Food/Diet and training hobbies
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@keith-anderson said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
UPDATE:
I've totally off the Coca-Cola now for about 5 weeks. I've managed to go walking 15 minutes twice a day. I've lost 1 stone in five weeks, just by doing the above. Tonight I started the 10 minutes strength workout on the Fitness + App. I still haven't modified my food intake / diet yet.
My 1st target weight was 12 stone. I would now like to get to 11.5 stone now. at 41 years old I feel like I'm on the right track.
Any weight training workouts I should try?
Weight training in 10mins?
With a little space in the garden I would do something like:
10 bodyweight squats, 10 press ups, 10 inverted rows (see below) then a farmers walk for at least 20 steps with each leg and something heavy.
Have a few mins break then repeat 2 more times. When you get better, add another round, then another etc.inverted row is an upside down press up. You can do it in the garden with a couple of sturdy chairs and a solid pole.
excuse my effort in paint
You could do the same thing on a railing or using a good rope hanging from a tree of something else solid.This routine should give you a general strength and help lose weight. Also is quick and you could do it every other day if you wanted.
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@stuart-capstick said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Huge congrats to big Tom Stoltman, retained his Worlds Strongest man title! Massive achievement, last athlete to win back to back titles was the living legend Brian Shaw in 2016.
Good Rangers man too!
He achieved so much in spite of that horrible affliction. All the more reason to admire the guy.
Totally, what he has done is nothing short of amazing. Gets a bit of awareness out there for people with his condition too, hopefully inspires as well.
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@keith-anderson said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Huge congrats to big Tom Stoltman, retained his Worlds Strongest man title! Massive achievement, last athlete to win back to back titles was the living legend Brian Shaw in 2016.
Good Rangers man too!
He achieved so much in spite of that horrible affliction. All the more reason to admire the guy.
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UPDATE:
I've totally off the Coca-Cola now for about 5 weeks. I've managed to go walking 15 minutes twice a day. I've lost 1 stone in five weeks, just by doing the above. Tonight I started the 10 minutes strength workout on the Fitness + App. I still haven't modified my food intake / diet yet.
My 1st target weight was 12 stone. I would now like to get to 11.5 stone now. at 41 years old I feel like I'm on the right track.
Any weight training workouts I should try?
le jeu avant tout
Am Yisrael Chai
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
But you donāt get a win unless you play in the game... -
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Huge congrats to big Tom Stoltman, retained his Worlds Strongest man title! Massive achievement, last athlete to win back to back titles was the living legend Brian Shaw in 2016.
Good Rangers man too!
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@keith-anderson The apple watch is a decent bit of kit, I do try and get into the getting the streaks and get annoyed when I dont break it.
Especially if it buzzes me at say 9pm and says your X cals from finishing the 3 rings a brisk 20 min should do it lol yea mate its 9 pm
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Some of the more worrying things I learned about, some years ago, from high levels of insulin resistance are NAFLD and in women POS.
On a basic level though someone would just flat out wear their pancreas out until it gave up and stopped functioning.
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@dan-mackinnon said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood I was listening to a podcast and they said one of the biggest threats to our safety in the western world is diabetes. But itās not edgy or easy to sell on the media so we donāt think of it.
In the world today you are more likely to die from overeating than you are starving.
Nice little cheery listen for the evening
Haha yep stuff like that will always cheer you up
There is now becoming an accepted 'stance' in the medical world that there is a type 3 diabetes. This being dementia. There is more and more evidence piling up to show that people with chronic high insulin resistance are at a high risk of it causing some form of dementia in later life.
You are 100% right about it not 'selling' in the media though. Diabetes is too much of a long burn issue in people for the media and activists to jump on so it gets ignored largely.
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@matt-wood I was listening to a podcast and they said one of the biggest threats to our safety in the western world is diabetes. But itās not edgy or easy to sell on the media so we donāt think of it.
In the world today you are more likely to die from overeating than you are starving.
Nice little cheery listen for the evening
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@keith-anderson said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@martin said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson I drink a lot of diet fizz, am cutting it out gradually at the moment!
I find it difficult, especially when watching football. I ditched the Coca-Cola for diluted juice. Working okay at the moment, but started getting severe headaches yesterday. Felt like all I was doing was taking painkillers, it wouldn't go away. Opened a can of Coca-Cola and before I'd finished it the headache was gone!! Having withdrawal symptoms!!
