The alley oop scene is my favorite, actually.
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I quit tracking calories burned in the app. I eat the same regardless of activity for each day. When I adjusted my calories based on calories burned I ended up with 4000+ calorie days and then 2500 calorie days. I didn’t like the highs and lows (well, I liked the high days and hated the low ones) so I adopted more of an average approach.
I’ve grown accustomed to 700-800 calorie meals. One of my favorites is a cheeseburger and potatoes (1/3 lb patty, bun, pepperjack cheese, ketchup & mustard). The burger is about 550 calories and the potatoes are about 220. That meal leaves me satisfied.
Today’s chicken and broccoli didn’t fill me up and I was hungry again in less than 90 minutes.
For dinner in starting with a can of Campbell’s Grilled Chicken & Sausage Gumbo. It’s going to wreck my sodium intake but it’s only 310 calories.
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Don’t worry about it. There’s a reason this log has nearly 3800 posts and it’s not because I work out a lot.
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I love iceberg lettuce, am I weird ?
Yes, unless it’s in a burger😊
Yes. It’s literally the worst kind of lettuce. And that’s like being the worst kind of VD.
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2.18.19
Woke at 228.2 lbs, went to the bathroom and then weighed 227.6 lbs. I seem to have stalled with weight loss so it’s time to track my food every day again.
I’m feeling much better today so we’ll be making a family trip to the Y. I probably won’t play basketball though. School is out so there will probably be more people than usual and I don’t think my wife wants to be there for two hours.
There’s nothing wrong with it, but it has zero nutritional value.
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It crosstalks with the other Underarmour apps, so it automatically subtracted my calories from my run on Saturday that I tracked with mapmyrun, and I went ahead and downloaded the UA Record app, which I played around with some. It let me manually enter my whole body workouts from Monday and Wednesday last week, which then should subtract the calories on myfitnesspal, but I haven’t confirmed that yet because I just started using it on Friday. So, if you don’t mind having a bunch of underarmour apps cluttering your phone, it can work…
Edit: I just went back and looked at Monday and Wednesday on myfitnesspal. Even though I didn’t enter any food, it still subtracted my workout calories (it gave me 691 calories for 1 hour full body weight training) so I have 2881 calories remaining for those days.
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Mt Fitbit should interact with My Fitness Pal but it hasn’t been and that’s fine with me. If my calories are based on BMR then my activity is just bonus work and will help me reach my goal faster.
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That’s what I do. I calculate my TDEE and then try to eat at around a 500 calorie deficit. I never include exercise in the calculation and treat it as bonus. Otherwise I’d simply eat up the exercise calories too
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So are you a patrol officer, dectective… I’m sure it’s plenty interesting being in law enforcement. I have the upmost respect but could never do it. I couldn’t deal with all the crazy’s!
You’ll probably consider me to be a blasphemer, but I’m not a huge Will Farrell fan. I mean, I get a few chuckles out of most of his movies, but I’m usually cringing a lot more than I’m laughing. I’ve also never seen ‘Elf’. I have seen Anchorman, Ricky Bobby, and a few others. Anchorman is the one that got the most laughs out of me.
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I’m the lowest on the totem pole - patrol officer. My #1 job is to respond to 911 calls. I feel like I just solve other people’s problems. They’re adults too - just stupid.
You might like Semi Pro then. I think it’s closer to Anchorman in terms of content and time frame.
Elf has become a Christmas tradition for my in-laws. Give it a shot!
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Successful Semi Pro viewing last night. The jive turkey part is gold too.
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Push Workout
EXERCISE BIKE WARM UP
15 min Fat Loss Program while reading CT’s nutrition article
Covered 3.94 miles
4 WAY HIP MACHINE - ABDUCTION
130 x 10 ea x 2 sets
4 WAY HIP MACHINE - ADDUCTION
145 x 10 ea x 2 sets
PUSH PRESS
95 x 5
115 x 3
135 x 3
155 x 3 x 5 sets
RFESS (held DB like goblet squat)
50 x 10 ea x 2 sets
DB OHP
30 x 10F/10T/10B x 2 sets
BENCH PRESS 1.5 REPS
135 x 8, 7
superset with
HACK SQUAT MACHINE
180 x 10 x 2 sets
This feels like a squat if you face the back rest.
