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Suffering sounds a bit extreme, but he mentioned several times he wants to go to the gym again, although he hates. And his facial expression when he steps on the scale is very telling. He definately hates his job, that's for sure. I think the wisdom of "you can't outrun your fork" has not sunken in yet. Anyway, I asked if he would join me on the bodyweight exercise for cyclists thing, and he agreed. We'll see how that goes. And I could need someone who kicks my ass every once in a while, too. By the way, we are together for more than 12 years. I know I can't force him to change, but I've seen several times that acting as a model does work.

@SpecialSundae I'm concerned because his weight has been on the rise constantly over the last years. Project that trend into the future and it's obvious where that will lead.

We're both vegetarians, into mountain biking, and 12 years apart in age (I'm 32, he's 44). I'm not even sure whether he's in denial or just clueless how to do better. He talks about having to hit the gym again (in winter ) and eat more fruit and stuff. In his defense, he has an active job (doing electricity for fairs, markets etc., so lots of lifting heavy gear) and tries to get on the bike whenever he can. It's just that his food choices undermine his fitness efforts. My ideas: 1) Get him to join my bodyweight routine for cyclists. Tell him it would help my motivation if he joins me. 2) Include him in my sunday salad-prep mayhem. While packing veggies he could prepare some carrot sticks or likewise for his lunch box.

Okay, this is a really horrible topic but I really don't know what to about it. Over the past years my boyfriend has slow but steady gained weight and grown quite a belly. I calculated his BMI and he is right on the line between normal and pre-adipositas. I'm aware that the BMI is a crutch, but the thing is that his weight keeps constantly growing and there is no change in sight. I'm seriously concerned about his health and to be honest, it's getting kinda unattractive as well (and does affect our sex life). I do my best to live by example and cook healthy (my weight is in the lower part of the normal range), but of course I can only influence a fraction of his diet. The amounts of cheese and bread he consumes freak me out every time I look in the fridge. I have kept my mouth shut about it for the longest time. No one wants to be the asshole saying "Darling, I'm sorry but I think you are getting fat." I'm afraid that if he does'nt change his eating habits he'll get truly overweight. He seems to be in a state of denial about this. Only recently did he complain about his t-shirts being to tight and "weirdly cut" but they used to fit him a year ago, and it's just his growing belly that makes them fit weird. I love him and absolutely don't want to hurt his feeling. Any suggestion to get this message across without drama? Or nudge him in the right direction? I'll happily provide any help that is needed. P.S.: I think information about proper nutrition is at the root of the problem. Unfortunately he does not speak English very well, so I can't direct him to nerdfitness or other english websites. I need something in German. He loves mountain biking, so getting fit for that would be a good starting point. P.P.S.: I'm aware that I probably sound like a superficial asshole, but believe me, I'm really worried. Hell, I feel like shit even writing this post. I was an overweight (read: seriously obese) teenager myself 15 years ago, so I know how shitty that feels.

It's rather flat were I live, some hills but no real mountains. I plan my workout with my next trip to the Austrian alps in mind (summer 2016). Didn't know that blog, will check it out.

I already use rice protein for my smoothies but I'm kinda uncomfortable with throwing it into everything I eat. Hate beans in their original form, tofu, miso or soy milk are fine. I could probably get all my protein from quinoa (love that stuff), but it's a calorie monster.

Enduro is simply a new, fancy term for mountain biking . It requires really everything, endurance to get up the mountain and upper body and leg strength for the downhill part (I prefer that part). Regarding endurance training, I can't afford a proper road bike right now so I use my singlespeed and my guess is that my gear ratio is too big (44/16). Maybe I should swap my front gear for a smaller one?

I tracked my protein intake for the last 3 weeks with myfitnesspal and almost always was below my recommended amount (80 gramms protein for 57kg of body weight with a desk job). I'm ovo-vegetarian, but would like to quit the eggs as well. How can I get the proper amount from sources that are not high calorie (hello nutbutter)?

I'm a bit confused how to alternate strength and endurance days. The beginner workout gave me sore legs, but cycling is workout for the legs, too. How can I avoid training the same muscles on consecutive days? @Kilyra Yep, it sucked being constantly low in energy, so I enjoy going back to normal.

Hello nerds, time to introduce myself. I'm Sarah, 32 years old, former student of Aplied Computer Sciene (can't get much nerdier), soon-to-be student of photography (not so nerdy, but more fun), located in Germany. I've been reading the blog for some time and decided to join because the lone wolf strategy does not really work. I'm a mountainbiker (enduro), recently found out I like road biking as well, fueld by a ovo-vegetarian diet. My main goal is to build more strenght and stamia to become a better cyclist. It's no fun when you're out of breath before you are even on top of the mountain, and even less fun when your arms become tired half-way down. No strenght means no focus, no focus means crashes. The super big goal is to tackle the Big 5 Challenge next summer (http://www.big-5.at/?locale=en). My biggest problem is that I'm still recovering from gastritis which plagued me for the last 3 years. After trying pretty much everything that's not illegal I finally found help this spring in the form of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Nevertheless the illness messed up my eating habits, led to unhealthy weight loss and wrecked my fitness. The data: weight: 57 kg (125 lb), height: 165 cm (5ft 4.96 in), age: 32 years, body fat (measured with a caliper): aprox. 18%. Let's say 20% because of user error. By the way, all those body fat seems to live in the belly area, at least it looks like this. The plan (in order of importance): The beginner body weight workout twice a week (the 3rd workout is rehab gymnastics for my back pain). Cycling twice a week (mtb or road). In the food department: eat a serving of salad every day and prepare them ahead in batches. I'm back to university soon and won't have time to make something fresh every day. Watch my protein intake, according to my data from myfitnesspal it's too low. I eat cheese ocassionally, but don't consume other dairy product. Weight loss is optional, I just want to see that belly fat go.