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essexplumber said:
Today went like this, up at 6am straight to work, had a pack of those vitae(?) cereal biscuit packs on the way, got to work and at about 7.30 had 2 slices of dry seeded wholemeal toast and a coffee.
At around 9.30 had a Chicken Teriaki pot thing from Sainsburys (all the indicators were green) and a pot of friut and a regular skinny latte with sweetner.
Got to the gym at around 14.00 and did the front of body plan I listed at top (+ 45 sit ups on a crunch bench)
the workout is roughly 650 cals.
Got home and had a small bowl of Asdas rassberry and pomegranite wheats with red milk and a coffee.
Dinner will be 2 salmon fillets and 2 prawn skewers with salad and a little bit of cheese with a Muller Light yogurt and some fruit at about 21.00.
Obviously I drink lots of water during the day too. Thats pretty typical of what I've been eating for the past couple of weeks as I've tried to drop carbs from the evening meal.
If it's worked for the last three months it can't be that bad, but you can definitely do better than that.At around 9.30 had a Chicken Teriaki pot thing from Sainsburys (all the indicators were green) and a pot of friut and a regular skinny latte with sweetner.
Got to the gym at around 14.00 and did the front of body plan I listed at top (+ 45 sit ups on a crunch bench)
the workout is roughly 650 cals.
Got home and had a small bowl of Asdas rassberry and pomegranite wheats with red milk and a coffee.
Dinner will be 2 salmon fillets and 2 prawn skewers with salad and a little bit of cheese with a Muller Light yogurt and some fruit at about 21.00.
Obviously I drink lots of water during the day too. Thats pretty typical of what I've been eating for the past couple of weeks as I've tried to drop carbs from the evening meal.
This may put you off so please don't read if you're happy with what you're doing.If feasible, try more whole, unprocessed foods. Instead of cereal biscuits out of a wrapper try porridge and/or eggs for brekkers. With your toast, how about a spoonful or two of cottage cheese? Don't know what the teriaki in a pot is really, but a chicken breast with brown rice and broccoli is a staple for many of us 'keaners'. Two fillets plus prawn skewers sounds like a lot but I may be wrong. Weigh them and calculate kcals - it's the only way to be sure.
Keep at it!
I was able to go from being about a stone, two stone over my ideal weight to a six pack in 10 weeks, and the main reason for this was CARDIO! And youth, possibly.
I was going to the gym at the time too, but my number one tip was fairly gentle jogging, pre breakfast. You're forcing your body to use fat reserves rather than readily available energy reserves, essentially, and so it works wonders. Because you're jogging gently, you'll not be losing the muscle at too great a rate. So a combination of gym, pre-breakfast (or, if not possible, a long time after a meal) cardio and you're set.
And remember that protein, gram for gram, fills you for longer than carbohydrates!
Somebody will be along shortly to rubbish everything I've said, but it works, and I have my holiday pictures to remember what I looked like after that regime haha.
I was going to the gym at the time too, but my number one tip was fairly gentle jogging, pre breakfast. You're forcing your body to use fat reserves rather than readily available energy reserves, essentially, and so it works wonders. Because you're jogging gently, you'll not be losing the muscle at too great a rate. So a combination of gym, pre-breakfast (or, if not possible, a long time after a meal) cardio and you're set.
And remember that protein, gram for gram, fills you for longer than carbohydrates!
Somebody will be along shortly to rubbish everything I've said, but it works, and I have my holiday pictures to remember what I looked like after that regime haha.
LordGrover said:
If it's worked for the last three months it can't be that bad, but you can definitely do better than that.
This may put you off so please don't read if you're happy with what you're doing.If feasible, try more whole, unprocessed foods. Instead of cereal biscuits out of a wrapper try porridge and/or eggs for brekkers. With your toast, how about a spoonful or two of cottage cheese? Don't know what the teriaki in a pot is really, but a chicken breast with brown rice and broccoli is a staple for many of us 'keaners'. Two fillets plus prawn skewers sounds like a lot but I may be wrong. Weigh them and calculate kcals - it's the only way to be sure.
Keep at it!
Cheers LG I got the mail and I'll take a look this evening This may put you off so please don't read if you're happy with what you're doing.If feasible, try more whole, unprocessed foods. Instead of cereal biscuits out of a wrapper try porridge and/or eggs for brekkers. With your toast, how about a spoonful or two of cottage cheese? Don't know what the teriaki in a pot is really, but a chicken breast with brown rice and broccoli is a staple for many of us 'keaners'. Two fillets plus prawn skewers sounds like a lot but I may be wrong. Weigh them and calculate kcals - it's the only way to be sure.
Keep at it!
The breakfast biscuits are a rarity and I only have them if I'm in a rush as I can eat them driving to work, normally its porridge or 2 Weetabix and red milk.
I like the sound of the chicken and rice, theres something satisfying about eating things that are really good for you. My heart rate is much lower now when I come off of my one minute sprints (145 bpm 30 seconds after the slow down) so I must be doing something right.
I'm gonna drop the prtion sizes and up the cardio a bit and see how that goes.
I'd suggest trying one thing at a time, to be certain what works and what doesn't. Just because increasing intensity works for me, it may just tire someone else too soon. Similarly, reducing intake may promote starvation response do slow your metabolism.
It's all a learning process, but I enjoy (over) analysing everything.
It's all a learning process, but I enjoy (over) analysing everything.
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