The Healthy Thread
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- sted2
#niceweek
- mtthwsms0
- go with watermeok
- learn to drink water, use OJ if you have a sweet tooth, but learn to drink wateralbums
- Don't bother with these at all. Water and fresh fruit separately.MrT
- these aren't bad. zero sugar is a plus for surelambsy
- 0 sugar and tastes sweet? im straight.
moldero - what albums said, learn to drink water againmoldero
- NBQ00-3
- drgs0
- Beeswax0
yogurt
water
fibery beans, grains & vegetables
is the safest way I think.
if you want to include meat into this you have to try hard finding a healthy organic choice.
If you make this your fundamental diet than you can go with sodas or sweets or doughy delicious stuff once a while as a treat or reward and keep living healthy.- Correction. Organic meat not necessary. Just tastes better.monospaced
- MrAbominable2
four weeks back into keto. had been on it for about 1.5yrs. fell off for the holidays and never got back on.
looks like there's better commercial food options now. that's nice.
anyway, super depressed this past year from a job that makes me unhappy. caused me to put on a bunch of weight. i'm trying to control what i can... so: weight and exercise.
i have a big Metric gravel ride in late October i'm training for and it's a big leap from where i am now. tick tock.
- albums0
Other threads of the same theme / variation.
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http://www.qbn.com/topics/368897…
http://www.qbn.com/topics/551229…- We do like to talk about this sort of thing..mikotondria3
- MrT0
Stop eating any food that comes in a packet has got to be a good basis... cooking from scratch FTW.
- Been doing that for several months now - all from scratch, dry beans, fresh veg - it's a good habit to have..mikotondria3
- +1. doing this for years now.uan
- Made bread this afternoon, to go with the blackbean burgers and home-made country fries.
Healthy doesn't have to be thatmikotondria3 - healthy. I love 'recreating' fast food but from scratch. Made refried beans and burritos last week. Full of flavor, if wonky.mikotondria3
- ohhhhhsnap0
i really like going to the gym @ night (9p), is that so bad?
went to the bar X the street from my gym to play pool w/ a friend and the bartender giggled in my face when I ordered Agustora (made in my country, fyi) and a seltzer. She's used to me pounding wiskey and IPA's #turntdown!
- Hombre_Lobo0
^good for you dude! :D
Running half mile - starting the exercise is always the hardest part, so be sure to get the most from your hard work and keep going until you are tired to a reasonable (no pain or risk of cramping etc, warm up + down thoroughly)
Gym - kinda depends what you are trying to do..
Is it general purposes to gain muscle, Lose body fat Etc?
The standard tried and tested gym routines tend to include the following - bench press, dips, squat, dead lift and pull ups / chin ups.
The big movements.These are all good exercises and known as compound exercises as they use more than 1 muscle at a time. A bicep curl is an isolation exercise as it uses only 1 muscle.
Compounds are harder, and better for you, they give high hormonal response, which causes your body to produce growth hormones, which help you gain mass and give you lots of energy. They also demand more oxygen making your heart and lungs stronger.
Squats and deadlifts are particularly difficult as they use a tonne of muscle groups. And as they are so difficult they are great for you. But like all exercises focus on technique is very important, particularly with the big compounds like deadlifts, squats, clean and press. If you squat incorrectly, you're gonna damage your knee, if you dead lift incorrectly, you're gonna permanently damage your back.
Don't be scared by this, it's really not that hard to do it properly if you don't rush into it like an egotistical bell end. When starting out with these complex movements you should use light weights to minimise the risk of injury.
It will take time to get the technique spot on before you can put on heavier weight and go to failure (until you can't do a single rep more within a set). But going to failure at the start is a bad idea with these movements.
Don't throw the weight, move it slowly and controlled to minimise injury AND maximise gains.
Oops gotta go, I was gonna explain what reps to do in more detail, but here's a link to a hardgainers* 3 day workout -
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/…
BUT those reps are very low for staring out. Especially where the complex movements are concerned. Stick to higher reps and lower weights, like 20 reps when starting out, so you can forum on form and minimise injury.Browse YouTube on how to do perfect form.
