at 15% body fat. Went from XXL to M t-shirts, 52 to 42 jacket size, 40+ down to 34 pants. Can finally run (not fast) again without dropping to a walk.

Still going because I want to lose this little pouch at the bottom of my stomach, but it's shrinking day by day.

Never again.

I had no idea they made 40+ size pants. They don’t sell those in regular stores, do they?

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 17:37:58, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

I’ve always regulated my weight by “if I can’t see my d!@k when I step out of the shower, it’s time to lose weight “

^^Neither big nor tall^^*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 18:01:25, in reply to "I had no idea they made 40+ size pants. They don’t sell those in regular stores, do they?"

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I’ve always regulated my weight by “if I can’t see my d!@k when I step out of the shower, it’s time to lose weight “

Probably*

Posted by Phytynlini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Phytynlini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 15:58:25, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

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Still no. But, I did have my biggest weight loss this week in probably years

Posted by Taz <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Taz' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 15:56:34, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

All it took was being sick/having vestibular migraines/withdrawal from my meds/something for 2.5 days!

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Sometimes you just need to yeet a bobcat *

Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*

No. 6 weeks of a respiratory bug has shut me down.

Posted by EffinIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=EffinIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 11:16:31, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

Now that I'm generally better and just got past an almost all-encompassing wedding & preparations last Saturday, ready to get back to work.

Edit: Still with a lot of manual yard work, I dropped 7-8 pounds.

Sucks because I got sick, I was "running" again with some consistency for the first time in a few years and making some advances. (If you can call it running, maybe fore of a trot.)

Also planning on hiking at altitude in a couple of months carrying a daypack, so need to get my legs and cardio back.

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I had a bad respiratory bug in April. Virus test was negative, chest x-ray showed no pneumonia but

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 14:37:51, in reply to "No. 6 weeks of a respiratory bug has shut me down."

did show some scarring in my lungs. They gave me prednisone (5 day course) and my lungs are better than they were just before I got sick. Like, I haven't been able to breathe this well in maybe two years.

Now I'm wondering if I had some lung damage many months ago. I was having a hard time breathing when exercising or even going up several flights of stairs at a time - to the point of coughing - even when I wasn't "sick". Then I got sick and was still not better after 4 weeks so finally went in to the doctor.

Just crazy. Since then, I've been able to up my exercise game with running/biking and lifting. I used to get winded on my regular weekend 3 mile walk when going uphill and I don't now. Crazy what drugs can do to you.

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Now that I'm generally better and just got past an almost all-encompassing wedding & preparations last Saturday, ready to get back to work. Edit: Still with a lot of manual yard work, I dropped 7-8 pounds.

Sucks because I got sick, I was "running" again with some consistency for the first time in a few years and making some advances. (If you can call it running, maybe fore of a trot.)

Also planning on hiking at altitude in a couple of months carrying a daypack, so need to get my legs and cardio back.

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

always get off track coming back from vacation, so took about 2 1/2 weeks off.

Posted by lcubed <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=lcubed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 11:02:22, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

sent saturday and this morning and feel pretty good. was up to around 205 when working out 4 days/week and am now at around 185 due to stress, eating less, etc. going to try and get back up to around 200 and see if i can maintain

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I've been feeling really beat up due to a lot of semi-manual labor.

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:20:56, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

So haven't been lifting much. But I bought some farmer walk bars and have been doing some of those, they also trash me.

Lost about 8 pounds just the last couple of weeks. Apparently high general activity levels are good.

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I try to go for a quick run a few days a week or do some yard work on days I don't

Posted by IlliniSax05 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniSax05' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:14:08, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

this post did inspire me to do some pushups so I've got that going for me

Why do you hate me, Sammich?

MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
-Sammich, 1/15/2011

Yes. Down >20# since April.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:05:21, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

Down from XXL shirt to XL. I can't fit my shoulders through L.

Haven't gotten new pants but my 40" shorts/pants are now falling off and belts are close to the smallest hole. Which sucks because I love these belts and they cost ~$100 each (www.hanksbelts.com).

I am trying to get back to where I was when I got married, which would be an XL shirt and 34" waist. Probably at a 37" waist right now.

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Damn, skippy. XXL to M

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:05:02, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

I just hope to get down from XXL to XL but if sub-200 can result in L or even M….wow

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(for rent)

The Ms really only fit at my stomach. So technically I'm down to M tank tops. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:13:06, in reply to "Damn, skippy. XXL to M"

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I just hope to get down from XXL to XL but if sub-200 can result in L or even M….wow

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Started walking 18 holes a few times a week. Hell of a workout but getting easier.

Posted by Tuscy <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tuscy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:02:59, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

Stopped lifting earlier in the summer when I got sick for a week and never picked it up again. Scheduled to start Wednesday morning.

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"I wouldn't mind the DP here." - jumpingdan

And I'm down 25 pounds since Spring and 35 since the first of the year.

Posted by Tuscy <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tuscy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:08:41, in reply to "Started walking 18 holes a few times a week. Hell of a workout but getting easier. "

5 pounds away from where I was when we moved back to Illinois 3 years ago.

Wearing all of my old smedium shirts. Feels pretty good.

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Stopped lifting earlier in the summer when I got sick for a week and never picked it up again. Scheduled to start Wednesday morning.

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"I wouldn't mind the DP here." - jumpingdan

Running a half marathon in August, but haven't been as strict with my training

Posted by longsnapper <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=longsnapper' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:57:11, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

As I'd like. Once I get done with that, I'm going to switch focus to weight training.

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Lots of puns, no real answers

Those are impossible. Nobody can really run that far. *

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As I'd like. Once I get done with that, I'm going to switch focus to weight training.

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not in either sense*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:56:29, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

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strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime

Am currently cooling down on the treadmill.

Posted by Memphian <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Memphian' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:53:29, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

Hadn't been to the gym in months before today. Gonna feel it in the morning, but that's how it goes.

I ran the BIG10K Saturday and set a PR by more than three minutes

Posted by illini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:49:48, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

I felt good during the race but still curious if that time is valid.

Damn, that's a big drop. *

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I felt good during the race but still curious if that time is valid.

Yeah. Had a setback last month with a grade 3 AC joint shoulder separation

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:41:46, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

so, it's been leg days on machines 3x week since then.

just last week i've been able to get back into some light upper body work- all cables and all below the shoulder.

going to PT 2x week and i'm back to like 80-90% mobility on the arm, but still nowhere close in strength and i'm probably still a couple months away from even starting back on bench, deadlift, or anything with an overhead press.

"the sum value of my outfit will always be higher than yours."

You can drop a Nazi just as well with a mule kick as a punch, so keep it up. *

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yeah, it just sucks. i was benching more than i had in 20 years. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 10:02:12, in reply to "You can drop a Nazi just as well with a mule kick as a punch, so keep it up. *"

"the sum value of my outfit will always be higher than yours."

*raises hand*

Posted by Illiniphil <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Illiniphil' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:40:50, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "

So far this year 2 half marathons, a 10k and 3 5ks. 2nd triathlon of the year is this weekend. Doing a half century bike ride 8/9. Not doing a fall half because of work commitments.

Planning on my 3rd half Ironman next spring.

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Yes sir…but I think going the opposite way…I’ve had to go up sizes…

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 14, 2025, 9:39:15, in reply to "Anyone still working out? "