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Do you take creatine? I'm beginning to wonder if I should as since increasing exercise from 3 times a week to 6, I feel knackered. I just started this week taking electrolyte tablets as I sweat buckets when working out.
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Do you take creatine? I'm beginning to wonder if I should as since increasing exercise from 3 times a week to 6, I feel knackered. I just started this week taking electrolyte tablets as I sweat buckets when working out.
Soldato
No, never considered Creatine. I do take electrolyte tablets most days though. Usually as a way of flavouring water more than anything though!
One thing i do always notice is that my diet seems to be high in fats as a % of daily calories vs Protein/Carbs. Obviously this is based on MFP and "estimated" meals so unlikely to be accurate, although you'd think ballpark was right. I'm always very low on Protein with most days being 50-100g which is around half of what i probably should be eating. I do wonder if i should be putting in effort to artificially increase this. Breakfast is usually a Huel type drink which i think is ~25g and then tea could be anything from Fajitas/Chilli/Fish etc. Not unhealthy but generally i would say more weighted to veg than the meat side. Dinner is usually a sandwich/omelette. Although i'd have less omelettes recently as my wife has developed an agg intolerance so easier to make the same thing.
High fat ratio probably coming from lunch with sliced/cured meats.
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everyone should prioritise protein, such an easy win
I try to get recommended daily protein 2g per kg of goal weight.
Soldato
Yeah that's the general belief so need to find ways to increase it easily.
Soldato
Still struggling to crack below 90kg regularly at the moment. Frustrating, but I’ve been out for a few meals which never helps. Cycling seems to be improving though. Nice to see some progress. I’m definitely less bloated now than post holiday. Onwards!
Soldato
What a healthy weekend!
Friday night we finished work and went straight out to some shops. Usually we grab a McDonalds if doing that as it's quick, i accept it's not healthy but unlike the UK i've not had a disappointing meal over here which turns it into an actual treat. Then had 1/2 bottle of red wine whilst i watched football.
Saturday i burnt a crazy amount of calories. I wanted to walk the full length of a mountain range which i can see from my window. It's around 14km in total end to end. Didn't think too much of it, so grabbed my bike. Cycled ~35 mins to the plot where we're building a house and has decent access. Walked up the side which brought me out maybe 20% along the range, so turned left to get to the actual end. Figured that was my goal to do the full length and didn't want to cheat myself.
Full length of the walk ended up being just over 5 hours and i didn't make the full length, i had underestimated the walk and had been feeling a bit weak recently during bike rides so that combination and probably slight lack of calories during the effort meant a proper bonk. Ended up trying to cut down the side which turned out to be horrible and just full of loose rock and spikey bushes ripping me to shreds!
Wife picked me up and we went to grab my bike. Stopped along the way for an Aquarius (Lucozade sport type drink) and a beer. Got home, had a recovery drink, then neither of us wanted to cook so decided on takeaway pizza. There was a deal of 3x medium pizzas. So grabbed that. Unsure if my appetite has just dropped in general but i only managed half a medium pizza. In the UK i was known to eat a full large dominos and then still eat my wifes leftovers! Then finished the rest of the red wine with a film.
Sunday morning woke up, had 1/4 of the leftover pizza for breakfast (2 slices). Then went to a local town and took a picnic of another 1/4 pizza each. Then my wife was pizza'd out and not hungry so for tea i had the remaining 3 slices!
Basically my weekend nutrition came from Mcdonalds, pizza for 4 meals and a pile of energy drinks. Somehow i'm still the same weight as on Friday. Curious how the week progresses, it could swing either way as my body adjusts back to normal diet.
Friday night we finished work and went straight out to some shops. Usually we grab a McDonalds if doing that as it's quick, i accept it's not healthy but unlike the UK i've not had a disappointing meal over here which turns it into an actual treat. Then had 1/2 bottle of red wine whilst i watched football.
Saturday i burnt a crazy amount of calories. I wanted to walk the full length of a mountain range which i can see from my window. It's around 14km in total end to end. Didn't think too much of it, so grabbed my bike. Cycled ~35 mins to the plot where we're building a house and has decent access. Walked up the side which brought me out maybe 20% along the range, so turned left to get to the actual end. Figured that was my goal to do the full length and didn't want to cheat myself.
Full length of the walk ended up being just over 5 hours and i didn't make the full length, i had underestimated the walk and had been feeling a bit weak recently during bike rides so that combination and probably slight lack of calories during the effort meant a proper bonk. Ended up trying to cut down the side which turned out to be horrible and just full of loose rock and spikey bushes ripping me to shreds!
Wife picked me up and we went to grab my bike. Stopped along the way for an Aquarius (Lucozade sport type drink) and a beer. Got home, had a recovery drink, then neither of us wanted to cook so decided on takeaway pizza. There was a deal of 3x medium pizzas. So grabbed that. Unsure if my appetite has just dropped in general but i only managed half a medium pizza. In the UK i was known to eat a full large dominos and then still eat my wifes leftovers! Then finished the rest of the red wine with a film.
