Food/Diet and training hobbies
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Myprotein doing a 45% off everything right now, they do a lot of promotions but just started my cricket season and training so topping up and taking advantage of it
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@martin-futter The other thing is that sugar substitutes aren't much better for you, so in this day and age you are stuffed unless you go vegan ( who the hell would do that). The good thing is it goes take much to cut down and thats where you get the benefits. Also I can trick my brain into thinking fermented sugars don't count....:smiling_face_with_halo:
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@mark-gorton the crazy thing with sugar is how many foods it is added to that you would never expect. I have to be careful with it as it has a really strong fatigue and irritable effect on me, not to mention a scarily high fast rate I get from it!
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Just hit 60 this year and sugar is the white devil....trained hard all my life ( ex military) and play just as hard. I would train 5 days a week, and ate/drank sugar in all its forms.... Had a big scare at 55 and although I was fit as a butchers dog, the sugar and chemicals I put into my body negated the hard work. As a result now have cut out sugar and caffeine and feel a lot better, training isn't as hard (at my level now) on my body and I feel more alert. Still have treats but don't crave which is the best feeling.
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@ryan-carruthers said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@lee-woodman I fasted for years, loved it was really simple to do and found that I was really clear minded in the morning.
I stopped sugar in jan and I’ve just had a few more bits of sugar and feel awful for it - my body is like wow I want more sugar and have felt that my body is craving it.
Wait a min... you 'Fasted for years?!!!' how many? how did you not starve?
Thought I had done well doing a 5 day fast
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@lee-woodman I fasted for years, loved it was really simple to do and found that I was really clear minded in the morning.
I stopped sugar in jan and I’ve just had a few more bits of sugar and feel awful for it - my body is like wow I want more sugar and have felt that my body is craving it.
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Back at the gym this week, I’ve done 3 decent sessions, it felt really good to be back. I’ve definitely got bad DOMS so the second Upper day with aching muscles was tough!
I’ve realised how much sugar I’ve been consuming and have massively cut down on it. It’s not so much a weight issue, just a general ‘putting too much crap’ in your body. It’s amazing how much more I craved it when I’d had some, having cut it out I don’t crave it as much
Also switched to IF’ing this week. Again not so much a weight issue as I’m trying to gain some muscle back, I just quite enjoy thinking less about food. Only took a day or two to stop the morning hunger. I’m not overly strict as I’ll still have milk in coffee, or with times but generally about 8 hours eating window
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@dan-mackinnon We played some Departmental 5 a side 6 or 7 years ago 25 years after my football retirement - one torn thigh muscle after a few weeks put me back into permanent football retirement.
Now the Gyms are back open, been swimming a couple of times this week with another lane booked later today
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@matt-wood I wish I could blame it on the standard of football! I thought I was staying relatively healthy over lockdown but turns out there's lots of tiny muscles that don't like to show themselves until you're in agony the next morning. It's all a bit fun at the end of the day
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@dan-mackinnon Well done! 5-a-side can be brutal if played to a decent standard.
I used to play with a group of friends in my mid 20s, I was rubbish as were most of outfield players but we were always knackered because we played way above our ability due to having a stupid good GK and one outfield player who could score lol
For me back to the gym this week, dont feel too sore from it either which is good.
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On Thursday I played in my company's internal 5 a side football match. First game in about 2 years and I think I've just about recovered - and by that, I mean I can walk again!
Has anyone been up anything this week?
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Ok so I’m going to put this out here and I don’t wanna offend anyone!!
I had a strange conversation at work today with a person who’s higher up the food chain than me.
Before I left for this tennis tournament in Monte Carlo I had to have a PCR test. 24 hours later when I arrived I had to another one and I wasn’t allowed to leave my room till I got a negative result. I wasn’t allowed to go work till I tested negative. I’ve been at work 3 days and have to another tomorrow. I asked the question “Do I stay at the hotel till I get a negative result. “
They said “No you come straight to work”. My reply was “Well doesn’t that kinda defeat the purpose?” To which they replied “No cause you’re in a bubble you just go from the hotel to work”.
“Yeah but the venue is a 45 minute walk which you’re making us do and yesterday I walked home in the pouring rain so that’s not really a bubble is it? When I pass hundreds of people on my journey so you can’t call it a bubble”“Yeah but it’s a bubble”
“ Umm no it’s not so my question is if I deal with most people on this production and I’m positive then most people are at the risk of being positive cause they have to deal with me. So does the test take that into consideration or are we just playing some daft game here? Because you can’t have it both ways. I can’t sit around and wait and then not wait because despite what you try and tell me. I’m not in some safe bubble. “
Is it just me or does that make no sense at all?
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@stuart-capstick said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
I'm going to try and never whinge again...but probably fail.
Hahah I said almost EXACTLY the same thing to myself after seeing the vid. Probably will fail too
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I'm going to try and never whinge again...but probably fail.
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@stuart-capstick said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Thanks for sharing this, Matt. People are astonishing.
Aren't they just! Some incredible people out there in the world.
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Thanks for sharing this, Matt. People are astonishing.
