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This works in just about everything . . . A-Jay

After years of me raiding everyone's fridge whenever I visit, scarfing down whatever I could find, kids school lunch, that nights dinner, all their left overs, didn't matter - I just needed to eat. Now when I visit family & friends - the first thing they like to tell me is what they have for me to eat while I'm there. The joke of 'Feed A-Jay" runs rampant . . . . A-Jay

My younger brother (57 years old) who lives a life style that I think I can safely call The Polar Opposite of mine, had a heart attack yesterday - pretty bad. He's in ICU and will be for a while. I've been trying for over 40 years to convince him to turn that ship around - he didn't want to hear it. He's being told now that he's going to need to make a lot of changes moving forward in order to survive. Hope he will do it and that it's not too little too late. Seems hard to undo 50 plus years of counter productive behavior. A-Jay

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@Ksam1234 Life comes at as all hard & fast sometimes. Over the years, the way we respond to that, changes. Routinely the first few rounds may not be as good as some of the later ones; we learn as we go. Thanks for the kind words and I'm hopeful and encouraged that you can & will get to where you want to be Physically, Mentally, Spiritually & Emotionally. Once open water occurs, what I am doing now becomes considerably more challenging for me. Two of my biggest allies - Food & Sleep, can become very hard to come by once I know there's a chance to go fishing. I have to make some hard choices to keep it going. Sacrificing fishing time, (especially after a long winter,) to go shopping when I need to, do the meal prep when I need to AND SLEEP when I need to, all put my self-discipline to the test. Each passing year, it seems to get harder to stay committed to the fitness and not blow it all off & just go fishing. I expect this coming season 2020 to be the same. Guess we'll see if I'm able to 'practice what I preach'. As my Dad always used to say ~ "The hardest advice to take, is our own." Here's to Staying Focused. A-Jay

Nice Bass & Great Hat ~ BTW - are you available - I hear they might need a manager ? A-Jay

Right back at ya ~ I will admit that when I first retired in 2007, I had sort of a . . . Let's call it a transitional period, that may have included a pony keg of Heineken in my garage. It was sort lived - but it was fun. A-Jay

After a couple of scheduled days off, I'm back at it. A-Jay

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That is Awesome ! And you are spot on about exercise being a great outlet. Thanks for the support, I really appreciate it. A-Jay

OK ~ So the latest workout video is loading. In the mean time I'll offer you some food for thought, the first part of which I've posted here before however it's completely applicable. Some of what you see me doing, as well as my style of diet, I got from Jeff Cavaliere at ATHLEAN-x.com. This man is MSPT, CSCS served as both the Head Physical Therapist and Assistant Strength Coach for the New York Mets and is now one of the world’s most trusted authorities on science based training and performance. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend you check him out. https://athleanx.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0TLA0EsQbE-MjuHXevj2A Now you would be served well if you stopped reading right here and logged on to that site. But I said I’d answer your questions, so I will. Right off the bat, from the sound of your post there are a some concepts you should think about. First one revolves around your Food. Your Food is fuel. Your Food plays a role in your strength & endurance. Your food plays a huge role in your general health, your ability to fight infection and the strength of your immune system. Your Food plays a role in your ability and willingness to cope with stress. Your Food Plays a role in your self confidence or lack of it. Your Food is just about your whole life. May be why in the natural order of things, wild animals are so food driven; instinctively, they know. So to say "You Love Junk Food" means you either don't know how important what you ingest everyday is, or you don't care to offer yourself the opportunity to be the best version of you possible. Ask yourself which is it ? Second thing is - performing weight training or any type of resistance training IS NOT AN Effective WAY TO REDUCE BODY FAT. Never has been, Never Will be. While the title of this thread is "Working to Stay Lean" - It's misleading because the workouts themselves contribute very little to that. My Bad. The battle of the bulge is won at the dinner table - ALWAYS. You've heard this many times I'm sure, eat several small meals a day - and IME - that's the way it must be - no way around it. An important aspect of that is PORTION CONTROL - forget about eating until your 'FULL' The real secret is to always be hungry - that way you can eat again in 3 1/2 hours. You want to eat, digest and eat again; keep your metabolism working. I do ZERO cardio - ZERO. I maintain by levels of body fat with my food. If I want less fat, I eat less. If I want more fat, I eat more. Along with that - I like to participate in resistance training, the objective of that is not fat loss but to help keep me strong, help me with my balance and over all ability. If I stopped working out, I'd surely lose some of that, but by still ensuring my food everyday was a priority, I'd not gain excess body fat. I am not a calorie counter. Experience has taught me what happens when I eat this amount of this food. Anyone can do this, one just has to be consistent. And speaking of counting calories, do yourself a favor and find a calorie burning chart on line. Take a long hard , serious look at how many calories are in what you're eating and then calculate what you'd need to do and for how long, to 'burn it off'. You will be surprised. What you'll find is that even if you jumped rope up all the way up & down Mt Kilimanjaro, twice a day - 5 days a week, you could never come close to burning off all of the "Junk Food" you Love. I do recommend some low impact activity - it's easier on joints(especially ones carrying an extra load) and helps digestion - and it can 'burn' calories but if you're downing Big Mac's it's will be of little help. btw - there's no such thing as a snack. Every thing is a small balanced meal. A handful of whatever (you can insert whatever you want here;chips, nuts, an apple, M&M's whatever), none of that is a meal. It's not hard to do -it's just different than what most do - admittedly it's not super easy because the American life style isn't set up this way, but it can be if you want it. Just have to do it. So if you take anything away from any of this - remember this; it's the dirty little secret about losing Body fat; especially in the beginning. As long as you have excess body fat and believe yourself to be over weight - if you are Not Hungry, you're probably heading the wrong way. That's all day, every day. The First step is the hardest. A-Jay

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First off, Good for you for taking responsibility and control. I am actually finishing up a workout right now which I'll post here later. After which we'll talk a bit. Thank you very much for the support. It really helps me too. A-Jay

LOL ~ Well @Catt, they are kind of brownish and have a somewhat angry disposition. Sometimes they look like this . . and sometimes they look like this . . A-Jay

LMB-11 lb 11 oz SMB- 7 lb 5 oz A-Jay

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I've purchased close to I guess 20 reels & sticks over the years from them. Solid Seller. A-Jay

My Glass rods (Lamiglas 705R & SR) are both too heavy. Needed the Medium. I'm betting, that if all goes right, stout Brown bass will put quite a bend in this one. A-Jay

Jerkbaits in the early spring can often attract all kinds of attention. A-Jay

Quantum Tour KVD 7' Cranking Rod TKVD705MB - 7'0", Medium, Line Weight 10-17, Lure Weight 1/4-3/8oz Big fan of this whole line of rods. (now discontinued) Have them all but not this one. Needed it to throw this 3/8oz bait effectively - be here Friday. It's the LAST one I can find anywhere. Glad I got it too. A-Jay

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As if it could get any worse - I just purchased a rod specifically to throw that bait ~ A-Jay

Yup ~ Mine seems really determine too . . A-Jay

I hear that ~ Unfortunately, my 360 would need a new mount as well. Not to mention the recreational fund vein in my goldmine, is getting dangerously thin. Might need to dig a little deeper and locate a whole New Vein. A-Jay