Ooh I’ve been to the gym today and did half an hour on the cross-trainer so I deserve a little treat.
If you’re a newbie you can lose fat and gain muscle simultaneously for sure but longer term it’s one or the other. Get the weight down and lift weights to maintain muscle as much you can. When you’re down to whatever weight you want, up the calories a bit and gain muscle and a bit of fat along the way. Repeat.
That seems a lot of effort for a casual like myself. I’m about 14 stone, at the moment. Usually like to be about 14 and a half to 15. Like Munse though I’m getting older and it’s harder to lose the excess.
Yeah it is. Lots of water helps as an easy win. Ultimately though if you aren’t far off where you want to be just cut out the majority of the **** you know isn’t good, walk a bit and lift weights if you like lifting weights. Drink is probably the worst thing if you like a beer.
It's important if you're fasting mind, but I know exactly what you're saying. Over complication aids quitting.
I don’t eat ****e, usually. I’ve got a pretty good diet. I don’t eat processed food. It sounds like you guys are promoting very little food but I want my 3 meals a day just the right food. Pointless anyway, doubt I’ll be in a position to start training again for another 6 weeks or so. I’ll come back then. Maybe.
I don't pretend to know anything about muscle mass, but I do drink a lot of water. I average a 2 litre bottle per day, even this time of year. I generally look to cut out two things, high cholestrol stuff and sugar. So what do I cut out, sweets, chocolate, biscuits....then pies, bakes, cakes, sausage rolls, processed meats, and drinks such as cola, any flavoured soda drink. Trust me it's not easy! My aim is to keep my sugar and cholestrol levels under check. The problem is with sugar it's in ****ing everything, even stuff you don't expect it to be in. I'm borderline on the diabetic scale, so it's up to me which way the scales balance. Thankfully I love fruit and salad, I also eat chicken which I really like, so no problem there. I have chia seeds and other stuff and just chuck that in porridge. I don't have dairy. I forgot to mention I love seafood and fish. Even so it's still not easy, sugar is harder to give up than cigarettes. I could probably eat my whole food budget just in sweets, so it's really about will-power more than anything, the same reason I don't gamble, I can't even think about going there. My one achievement i'm proud of is no sugar in tea and coffee anymore. I read a lot of people chatting about gym's, all I did when I was younger was buy my own gym set-up - which is useless if you work away from home alot or don't have the space. I can't be arsed to **** about around people like the stories I read on here. I use to work with a guy one time that was obsessed with the gym and muscle mass, he looked big, but was no stronger or fitter than me, it's just all deceptive to the eye. Yeah he might come in handy to tow a broken down lorry, but where's the practicality in that, it;s no use to every day function is what I'm saying. So why Munse goes to his extremes I've no idea. I don't pretend to know anything about fitness either, but at my age if I can keep going and my own little diets work, great...that bacon is still waiting in the fridge for me...will get demolished this week lol
I always have three meals a day mate, even with my diets, I can't afford not to, otherwise someone would be picking me up off the floor.
Obviously different when you have a condition like diabetes but if we’re talking just weight loss again different things work for different people. I rarely eat before midday and have a bigger dinner than lunch. Some people need breakfast. Some eat four or five times and that works for them. Your fat doesn’t give a **** when or how often you eat. It cares about quantity.
Yeah you defo got to do what works for you, I think this is why so many plans fail. I just try and keep myself in check, one main reason is because everytime I go in hospital they do a check up on you, and if you aint fit and healthy you aint going in, and then I'm ****ed...so a bit of an incentive you could say lol. Christmas and New Year is the same for everyone, as you have previously commented on here, people with resolutions which are generally going to fail.
Yeah. Unless the goal is to be an elite athlete or bodybuilder just do most things right most of the time. No one got obese overnight. If you want a roast or couple of pints or takeaway on a Friday night then it won’t kill you. Having it every day for 30 years might.
Chicken, fish, fruit and salad sounds perfect to me and pretty much where I’m at. I also make my own vegetable soup which I have as a couple of meals each week. I’m fortunate in that I’ve never had a sweet tooth, so fizzy drinks and sweets aren’t my thing. I don’t drink enough water, I’m aware of my shortcomings with that and it’s something that I need to do more of. I’ve never used sugar in my coffee and tea for years, a tea spoonful of honey does me. I’m never going to be a bodybuilder as the thought of sticking to a strict diet like these guys puts me off instantly. I like to find balance and a bit of happiness in everything that I do. I’d be miserable barely eating and counting calories constantly. My motivation is my health and not going through what my parents did so early in life. I had a scare over Christmas but fortunately the lump my GP found is benign. Going through something like that changes you, though. I’m less than 10 year away from when my Mother was diagnosed with her cancer and 17 from when my Father was diagnosed, so I’m more conscious than ever to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle so my girls get me for a little longer. My normal day will be breakfast, which is a bowl of porridge with a banana sliced up and blueberries chucked in with it. Something like chilli con carne and rice for dinner and vegetable soup for tea. Other meals I’ll switch it up with will be my jerk chicken wraps or kebabs, or spaghetti bolognese. Stuff like that. Fruit on a night time before bed or even a pot noodle. Must remember more water though lol.
