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Posted: 8/11/2005 9:07:00 AM EDT
....keep in shape after you've been out for a while?
I've been out since '94, but I still try to get in at least a couple of miles a day running. I do this for a couple of reasons: 1. Because I hunt elk every year, and hiking at 10,000 feet with all that gear is brutal. 2. Because I don't like to watch what I eat  I get a kick out of seeing some of my friends from high school that were athletes back then, and are big as a house now  Don't get me wrong, I could still stand to drop ten or fifteen pounds, but I could still smoke just about anyone I know. |
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Posted: 8/11/2005 4:25:53 PM EDT
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I run regularly and have completely cut out sweets, cokes, alcohol, and junk food from my diet. I think I'm too skinny but the height / weight chart says I'm exactly where I need to be.
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Posted: 8/11/2005 9:50:29 PM EDT
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Try bulking up with weight training if you think you're too scrawny. It's what I've always done, with my height to prevent the "basketball player" physique. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:08:59 AM EDT
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I want to know who made that damn chart, you cut out all that stuff! Did you know that shooting AR's also makes you gain weight and I don't care about the weight so just send them to me. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 6:32:06 PM EDT
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It's a point of pride for me that I can still fit into my alphas, to say nothing about my utilities.
I won't let myself turn into a, pardon the term, fat f***. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 7:00:32 PM EDT
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Roger that, Fish. They'll be in the mail tomorrow! 
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Posted: 8/15/2005 11:56:14 AM EDT
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I am in better shape now compared to when I was in the Gun Club.
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Posted: 8/19/2005 5:09:33 PM EDT
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im fat!......
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Posted: 8/19/2005 5:42:42 PM EDT
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+1. I just got back into the gym after a four year absence. I look like four toothpicks stuck in a wad of chewed bubble gum.
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Posted: 8/19/2005 7:08:48 PM EDT
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I'm workin' on gettin in better shape for my retirement. I figure, since I have to completly change my lifestyle (new, job, location, and being a civi again) I should be able to work eatin' a little healthier and more exercise into my life. It will help that I will be leavin' the 100 + degree temp behind me. More hikin'/bikin' in the outdoors.
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Posted: 8/23/2005 4:48:12 AM EDT
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The second half of my career I struggled with my weight. I had a stout build to begin with. If I had made my "ideal" weight according to those %@#*&%!!! charts I would have looked like Karen Carpenter.
I'll confess that when I retired I decided that if I wanted a Twinkie I was going to track it, corner it, kill it, and eat it. I relaxed, probably a bit more than I should have. I spent a couple years living a sedentary, self-indulgent lifestyle. Now the novelty has worn off. I'm eating better, cutting back on the wrong foods, and getting some exercise. Things I took for granted at 25 take a lot more effort in my mid-40s. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 4:20:54 PM EDT
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I'm fighting a retrograde action against the ravages of time and junk food.
It's been mostly uphill lately. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 7:32:30 AM EDT
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I had kind of a hard time meeting the "ideal" weight on that damn chart too. I'm kind of stocky, and usually had to get measured for body fat content.
I was artillery though, and it's funny that anytime we were humping (boxed) 105 rounds from the ammo trucks, some of the "ideal weight" guys had to take a few more breaks than us "overweight" guys. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:46:40 AM EDT
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I'm 5'10" and weighed 170 lbs when I was in the Corps. Back then I kept my body fat around 10%. I've never been a runner by nature, but I usually ran a 20-21 minute 3 mile and was able to knock out 20/80 on the pull ups and sit ups.
Now I weigh 190 lbs and had to give up running because of bad knees and lower back problems. So I cycle instead. I also lift weights a lot more than I did when I was in. My body fat is now around 14%, but I'm a lot stronger. I don't have the stamina like I used to, but I also don't plan on going on too many 20 something mile humps with a full combat load either. I'm in my early 30's and every day I have to force myself into the gym. As much as I wish it was easy, it's an up hill battle. I would like to be back down around 10% body fat again, but at this point I just take what I can get. |
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Posted: 9/1/2005 4:16:17 AM EDT
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Nice to know I'm not alone.... 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 1:08:40 AM EDT
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Im back trying to get under 200, I went in at 169, got out at 189, 2 months ago I was 220, and now Im at 204....Wont stop till I get 185. |
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Posted: 9/7/2005 4:12:43 AM EDT
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I'm a fat lazy body.I weigh about 25 lbs more since I got out in '88.What was really friggin sad was I ran across my field jacket and "tried" to put it on.I couldn't even zip the friggin thing up.
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Posted: 9/14/2005 5:15:55 AM EDT
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Oh hell, I stay in shape for the Womenz...
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Posted: 9/24/2005 8:27:03 PM EDT
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I went in weighing 127 at 18YO, 5'9". After two and a half years at Ft. Bragg and a year in Korea I ETSed weighing 148. I am now 32 and weigh closer to 205. I have become a disgusting fat body and I am OK with it.
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Posted: 9/25/2005 4:06:23 AM EDT
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When I got out in '91, I was 200 lbs over the next 14 years I ballooned up to 290. Started excercising and eating right 41/2 months ago. I am down to 240 now and my goal is to get down to 210-200. I was disgusted at being a fat ass and who was on the way to being a land manatee.
I went from getting out of breathe walking to the kitchen to running a 10 minute mile right now, working on getting it even lower. I weight train 3 days aweek, and run 3 miles on weight days and 5 miles on non weight days. |
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Posted: 9/26/2005 9:25:35 AM EDT
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Got off active duty in 93 (Bco 1/509 PIR) weighing about 190. I'm now about 220 and running a lot more than I used to. Being married with kids has taken it's toll.
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Posted: 10/1/2005 5:28:34 AM EDT
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5'-10" - Went in at 203 - got out at 165 - am currently at 175 (age 49)
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Posted: 10/4/2005 2:04:05 PM EDT
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I'm in better shape now at 39 than I was when I was in. I work out five days a week. I do a lot of tech diving and need to stay in shape. Eating good is a big part of the oveall program.
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