MACHINE CRUNCH
140 x 10
155 x 10
170 x 10
185 x 10
OH ROPE EXTENSION
70 x 10F/10T/10B
80 x 10F/10T/10B
STANDING CALF RAISE MACHINE
190 x 15
190 x 10 + stretch
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I would say low but not zero, it does contain some important vitamins and minerals and is a source of dietary fibre
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All of which can be obtained in greater quantities and with more flavor from just about any other green… It does have a satisfying crunch, though.
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@Frank_C it’s been a long time since my last visit here. It has taken me two days to catch up! And I’m glad I did, there were so many posts that I almost started writing something about and then twenty posts later you’d followed up with something that rendered my would-be writing nothing more than noise!
With that said though, I recall a time way back when you mentioned potentially enlisting Brickhead’s help to really dial in your diet. Have you thought about doing the same with rehab and another person? I appreciate that I don’t know where in the US you are located, and that it might be prohibitively far (or too expensive) to visit say Eric Cressey, Mark Robertson or Dr. John Rusin but I just wanted to plant the idea with you.
Another thing, you mentioned a while back how vegetables don’t agree with you. Is it at all possible that vegetables aren’t really the issue, but rather high FODMAP vegetables?
I’ve been to PT enough to know what to do to strengthen the weak links. I’ve been doing my hip rehab again and the most beneficial exercises have been RFESS and reverse lunges.
I need to find someone who can really evaluate movement patterns and identify possible dysfunction. PTs aren’t trained that way. They usually get a referral and prescription from a doctor and follow the protocol. It’s really not worth the money anymore since I can get the exercise protocols from the internet.
I’m right in the middle of the US. Cressey is on the east coast (Massachusetts and Florida) and I’m not sure about the other two.
I know they’re not here because we don’t have any experts. I used to work at a strength & conditioning gym and we were one of a kind. It’s mostly personal training and club sports here.
I had to look up what FODMAP meant and from the cheat sheet I saw I’d say I’m not eating that stuff. I usually have broccoli or the broccoli/cauliflower/carrot mix. I suspect that potatoes tear me up too.
We’ve been buying some frozen veggies and they’re mixtures of green beans, corn, peppers, broccoli, carrots, etc.
2.19.19
Woke at 228.2 lbs.
Nutrition is on point so far today. Using CT’s article as inspiration I’m going to try to eat protein and carbs before and after my workout. I’ll eat protein and fat for my afternoon snack and dinner and then some protein and carbs before bed (I eat dinner at 5 and I’ll have my pre-bed snack around 7:30).
Pull Workout
BIKE W/U
5 min, L11, 1.36 miles
LYING LEG CURL
90 x 15 x 2 sets
POWER SNATCH
115 x 3 x 2 sets
125 x 3
135 x 3
145 x 2
155 x 2
POWER CLEAN
155 x 3
Still a no go for the biceps tendon. The pop wasn’t bad but I assumed it would get worse as the weight increased.
STANDING CABLE ROW (low pulley)
100 x 10F/10T/10B
160 x 10F/10T/10B
175 x 10F/10T/10B
DUAL CABLE LAT PULL DOWN
120 x 10F/10T/10B
170 x 10F/10T/10B
_Love this!
REV CABLE FLY
30 x 10F/10T/10B
20 x 10F/10T/10B
BASKETBALL
2 games - about 23 minutes of playing time
I got lucky today and was able to play two games in a row. After that it was over. There were close to 30 people there and they were only using one court. My knee felt great! I had very little pain and it only occurred on a few jump shots. I was able to run, cut, and jump. I had two put back dunks and I got up easy. Perhaps the pain was holding me back.
I also felt really good considering I’m still sick. I’ve been sneezing a lot and coughing today. The pressure in my head hurts when I sneeze. I was getting really out of breath during snatches. I didn’t think basketball was going to go well but this is the best I’ve felt since returning to the court.
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