14-01-2015, 10:58 PM
(14-01-2015, 06:29 PM)John1.4 Wrote: i started to go to the gym, mainly to lose weight and improve my cardio while the weather is shit and cold,
if you can manage, i've found running has really improved my fitness, couple of 10-12 minute miles in the morning 3 days a week (basically a jog) before breakfast, sometimes adding a 4 mile afternoon run or something like that when the tide is out, and i've lost nearly a stone in a couple of months that's staying off, i hope to be down around 14 stone in april as i don't want to be lugging excess weight around a half marathon
as far as meals go, i eat my largest meal at breakfast (most often at work so bacon roll / sausage muffin, hashbrown and tea), never really hungry after work, so i generally have my afternoon meal at about 4ish which could be a bit of poached salmon on a salad, or if mum has cooked i'll have a small portion of cottage pie or beef stew etc, then that'd be it, barring a snack of fruit or occasionally choc in the evening,
(todays was ham sarnie after work and chicken noodles with sliced chicken and sweet chilli sauce for dinner, no run or gym today)
ps i'm training slowly for a marathon before i'm 30, so this year i'm getting ready for 2 half-marathons, and i only started running in october, that's my motivation
Thanks John. I am planning on running and cycling a fair bit to up my exercise. More so cycling because I'm starting to have a few issues with my left knee. Most of this will be at the gym to start with for now because i can look at all the yoga pants scuff and its dry lol.
Weight doesn't bother me. According to the BMI table, I'm obese. Im sure anyone who has met me can confirm I'm not lol. In my eyes, you can be as heavy as you like, providing it isn't fat!
With regards to breakfast, i may just start having a bit of fruit. I know like piggy says, it normally has a bit of sugar but it should keep me going until lunch, maybe even till dinner time rather than going down the cafe for lunch or a supermarket sarnie lol
Biggest issue is i would binge eat some times and just eat crap. Could happily eat a few bags of crisps and a chocolate bar or two throughout the day but thats all stopping now!
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