The Iron and Stone Challenge 2015
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rules:
keep a food journal. my fitness pal works great.
subtract 500 cals from your maintenance to be on track to lose 1 lb per week. you can healthily lose up to 1% of your body weight per week. you may say HEY, I can lose more than 1 lb per week. Try subtracting 500 cals from your diet and see how much you can stand it. For perspective, this is cutting out 1 banana with peanutbutter, 1 cup of rice, and likely switching from beef to chicken. or, like 3 beers. its harder than one thinks.tips:
1. substitute chicken for pork and fatty cuts of beef
2. for those who love beef and cant do without it, make hamburgers/cheeseburgers with 90 or 95% beef.
3. drink water and eat leafy vegetables. not only is this healthy but it fills your stomach up with volume which is a major part of hunger control.
4. eat slowly. you are much less likely to grab seconds if you let your food sit in your stomach
5. dont cut out too many fats from your diet - most on this forum are men, and fat consumption leads to testosterone production
6. high intensity interval training (sprints followed by walking to rest, stationary bike on hill setting, regular bike on hills, running up hills, pushing prowler) for a minimal to moderate amount of time (20 min max) will burn more calories than the more traditional boring cardio of runnign for an hour. plus its way more entertaining
7. weight training burns more cals than both
8. if you're STARVING and are out of cals for the day, eat pickles. there's like no caloric content in pickles.
9. 1 g carb = 4 cal, 1 g protein = 4 cal, 1 g fat = 9 cal. this is why you want to not go overboard on fats. don't fully eliminate them though.
10. if you care about your muscle, don't cut protein out of your diet. good low cal sources of protein: cottage cheese, greek yogurt, chicken, lean beef, protein powder. -
oh, and corn peas and potatoes rack up the cals REAL quick
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Effin holidays. That and poor lighting in my office make for good motivation. Damn 92 is too tight today. This is going to be my benchmark shirt
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I only had 3 sausages with my mash today instead of the regulation 4, I also exchanged baked beans for corn….no more Mr Nice guy.
Run miles? 3 sausage instead of 4?? wtf!!! :o
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The last Aussie to accuse him of having moobs
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Stomach viruses work wonders at losing weight. I haven't eaten in almost two days.
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Great thread, keep it up fellas, I'm on a health/fitness kick of my own.
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I limited myself to 2 Hob Nobs earlier MF, you would have been proud.
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I am sir, I am…and if they weren't chocolate either, you deserve a bloody medal!
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They were not, I shall consider myself rewarded.
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4lb down bitches, less sausage, beer and biscuits ftw!
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Observing this thread with admiration of you guys.
Checking in this morning, to see how you all are doing, whilst enjoying my breakfast;
Coffee
1 KG bar of milk chocolate
Good work @Megatron1505 on your weight loss so far
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yeah felt a little bad saying it, dude's usually in ace shape. Good chance Summer's just going into the competition like all his normal racing/activities to win it. Or maybe bad lighting
Yeah, I tore my plantar tendon in Aug and kept re-injuring it. I haven't been able to run, jump, calf raise or lunge in 5 wks. I'm nearly 100% now, but I'm I'm kinda pissed that I didn't adjust my diet sooner. Oh well.
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Great job Mega! Down a few myself.
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Down a few with the help of paleo diet and illness.
