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grandmaster wrote: »Day 35
Breakfast:
Fruit scone with low low.
Lunch:
Wholemeal baguette with english mustard, lettuce, tomato, grated cheese, ham. Glass of diet coke.
Dinner:
Grilled chicken breast, a Big Als BBQ Chicken Grill, some stir fried veg with cashews, wholemeal pitta with frenchs american style mustard, slice of cheese. Glass of diet 7up.
Tea with granola bar, and mixed berry bar.
Workout/Exercise:
None
I know I ate too much today. I hopped on the scales this morning and it said 242.6 lbs which is down 1 lb from last week. I'm a little disappointed the weight isn't coming off faster. I think I've lost 8.6 lbs now and I was hoping to have hit the 14 lbs mark by this stage. I think I need to look at my diet and see if there's more stuff I need to cut out. I may also need to increase my training as well.
Yeah you need to increase training, then, and i know this will be hard with the silly season upon us, look at removing:
scones - not a good start to the day, get some porridge or weetabix or scrambled eggs into you.
lose the baguette, lose the diet fizzy drink, lose big al's stuff - your dinners look huge. eat some nuts and fruit in between meals while reducing the size of the meals. lose those packaged sugar bars (granola, berry etc - make your own if there are some good recipes on this site).
That being said it is the silly season, and it is hard at any time of the year so it will be even harder now to change eating habits, so maybe make just one more change before new year, make it a decent breakfast and eating of fruit/nuts between meals (ok 2
) and then up the training a bit.
Keep at it, the toughest bit is sticking in there, 1lb might not seem a lot but it is a step in the right direction and tomorrow is another day for you to take another step forward.0 -
I agree with you there. I'd not gotten around to making my breakfast so I ended up with a scone yesterday, and hadn't got to making my lunch and had the baguette. That doesn't happen every day, perhaps once a week though.
Defo cutting down on dinner stuff. You should see the amount of mince I've taken out to thaw today. It's about the size of a baby's fist 0 -
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Yeah I've been watching videos online and I think I've a fairly good grasp as to how it's done. I think what might have put me off as well was that the bar was quite big and stretched out quite far. Or at least further than I'm used to. They have a smith machine there was well for doing squats with so that's an option but I think I'd like to stick to the free form squats if I can.
My legs were wobbly as f*** though coming out of the gym. So I must have done something right 0 -
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Day 40
It's early in the day but I'm not long back from the gym so I thought I'd post my workout.
Back Squat - 3 sets, 5 reps, 20 kg
Barbell Bench Press - 3 sets, 5 reps, 25 kg (I think, either 20 kg or 25 kg)
Deadlift - 1 set, 5 reps, 30-35 kg I think
30 mins cross trainer, level 40 resistance.
So I did my weights workout in the gym this morning. I had to get up early to go shopping and I was in the gym just after it opened. Amazingly, the weights room was completely empty, not another sinner in the place. Was nice to see the place look so tidy and not a load of f*****g dumbbells lying everywhere as some meatheads are too inconsiderate to put them back.
I posted the other day that I was worried about my squat technique. I meant to bring my camera with me today but I forgot. But I don't think it matters as I feel like my technique was much better today. I dipped down just about as far as I could and back up and no real wobbles. I felt more sturdy and having the mirror in front of me is good.
The deadlift though sort of f****d me a bit though. I'd been doing that at home here and was easily deadlifting 40-45 kg the other day. However I really struggled with just doing 30 kg deadlifts today. My only guess is that the bar I was using is much heavier than what I'm used to. I did one or two warmup sets on less weight. So much for hoping to get to 50 or 60 kg. It was a big huge bar. I guess it's an olympic one. I also noticed my form seemed a bit off. I think I'm bending my back too much on the way back down. I'll drop the weight down next time and correct it before increasing the weight again.
The bench press went grand and I did several warmup sets, first using no plates just so I could get a feel for the bar and how heavy it is. I eventually got up to about 20-25 kg on the bar. And it was pretty tough. I just about got the last one or two reps out. Was glad I didn't increase the weight a tiny bit more which is what I was considering.
I was planning to set the cross trainer to level 45 but I simply couldn't. My legs were completely ceased up from the squats so I just did level 40 for the half hour.
Looks like I'll have to wait another while before I rival Batista 0 -
grandmaster wrote: »Day 40
It's early in the day but I'm not long back from the gym so I thought I'd post my workout.
Back Squat - 3 sets, 5 reps, 20 kg
Barbell Bench Press - 3 sets, 5 reps, 25 kg (I think, either 20 kg or 25 kg)
Deadlift - 1 set, 5 reps, 30-35 kg I think
30 mins cross trainer, level 40 resistance.
So I did my weights workout in the gym this morning. I had to get up early to go shopping and I was in the gym just after it opened. Amazingly, the weights room was completely empty, not another sinner in the place. Was nice to see the place look so tidy and not a load of f*****g dumbbells lying everywhere as some meatheads are too inconsiderate to put them back.
I posted the other day that I was worried about my squat technique. I meant to bring my camera with me today but I forgot. But I don't think it matters as I feel like my technique was much better today. I dipped down just about as far as I could and back up and no real wobbles. I felt more sturdy and having the mirror in front of me is good.
The deadlift though sort of f****d me a bit though. I'd been doing that at home here and was easily deadlifting 40-45 kg the other day. However I really struggled with just doing 30 kg deadlifts today. My only guess is that the bar I was using is much heavier than what I'm used to. I did one or two warmup sets on less weight. So much for hoping to get to 50 or 60 kg. It was a big huge bar. I guess it's an olympic one. I also noticed my form seemed a bit off. I think I'm bending my back too much on the way back down. I'll drop the weight down next time and correct it before increasing the weight again.
The bench press went grand and I did several warmup sets, first using no plates just so I could get a feel for the bar and how heavy it is. I eventually got up to about 20-25 kg on the bar. And it was pretty tough. I just about got the last one or two reps out. Was glad I didn't increase the weight a tiny bit more which is what I was considering.
I was planning to set the cross trainer to level 45 but I simply couldn't. My legs were completely ceased up from the squats so I just did level 40 for the half hour.
Looks like I'll have to wait another while before I rival Batista
An oly bar weighs 20Kg.
Make sure that you add that in. Obviously then when you load up two Ten kg plates you squatted 40kg. Don't sell yourself short.;)
Its meant to be tough, Good work.0 -
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