SSG Eric Burleson 2056062 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My workouts changed from performance-oriented (ruckmarches and body-armor sprints) to health and longevity (more cardio and strength for stability exercises). Also, I pay a lot more attention to what I eat, since I don&#39;t burn nearly as many calories. How have these things changed for you? 2016-11-09T17:47:51-05:00 SSG Eric Burleson 2056062

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My workouts changed from performance-oriented (ruckmarches and body-armor sprints) to health and longevity (more cardio and strength for stability exercises). Also, I pay a lot more attention to what I eat, since I don&#39;t burn nearly as many calories. How have these things changed for you?

2016-11-09T17:47:51-05:00 2016-11-09T17:47:51-05:00 Maj Marty Hogan 2056069

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hard to respond- still serving. I run marathons and don&#39;t see that changing when I retire in a few years. I may slow down as I approach 60, but I doubt it. Look me up in 8 years and will touch base.

2016-11-09T17:49:24-05:00 2016-11-09T17:49:24-05:00 SFC George Smith 2056153

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>a lot more of one and a lot less of the other...

2016-11-09T18:26:10-05:00 2016-11-09T18:26:10-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 2056369

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Both are better, especially my workout plan.

2016-11-09T19:33:57-05:00 2016-11-09T19:33:57-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 2056375

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I started letting off the throttle a bit after I took my last APFT a few months before I got out. When I got out I definitely took on too much with a hard class load in school plus an internship and my fitness/health suffered. When I did get back into shape I totally did things differently. I felt like I was more balanced. When I was in I felt like I was always gearing my workout routine to excel at the APFT. I&#39;m back in now and I already feel like my health is worse off. I&#39;m hoping that once I finish this initial round of training I&#39;ll be able to tailor my workouts and diet a little better.

2016-11-09T19:34:41-05:00 2016-11-09T19:34:41-05:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 2056430

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Diet has been pretty much the same: I was never a big consumer of sweets/candy/soda. I try to stick to meat and vegetables for lunch and dinner. I don&#39;t have the time and energy to spend as much time lifting weights as I did when I was younger so my workout mainly consists of slight cardio and free weights.

2016-11-09T19:47:18-05:00 2016-11-09T19:47:18-05:00 MGySgt Rick Tyrrell 2056566

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well this is a hard question. I gain weight then I diet, I gain more weight. This cycle is continuous and by the way less PT as time passes by as well. This is so true, the reality is get into a routine and maintain a healthy diet and exercise program!

2016-11-09T20:29:12-05:00 2016-11-09T20:29:12-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 2056576

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I run 4-5 times per week. I don&#39;t eat as well. I take dietary supplements - fish oil, multi green, vitamin c, red yeast rice, and magnesium.

2016-11-09T20:32:12-05:00 2016-11-09T20:32:12-05:00 SGM Erik Marquez 2056681

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I weight the same (for my opinion) fat body 160 i did when i retired. I have changed little, I exercise though my work...walking 7 plus miles a day, running 4 or so all as part of my job I choose.....<br />I do not spend specific time conditioning anylonger..I may again someday if I stop staying fit through daily life. Im resigned that i will not lose weight I wish to (Id like to be back to a fighting trim 135) unless I change my eating habits. Im not likley to do that unless it becomes a specific health need.<br />I brew and enjoy beer.<br />I enjoy cooking, and thus eating what i create.<br />I am away from home a lot at meal times, and thus eat stuff that is not great for me.<br /><br />None of that is likley to change anytime soon..... I read a billboard the other day, an advertisement for some bariatric torture device.. Its said &quot;Nothing tastes as good as skinny&quot; <br />I call BS... My veal piccata, Beef vegetable soup, sauteed brussel sprouts, a great steak, large artichoke and seasoned butter, hand made pizza, stuffed bell peppers, garlic mashed potatoes and many hundreds of other things I create yearly taste better then Skinny..for me,,today.. Tomorrow may be a differnt story.

2016-11-09T20:57:53-05:00 2016-11-09T20:57:53-05:00 SP5 Josh Brooks 2056865

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Since I&#39;m disabled, I&#39;m not able to run, but I still work my upper body, squats, leg lifts. 6 a.m. cantine is still a thing, but I don&#39;t chug it, and it&#39;s out of a glass. Got to stay hydrated.

2016-11-09T21:41:13-05:00 2016-11-09T21:41:13-05:00 SSG Laurie Mullen 2057543

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My diet and workouts went out the window. When I retired my body and soul didn&#39;t want to run anymore. A few years later I tried getting back into running and was having trouble with it. My doctor discovered that I had thyroid issues and that was what was causing me to have trouble running. It took me a few more years to get my labs back in line and now I&#39;m back to running outside. It&#39;s tough, but I&#39;m sticking with it.

2016-11-10T03:36:06-05:00 2016-11-10T03:36:06-05:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 2057753

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well I did get lazy at a point then when I signed up for the Reserves I had to kick myself in the ass to get back to where I could perform a decent PRT. I&#39;ve realized now that I have to workout everyday to keep myself trained for the 2 PRTs a year and I feel better when I do go and pump some iron.

2016-11-10T07:48:47-05:00 2016-11-10T07:48:47-05:00 PO3 Derek "Doc Potter" Wilson 2058682

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Diet? Workout? What are these things you speak of?

2016-11-10T11:31:59-05:00 2016-11-10T11:31:59-05:00 SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA 2064017

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I haven&#39;t, so they haven&#39;t. ;)

2016-11-11T18:03:38-05:00 2016-11-11T18:03:38-05:00 Sgt George Lawrence 2497957

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I kept running on and off ever since leaving the Marine Corps, mostly off until 35 years ago. Then I began running consistently, working up to 5 or 6 days a week. My daily run was 6 to 7 miles on work days and between 10 and 13 on days I didn&#39;t have to work. I ran 5 and 10 Ks for years but only one half marathon and no marathons. I quit eating red meat at the same time I began competitive running, staying with mostly fish and sometimes poultry. I didn&#39;t give up drinking but cut back and kept to beer and wine. I eventually eliminated the beer because of the calories...couldn&#39;t work them off fast enough. After I turned 70 my runs are shorter, slower, less frequent and frankly consists of walking fast and jogging. These days my route is 1 1/2 to 2 miles up hill, (that&#39;s the walking part) and then running back down, the favorite part. A word to the wise who may be considering taking up running and something learned quickly: do not go out farther than you are capable of going back...otherwise it will be a long and slow walk back home.

2017-04-16T13:42:14-04:00 2017-04-16T13:42:14-04:00 2016-11-09T17:47:51-05:00