Shape-Up 2009 general discussion

Went on a work nite do tonite at an eat as much as you can buffet - this could have put a massive spanner in the works.  However, managed to find lots of clean rice, lots of sushi and lean cutlets of steak (bloody as hell mmm, mmm , mmmmmmm), several times and followd it up with lots of jelly, and sweets (they had a sweet counter with soft sweets like harbio you could load up on).

All in all, lots of healthy clean carbs and very little fats.  Well pleased.  Went to Cosmo in Bristol, for anyone who knows the area.

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Went to Cosmo in Bristol, for anyone who knows the area.

<<<<<  Recognise any food on my plate?   heehee

Think I've been 4 times in the last month?   om nom nom

Could be a spanner in the works. Turned my ankle on Thursday playing football and I think I have done something more sinister. I have pins and plates in my ankle (due to football) and I think something is up. Going to get to the A&E if it continues to play up.

See how it goes.

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Oh noes, hope you haven't done anything serious??  Keep us informed.

RedHotF


Oh noes, hope you haven't done anything serious??  Keep us informed.

Cheers Fi, it is my own fault, I shouldn't play football but I love it. Stubborn when it comes to playing football ha ha, think I will be playing when I am 80 ha ha

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CL
 
It seems as if football is becoming your achilles heel. You drink when you watch it and get injured when you play it!
 
Joking aside, football is notorious for injuries. Firstly you have blokes running around in inadequate trainers(skimpy badly fitting boots if grass), performing nasty twists and turns. Really knackers the old knees (more than running), played as amateurs/pub league stylee you have 10 blokes, half unfit or don't play any other sport - ducking, diving and slamming into each other becauset they couldn't care less/don't have the training.
 
Well, that's what I was told by a boyfriend who when he turned to serious fitness/running refused to play 5-a-side again.
 
My own dad retired gracefull at aroun 30is after getting kicked in the shin very badly.
 
Honestly, it's not good for you and perhaps you need to decide footy or shape-up/weight training.
 
So that's my view on football (don't get me started on the Pro's!).
 
I'll get me coat.
 
 

I am not sponsored by anyone but I have now found a protein powder I really, really like!

Know what your saying gingernut i play 5 a side on a Monday night and last week i got a right wack on the inside of my shin, didn't half hurt the next time i got on the treadmill

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Finding recovery hard on my legs - if I tense them I get a ache that sticks in my quads and fades over a period of about 10 seconds.  Guess 100 mins of cardio a day and then heavy leg work smack the sh1t out of them!

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Personally I think CL is making excuses juts like last time

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Personally I think CL is making excuses juts like last time

MAN UP

Feck off! I am still going to give it a go and will be posting pictures regardless.
 
Just going to mix the diet up a bit I think and see if that can help.
 
Trying the cross trainer later on anyway

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CL is very good at being vague. I would suspect consistent training, avoiding injurous past-times and the odd beer would help him along his way somewhat. Football will always be there waiting after the 12 weeks.

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gingernut


CL is very good at being vague. I would suspect consistent training, avoiding injurous past-times and the odd beer would help him along his way somewhat. Football will always be there waiting after the 12 weeks.

Vague, I don't know what you mean but I do know what you mean...........if you know what I mean

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Personally I think CL is making excuses juts like last time

MAN UP

Feck off! I am still going to give it a go and will be posting pictures regardless.
 
Just going to mix the diet up a bit I think and see if that can help.
 
Trying the cross trainer later on anyway

I'm working on a Dislocated Knee and bad back and wrists as well as forearm pain, you dont hear me complaining!!!!!

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I like complaining. It is all motivation to me

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20 mins shadow boxing, start jumps, press ups, chasing the cat around the garden, 40 mins cross trainer steady state with 1o mins interval at the end.

Fooking loving it. BRING IT ON

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Chasing the cat around the garden ? LOL !! I'll have to try that

Stick with it dude, we're going to see some after pics this time

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Welshy

Chasing the cat around the garden ? LOL !! I'll have to try that

You would be surprised how tiring this can be.

I once went round with a bamboo pole with my then cat and spent a good hour watching her chase the stick as i ran with it behind it and dotted it about the garden.

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20 mins shadow boxing, start jumps, press ups, chasing the cat around the garden, 40 mins cross trainer steady state with 1o mins interval at the end.

Fooking loving it. BRING IT ON

How do you find the x trainer on your ankle?

Do it Welshy, it is great fun, attach some string to a pole and you are away. ha ha. Yeah I will post pics regardless this time.

Found it ok thanks Fi, walked into work this morning

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Guts still sore after too much popcorn at the weekend - oops!

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Fell off the wagon so to speak yesterday,

Breakfast - 3 bacon, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, tinned toms , 6 slices white bread
Dinner - KFC Bargain Bucket
Tea - Steak, chips & salad
Evening - Chinese chicken curry, egg fried rice, prawn crackers
4 bottles San Miguel (oh and a Mars bar)

all good & don't feel the slightest bit guilty!

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donnyboy


Fell off the wagon so to speak yesterday,

Breakfast - 3 bacon, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, tinned toms , 6 slices white bread
Dinner - KFC Bargain Bucket
Tea - Steak, chips & salad
Evening - Chinese chicken curry, egg fried rice, prawn crackers
4 bottles San Miguel (oh and a Mars bar)

all good & don't feel the slightest bit guilty!

Yes but we're into Week 7 now, so if the rest of the time your diet has been good, there should be no problem with having a scoff day.  Hope you enjoyed it

Uh oh, starting to get cravings - Lasagne and Garlic bread is need

Gonna be a long week til Saturday!

