Capua, Shall I Begin?

Brilliant Trusylver, thanks a lot. It won't be just yet, but in the near future if I can keep up this momentum and work rate.

I look forward to picking your brains!
 
Day 6 Report:

Food and Drink

11am - Grilled Bacon (x5 rashers), 2 x Poached Eggs, Tin of Heinz Spaghetti Hoops, Can of Relentless energy drink.
12.30pm - Powerade and 1 litre bottled water
3pm - Protein shake, same measurements as previous shakes
3.30pm - 4.05pm - 1 litre water during treadmill run
7pm - Pork Chop with roast potatoes, green beans and peas in gravy
Throughout evening - 3 cups of Horlicks

Exercise for today:

Treadmill run - Time: 32.59, Distance: 3.2miles, 376 Calories

Did very poorly today, under-performed on the treadmill, overdid it with the high calorie meals and totally missed breakfast when I woke up only to have a massive meal mid-morning.
Rubbish effort, really must do better from tomorrow onwards!!!
 
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was 7pm the first meal after your run at 4.05 ? you need to eat a small carb snack within 20 minutes to kickstart your recovery.
 
You better kick it in gear. NO WAY your beating me my a 1 pound again :boxing:. Im killing it so far for this week.

Good Luck becuase your going to need it :biggrinjester:
 
Day 7, 8 and 9 Report:

It seems like work commitments, social obligations, lack of motivation and time constraints all conspired simultaneously to put a spanner in the works of my progress this week. :banghead: As much progress as I made last week, I think I've gone backwards twice as far this week. As far as diet goes, it's been a bit of a horror story. Missed breakfasts, fatty takeaways (pizza and chinese) and two nights in the pub. When I screw up, I sure as hell make certain that I do it in style, eh?

Oh well the scales will tell the whole story at my weigh-in on Monday. Fortunately, I haven't totally demoralised myself, coming to my senses this morning and making an excellent account of myself, not too sure if it's gonna make up for this weeks slacking off but I really feel better about myself for putting in the effort.

Day 10 report:

Food and Drink:
Wake up: 8am
8.30am - 1 sachet Oats-so-simple porridge, 1x slice of wholemeal toast and a pear with black coffee.
12 midday - Ham (2 slices) salad, tomatoes, lettuce, sliced raw onion, sliced raw chili, trickle of olive oil and sprinkle of parmasan cheese 1 litre water
4.30pm - Breaded chicken strips (half pack, 250cals) couscous with mushroom, garlic and chili.
6pm - 7.40pm (during run) 3 litres bottled water
8pm - 2 slices wholemeal toast with peanut butter

EXercise for the day:

Same run playlist as day 5 (I felt I needed to do something drastic to get myself back on track)

Treadmill time: 100mins 34seconds
Calories: 1138 cals
Distance: 9.8miles
Slightly different results from Sunday, but quite happy that I managed to see the entire workout through.

Anyway, I'm surprised at myself for going over to the darkside so early into my current weight loss attempt, but even more surprised at my swift return and re-energising. Maybe it's just what I needed, as I'm feeling even more positive than usual.
 
good work getting back on track after a poor couple of days, just remember days like these will happen, don't stress look forward not back and get back on track ASAP
 
Good morning!

AnnaGail and Trusylver, thanks very much for the very supportive messages, they will help more than you could imagine. Just about to set out on my first run of the day (got two planned today, minimum of 6 miles each) and you two have given me that extra bit of encouragement and enthusiasm I needed to get me going. Thanks once again.

Tony - Hey cheers mate for checking in on me, had a little wobble as you can probably see, but right back at it as of yesterday.
 
