Building myself back up
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a month😟.
Jesus.
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a month😟.
Jesus.
Yeah the reality of that dawned on me last night. I'm an idiot. But I made a commitment so might as well see how I go.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a month😟.
Jesus.
Yeah the reality of that dawned on me last night. I'm an idiot. But I made a commitment so might as well see how I go.
Despite having at least one beer ( but generally no more than two ) over every day of lockdown I’ve still managed to lose a bit of weight round the middle because I think I’ve done much more walking and shadow boxing. The beer I have every day is a real treat but I’m only having it as long as I’ve done something physical during the day, I’m also eating really well although the other half tells me off for my protein portion sizes. Will be interesting if I continue this once lockdown ends but my body seems to be agreeing with it so far. Always dangerous to COMPLETELY deny the body of all treats so be careful me old mate !
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a month😟.
Jesus.
Yeah the reality of that dawned on me last night. I'm an idiot. But I made a commitment so might as well see how I go.
Despite having at least one beer ( but generally no more than two ) over every day of lockdown I’ve still managed to lose a bit of weight round the middle because I think I’ve done much more walking and shadow boxing. The beer I have every day is a real treat but I’m only having it as long as I’ve done something physical during the day, I’m also eating really well although the other half tells me off for my protein portion sizes. Will be interesting if I continue this once lockdown ends but my body seems to be agreeing with it so far. Always dangerous to COMPLETELY deny the body of all treats so be careful me old mate !
It's all about inputs and outputs. If you're in a calorific deficit then it's a mathematical certainty that you'll lose weight.
I'm going to struggle but the main thing will be getting enough calories into me. Otherwise I'll waste away. Which is what the GF is most concerned about.
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Friday already!
Very solid week. Actually tweeked things a bit and put legs on Tuesday. Made a big difference and allowed to me to smash bootcamp on Wednesday much better and without pain. Have decided to chuck in a gym session right after Friday Hitler swimming. Not optimal but gets it out of the way and being back and triceps it works pretty well.
Anyway, today was a 3km swim from Hitler and then back and triceps today. Well hammered.
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Saturday sans treats was difficult but got through it OK. Trick is to get to bed early. Have also discovered cauliflower rice. That's some good shit. You can eat a ton of the stuff and it only has a fraction of the calories of rice. Tastes OK too IMHO.
Also working on protein cakes and jellies. Early prototypes were not good but I'm getting there. I've never baked in my life so it's an interesting process. It's definitely more satisfying eating a protein cake than just chugging a shake.
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Any decent protein cake recipes? I’ve made a few protein mug cake type things in the past but always end up putting a scoop of ice cream on em.
Been making protein cookies lately as find these better to snack on while working at home
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk what sort of protein intake you getting?
I average around 100g a day, is a real battle to get the supposed 150g I should for my weight.
Right now I suspect around 150g but generally dont track.
I know when im trying to trim up I try get at least 200grams as I know that lower carb, higher protein and higher fat works for me
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@jk said in Building myself back up:
Any decent protein cake recipes? I’ve made a few protein mug cake type things in the past but always end up putting a scoop of ice cream on em.
Been making protein cookies lately as find these better to snack on while working at home
None that wouldn't make a Billy goat puke. The current one is just scoop of protein powder, baking powder, almonds and water. Microwave for about a minute and it's....ok.
The other one is the same but with gelatine and skim milk. It isn't so bad actually.
I got a good recipe for protein cookies from VPA. Will have to dig that out. Looked delicious but a fair bit of work.
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk fark, how do you 200g.
Most stuff I read says ~30g in a sitting is the most your body processes, but I've seen some dudes that have upto 100g in a sitting.
Yeah you really need regular eats right in order to get it in and most meals are going to be heavy protein and heavy on the leafy greens and colourful veges. Not a lot of fillers.
Used to have say 2-3 shakes (and it would be rare for me to have a single scoop - usually 1.5 or maybe 2), eggs every day (3-4 for brekky or 2-3 eggs and those liquid egg whites) and then would eat two or so meals at work that were chicken/fish/beef and veges. Dinner is usually whatever wife cooks and I often will make a mousse type thing with natural yoghurt and protein before bed.
Im not like that now. I eat pretty poorly at times which is why I havent seen abs for a fair while. Still pretty fit though, just may not look it.
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@jk said in Building myself back up:
@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk fark, how do you 200g.
Most stuff I read says ~30g in a sitting is the most your body processes, but I've seen some dudes that have upto 100g in a sitting.
Yeah you really need regular eats right in order to get it in and most meals are going to be heavy protein and heavy on the leafy greens and colourful veges. Not a lot of fillers.
