Stephanos
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I am so confused. I'm 45 years old and my doctor says I need to lose fat (he specifically said "You are too fat") and get my blood sugar down. He's got me on blood pressure medicine but says that the excess belly fat is driving the BP up. It's down around 120/80 now with the medicine.
I have started doing a lot of research on this topic and I am really confused. Everybody seems to say something different. One guy says do plyometrics, cardio, stretch bands and yoga for 90 days and you'll be as lean as a greyhound and another guy says do barbell lifts and walking and yet another guy says do something else. Research on diet was just as confusing. One plan is almost all carbs and vegetables, another is almost all protein, and yet another plan is to not eat during the day and just eat at night. Almost everybody says that the other plans can't possibly work...
What works? I am so confused by all of this conflicting info and I don't know what to do. My doc says I'm cleared for exercise "for now" but made it real clear I gotta lose at least 30-40 lbs of fat and get my blood sugar down or I'm looking at serious health problems down the road. My wife just had our first son a couple of years ago and we got another one on the way and I'm getting real worried I won't be around to see them grow up.
I thought about trying kettlebells but I a friend of mine says kettlebell training is great for guys who are already in good shape but they are too light to make you strong and you don't use them long enough to burn fat and that a guy my age has no business messing around with them.
What's the truth? Has anybody here actually lost a lot of fat (<30 lbs) on kettlebells? Can they work for someone who spends 10 hours a day in front of a computer and can't even jog? I'm 45 years old, 5'5" and 198 lbs, without much muscle. Will kettlebells work for me?
What about diet? There are so many plans out there I can't make sense of them all.
I don't care how long it takes to lose the fat. I just want to be lean, get my BP and blood sugar down, and see my kids grow up.
I have started doing a lot of research on this topic and I am really confused. Everybody seems to say something different. One guy says do plyometrics, cardio, stretch bands and yoga for 90 days and you'll be as lean as a greyhound and another guy says do barbell lifts and walking and yet another guy says do something else. Research on diet was just as confusing. One plan is almost all carbs and vegetables, another is almost all protein, and yet another plan is to not eat during the day and just eat at night. Almost everybody says that the other plans can't possibly work...
What works? I am so confused by all of this conflicting info and I don't know what to do. My doc says I'm cleared for exercise "for now" but made it real clear I gotta lose at least 30-40 lbs of fat and get my blood sugar down or I'm looking at serious health problems down the road. My wife just had our first son a couple of years ago and we got another one on the way and I'm getting real worried I won't be around to see them grow up.
I thought about trying kettlebells but I a friend of mine says kettlebell training is great for guys who are already in good shape but they are too light to make you strong and you don't use them long enough to burn fat and that a guy my age has no business messing around with them.
What's the truth? Has anybody here actually lost a lot of fat (<30 lbs) on kettlebells? Can they work for someone who spends 10 hours a day in front of a computer and can't even jog? I'm 45 years old, 5'5" and 198 lbs, without much muscle. Will kettlebells work for me?
What about diet? There are so many plans out there I can't make sense of them all.
I don't care how long it takes to lose the fat. I just want to be lean, get my BP and blood sugar down, and see my kids grow up.