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The 'I Feel Like Being Healthier' Thread!
Mnementh:
--- Quote from: Caleb on 19 Mar 2009, 16:06 ---Eating well has also been a issue. I have tried to only eat whole wheat bread and eat more oatmeal. I have tried to eat more vegetables and stuff. Less meat.
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You're doing it right and doing it wrong. Oatmeal is good, so are more vegetables. However, it sounds like you're eating a fairly high-carb diet. Unfortunately, you won't lose weight or gain strength on such a diet (unless, perhaps, you're an ultramarathoner.) Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. I personally prefer high fat, high protein, low carb diet balances, but most people are successful with a 40/40/30 split. If you keep your caloric intake to appropriate levels, you'll burn fat and build muscle.
Don't eat less meat, but eat healthier meat. Avoid too much smoked meat. Fish and grassfeed, hormone-free beef is your best bet for relatively lean, healthy meats. Up your fiber intake too.
Caleb:
--- Quote from: Danny Clash on 19 Mar 2009, 20:46 ---
--- Quote from: Caleb on 19 Mar 2009, 16:06 ---Eating well has also been a issue. I have tried to only eat whole wheat bread and eat more oatmeal. I have tried to eat more vegetables and stuff. Less meat.
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However, it sounds like you're eating a fairly high-carb diet. Unfortunately, you won't lose weight or gain strength on such a diet (unless, perhaps, you're an ultramarathoner.)
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Yeah this is true. I have done better though. I have cut down on my sugar intake and I most of the carbs I eat are from the whole grain breads (I have cut out all white bread). I have been eating a ton of raw and natural no-salt nuts which are great. I am doing well on the fruit front.
The real problem is eating more fresh vegetables and more lean meat and fish. I think I just need to put aside more time to cook stuff.
snalin:
I'm going to hang a sign over my bed, and write "20 sit-ups, 20 push-ups" on it. Then I will do this every night until my arms are not puny and stuff. Then I will move on to something harder. And I will start running again in summer.
I will weigh more than 70 kilos! I'm bloody 190cm tall, and my BMI is 19.4. Being good at something physical is bloody fun, so I'm going to aim for that. Biceps will also help me not get so god damned many bruises when fencing. Before I learned to block properly, my arms and thighs made me look like a victim of some serious abuse.
Juxtaposition:
Finals ended day before yesterday, and school had me so stressed that I ended up eating way worse than usual. It's hard when you're in a house with people and you're craving things like mad and everyone's too exhausted to cook and someone suggests pizza again. But now finals are over and I'm back on caveman on monday. If anyone doesn't know about the caveman diet, it's pretty strict but when I follow it I feel so excellent. Healthy, energized, and it does wonders for my mental health and even my social phobias! It's hard to keep up with, though, so I add in a few "allowed vices" like salt and vinegar potato chips in moderation once or twice a week. Also, raw veggies are delicous, and the farmers market is open soon!
But the excercise is going great. I've been biking 5+ days a week for 3 weeks now, almost perfectly! I rode 15 miles yesterday, at a speed of about 12-13 mph, which is kinda wimpy for a portlander, but not that bad considering that a week ago it was more like 9-10 mph. I bellydance once a week, walk about 3x a week (usually for about an hour, 4 miles or so), and I'm thinking of graduating to weighted hikes (with a 30-40 pound pack) for training.
It's been a week since I did my morning 10 minute abs training though. I'm pretty dissapointed in myself for letting that slip. I'll start again on monday, I swear.
Genbot2500:
I gained 2 kilo's.. This is a good thing by the way, as i am pretty darn skinny.. Also, 20 minutes of workout every day, and a new job 5 km away.. Go go gadget bloody bike with a flat..
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