Sunday morning woke up, had 1/4 of the leftover pizza for breakfast (2 slices). Then went to a local town and took a picnic of another 1/4 pizza each. Then my wife was pizza'd out and not hungry so for tea i had the remaining 3 slices!
Basically my weekend nutrition came from Mcdonalds, pizza for 4 meals and a pile of energy drinks. Somehow i'm still the same weight as on Friday. Curious how the week progresses, it could swing either way as my body adjusts back to normal diet.
@Martynt74 , after seeing a lot of your posts, you seem to fall of the wagon quite easy / a lot when it comes to eating, ever consider buying some plastic containers and pre making say 3/4 days worth of teas so you know what your eating and dont get to tired to make anything and go ordering pizza and mc d's. some times my partner calls me strange but if im hungry and cant be bothered i will do something as little as olive oil fry some onions and peppers with some mince over a pack of microwave rice
Soldato
It's a sensible suggestion, but honestly our eating out is usually planned rather than just laziness. Except for the pizza saturday, but that was mainly due to me burning ~4000kcal earlier in the day. So weirdly even after the McDonalds/Pizza i was under calories for the weekend give how long we spread the pizza out over. I'm more about trying to find the right balance so happy to have a Mcdonalds or something once a week as long as it's not compounding a weeks worth of stuff.
We have a 4 weekly meal plan for evening meals, and pretty much only buy the ingredients we need for those specific meals when we go shopping each week to avoid waste etc. The main place i really need to sort out is probably lunches, they're not high in calories, but generally consist of chorizo/salami sandwiches which isn't exactly a healthy option. Sometimes i go with scrambled eggs but not every day.
Where i really need to improve is beer/wine. Again not due to calories particularly but more the knock on impact it has elsewhere in diet. Nipping to the supermarket/shops in my lunch hour and grabbing a freezing cold beer out of the fridge on the way out is absolutely delicious and one of my favourite things to do here. Just so refreshing, but it's not something i should be doing multiple times a week!
We have a 4 weekly meal plan for evening meals, and pretty much only buy the ingredients we need for those specific meals when we go shopping each week to avoid waste etc. The main place i really need to sort out is probably lunches, they're not high in calories, but generally consist of chorizo/salami sandwiches which isn't exactly a healthy option. Sometimes i go with scrambled eggs but not every day.
Where i really need to improve is beer/wine. Again not due to calories particularly but more the knock on impact it has elsewhere in diet. Nipping to the supermarket/shops in my lunch hour and grabbing a freezing cold beer out of the fridge on the way out is absolutely delicious and one of my favourite things to do here. Just so refreshing, but it's not something i should be doing multiple times a week!
Alcohol free beer not an option.
I've given up alcohol completely, used to drink maybe a bottle of whiskey a month and 3-4 cans of beer a week. Just drink water sugar free cordial now.
Soldato
Yeah, it is. Although i'm pretty picky as to which ones i like. Estrella and Alhambra do really good ones where i don't find much of a compromise in taste and are usually what i stock for drinking at home. However in supermarket fridges they only seem to have ones i find too chemically.
I've taken to drinking NA beers when out at times too, although i usually need to be mentally switched on or my brain just defaults to a regular draft beer!
Soldato
Multiple on calls means a no booze week. I probably need a no booze month, but one step at a time!
Progress hampered by another week of leave. Had a couple of short cycles in the gym and was getting the steps/activity in with the kids, but eating out and hotel breakfast didn’t help! Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs seems healthy right up until the tiny breakfast pastries somehow crept on to my plate two day running
Wanted to reset today and ate well right up until my mother in law produced her signature banoffee pie and my goodness did I have a second piece!
I know exactly how to get back on track - start logging calories strictly (nice progress immediately pre and post holiday to Greece). Just got to make sure I’m not beating myself up for every indulgence.
Progress hampered by another week of leave. Had a couple of short cycles in the gym and was getting the steps/activity in with the kids, but eating out and hotel breakfast didn’t help! Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs seems healthy right up until the tiny breakfast pastries somehow crept on to my plate two day running
Wanted to reset today and ate well right up until my mother in law produced her signature banoffee pie and my goodness did I have a second piece!
I know exactly how to get back on track - start logging calories strictly (nice progress immediately pre and post holiday to Greece). Just got to make sure I’m not beating myself up for every indulgence.
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Soldato
Imagining a big drop Friday.
I’m fairly sure I was spiked on Saturday night and then the impact of that has given me the worst flu type illness I’ve had in years.
Had an overnight trip to Barcelona yesterday for a gig and after a few hours walking around I ended up in the room for 5 hours just shivering and sweating.
