No point: wanting to make sure I understand
Yes I suppose you are right. Itās fun hitting bigger weights though. Are the two goals mutually exclusive though?
What are your thoughts on that given your experience?
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I think diet is key really . I do tend to eat more when I deadlift or squat but mostly exercise is secondary.
Adding the 10,000 steps per day did help a lot and I got fitter. Tend to get bad feet , so would substitute for stationary bike or elliptical trainer for some steps.
Making it to the gym is key too at least 2-3 times per week. I can workout at home at a push though.
Keep a rep or two in reserve often. Got a fairly serious arm injury for 6 weeks.it is mostly fine now.
You wrote that diet is key and then went on to discuss training for the rest of the post. Do you find that interesting?
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I suppose training, good or bad has been part of my life for many years. Dieting has not. I dieted down a few times once to 180 lb but always end up gaining weight again. It is almost like being bigger and well I suppose fatter has become part of my identity.
Plus I am worried I will lose a lot of strength as I get a lot smaller. It doesnāt seem to happen to begin with.
You havenāt demonstrated an ability to do this yet. This is akin to worry about how you will pay the taxes if you win the lottery.
I would worry about succeeding before I worry about the consequences of success
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Breakfast - 1 decaf coffee
2 pieces of toast plus tin a spicy mackerel filets
1 banana
1 green lemon flavour
No caffeine
Lunch / snack
Homemade sourdough bread small amount with
Cheese
1 decaf coffee
Braeburn apple
1 glass squash
Actively drinking less . I have been overdrinking.
6 glasses per day is what I aiming for
20 min walk
Tea / dinner
spicy mackerel filets
Two pieces of white bread
Large bowl of berries .
Small amount of clotted cream
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Breakfast - tuna sandwich with margarine
1 decaf coffee
Coke decaf
1 burger with a bun . Was out got caught hungry will plan better next time.
Had a go on a punch machine. Did marginally worse than on my honeymoon. 878 this time versus 892 last time.
No walk on beach due to weather.
Steak sandwich
Decaf coffee
Need more veggies . Will go shopping.
Decaf working fairly well.
Homemade chickpea curry
Apple braeburn
Berries small bowl
Decaf coffee
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Breakfast small amount of gammon
With one slice of white bread
Workout - warmup double clean 32 kg X 5 , X 3
38 fail xx , 36 fail xx close
Not feeling it probably breakfast too small
Zombie squats 40 , 60 , 80 , 90 X 3
Zs 100 kg X 1
FS 100 X 3
110 kg X 1 fatigued felt hard
Coming slowly bit better than last time
Did some Lee Boyce lat stretches
Bp 60 X 10 , 100 X 3 quit
Lunch tuna sandwich
Plus decaf tea
2 decaf coffee
Two sandwich chicken plus frozen vegetables
Pasta tomato cheese bake average portion homemade
Lemonade glass
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Breakfast - banana , decaf coffee, piece of bread and 3 chicken slices
Cherry tea fortified
1 green tea without caffeine
Small cherry yoghurt not good
Lunch chicken slices and frozen vegetables mix
Berries frozen mix
Workout between shopping 30 min
dB press 30 X 5
Bench press 100 X 8 hard
100 X 9 hard
110 X 3 comfortable
100 X 8 last rep slightly assisted hard
Carbonated water
dB press right X 5 a lot of bending
Kb bup 16 rvx 5 X l 10 kg l
32 kg fail managed clean
Tea - chiick pea curry
3 slices of bread and cheese
One banana
1 small Joghurt
1 banana
1 decaf coffee
18 stone 8 this morning clothed
1 hour gardening cutting through brambles with shears
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Breakfast
Cheese on toast 2 pieces
1 decaf coffee
Am workout warmed up
Zombie squats triples
40,60, 80 , 90 , 95, 100 X 2
Secondwave
40 60 70 80, 90 X 1
1 litre of water at gym too much
Punch bag no gloves 1,2 2 mins
Built up to 90% power
Dumbbell hold in place grip largely gone from gardening yesterday
38,42 count 30
Frozen berries mix
Lunch - pasta Chicken salad and bacon
Around 450 Calories
Banana 1
Green tea
Decaf coffee
Cheese bread roll
Chilli peanuts serving with bowl of frozen mix vegetables
Jazz apple
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Breakfast
2 small cheese rolls
Bowl of frozen berries
1 decaf coffee
Aldi protein bar
Not great tasted good though low sugar
Chickpea curry with frozen vegetable mix
Chicken sandwich
Jacket potato can of tuna and mayonnaise
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18 stone 6 1/2 morning
Homemade pancakes sourdough
Crashed in workout
Bp 100 X 8 x7 90x 3
Did mobility work From.lee Boyce
Want to Programm 3 days lifting per week
With front squat
Dumbbell clean and press
I struggle doing 3 squat sessions per week. Too much for my knees and doing both exercises in the same session.i donāt think a break between sessions is realistic. So I might do
Mon fs
Wed press db
Fri. Fs BP at 60 percent
Pulled pork plus high protein wraps 2 wraps.
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Sourdough pancakes? How were they and where did you get the ingredients from/how did you cook them? Iād like to give that a go.
My sister made them .Iāll try and get you the recipe.
But you have to make a sourdough culture.
They taste ok with a bit of a sourdough kick.
The high protein wraps are Aldi - 9 g of protein per wrap.
Breakfast - banana
Two cheese wraps
Found the left over pulled pork after. Had a little.
Bread and two sausages
Banana
Decaf coffee earlier
Pulled pork with frozen vegetables mix
1 sausage
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Cheers dude! Bread doesnāt agree with me much, but sourdough seems mostly okay. Iāll give these a try.
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Porridge with cinnamon
Decaf coffee
Minced meat spag boll sauce rice mixed vegetables mix
Cherry herbal tea
Rhubarbe mixed in with apple and cinnamon
Banana
Chicken sandwich
Tuna and mixed vegetables
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