Post by walkswithblackflies on Nov 3, 2015 10:57:30 GMT -8
Nothing new to report other than I'm eating better (except for donuts the past two weekends - Halloween parties). Gained some weight, lost some weight.
Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.
For the week of 1 Nov. I did a 4 mile jog, a 1.5 hour gym weight workout and a max out single session of 213 pushups. I am sore from those pushups. I tried to get in one more pushup but my arms would not work any more to lift my body, poo!
Still eating meatless lunches and doing the low fodmap diet with my wife.
Haven't heard of this one. I try to eat meatless lunches, but find myself eating the same things. Can you share some ideas?
My wife has been diagnosed with IBS. To determine what foods may be causing her gut bacteria to cause her issues she eats whats called Low FOD MAP foods; foods that cause the gut bacteria to come into balance (so to speak). Low FODMAP, is a very limited diet of foods she can eat. For the most part I stick with her on the diet instead of cooking twice. In time she will be reintroduced to food items, one at a time, to find out which foods are causing her issues.
For meatless lunches I do a lot of Tasty Bite (not an attempt to sell a product) packets over rice. Tasty Bite produces a good variety of products to where I do not get bored.
Over the last eight days I have done four workout covering all body parts(legs/chest/shoulders/back-arms).I did several walks of five miles or less and one 64 mile bike ride.My back was getting tight and I wasn't sleeping well so I pushed it out to an eight day cycle and did the long bike ride as my aerobic fitness was starting to lag...
she eats whats called Low FOD MAP foods; foods that cause the gut bacteria to come into balance
I hope she's having some success with these dietary changes -- IBS relief would be worth the challenging diet, I'm sure. My husband isn't totally on board with the dietary changes I've made, but since I cook, he pretty much has to live with it!
she eats whats called Low FOD MAP foods; foods that cause the gut bacteria to come into balance
I hope she's having some success with these dietary changes -- IBS relief would be worth the challenging diet, I'm sure. My husband isn't totally on board with the dietary changes I've made, but since I cook, he pretty much has to live with it!
We are into the 3rd week of the low FOD MAP diet. The 3rd week is said to be where improvements are to be seen. I have 'seen' how the pains she gets have lessened, after the 1st week. With the lessening pain my wife has been experiencing with the diet has been worth the 'trouble'. On the 20th of Nov. she will start to introduce food items, slowly, back into her diet. Popeyes chicken is high on her want list. Especially, since a Popeyes opened just 2 blocks away. We figure she will eat one high FODMAP item then wait 3 or 4 days to see if she has a reaction, before returing the item back into a normal eat item.
I did not do much for the week of 8 Nov. A foot injury kept me down. I did get in one 3 mile indoor gym track jog and 2 weight lifting sessions. I will be putting more time into weight lifting till my foot has healed well enough for jogging.
Over the last 7 days thru the 17th I have done 4 workouts(legs/chest/chest-shoulders-arms/back),and two or three walks of 6 miles or less.I still need to shake things up as I am struggling to get through four of my bomber routines in a week...
The week of 15 Nov. I managed to fo 2 1 hour weight sessions and a 1 hour session on the Versa Climber. I, finally, got around applying RICE to my sore foot, which was needed after the 1 hour Versa climber session. Today my foot feels much better, I hope to get back to some jogging by the end of next week.
My wife is in the reintroduction phase of the Low FODMAP diet. She was able to eat some Popeye's chicken and biscuit with out an issue.
I am still keeping up with the meatless lunchs, I added grapes with melted cheese as a lunch item. Quite yummie.
I completed a weight training cycle in 5 days(legs/shoulders-arms/chest-back) and did one or two walks of less than 5 miles and yardwork two days.I like this training split as I almost always train legs,arms and shoulders with antagonistic supersets but this is the first time in ages training chest and back this way.This involves alternating sets for paired push/pull muscles such as chest/back,quads/hams,bis/tris etc. Supersets are designed to be fastpaced but I often modify them by taking more rest so you can still use heavier weight.For chest/back I paired incline one arm cable flies with barbell rows then when the rows got to where three reps were challenging I switched to deadlifts.
I've been pretty regularly running 4 days a week, swimming two, with one for either biking or resting, depending on what's needed. Lifting 3x/week. Since I can't run very far without hurting myself, this is maintenance, not growth.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Nov 23, 2015 5:15:13 GMT -8
I've been maintaining... no significant deviations from the norm. So can someone explain to me why I've gained 5.5 lbs in the past 3 days?
Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.
For the 7 days through the 29th I completed three weight training sessions covering all major muscle groups(legs,shoulders-arms,chest-back),did two 40 miles bike rides and two or three short walks of 2 miles or less.I am still not recovering as well as I would like so I have been adding fresh ginger to my tea and adding ginger/garlic/raw cheese omelets back into my diet to help boost my immune system...