Day 11 report:

First up, PHEW, bloody knackered so it's only gonna be a short post this evening. As I posted earlier, my goal for the day was 12 miles on the treadmill over two seperate runs, which I failed by a tenth of a mile (I think I'll forgive myself for that one). Here's today's food and exercise details:

Food and drink for today:
Woke up - 7am
7.15am - 2 slices wholemeal bread with peanut butter, black coffee no sugar (urrrrgh)
8.30am - monster energy drink (probably didn't need it, but good mental boost)
9am-10.05am - 2 litres of bottled mineral water during run,
10.30am - poached egg on dry wholemeal toast, glass of robinsons orange squash
3pm - Breaded chicken strips with couscous stirfried with chili, garlic, mushrooms and fresh peas.
5.30pm - Monster energy drink
6pm - 7.05pm - 2 litres water during run
7.30pm - Poached egg on dry wholemeal toast, glass of orange squash
9pm - 10pm 2 cups of Horlicks light

Exercise for today:
2 treadmill sessions
9am - 10.05am
Time: 63.31
Distance: 6.1 miles
Calories burned: 709

6pm - 7.05pm
Time: 61.40
Distance: 5.8 miles
Calories burned: 680

I wish I could keep that sort of motivation and effort up everyday, I'd probably hit my goal in about 2 weeks lol.

Anyway, totally neglected all weight training this week, so it's something I'll have to work on next week and maybe strike a little balance between weights and running. I'll only be doing one run tomorrow afternoon as I have some stuff to do which will take up the first half of the day, bit of a pain but can't really be helped.

Finally, cheers for stopping by TikTak!
 
Hey buddy, don't worry you're not the only one to have a lousy week. But, that's what we're here for -- to keep each other on track. Good to see you're back at it!
 
Sounds like you have a few bad days like I did last week. I started off the week strong but the past few days have been absolutely horrible.

I just hope I can get back on track as quickly as you did.
 
If your going to drink a monster then have it either 1 hour before your run to take advantage of the fat metabolising boost of the caffeine which kicks in an hour after consumption or straight after to get the recovery boost from the high GI carbs in it.

My husband likes to drink Monster, personally I prefer red Eye energy drinks :)
 
Trusylver said:
If your going to drink a monster then have it either 1 hour before your run to take advantage of the fat metabolising boost of the caffeine which kicks in an hour after consumption or straight after to get the recovery boost from the high GI carbs in it.

My husband likes to drink Monster, personally I prefer red Eye energy drinks :)
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Oh dear, I had heard that caffeine was a good aid to fat loss, and I was generally going for this effect. I thought half an hour before workout was sufficient. Thanks for correcting me, I'll do that in future. Also does the same count for fat burners? I'm using Thermopure which contains: Green Tea extract, Caffeine, L-Theanine, Raspberry Ketones, Capsicum Extract, Vitamin B6 and B12. I've been taking 3 of these about 15-20 minutes before a workout, should I take these an hour before running too?

What's Red Eye like? Don't think we get it here in Britain, only Red Bull, Relentless and Monster, Monster probably has the best flavours, so I drink that every so often.

Cheers for the advice
 
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My DS runs in the spring to the cool weather hits, he doesn't like to run in the Winter. He runs in the "September Fest Run", he came in 3rd in his division last September. 10K Cross Country

YOU....ARE.....DOING.....GOOD....KEEP....UP......THE.....GOOD....WORK
 
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Day 12 report:

Posting this a bit late today, had a great day overall but feel I could have done a hell of a lot more. Lost half the day as I was helping a friend dismantle her furniture (bed, wardrobes, shelf units). When she moved in to her current flat, quite a lot of the furniture had to be taken apart by the removal men as the staircase is very narrow and has a ridiculously tight turn at the top, and this added quite a lot to the final bill. As she's moving out from that flat tomorrow, I offered to help take all the tricky bits of furniture apart, so she could avoid paying any extra charges.

Anyway, here's today (well yesterday really)

Food and drink:

Woke up: 6.45am
7.15am - Grilled bacon x4, Poached eggs x2, Dry Wholemeal toast x2, Earl grey tea with s/skim milk, NO sugar.
9am - 2pm: 4 litres of bottled water, 2 x powerade, NO FOOD (yes I know)
3.30pm - Roast chicken breast no skin, roast potatoes, peas, green beans, 1 small yorkshire pudding (only 44cals, YEP, I was surprised too, I've been avoiding them for AGES as I thought they were very fatty)
7pm - 8.05pm - 2 litres water during run
Occasionally I have days like this when I really don't feel like eating that much, or just forget to eat altogether. I'm pretty sure days like this actually do more damage than good to any weight loss attempts, but it's not a recent thing, I've been the same all my life.