That will most likely be caffeine withdrawal symptoms. Lots of of it in coca-cola. Were/are you drinking the full sugar version? Deff best to cut that out if you can. If you can get some, try taking no added sugar cranberry juice to a match. Without the extra sugar they add in its pretty good for you. Good for your UT and has some iodine in it too.
Yes, full sugar Coca-Cola. I've ADHD so I self medicate via caffeine. Just trying to make a few lifestyle changes. I'm not as fit as I used to be. Diet has always been terrible though, but made up for it with exercise. Now 41 I'm not as fit and need to look after myself a bit better
Walk everyday will be a huge boost for your body. Use your fancy Apple watch thing to count steps. Aim for 8 to 12k a day. Sounds a lot if you are not used to it but in time you will barely notice it. I regularly go well over 20k without trying now, dogs help with that though as they have to go for a walk twice a day.
The sugar in those drinks will be playing havoc with your insulin levels. If you have to have one try having it as close as you can to a meal. Leveling out your insulin spikes will, in time, help you have a more consistent energy level. Not too mention all of the associated illnesses that come with chronic high levels of insulin. I used to be friends with a local GP and she always said insulin resistance will bankrupt the NHS. The more I see of people and western diets the more I think she is correct.
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@martin said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson I drink a lot of diet fizz, am cutting it out gradually at the moment!
I find it difficult, especially when watching football. I ditched the Coca-Cola for diluted juice. Working okay at the moment, but started getting severe headaches yesterday. Felt like all I was doing was taking painkillers, it wouldn't go away. Opened a can of Coca-Cola and before I'd finished it the headache was gone!! Having withdrawal symptoms!!
That will most likely be caffeine withdrawal symptoms. Lots of of it in coca-cola. Were/are you drinking the full sugar version? Deff best to cut that out if you can. If you can get some, try taking no added sugar cranberry juice to a match. Without the extra sugar they add in its pretty good for you. Good for your UT and has some iodine in it too.
Yes, full sugar Coca-Cola. I've ADHD so I self medicate via caffeine. Just trying to make a few lifestyle changes. I'm not as fit as I used to be. Diet has always been terrible though, but made up for it with exercise. Now 41 I'm not as fit and need to look after myself a bit better
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@martin said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson I drink a lot of diet fizz, am cutting it out gradually at the moment!
Once you cut it out, after a while you wont miss it. I used to drink plenty when I was younger. Almost never have it now to the point where if I have a larger shandy or two I feel so bloated from the fizz I stop.
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@keith-anderson said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@martin said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson I drink a lot of diet fizz, am cutting it out gradually at the moment!
I find it difficult, especially when watching football. I ditched the Coca-Cola for diluted juice. Working okay at the moment, but started getting severe headaches yesterday. Felt like all I was doing was taking painkillers, it wouldn't go away. Opened a can of Coca-Cola and before I'd finished it the headache was gone!! Having withdrawal symptoms!!
That will most likely be caffeine withdrawal symptoms. Lots of of it in coca-cola. Were/are you drinking the full sugar version? Deff best to cut that out if you can. If you can get some, try taking no added sugar cranberry juice to a match. Without the extra sugar they add in its pretty good for you. Good for your UT and has some iodine in it too.
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@martin said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@keith-anderson I drink a lot of diet fizz, am cutting it out gradually at the moment!
I find it difficult, especially when watching football. I ditched the Coca-Cola for diluted juice. Working okay at the moment, but started getting severe headaches yesterday. Felt like all I was doing was taking painkillers, it wouldn't go away. Opened a can of Coca-Cola and before I'd finished it the headache was gone!! Having withdrawal symptoms!!
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@keith-anderson I drink a lot of diet fizz, am cutting it out gradually at the moment!
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Down to 1 can of Coca-Cola per day. It was as much as 4!! (I know, awful). Sometimes it is one every two days. Just depends how bad my headcahes are. Swapped out my bi-weekly McDonlads (normally BigMac Meals) for either a McPlant Burger or a Chicken Wrap (single items, not meals).
Also juts bought myself an Apple Watch. Hoping to improve fitness
le jeu avant tout
Am Yisrael Chai
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
But you donāt get a win unless you play in the game... -
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@matt-wood Calves take a pounding!!!! I have found as well that if I switch to anything else I am ruined now, I have fully converted for every pair of shoes lol
Did you feel easier running as well? I feel light when I run now