Used to have say 2-3 shakes (and it would be rare for me to have a single scoop - usually 1.5 or maybe 2), eggs every day (3-4 for brekky or 2-3 eggs and those liquid egg whites) and then would eat two or so meals at work that were chicken/fish/beef and veges. Dinner is usually whatever wife cooks and I often will make a mousse type thing with natural yoghurt and protein before bed.
Im not like that now. I eat pretty poorly at times which is why I havent seen abs for a fair while. Still pretty fit though, just may not look it.
How many calories you reckon you did then/do now?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@jk said in Building myself back up:
@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk fark, how do you 200g.
Most stuff I read says ~30g in a sitting is the most your body processes, but I've seen some dudes that have upto 100g in a sitting.
Yeah you really need regular eats right in order to get it in and most meals are going to be heavy protein and heavy on the leafy greens and colourful veges. Not a lot of fillers.
Used to have say 2-3 shakes (and it would be rare for me to have a single scoop - usually 1.5 or maybe 2), eggs every day (3-4 for brekky or 2-3 eggs and those liquid egg whites) and then would eat two or so meals at work that were chicken/fish/beef and veges. Dinner is usually whatever wife cooks and I often will make a mousse type thing with natural yoghurt and protein before bed.
Im not like that now. I eat pretty poorly at times which is why I havent seen abs for a fair while. Still pretty fit though, just may not look it.
How many calories you reckon you did then/do now?
I bulk around 2800-3500 and then dieting prob average for the week around 2300 per day. I would eat more on big training days (I train in morning) and then less on the less active days. My range could be say 2000-2600 for example.
Now I am probably around 2400-2500 but don't track at all. Certainly the quality of my calories arent as good nowadays.
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@jk said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@jk said in Building myself back up:
@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk fark, how do you 200g.
Most stuff I read says ~30g in a sitting is the most your body processes, but I've seen some dudes that have upto 100g in a sitting.
Yeah you really need regular eats right in order to get it in and most meals are going to be heavy protein and heavy on the leafy greens and colourful veges. Not a lot of fillers.
Used to have say 2-3 shakes (and it would be rare for me to have a single scoop - usually 1.5 or maybe 2), eggs every day (3-4 for brekky or 2-3 eggs and those liquid egg whites) and then would eat two or so meals at work that were chicken/fish/beef and veges. Dinner is usually whatever wife cooks and I often will make a mousse type thing with natural yoghurt and protein before bed.
Im not like that now. I eat pretty poorly at times which is why I havent seen abs for a fair while. Still pretty fit though, just may not look it.
How many calories you reckon you did then/do now?
I bulk around 2800-3500 and then dieting prob average for the week around 2300 per day. I would eat more on big training days (I train in morning) and then less on the less active days. My range could be say 2000-2600 for example.
Now I am probably around 2400-2500 but don't track at all. Certainly the quality of my calories arent as good nowadays.
My brain used to leave my head whenever calories were talked about but I'm really quite into it now. It's pretty amazing to see the number of calories in "healthy" foods. What blew me away was how low in calories strawberries are.
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@rancid-schnitzel too much sugar and salt is in practically everything!
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel too much sugar and salt is in practically everything!
Anything tasty anyway!
The carbs always cop the bad rap but I don't think it's so much that carbs are evil but that they can be very high in calories.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@jk said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@jk said in Building myself back up:
@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk fark, how do you 200g.
Most stuff I read says ~30g in a sitting is the most your body processes, but I've seen some dudes that have upto 100g in a sitting.
Yeah you really need regular eats right in order to get it in and most meals are going to be heavy protein and heavy on the leafy greens and colourful veges. Not a lot of fillers.
Used to have say 2-3 shakes (and it would be rare for me to have a single scoop - usually 1.5 or maybe 2), eggs every day (3-4 for brekky or 2-3 eggs and those liquid egg whites) and then would eat two or so meals at work that were chicken/fish/beef and veges. Dinner is usually whatever wife cooks and I often will make a mousse type thing with natural yoghurt and protein before bed.
Im not like that now. I eat pretty poorly at times which is why I havent seen abs for a fair while. Still pretty fit though, just may not look it.
How many calories you reckon you did then/do now?
I bulk around 2800-3500 and then dieting prob average for the week around 2300 per day. I would eat more on big training days (I train in morning) and then less on the less active days. My range could be say 2000-2600 for example.
Now I am probably around 2400-2500 but don't track at all. Certainly the quality of my calories arent as good nowadays.
My brain used to leave my head whenever calories were talked about but I'm really quite into it now. It's pretty amazing to see the number of calories in "healthy" foods. What blew me away was how low in calories strawberries are.
Strawberries are awesome eh! One of the best
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk fark, how do you 200g.
Most stuff I read says ~30g in a sitting is the most your body processes, but I've seen some dudes that have upto 100g in a sitting.
Get those mushashi bars from the supermarket or servo. They’re about 45 grams a pop and the salted caramel one is sensational !!