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Yeah the prep can be a bit of a hassle, but I'd never trade in the yolk. One of the spartan/paleo type diets I was reading said that if there is enough stuff in an egg to create life, why throw part of it away?<br><br>
I do miss proper eggs though, like we had on the farm as kids. Same as the lamb you get from the butcher - tastes a bit bland when you're used to the stuff that eats your own grass<br><br>
Anyway, enough reminiscing. Feeling better after shaking the worst of the cold and associated gut problems. Weighed in back under 92kg this morning and had a pretty light eating day as I go through a mini detox.<br><br>
Karate tonight. First exercise I've done in a week and it was fucking grouse. Bit of light kumite at the end (no gloves) which got the lungs blowing a bit. Might be time to start running again (Thursday) and have a crack at that Shift Weight routine I put on Kea's thread tomorrow.<br><br><br><br>
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Cat vomits x 10 and some meditation before bed. Feeling good again. <br><br>
On Thursday, I hit the 2 year anniversary of serious weight loss. Final weigh in this cycle will therefore be Saturday.<br><br><br><br>
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<p>Yeah the prep can be a bit of a hassle, but I'd never trade in the yolk. One of the spartan/paleo type diets I was reading said that if there is enough stuff in an egg to create life, why throw part of it away?<br><br>
I do miss proper eggs though, like we had on the farm as kids. Same as the lamb you get from the butcher - tastes a bit bland when you're used to the stuff that eats your own grass<br>
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<p>Mate, thats a great quote re the egg yolk. I like it. Still 6 yolks is a bit over the top and that would be what im having in my morning protein and oats at the mo but instead just 180mil of egg whites. So easy.</p>
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<p>And know what you are saying re proper eggs. Fortunately both my parents and my wife's parents have chickens so we get alot of eggs from them. The eggs are so much bigger and the yolks so much brighter than those from the supermarket.</p> -
<p>As per my post in Kea's thread:</p>
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<div><p></p><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">Shifting Weight. Search 4 Hurt guy got this workout from Richmond Tigers AFL club. Clock is 20 minutes. No defined rests except to mark progress and starting with sets of 5.</blockquote></div>
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<div>So 5 pull ups body weight then 5 push press with a set weight. Once you fail doing 5, go to 4 of each, then 3, 2 etcAdd up the total weight at the end </div>
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<p>Finally got around to it tonight after dinner:</p>
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<p>5 reps of each x 5 = 25</p>
<p>4 reps of each x 7 = 28</p>
<p>3 reps of each x 4 = 12</p>
<p>Total = 65 reps</p>
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<p>Hopped on the scales afterwards in the clothes I worked out in - 94.5kg so rounded down to account for fluid taken in over the average course of the workout.</p>
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<p>Weight = 94 body + 50 bar = 144kg</p>
<p>Total weight = 144 kg x 65 reps = 9360kg</p>
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<p>I'm stoked with that, given I've been sick and done very little muscle work lately. Pretty sure my calculations are right... :mellow:</p>
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<p>5 km run this morning in just over 26 minutes, then last weigh in for this cycle of 7 weeks.</p>
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<p>Back on 29 June: 93.3 kg, Chest 108, Waist 97, Hips 103</p>
<p>As of 17 August: 91.3 kg, Chest 107, Waist 98, Hips 102</p>
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<p>2 kg and 1 cm the difference this time.</p>
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<p>Had I not been sick a couple of weeks I could probably have achieved the sub-90 I was looking for. But let's put it into perspective:</p>
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<p>15 Aug 2011: 115.8 kg, chest ?, Waist 123, Hips 119</p>
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<p>Two years = 24.5kg and 42+ cm.</p>
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<p>Shame I didn't get a chest measurement at the start, but you've got to think it would be on par with the hip reduction given the changes in my body shape. So that's the end of the current weight loss cycle.</p>
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<p>Well, its been a pretty awesome week off. Last night I ate three Whittaker's Coconut Slabs, which was kind of a theme for the week - doing whatever the hell I want. Hopped on the scales and chuckled at the results.</p>
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<p>I regret nothing, except the slight headache from my sugar hangover this morning.</p>
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<p>But with just over a week until I start my new initiative, its time to resume exercise, decrease the intake, and get the headspace right. My metabolism has no idea what to do with itself at the moment so it will still be cranking right now.</p>
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<p>I got some body fat calipers off eBay and the results, while not unexpected, are the basis for the new goal.</p>
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Shift weight tonight:<br /><br />5 x 5<br />4 x 9<br />3 x 3 - in the last minute so went to 2s!<br />2 x 2<br /><br />Weight = 96.5 + 50 = 146.5kg<br />Reps = 74<br /><br />Shifted 10841 kg.<br /><br />Most pleased. Aerobically I was much better at pacing myself and picked up a lot in the 4s and quicker 3s.<br /><br />The slow twitch capacity is also back; means the body is fully recovered from the gut parasite and has benefited from a week of overeating to right the ship.
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<p>No exercise as such today but shifted a fridge for the in laws and dug a hole for the news clothes hoist. Those new Stihl one man petrol augers are the balls!</p>
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<p>You used a machine to dig a hole!!? Bro you can't claim that as exercise lol. But augers, and big fark off machines like them, are sooo much fun!! Did you dig a few extra holes for good measure!</p> -
<p>It was pretty fucking torrid - my back yard, being a relatively recent housing estate (circa 2000) is compacted clay. Dad and I dug the last washing line hole by hand when we first bought the place. Never again.</p>
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<p>You could cut flat circles out of it from 4 inches down, throw it in a kiln, and have a set of plates in an hour.</p>
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Quick round of pushups tonight in sets with one minute break<br /><br />30, 10, 10, 15, 15, 10, 10 = 100 in a tick over 8 minutes. Really dropped off after the first set which was all pretty good form. Need to do them more often and get up to about 50 in one hit.<br /><br />Cat voms x 10 and some meditation afterwards.
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<p>Quick round of pushups tonight in sets with one minute break<br><br>
30, 10, 10, 15, 15, 10, 10 = 100 in a tick over 8 minutes. Really dropped off after the first set which was all pretty good form. Need to do them more often and get up to about 50 in one hit.<br><br>
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<p>My numbers went down a bit with the old push ups as the form got better recently. Persuading my oldest son to film me proved I could do them much better and my ROM needed work !</p> -
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<p>Yeah turned out when I was busting out 80+ reps the arms weren't quite going the full 90 degrees so I made an effort to do that, chin/mouth touching the ground on each rep, chest very, very close to touching the ground. Funny how easy it is to subconsciously angle the body up a bit to make them easier. A bit of a reality check to be honest but the soreness after each session doing them right convinced me I was doing the right thing. I'm sure you can persuade one of the little NTAs to film you, give them your smartphone, kids love that ! again pretty surprising seeing how poor my form actually was but far better doing 50-60 proper ones at a time than a higher number of shit ones. </p>
