Had enough of the belly, it's time to go!!
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I find it interesting that seemingly intelligent people eat on auto pilot, how many calories you consume is a measure, but the reality of it is that a lot of people eat foods with little to no knowledge of what they contain.
Its like preservatives, you eat food that have had chemicals added in order that the food will last longer on a shelf, so you putting a chemical into your body that the product has in it for the good of the manufacturer/supplier so they can make more money. Food is better in that regard than in the 80s/90s but still.
Awareness is a key step.
Are manufacturers even being truthful about foods content? are even whole foods (steak, veg, fruit etc) immune from this, has the nutritional value of these products been bred out of them over the centuries? Has consumerism & capitalism affected the very core of our existence similar the food chain to the level the atmosphere is being polluted day in day out by industry?
I don't let these things concern or worry me but they are things worth thinking about. Thinking is the key, awareness, making choices based on information as opposed to just doing what you've always done as a society.
Its like preservatives, you eat food that have had chemicals added in order that the food will last longer on a shelf, so you putting a chemical into your body that the product has in it for the good of the manufacturer/supplier so they can make more money. Food is better in that regard than in the 80s/90s but still.
Awareness is a key step.
Are manufacturers even being truthful about foods content? are even whole foods (steak, veg, fruit etc) immune from this, has the nutritional value of these products been bred out of them over the centuries? Has consumerism & capitalism affected the very core of our existence similar the food chain to the level the atmosphere is being polluted day in day out by industry?
I don't let these things concern or worry me but they are things worth thinking about. Thinking is the key, awareness, making choices based on information as opposed to just doing what you've always done as a society.
Foliage, you are bang on there. If sugar is involved one has to be careful not to buy something they don't want. Case in point. I don't like water so i mix it with a bit of concentrate. Robinsons 'Real Fruit'. However the added sugar variant has a label that is 95% the same and it's so easy to buy the wrong one. Yoghurt is another. You think everyone knows 'fat free' means loaded with sugar. The best advice is eat a bit less and move more but for those that want to get right into the detail, weight management is largely linked to insulin spiking, carb type and sugars. It is also terribly confusing for a lot of people that eating good fats actually help you lose fat.
OpulentBob said:
Reading with interest.
Me: 36 years old, 5 foot 9,currently 13.5 stone, would rather be 11.5 (max). I've put the a stone and a bit on over the last 6 months living in a hotel - basically every meal, morning noon and night is a restaurant meal. Very rich. And also quite a lot of beer. And I look and feel awful, to be honest - it's all round my belly, love handles and I've now got an arse like a Nigerian woman. The GF won't be very impressed.
Exercise is difficult - broken bones in the past mean my right knee and ankle are pretty much f
ked, I can walk a long way but running and cycling hurt a lot very quickly. Also got a damaged right wrist which plays up very quickly when cycling. An exercise bike would be ok but any sort of bumps in the road have me wincing.
Going home in the next week and plan to start light breakfasts - those breakfast biscuits for example - some fruit for lunch, and something basic for dinner, chicken salad, maybe soup and a roll, that sort of thing, and the booze will stop altogether. Also going to go for a walk every evening, do a good few km at a decent pace.
It'll be interesting to see how it pans out.
Breakfast biscuicts don't sound particularly good for weight loss.Have you checked what's in them ?You'd probably be better off with porridge or weetabix....so long as you don't smother it in sugar Me: 36 years old, 5 foot 9,currently 13.5 stone, would rather be 11.5 (max). I've put the a stone and a bit on over the last 6 months living in a hotel - basically every meal, morning noon and night is a restaurant meal. Very rich. And also quite a lot of beer. And I look and feel awful, to be honest - it's all round my belly, love handles and I've now got an arse like a Nigerian woman. The GF won't be very impressed.
Exercise is difficult - broken bones in the past mean my right knee and ankle are pretty much f
ked, I can walk a long way but running and cycling hurt a lot very quickly. Also got a damaged right wrist which plays up very quickly when cycling. An exercise bike would be ok but any sort of bumps in the road have me wincing. Going home in the next week and plan to start light breakfasts - those breakfast biscuits for example - some fruit for lunch, and something basic for dinner, chicken salad, maybe soup and a roll, that sort of thing, and the booze will stop altogether. Also going to go for a walk every evening, do a good few km at a decent pace.
It'll be interesting to see how it pans out.
...or skip/postpone breakfast. There's no good reason to eat just because it's x o'clock.
