Place holder more than anything for a training log by me. It would most likely be what i eat for the most part at the start and more undetailed than the other ones as i more or less impulsively do it. So, just for intrest sake i will list the exercises i usually did or am planning on doing and what i have eaten so far today. Just as a note i usually go to sleep at around 1-3 AM and wake up at 10-12AM. I also dont know the names for everything i do, so i may need to describe them. 12/09/17 Exercises(planned): Warm up: Jogging on spot Jumping jacks Jumping on spot Jogging/walking from one end of training area to another Squats (to stretch legs) Okinawa rattle? (where i rotate my upper body to one side then the other at slow to moderate speeds) rotating my ankles Rotating my wrists ^ Forearms ^Arms from shoulders Somtimes do push ups on the wall Stretching by (lack of better words) trying to bend to one side and extend my arm over my head as much as possible to reach some imaginary object on the opposite side to the arm. I also do air kicks, knee strikes, punches and elbow strikes sometimes. Exercises(planned): Dumbell curls with 5kilo weights Squats with dumbells same weight Dumbell presses (?) from the shoulder upwards Holding dumbells at my sides and lifting my arms like im doign a jumping jack Okinawa rattle with dumbells Do above without dumbells Kettle bell exercies with a 8kilo Holding it infront of my outstreched Squats All other ones are suspecnded until ilearn proper technique and can do it reliably to avoid damaging myself. Jogging/running from one side of the area to the other. (arbitary amount of times) Lean against a wall and do air back kicks above but side kicks Bag work(just striking it) Shadow boxing sometimes And i SOMETIMES do form practice Diet: Breakfast/dinner: Southern fried chicken pre made wrap from tescos Mountain dew (500ml) Partial bottle of Dr Pepper (full sugar, 500ml) Majorty packet of tic tac's (100 packet) That is all for now, will put a update on diet and if i actually exercise today and what i did later.
As i forgot to out it above the classes that are "planned" are: Boxing, GTUK TKD, "functional strength" personal trainer and a gym. Might as well put shooting, fencing/HEMA and archery on that list as well. Will edit as it grows and will put the class in the log as everyone else does.
Exercise for today: Warm up: Jumping jacks Jumping on spot jogging/walking on the spot Okinawa rattle thing squats rotating wrists, elbows and shoulders elbow strikes exercise: jogging in my little area the length 10 times, counting it from when i start from point A and get back to point A its 3-6 meters no more than 7 i would say 10 bicep curls with a 5kilo weight for each arm Rest (no more than a few minuets) 10 dumbell presses same weight then 5 immediately after doing both arms at once. i started aprox 14:58 and finished aprox 15:11 There is going to be a short walk at 18 Something either before or after my Tea (tea as in the meal, not the drink) have a varing annoying cramp in my right hand now and didntdoa side stretch before doing the bicep curls and pulled my side a little.
Ignore above, im going to put a new intro to it and im going to elborate on my typical diet rather than doa haphazard day log as a intro/tester for what i usually do. Will be posting it tommorow sometime if i rememeber, also any good weighing scales that can take 1115+ Kilos? I may also look into getting a fitness band or soemthing so i can do rudimentary tracking of things but mostly time. Advices on cheap but cheerful ones?
Hi Rataca, good you are going to keep a log! One more thing for me to read. I think it is your log, so you can write whatever - exercises, diet, etc. You probably don't weight 1115+ kg, right? If you mean 115 or something close, I suppose normal weights should do fine. I was looking to get one for myself, too, and if I looked, they were always up to 150 kg, so theer should not b a problem, I hope. Anyway, keep logging in!
I think the scales i have in my house, which are cheap things my parent got only go up to 110 Kilos. So i dont know what my weight is to find scales which are rated to my weight. They are on the list anyway.
