Chrisj22's Diet & Training Log

Tall

There are a number of options Chris, you can cut calorific intake quite drastically and still preserve Lean Muscle by doing regular weight training.

If you can't afford the gym then training at home is an option.

What type of diet and training do you think you can stick to?

Give me some ideas and I'll do some thinking

Chrisj22

Sh1t, sorry for not getting back to you - I thought you'd still be on holiday. I haven't seen you on UK-M you see.

I can probably (hope) to afford to train once a week. I have a 4kg tub of whey (but once that's gone I won't be able to buy another one). TBH, the cheapest protein source I can think of is mince meat. Chicken is so damn expensive. Mince meat & eggs possibly?

I'd obviously be inclined to do a full bodypart session once per week. I have an exercise bike for cardio

Tall

Mince + Green Veg is fine dude.

As are Eggs.

Is fish an option?

I've said before you don't need chicken breasts - thighs are better (as you want P+F from the meat)

You'll need to train more than once per week, but if you can only train once per week in a gym we'll need to get you doing some stuff at home.

Press Ups
Bodyweight Squats
Tabatas etc

Where are you at weight wise now? Up or down?

Give me time to have a think and I'll get something sorted.

Have you been doing your morning cardio?

Chrisj22

No, no morning cardio for a bit. I guess I'm slightly up in weight, but all my scales are dodgy. I'm ringing a gym near my work after as I believe they charge £18 a month, so I'm going to see how much it is per session & if it's cheap enough I'll train twice a week as I was doing - don't forget, my recovery is awful so twice a week is enough for me to make continued progress.

Chrisj22

Ok. £2.50 a session, or £18 a month. I think I'll stretch to the £18 a month TBH. I'll be going twice a week. I'm going to pop-in & have a look after work tomorrow. The guy on the phone said they have plenty of barbells & plates & most machines are hammer strength so it sounds good.

It's just the food now. I can get eggs at £2.14 for 30 from my local butchers. Mince meat is on offer at the mo in Tesco's. Two 1kg packs for £5. I think I'd stick with those two. Asda sell cod (or used to) in little packs, but it was quite pricey.

cellaratt

Hey Chriss....are veggies part of your diet...if so could you plant some...like tomatos and what not...just a thought...

Chrisj22

Hey Cellarat, I would, but my back yard is just that - a yard. I have no grass etc - it's a rented house you see.

I bought 90 eggs before so I'm kinda stocked up for another 6/7 days.

I have mince meat. Hope to start training again on Monday/Tuesday - any ideas Tall?

Chrisj22

Ok, first training session back today after a month out. It went as expected (a little better than expected actually). Diet has been very sporadic today. I've not had time to scratch my ar*e today. I had a day's leave from work today so I could catch up with personal stuff - hence the lack of meals.

Diet thus far:

Meal 1: 4 whole eggs, 40g butter, 2 slices of wholemeal toast

Meal 2: 50g oats, 50g whey, desert spoon of PB

Meal 3: 50g oats, 25g whey

TRAIN

Meal 4: PWO Shake - 25g whey, 50g WMS

Meal 5: 1 whole egg, 4 egg whites, cupful of veg

Meal 6: 200g lean mince meat, cupful of veg with desert spoon of butter melted in veg

I'll probably have a shake with PB for bed as I've just finished meal 6 & I can't be bothered cooking eggs at 10.30pm.

Training went well. I took it easy today as it was my first sesh back in a month & I wanted to prevent injury. I had plenty more in the tank on certain exercises so it's all good.

Bench: 3 x 6-8 @ 80kg

Incline dumbbell press: 2 x 10-12 @ 27.5kg per dumbbell

Shoulder press machine: 60kg (actual weight lifted)

V bar tricep pushdowns: 2 x 10-12 @ 10 pins

Ab cruncher : 3 x 10

Had more in the tank on bench, which surprised me TBH after a long lay-off.

I did tabatas on the rowing machine after - it absolutely crippled me. I did 8 sets of 20 secs balls to the wall, then 10 secs rest (lightly pulling the lever to keep the clock going). Sounds easy, but it fcuks you.

Tall

Some immediate things I've spotted (I think you know what I'm going to say):

If you are carb sensitive then don't combine carbs and fats.

Pro+Cho (Carbs) or Pro+Fats.

You need more green veg generally.

Keep your yolks in no need to remove them.

Chrisj22

Noted.

The only thing that worries me (and I know it's been covered to death and beyond) is the amount of yolks etc. I know the cholesterol is decent in eggs, but it still makes me nervous if I was eating 10 a day.

The reason for the egg whites was my fats were already fairly high for that day.

Today's diet hasn't been that much better TBH. I didn't get to sleep until early hours due to stuff on my mind & I paid for it by sleeping through my alarm!

I had 10 minutes to get up & leave the house for work. Not a good start to the day.

Meal 1: 50g oats, 50g whey

Meal 2: 50g whey

Meal 3: Scotch broth soup (I'll explain...), slice of bread

Meal 4: 200g mince meat, 100g wholewheat pasta made into a spaghetti.


Ok. As I said, I had 10 minutes to spare so I had my oats & shake blended together & necked it in about 15 secs. I then thought 'fcuk, what else can I have' (I had about 2 minutes left before I had to leave), so I was scouring through the cupboards & just grabbed a tin of soup. It was actually low in carbs so that was good.

I had meal 4 to make up some calories/protein I missed throughout the day. I'm off work tomorrow so I know this time tomorrow when I post I'll be displaying a good, solid diet.