I've recently begun early morning walks before work and don't eat until lunchtime. Only started ten days ago but the difference is noticeable already. Proving to be more successful that proper cardio/HIIT/Tabata for me. We're all different - you just need to find what works for you.
I've recently begun early morning walks before work and don't eat until lunchtime. Only started ten days ago but the difference is noticeable already. Proving to be more successful that proper cardio/HIIT/Tabata for me. We're all different - you just need to find what works for you.
LordGrover said:
...or skip/postpone breakfast. There's no good reason to eat just because it's x o'clock.
I've recently begun early morning walks before work and don't eat until lunchtime. Only started ten days ago but the difference is noticeable already. Proving to be more successful that proper cardio/HIIT/Tabata for me. We're all different - you just need to find what works for you.
works very well for me. First meal is 1pm earliest, caffeine exceptedI've recently begun early morning walks before work and don't eat until lunchtime. Only started ten days ago but the difference is noticeable already. Proving to be more successful that proper cardio/HIIT/Tabata for me. We're all different - you just need to find what works for you.
Just finished my first meal. Tuna and cottage cheese.
Edited by Burwood on Monday 12th October 15:57
ME: 30, 6'1 now 98kgs down from 105 in a just a smidge under a month.
Have completely rearranged my diet, breakfast is oats (sometimes in bar form) and a normal yoghurt, lunch is crackers and low fat phillidelphia fruit (usually pineapple or mango) and another yoghurt, afternoon snack is a bannana, dinner is generally a normal ish meal, meat is lean, generally things like chicken, pasta, chilli etc.
I have cut out Red Bull, Dr Pepper, smoking, chocolate, crisps and sweets.
I have started, swimming and running (just 1 mile right now) once a week.
I was in pretty bad shape when I started. Swimming just 8 lengths of a 25m pool virtually killed me, now I am up to just under double in three weeks and feel much more comfortable with this and my recovery after is alot quicker!
Excersice is being upped this week to twice a week, also have started drinking a CNP Recover formula post run and swim which has made a big difference as well which I am really happy about!
All in all I feel like I have alot more energy, generally more positive and as crazy as it sounds a little more confidence! Just need to keep it all going, I am running tough mudder next year with some colleagues so plenty of incentive!
Have completely rearranged my diet, breakfast is oats (sometimes in bar form) and a normal yoghurt, lunch is crackers and low fat phillidelphia fruit (usually pineapple or mango) and another yoghurt, afternoon snack is a bannana, dinner is generally a normal ish meal, meat is lean, generally things like chicken, pasta, chilli etc.
I have cut out Red Bull, Dr Pepper, smoking, chocolate, crisps and sweets.
I have started, swimming and running (just 1 mile right now) once a week.
I was in pretty bad shape when I started. Swimming just 8 lengths of a 25m pool virtually killed me, now I am up to just under double in three weeks and feel much more comfortable with this and my recovery after is alot quicker!
Excersice is being upped this week to twice a week, also have started drinking a CNP Recover formula post run and swim which has made a big difference as well which I am really happy about!
All in all I feel like I have alot more energy, generally more positive and as crazy as it sounds a little more confidence! Just need to keep it all going, I am running tough mudder next year with some colleagues so plenty of incentive!
geeks said:
running (just 1 mile right now) once a week.
Couch to 5km adds some structure.http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k....
V8covin said:
Breakfast biscuicts don't sound particularly good for weight loss.Have you checked what's in them?
They're just normal biscuits, with a few added vitamins. So about as healthy as a breakfast of digestives.LordGrover said:
...or skip/postpone breakfast. There's no good reason to eat just because it's x o'clock.
I've recently begun early morning walks before work and don't eat until lunchtime. Only started ten days ago but the difference is noticeable already. Proving to be more successful that proper cardio/HIIT/Tabata for me. We're all different - you just need to find what works for you.
I run in the morning which tends to make me very hungry well before lunch, breakfast is a must or I just snack all morning.I've recently begun early morning walks before work and don't eat until lunchtime. Only started ten days ago but the difference is noticeable already. Proving to be more successful that proper cardio/HIIT/Tabata for me. We're all different - you just need to find what works for you.
Foliage said:
geeks said:
running (just 1 mile right now) once a week.
Couch to 5km adds some structure.http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k....
shakotan said:
Flibble said:
V8covin said:
Breakfast biscuicts don't sound particularly good for weight loss.Have you checked what's in them?
They're just normal biscuits, with a few added vitamins. So about as healthy as a breakfast of digestives.
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