I am putting anything i remmeber being ona rotation for a peroid of time in my diet as its possible it comes back if i have not eaten it for a ehile, i will also list components unless citing a specfic dish like Chow mein. Breakfast/dinner: Eggs (varied cooking usually not fried) Bacon Potatoes Prawns Mackeral Tuna Ceral Tea: Potatoes Bacon Noodles (whole Grain) Rice (whoel grain) Pasta (whoelgrain) Chicken Fish (few types, liek Salmon and Cod main ones) My prefered vegtable is brocili as well. Lack of better words, i kind of fidget using my mouth so end up eating a lot of tic taks or mints, or drinking a lot of water but its suaully pop as i rpefer the taste. thats the most unhealthy thing i usually do each day. I am looking into adding protein suppliments and that whey meal suppliment into my diet and smoothies. My planned exercise today is my usual warm up and then just punching/kicking the heavy bag i have.
Goals and baseline to i know. Weight: 115kilos aprox (perhaps more) Goal: 75-95 Kilos stable. Goal for grading in TKD: Red belt (just optimism to keep track of it, could stop before) General fitness improvmenets for the ability to do more pushups situps etc. Baseline is negative push ups and around 10-20 situps. Below will eb exercise and diet as best as i can do it today.
1 hour TKD around 2 miles walking there and back Diet: Brekfast: rice pot from uncle bens snacks about a packet of mints and 1.5 liters of full sugar pop Dinner (pre exercise) Microwable rice from uncle bens (mexican, tescos didnt have the whole grain version) Post exercise: 500ml bottle diet coke 500ml of water Classic Beef pepperami As best as i can do it, didnt keep a precise track of my diet today.
It's good to keep a log and track progress, it will also help highlight where you can make simple improvements If I may make a few suggestions? Make your own food rather than buying ready made. The ready made stuff usually has a ton of stuff in it to make it last on the shelf, make it ready in 5 minutes instead of 7, and then extra sugar and fat to trick your body into liking it. If you have a freezer, make your own and freeze. So tonight I made chilli and rice for my kids, but made 5 extra portions at the same time. Mrs Mitch now has those along with other meals in the freezer to select from for her dinner at work. Even if you don't have a freezer, making your own porridge, rice or whatever will always be better, and you should be able to keep it a day or two. I'd also look at your diet with a view to getting the right nutrition. It doesn't sound too good at the moment, so maybe use an app to get some help on that? www.cronometer.com or similar might help. Finally, we all have a weakness, sounds like yours is pop? If you're exercising and looking to lose weight then drinking a lot of water is your friend. Aim for a 3/4 litres a day minimum. As for your exercise goals, why not base them around a TKD grading? If you did a basic warm up every day (I can happily suggest things that will help and tailor them specifically for you) and then do what will be required in your first grading, you will lose weight, get generally fitter, but also get specifically fitter for your TKD progression. Just ask if I can help Mitch
Cooking is a issue which needs to be worked on, the rice before was probbly the healthiest thing and quickiest thing to have at the time with the only prep being the night before. Two people can cook in my house, one cant do boiling rice and wotn/cant do the soups etc. The other doesnt get home until a hour before the lesson, eating too much is also a issue in terms of exercise (relative to time going form finished eating). I dont know of any recipe they would want to/can make / would make enough of to be used the next day or something. Im getting fed up of my baseline diet of Chicken, Fish Nice, Noodles and Pasta (pasta has just appeared again) its all whole grain. I have foudn some recipes off the NHS website i want to try and i was looking into just having a smoothie on exercise night. Two meals a day rather than 3 usually, my sleep pattern is pretty odd. I also dont like cooking in the enviroment and have onyl cooked bacon, so not best place to learn if i dont like the enviroment. I would want to be left to my own devices (wont happen) Is basically two people who cook tewo diffrent things who have two diffrent willingness. I will however bring up what i said earier yabout if i exercise they have to assist with the dietary things. I dont like a lot of fruit either. I dont really have any recipes past Baked