Soldato
If she needed to change maybe, but she doesn't so i'm ok
Weights vs Cardio?
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Soldato
It's a balance. Does everything you eat need to be super healthy? No. Should you just eat junk food and chocolate? No.
Eating over 2000 cals of reasonably healthy food isn't difficult. Eating 3500 is. Been there done that and it gets boring quick.
Caporegime
Indeed healthy fats are your friend. It's quite easy to make a healthy salad over 1k cals. Lots of virgin olive oil, whole avocado handful of walnuts.
Top up every meal with some nuts. Fruit is nice, but they aren't very calorie dense.
You can add in a shake of whey and oats with full fat milk, easy cals.
Lastly, add in some tea spoons of coconut oil.
Top up every meal with some nuts. Fruit is nice, but they aren't very calorie dense.
You can add in a shake of whey and oats with full fat milk, easy cals.
Lastly, add in some tea spoons of coconut oil.
I hate nuts, cannot stand them, and same with coconut oil. Coconut tastes rank - I hate bountys. But I get your point.
Caporegime
All of them?! I've never met someone who doesn't at least like one type of nut.
I don't like eating coconut oil, but on a tea spoon washed down with some water is fine. Like taking a pill.
well the only nut i can eat is pischaccio nuts, but only the ones in chilli powder - however I have not seen them in ASDA, Morrisions or Sainsburys for ages, I look everytime I go there.
This, if you struggle to eat your calories then drink them instead.
Food volume and energy density are not linked. If the majority of your food sources are from wholefood sources then boosting calories with something processed that you enjoy is nothing to feel guilty about. Largely it will make no difference to composition or the rate of weight-loss and actually helps adherence.
Caporegime
Getting lean on dat Krispy Kreme diet yo.
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What's your opinion on nut butters?
never tried them ^^
You can also replace the lean meats with fattier meats, tastier, cheaper and easily ups your calories, just remember to pour any rendered fat over your veg.
Ie replace chicken breasts for thigh, skin on or off depending on your macros/calories.
Ie replace chicken breasts for thigh, skin on or off depending on your macros/calories.
why not do both... it isn't what the gym queen/bodybuilder types will recommend - some are quite anti-cardio tbh.. but if you're not trying to go for that look and are just trying to get into shape then just get more active and cut the crap from your diet
go for a run regularly, take a yoga class, try circuit training... in fact do lots of circuit training - check out British Military Fitness or similar in a park near you
if you're just trying to get into shape and not bulk up then you don't even need to go anywhere near a gym
I'm not going to a gym, I bought some free weights to use at home, CBA with public places.
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I think that's a shame - with other people to help spur you on, staff to offer advice and personal trainers if you want it, I am certain you will make more progress going to a gym as opposed to staying at home - assuming of course you actually go to the gym, as opposed to just having the membership
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Weights to build muscle and increase metabolic rate Cardio to burn the fat.
I would structure your routine with free weights to do all over body each session. Compound movements three sets of each but keep rests to like 50 seconds between sets. One day on, one day off schedule. Then 20 mins cardio.
Peanut butter is pretty good mate.
I would structure your routine with free weights to do all over body each session. Compound movements three sets of each but keep rests to like 50 seconds between sets. One day on, one day off schedule. Then 20 mins cardio.
Peanut butter is pretty good mate.
Aldi have a pretty cheap barbell set in atm, in a nice plastic box - seemed heavy enough. They've got a cheap bench too (£20), be useful for some light barbell moves (dumbell press, dumbell row, dumbell fly etc).
I will check that out Dave. Thanks. Can plonk that all in the corner of my office/conservatory.
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