Healthy Living?

[ferretchucker]

Okay, the other day when I was at Rugby practice, I was thinking. You see, we do a mile and a half run, the something called the shuttle run which involved doing thirty situps, squat thrusts and push ups with a hell of a lot of running in between. I'm always one of the last to finish the run and find the shuttles harder than most people seem to.

That wouldn't normally be a worry to me, except I used to be one of the fastest and fittest of my friends. So, I decided to turn things around. I'm going to the gym at least once a week, as well as rugby. That's exercise covered.

It's the food that's worrying me. I've decided to drink more water and only eat my main meals, or if I feel peckish some fruit or a plain piece of bread. I'm a couple of days into my new lifestyle but I'm finding it difficult. I have plenty of fruit, but how can I vary it? Mainly I'm just having oranges and slices of bananas and it's getting boring. Anybody have any suggestions? I don't wanna do any of that counting calories crap.

[Vodstok]

Okay, the other day when I was at Rugby practice, I was thinking. You see, we do a mile and a half run, the something called the shuttle run which involved doing thirty situps, squat thrusts and push ups with a hell of a lot of running in between. I'm always one of the last to finish the run and find the shuttles harder than most people seem to.

That wouldn't normally be a worry to me, except I used to be one of the fastest and fittest of my friends. So, I decided to turn things around. I'm going to the gym at least once a week, as well as rugby. That's exercise covered.

It's the food that's worrying me. I've decided to drink more water and only eat my main meals, or if I feel peckish some fruit or a plain piece of bread. I'm a couple of days into my new lifestyle but I'm finding it difficult. I have plenty of fruit, but how can I vary it? Mainly I'm just having oranges and slices of bananas and it's getting boring. Anybody have any suggestions? I don't wanna do any of that counting calories crap.
For starters, quit worrying about it. You arent overweight, and you dont want to start the weight management worrying now or it will become your lifestyl;e. i know plenty of people who are obsessed with their weight and never had an issue, ever.

As for the boredom, there are plenty of healthy things out there. 100 calorie packs of cookies and stuff arent just for people trying to lose weight, they are a good way to get something different without going overboard.

Also, make sure you treat yourself every once in a while. if you go cold-turkey, you will fail because eventually you will ninge, or you will just be miserable with life (which also leads to binging)

[urgeok2]

for anyone who does want to lose weight - vegetables are better than fruit.
there's a lot of natural sugar in fruit ... i read somewhere that one glass of orangejuice is like 3/4 of a glass too much.

[Vodstok]

for anyone who does want to lose weight - vegetables are better than fruit.
there's a lot of natural sugar in fruit ... i read somewhere that one glass of orangejuice is like 3/4 of a glass too much.
Yup. When Bree was going hardcore on her weightloss, fruit was pretty much out of the question, except for an occaisional banana or apple, and no juice.

Vegetables are lower in sugar, mostly because they arent generally a vector the plant is trying to use to spread seeds, so they have vitamins and little else.

[ferretchucker]

I'm not so focused on losing weight, it's just I want to remain a good weight. My BMI is 21.0 which is within what I should be.

It's more building up the energy and that to be in a fit state for my life.

I went through a Bulimic fase about a year ago when I was worried but luckily I got over it and since then I've been okay with my appearance, it's just the fitness I'd like.

And thanks for the suggestions.

[The_Return]

I started a similar thread not too long ago...some really good replies there.

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34926

[AmericanManiac]

Good luck, it is very, very hard to do. I tend to eat a lot of veggies, I actually don't mind them. If you drink pop, stop, drink water and juice.

[The Mothman]

Drink lots and lots of beer, till you feel sick, but not to the point till you throw up, every night for a week or two. food is the last thing you will want the next day:D ;)

[AmericanManiac]

Drink lots and lots of beer, till you feel sick, but not to the point till you throw up, every night for a week or two. food is the last thing you will want the next day:D ;)

Too many nights of doing that, hes right you won't want to think about food. But that didn't help me, I have a beer belly now :p

[Doc Faustus]

There's nothing to eat in England.
But, seriously, without counting calories, you can still approximate an 1,800 calorie diet, which has very little weight gain risk and you'll get plenty to eat. Since it doesn't sound like you're especially into candy or fried foods it will give you the energy you need to perform.

[Vodstok]

There's nothing to eat in England.
But, seriously, without counting calories, you can still approximate an 1,800 calorie diet, which has very little weight gain risk and you'll get plenty to eat. Since it doesn't sound like you're especially into candy or fried foods it will give you the energy you need to perform.
If you ingest only 1800 calories in a day and do anything but lose weight, you are either 4 years old, or you have one of the slowest metabolisms on earth aside from a sloth.

My wife has been eating around 1800 calories, and 30 grams of fat or less since February and has lost almost 60 lbs. (she exercised a lot too, mostly walking)

[missmacabre]

Why are you drinking more water when a study just proved drinking 3-4 cups of tea a day is better for your body than water. you get all the hydration, plus antioxidants and it's good for your teeth. I don't feel like finding the link for you but ya, you're british, keep with the tea.

If you want to work on your push ups try the 100 push up challenge. It's really neat. http://hundredpushups.com/

and then just try going for a run in the morning, or the evening to get your stamina up for those god aweful shuttle runs.

[The Mothman]

I heard someone speaking of something called the ice cream diet, not sure if its valid though, and could tell you right off the bat its not a healthy way to lose weight. basically you eat an assload of preferably low fat ice cream in the morning, and then aren't hungry for the rest of the day.

[ferretchucker]

Thanks for the help guys. I had a raw carrot today. It's not a first but it's very rare that I eat a whole carrot all raw. And yeh, too much water isn't all good. It dilutes the minerals.

And thanks for the link return.

[AmericanManiac]

Grilled Chicken

[ferretchucker]

Just got back from the gym. It was pretty good. I can feel it, which shows I was working hard. I'm pretty sure it'll become a regular thing.