Chicken plus one of the pre noted things with some seasoning on the chicken. As Brief i can make it without taking a hour to write, if you have any simple recipes to share or sites for simple and healthy ones that would be appreciated. (also looking on the website linked) I do have a fridge and Freezer, i dont generally get involved in cooking matters and storage matters in said areas. Various reasons. As a comprimise i try to get no sugar pop. Its more for the purposes i drink (not always thirst related) i prefer drinking pop. I did basically drink water for like a month or two and cut it out then i got sick several months ago and the result hasnt changed, stopped exercising and started drinking that. Flavoured water or carbinated which is sugar free is ahrd to come across. Same applies for the mints, i cant eat that many sweets due to tooth problems and i don't generally enjoy eating them because of that. I will leave it at, its more difficult to deal with because its probbly gettign addicted to Sugar plus other things. You can suggest some things to help, i cannot do pushups though. (weight to strength ratio, and same reason why i cant on my knees that easily it really hurts after a while. XP)
I would look to make yourself a routine. Personally, I would go for 3 meals a day, but look to eat well before or after training. I like my main meal in the middle of the day. Get a variety of veg. A stir fry is the simplest way of doing this. Chop up spring onions, maybe some ginger and garlic, cook for a minute or two, add thinly sliced veg (broccoli, carrot, pepper, green cabbage, white cabbage, kale, leeks or whatever), add soy sauce and whatever protein source you want to use (cashew nuts, prawns, fish, quorn, tofu, chicken, meat, whatever) and make sure it's all cooked through. Yummy and good for you Micth
sourcing things can be a issue. I might have Chicken stir fry sometime this week then. (im also picky on some foods as you may ahve gathered. )
I agree with Mitch. Try not to live off of pre-coocked meals. It is not about if you like the environment you can use for cooking, but if you like yourself enough to get your body something heatly. I live alone now. My mom never wanted to see me in a kitchen and never taught me to cook anything, just a little only after I've left. If you look for healthy and easy recipes, you can put precisely that in a google search. There is a tonne of recipes everywhere, I tried many that way! Also to save money and time since I only cook for myself (and don't get any lunches at work for example), I usually prepare 4 to 5 portions at a time and I have almost a week worth of lunches A lot of foods can last like that in a refrigerator. Never had a problem with that, though many people don't like doing that. If you don't, refrigerator is your friend. And experimenting with your own recipes and stuff can be fun If you live with two people, you can take turns in cooking a meal for all the others, lets say every other day, for example I believe eating mostly meals you prepare in oyur microwave can't even be fun anymore as I suppose there is not that much variety... But keep up with writing the log! And good job with the walk. I think walks are a great thing you can do at the moment.
Have you tried the supermarket? They've got loads of food. If you live with your parents try asking them to buy it in. Get an old 2ltr Coke zero bottle fill it up with water and drink it through the day. Refill it for the evening. Weak wrists can be strengthened. Strength can be increased. You just have to train them.
28/9/17 14:00 aprox brekfast scrambled eggs. Spaced out until now, one-two packets of mints, 1 liter of full sugar pop and 1 liter of water. And some orange juice, no exact mesurement for that. Dinner 19:00 fast food. Could resist Water will be drank and perhaps mints consumed until i go to sleep. Need to do some experimentation to narrow down something, note to myself. No exervcise today either.
29/09/17 500ml Monster aboslute zero when i woke up (cant recallw ehnor when i ahd breakfast) Fresh prawns from a fish monger Water mostrly all day when i drank, aprox 1 liter until now had about 1 liter of pop after /during my tea. Mix between Pizza, pancake roles ribs etc. for my tea (didn't overly have a choice and wasnt me asking for it, so excuses. ) i plan to only have Water and perhaps milk or orange juice for the rest of the day. I have had around 1-2 packets fo mints spaced out across the day as well. One more packet may be consumed betweenn now and going to sleep. No exercise.