Forced myself out for the gig and got a salad bowl and just about managed the gig although just sweated constantly and had to find a pilar to lean against. To prove how bad it was I didn’t manage a single beer all day!
Unsure if it’s then the end result of the flu or the AC in the hotel but woken up with a horrific cough/sore throat.
So since Sunday I’ve barely eaten, sweated about a million litres of fluid and generally not rested as I should have. Yesterday shows 24k steps which definitely will have lead to the crash in the later part of the day.
I’m fairly sure I was spiked on Saturday night and then the impact of that has given me the worst flu type illness I’ve had in years.
Had an overnight trip to Barcelona yesterday for a gig and after a few hours walking around I ended up in the room for 5 hours just shivering and sweating.
Forced myself out for the gig and got a salad bowl and just about managed the gig although just sweated constantly and had to find a pilar to lean against. To prove how bad it was I didn’t manage a single beer all day!
Unsure if it’s then the end result of the flu or the AC in the hotel but woken up with a horrific cough/sore throat.
So since Sunday I’ve barely eaten, sweated about a million litres of fluid and generally not rested as I should have. Yesterday shows 24k steps which definitely will have lead to the crash in the later part of the day.
Soldato
Hope you recover ok @Martynt74 . Sounds horrendous.
Soldato
Yeah. It’s been really annoying as I’ve been waiting for this gig for ages and been really excited about it.
A band who’ve only released one album and then this was a 20th anniversary so little chance of another repeat I think
A band who’ve only released one album and then this was a 20th anniversary so little chance of another repeat I think
Soldato
Well this year hasnt gone to plan and to cut a story short i was fluctuating up and down all year after this post.
Got back on the wagon for the start of August and im down 12.7lb this month alone. Overall since i was my heaviest at the start of 2023 im down 73 lbs/5st 2lb/33kg. I'm taking it way more seriously food/eating/diet wise and I am a bit more active with walks etc but i can really be a lot more active if i put more effort it which is the next step. i've had a few more notably active periods since which was 63km over a 3 day weekend in london and 14km at a zoo lol. I'll be honest in the past i would balk at the thought of walking so far. I think whats helping a fair bit is having a really nice comfy pair of trainers to walk in and being able to track activity on my new smart watch.
My aim is to knock off another 2 Stone by the end of the year, im confident i can blast past that but I want to set what should be an easily obtainable goal.
Soldato
At least something good is coming out of this. I’m now down to 100.3kg.
I might finally break the 100kg barrier
I might finally break the 100kg barrier
Soldato
Keep at it 100KG is a far off target for me lol! Im down 13lb this month as of this morning. Still way more to go lolAt least something good is coming out of this. I’m now down to 100.3kg.
I might finally break the 100kg barrier
Soldato
13lb in a month is amazing.
My journey has generally been horrendous on my own part. This has probably been the cause of the longest periods without a beer for a long time and it’s down to how grim I’ve felt.
I’m hopeful it’s going to force me to take recovery seriously. I’m unsure what damage whatever the substance may have caused but this illness has been brutal. Even today around 6 days later I’m exhausted just preparing food. My HR is also around 80 whilst watching tv vs ~45 so for the next few weeks of recovery I need to be mindful of what I’m putting into my body and a few beers here and there isn’t going to help and I want to ensure I minimise any long term potential issues.
Soldato
Have you been to the docs? If you were spiked/doped it might be worth a check up. Do you think maybe anxiety about being doped/spiked is prob effecting you?
Soldato
I went to the hospital and had some tests but due to some confusion I ended up leaving without officially being discharged. Had to remove the canula back at home!
Don’t think there’s any anxiety. I’d have no qualms going back there for a night out when I’m recovered. Just bad luck but I generally move on from things quickly. My wife hints I’m slightly sociopathic!
Only real concern is long term health issues. I think the spiking destroyed my immune system which opened me up to whatever this infection is. I don’t recall a time I can remember being this ill. Historically I’ve always avoided bugs with the only memorable illness as an adult was 12years ago for food poisoning.
Just hear so much around long recovery following Covid and with it being closely linked to CFS which my wife has it’s a real worry for me if I end up like that. It’s been horrific for this week having such low energy!
Don’t think there’s any anxiety. I’d have no qualms going back there for a night out when I’m recovered. Just bad luck but I generally move on from things quickly. My wife hints I’m slightly sociopathic!
Only real concern is long term health issues. I think the spiking destroyed my immune system which opened me up to whatever this infection is. I don’t recall a time I can remember being this ill. Historically I’ve always avoided bugs with the only memorable illness as an adult was 12years ago for food poisoning.
Just hear so much around long recovery following Covid and with it being closely linked to CFS which my wife has it’s a real worry for me if I end up like that. It’s been horrific for this week having such low energy!