*a hardgainers is a typical person who puts on muscle mass slowly- + !!!! damn this is awesome Hombre. Much appreciated. I do need a stronger heart... hasn't been doingohhhhhsnap
- so hot lately. too young for that (36 in june)ohhhhhsnap
- youre very welcome mate!!
if its heart health is priority cardio is more beneficial than weights...Hombre_Lobo
- albums0
Check the items in your kitchen and click "Find Recipes" (website)
http://myfridgefood.com/?detaile…Healthify your supermarket choices!m (app)
http://www.fooducate.com/Have you ever wondered whether the money you spend ends up funding causes you oppose? (app)
http://www.buycott.com/
- autoflavour0
Running is all in your head.
I started running again, I wanted to start running for 30 minutes at a time.. 3 times a week.
then i realised after a few weeks that that was about 4km o(2.5 mile) .. so i ran that little bit further to do 5km..
i did this for a month..
then i jumped up to running for 45.. which was about 8km..i did this for about 3 weeks.. then one day i was out running at my wifes familys house, and go lost in the forrest.. i ended up running for an hour. i mapped it out and it was about 10km..
the strangest thing was, doing 10km seemed exactly the same as doing 7, much the same as doing 7 was to 5..
that was about a month ago.. i now run 10km at least twice a week.. and depending on time, i either run a 5 or 7.5
im a big guy, and the first half of the run is more just a warm up jog, but the run back is usually peppered with small 100 meter sprints..
that said, i hadnt run seriously for about a year before this..my point is, your body will just keep running if you put your mind to it.. you wont win any races, but the constant increase in your activity level will be achieved.
then it just comes down to time..
finding an hour to go running can be tricky..
i didnt go today, but i road 60km on my bike.. so i am guessing that counts for more.
- rode
autoflavour - << absolutely!
just keep running (if no you have no pain). good stuff dude keep it up! :DHombre_Lobo - interesanteohhhhhsnap
- rode
- ohhhhhsnap0
yeah @Hombre_Lobo, Hops is actually really good for you
The main ingredient in beer: http://beerarmy.com/profiles/blo…
But it can def. lower your libido, and have a wealth of health issues if taken in high quantities (obvi)
- DaveO1
At the start of this year I realised that lockdown and a massive reduction in variation is a great way to reset habits. I've only drank twice so far, stopped having extra sugar / bread / meat and drinking yards of lemon infused water on the daily. Already feel better.
I always used to be on planes and eating dunkin doughnuts breakfast sandwiches at departure gates with sugary coffee, and while I'd cut of my own ear to do that again, i must say that its worth taking advantage of the forced lack of variables to improve habits.
- autoflavour0
also if you are serious.. buy a juicer and do a 1 month just fast.. i did it at the end of last year and lost about 8kg.. which stayed off for the most part.. which enabled me to run a bit easier..
its a bitch at first tho.. no caffeine, no sugar etc..
best to try and detox those a week or so before you try..but works amazing
- got a juicer that Martha Stewart LOOOOOVEd and said it was a good thing.ohhhhhsnap
- autoflavour0
been running 3 times a week the past 2 months.. this week I ran my first 10k.. which was more because i got lost in the forrest and just kept running until i got home..
but yep, the last 2 weeks been running 8km each time..
its amazing how easy it is once you normalise to 5k how easy 7 or 10k is.. you just keep going.- i actually ran 11k in the end.. but whats 1k between total strangers on a designer forum
autoflavour - Nice. I'm not quite at 10K yet, perhaps I'll give this 'keep going' idea a go.MrT
- yeah it was bit of a surprise for me to be honest.. i had been doing 5k for a month, and then i bumped up to 7.5/8kautoflavour
- i read somewhere if you can do 5k, you can do 10.. once you have the stamina for 5 its just a mental thingautoflavour
- and to be completely honest, it wasnt any harder per se to do 10 than 5.. just more timeautoflavour
- Absolutely auto! I've always said that, people say 'I ran for 30 mins', but the first 20/30 mins are the hardest!Hombre_Lobo
- After that your body is in running mode and you just keep going! (obviously this is jogging not intervals or sprinting)Hombre_Lobo
- when you run 3x a week what was the distance you started out @?ohhhhhsnap
- i actually ran 11k in the end.. but whats 1k between total strangers on a designer forum