Exercise for the day:
Treadmill run:
Time: 63.43
Distance: 6.5 miles
Calories burned: 757

In addition to my run, and seeing as it's weigh in day tomorrow, I thought I'd try something a little different this evening, a small cardio circuit. I didn't really think it through, and to be honest didn't have the equipment to do it properly. I improvised a punching bag by wrapping a futon matress around the back of my heavy armchair, tying a rope to secure it and pushing it up against the wall so it didn't move around. Could've really done with a proper heavy bag, but don't have anywhere to fix it up properly. Anyway, here's the workout:
10 x Kicks with each leg (striking approximately what would be considered rib height to an opponent the same height as me)
10 seconds rest, (counting down myself, don't have a stopwatch, just a tabata timer on my phone)
Punching no set time, no real technique, just throwing some punches until out of breath
10 seconds rest
10 x squat thrusts
10 secs rest
10 x two handed front dumbell raises, 20kg (not too sure if thats the right name for this exercise)
10 secs rest
Tabata interval skipping rope

I managed to complete 3 circuits, which I quite enjoyed, but I realise it probably wasn't the most challenging circuit I could have done. Any and all input into ways of improving this form of training will be massively appreciated.

In any case, although I'm not working tomorrow, it's ridiculously late, 2.45am. I was planning an early start tomorrow (today), so I could get a treadmill session in before I posted my weigh-in, most likely will still manage it, but it'll be a lot later than I had planned.
 
Davey_Sprockett said:
Oh dear, I had heard that caffeine was a good aid to fat loss, and I was generally going for this effect. I thought half an hour before workout was sufficient. Thanks for correcting me, I'll do that in future. Also does the same count for fat burners? I'm using Thermopure which contains: Green Tea extract, Caffeine, L-Theanine, Raspberry Ketones, Capsicum Extract, Vitamin B6 and B12. I've been taking 3 of these about 15-20 minutes before a workout, should I take these an hour before running too?

What's Red Eye like? Don't think we get it here in Britain, only Red Bull, Relentless and Monster, Monster probably has the best flavours, so I drink that every so often.

Cheers for the advice
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Most of the stuff in these fat burners have no actual scientific proof as to their effectiveness except for the caffeine but for the caffeine to be truly effective it needs to be taken in enough quantity 1 hour before training. 3-6 mg per kg of body mass is needed and the time the effect will last depends on the exercise intensity. moderate intensity 90 min, high intensity 20 minutes and 5 minutes for very high intensity. Boosting intake to 9 mg/kg may increase the effective time but at that dose it is a high chance that you would pass what was the old legal urine limit for athletes for doping. The higher a persons tolerance to caffeine the mor that is needed to achieve results. Most pre workout supplements on the market have a lot of stuff in them but the primary reason they work for some is the caffeine content. People who are sensitive to caffeine should avoid these sups.


Nutrition comparison between red eye (platinum) and monster (green writing)

Caffeine is the same (32 mg per 100 ml)
Red eye does not have B2
monster higher in niacin
Red eye higher in B6
Monster higher in B12
Monster higher in Taurine
Red Eye higher in inositol
Red eye contains pantothenic acid

red eye has lower calories and sugar
red eye has under 0.1 mg salt compared to 77 mg for monster per 100 ml

it would take a lot of energy drink to get enough caffeine to get the fat metabolising effect which is wiped out by the high calorie count. this is why I have one occasionally after training for the high GI carbs and have caffeine tabs before training. I have a high tolerance to caffeine.
 
Weigh-in Results, Week 2: (cut n paste from the Heroic 90 Challenge thread)

Smaller loss this week, but I didn't put as much effort in this week so I'm hardly surprised.

Previous weight: 190lbs
Today's weigh-in: 188.3
Loss: 1.7lbs

I'm both a little disappointed that I didn't lose more, but also quite relieved that I didn't put any back on after my mid-week shenanigans. I'll try not to lose my focus at all this week. Having a rest day today, as my legs are aching like mad after my weekend treadmill sessions, then gonna get straight back to it tomorrow.
 
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