Thoughtful Tuesday - 20
Okay so here we are, start of a new decade! Woohoo, bring on 2010!!
So new year new diet to crack it off. Why not start off with a ridiculous torture treatment eh??! Right so I've decided to do my diet of shakes and 1 meal a day. So this basically consists of about 5 shakes of varying amounts of protein, carbs, fats and fibre and 1 nice, healthy proper meal. At the moment I'm doing dinner as my meal but that might change, we'll see. So I started this yesterday, happy to report I stuck to it! It was a bit of a shock to the system and today is going a bit easier. I think the main problem yesterday was that I got up earlier so I had my first shake very early and so I had to pace them out a bit differently. Anyway, so far so good today, having my 4th shake of the day and it has all gone pretty smoothly. We'll see how it continues!
As for my workouts they are pretty much staying the same, might throw in an extra circuit session for some extra fat loss but that will be about it on that front. Still lift heavy and often to negate as much muscle loss as possible. As long as I keep lifting heavy I should be fine. The body doesn't care, as long as it has to lift heavy, it will hold on to the muscle to lift that weight.
Oh yeah and probably more importantly booze has been knocked on the head for a few weeks. New Year pretty much killed me off on that front! ;-)
So that was a quick one, hopefully I'll have a bit more to let you guys know next week and hopefully a drop in weight and a better reflection! Lets be honest, that's why I train, just an added bonus is that I'm also healthy because of it
J
So new year new diet to crack it off. Why not start off with a ridiculous torture treatment eh??! Right so I've decided to do my diet of shakes and 1 meal a day. So this basically consists of about 5 shakes of varying amounts of protein, carbs, fats and fibre and 1 nice, healthy proper meal. At the moment I'm doing dinner as my meal but that might change, we'll see. So I started this yesterday, happy to report I stuck to it! It was a bit of a shock to the system and today is going a bit easier. I think the main problem yesterday was that I got up earlier so I had my first shake very early and so I had to pace them out a bit differently. Anyway, so far so good today, having my 4th shake of the day and it has all gone pretty smoothly. We'll see how it continues!
As for my workouts they are pretty much staying the same, might throw in an extra circuit session for some extra fat loss but that will be about it on that front. Still lift heavy and often to negate as much muscle loss as possible. As long as I keep lifting heavy I should be fine. The body doesn't care, as long as it has to lift heavy, it will hold on to the muscle to lift that weight.
Oh yeah and probably more importantly booze has been knocked on the head for a few weeks. New Year pretty much killed me off on that front! ;-)
So that was a quick one, hopefully I'll have a bit more to let you guys know next week and hopefully a drop in weight and a better reflection! Lets be honest, that's why I train, just an added bonus is that I'm also healthy because of it
J
posted by ONE at
11:47
2 Comments:
I came across this on the net and to think this is healthy you must be mad, i am a fitness professional myself. Your theory "The body doesn't care, as long as it has to lift heavy, it will hold on to the muscle to lift that weight." is rubbish.
Do yourself a favour have six small meals consisting of fish, meat, veg, fruit, nuts, seeds and i guarantee a bigger fat loss. Also drink around 3 litres of water
6 January 2010 23:01
With all respect I would disagree with your comment. I'm not sure I made myself clear though. Your body won't care what it's lifting because it doesn't know that you are training. When you are squatting, benching or deadlifting heavy all your body perceives that it will be crushed and so must lift the weight. If this is done fairly regularly it won't want to get rid of this (according to it) life saving muscle. I have been doing this type of lifting ever time I lose body fat and I actually maintain or increase size and strength while shifting fat. Go figure
I agree that on a long term basis eating the way you suggest is perfect, however, I also think that a short burst of something extreme can also be that full on attack that can cause significant changes. One week in, half a stone down and no loss of size or strength. All abs are showing, just incase you are curious
12 January 2010 10:37
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