Quinoa is very good. Since you have started walking, my guess is that your body has leveled out with your average calorie burn with the right muscle mass for the activities you do. You build muscle, you burn more fat per movement (work exerted) and thus your body is burning calories at a higher rate. While I'm not a fan of mindlessly jogging or running, a good transition for you would be to walk on an incline. It would build more muscle in your legs and burn more calories. If you are not scared of weights, try mixing in some high intensity, light weight type workouts (supplement with jumping rope, ply boxes, burpees, push ups etc). A 40 minute workout, when done right, can burn TONS of calories. You need more protein it sounds like. You are taking in good carbs and being active. Just need to get your muscle mass up a bit to help you start burning more calories and take advantage of the activities you do. ALSO - check the sugar in the grape juice. Gatorade has TONs of sugar in it. So do yourself a favor and water it down (I usually go half-half) or buy the mix and dilute it yourself.
I water it down sometimes. It gives me my sodium and sugar which great for me. I also play basketball I'm going too start doing that more. I'll stay away from the bottle Gatorade and use the mix as well. Any suggestions for the proteins? I eat peanuts from time to time. All natural no added salt/sugar etc.
Quinoa as someone pointed out is great. Edamame is also a good source. You can also supplement with shakes. I recommend Hexapro (some others on this site have tried it and liked it as well). It tastes like chocolate milk and doesn't have that nasty shake taste. Not sure if it's organic or vegan. Shakes are great post-workouts (within 30 mins) as it's the optimum time to feed your muscles so that they rebuild properly.
awesome job man. thats great! i hit a wall a bit, but just kept at it, kept working out and eating the right way. pounds then started to fall off again. from the looks of the posts above mine right here the guys got ya going in the right direction. im no expert as i got help myself in how im eating LOL. keep it up though!
Mushrooms are always good. Have you tried any of the the substitute meat things? Like MorningStar, Quorn, Dr. Praeger's, ect. They make some pretty damn good substitutes. My girl is a vegetarian and some of the stuff is really, really good. Like Drifterbub said Hexapro is a great way to get some extra protein. I take Phase8 and have been really happy with it. The vanilla is pretty tasty.
I think there both pretty popular now. I get them at my local grocery store, Kroger, but I've seem them at Walmart and Target too. I'd assume Whole Foods and all those fancy ones would have them too.
This past weekend I raced in the Bridgeland Triathlon just outside of Houston, Texas. Racing against a stacked field with a lot of purse money available I was able to finish 18th out of 123 guys in my age group 30-34. I had a terrible swim that I was not able to overcome. Below is a snap shot from a teammate of mine about 500m from the finish. You can imagine that after racing for an hour at 100% effort being able to sprint the end of a 5k is not easy, especially in 105 heat index of south Texas. Nonetheless, I was able to punch it and finished strong. I am obviously on the left.
Came across this resources and figured a lot of people would benefit. The guys YouTube's channel is great too. All sorts of valuable fitness stuff and lots of juicing. http://fitlife.tv/guide-juicing-greens-infographic-2/
My taste is different on this one. I love the greens but can not stand the strong celery flavor that comes from juicing it. Also I liked adding a lime or lemon to a juice to help with the flavor.
I agree, its a pretty strong flavor strangely enough. But since they are mostly water I see why it would be on of the easiest to digest.
Yeah the one i did was a lot of celery and even more cucumbers. It also used a lot of granny smith apples, a lot of water and good flavor for apples in general.
What is this 90-day challenge you speak of? What are you currently doing for diet and exercise? Are you counting calories/macros?
Hmmm..It sounds like you're not counting cals but instead are just trying to eat healthy. That's not a bad thing, but when it comes to plateau's like this it's best to know how much you're consuming so you can tweak accordingly and get the scale moving in the right direction. Dieting is not magic. Weight loss/gain is nothing more than a surplus/deficit of calories. Two options, cut cals (may not be advisable if you are already really low) or increase intensity in the gym. A few questions: - How long are your lifting sessions? - How long do you rest between sets? - Have you considered doing HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) for about 10-15 minutes post-workout rather than LISS (Low Intensity Steady State) - Not a question, but I'd remove one cardio day and turn that into rest day. I'd also strongly suggest (if you are able) to turn the light lifting into a moderate to heavy weight session. You'd be surprised how much of an impact this can have on how much your body burns compared to light lifting. Even in a cold gym, you should leave the gym drenched after a lift. Also, when dieting it's highly advised not to drink your calories, but instead chew them. It will keep you satiated much longer, while protein shakes can spike insulin levels and your appetite. That leads to unwanted binging. I've always felt that protein shakes should be used for two reasons: 1) Supplementing your diet when you are lacking in necessary protein. 2) Used when bulking, add extra calories/protein. If you're interested in tracking your food intake, I'd be more than happy to assist in getting you started. If not, hopefully you found some of the other points I suggested helpful. Cheers.
Some interesting info. So you're basically saying that, if he were to watch his progress more closely, he would have lost more weight or achieved better results?