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RedHotF




Yes but we're into Week 7 now, so if the rest of the time your diet has been good, there should be no problem with having a scoff day.  Hope you enjoyed it

Oh Yessssssss!!!!!

Back to the diet today - onwards & upwards & all that! 

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Im not sure if last night was a disaster or not.... Any help with a carb count? Im on a low carb/keto diet.

We went nando's last night...

I had a bowl of spicy nuts for starters, half a chicken and 10 chicken wings with half a side of coleslaw.

What sort of carbs would be in this? Other than that, a carb has hardly passed my lips for nearly a week.

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." Dean Martin

Papa Lazarou


Uh oh, starting to get cravings - Lasagne and Garlic bread is need

Gonna be a long week til Saturday!

I had a craving for a pizza last night so I ordered one for delivery from PH.  Now I definitely said a Medium one ( a Terminator one ... "salvation from hunger" LOL!) ... but when it arrived it was a large and I just had to nom the whole lot didn't I.  ARGH

Red Man


Im not sure if last night was a disaster or not.... Any help with a carb count? Im on a low carb/keto diet.

We went nando's last night...

I had a bowl of spicy nuts for starters, half a chicken and 10 chicken wings with half a side of coleslaw.

What sort of carbs would be in this? Other than that, a carb has hardly passed my lips for nearly a week.

I love Nando's
 
Will have to have one on carb up day and keep the meat as lean and fat free as poss with spicey rice to keep the fat content down.
 
Is colslaw fatty?

RedHotF

Papa Lazarou


Uh oh, starting to get cravings - Lasagne and Garlic bread is need

Gonna be a long week til Saturday!

I had a craving for a pizza last night so I ordered one for delivery from PH.  Now I definitely said a Medium one ( a Terminator one ... "salvation from hunger" LOL!) ... but when it arrived it was a large and I just had to nom the whole lot didn't I.  ARGH

Oooh, they are good pizza the Terminator ones.  Damn you!

From what i can remember, carbs in coleslaw are something like 10-15g per 100g... That puts me under the limit quite easily, its the nuts im more worried about. I dont know whats even in that bowl but theres atleast 3 different kinds with god knows what seasonings...
I presume the spice to the chicken wouldnt make a difference so its not that bad.
 
Oh and you can get low fat coleslaw but its high in carbs iirc.

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I'm thinking of the carb up day  Red...

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donnyboy


Fell off the wagon so to speak yesterday,

Breakfast - 3 bacon, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, tinned toms , 6 slices white bread
Dinner - KFC Bargain Bucket
Tea - Steak, chips & salad
Evening - Chinese chicken curry, egg fried rice, prawn crackers
4 bottles San Miguel (oh and a Mars bar)

all good & don't feel the slightest bit guilty!

That sounds like a great day!!!!

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donnyboy


Fell off the wagon so to speak yesterday,

Breakfast - 3 bacon, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, tinned toms , 6 slices white bread
Dinner - KFC Bargain Bucket
Tea - Steak, chips & salad
Evening - Chinese chicken curry, egg fried rice, prawn crackers
4 bottles San Miguel (oh and a Mars bar)

all good & don't feel the slightest bit guilty!

That sounds like a great day!!!!

x2 - I bet your colon's sulking though 

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I'm trying to visualise a 'sulking colon'  .....  

The things i read on this forum. Honestly it's like reading a script from Shooting Stars.

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

one thing i hate about this cutting lark is no matter what when you look at yourself in the mirror all you can see starting back at you is something that resembles a stay puff marshmellow person (pc!), albeit in my case an incredibly handsome one!

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TN

donnyboy


Fell off the wagon so to speak yesterday,

Breakfast - 3 bacon, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, tinned toms , 6 slices white bread
Dinner - KFC Bargain Bucket
Tea - Steak, chips & salad
Evening - Chinese chicken curry, egg fried rice, prawn crackers
4 bottles San Miguel (oh and a Mars bar)

all good & don't feel the slightest bit guilty!

That sounds like a great day!!!!

x2 - I bet your colon's sulking though 

No after effects whatsoever!

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TN

donnyboy


Fell off the wagon so to speak yesterday,

Breakfast - 3 bacon, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, tinned toms , 6 slices white bread
Dinner - KFC Bargain Bucket
Tea - Steak, chips & salad
Evening - Chinese chicken curry, egg fried rice, prawn crackers
4 bottles San Miguel (oh and a Mars bar)

all good & don't feel the slightest bit guilty!

That sounds like a great day!!!!

x2 - I bet your colon's sulking though 

that breakfast does sound lovely, got a transport cafe in mind to celebrate at the end of this, having one of their biggest breakfasts they do
 
and a nice steak and kidney pie with big puff pastry lid, thick cut chips, onion rings and peas is something else I'll be having once the 12 weeks is up. 
 
also is it true that if your stomach is getting all soft and squishy does that really mean the fat is dropping off it?

 

huskyboy

 
also is it true that if your stomach is getting all soft and squishy does that really mean the fat is dropping off it?

I hope so, as I am Mr Squishy at the moment

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one thing i hate about this cutting lark is no matter what when you look at yourself in the mirror all you can see starting back at you is something that resembles a stay puff marshmellow person (pc!), albeit in my case an incredibly handsome one!

Every f8cking thing is the one thing I hate.
 
I think I may be out....sorry to say it. Dieting has so far made me, more confident yes.....but also tired, irritable and generally run down.
 
I don't have what it takes to cut properly, over a longer period yes but for a small  12 week dedicated period I am ****e.
 
We shall see how it goes in the next few days.

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