Training and diet talk…

I had 200g of mueseli for breakfast. Probably 700 calories. I try and just have boiled eggs but after a big weekend on the bike (100km mtb) I’m STARVING in the mornings.

but after a big weekend on the bike (100km mtb)
😯 Blimey, no wonder you’re hungry.

Where do you get a 60 mile ride then ?.

Oh, and try to resist the pull of Scotch Eggs.
Its a slippery slope of a one way street.
😐

Did HONC…..have a sportive or endurance mtb event every weekend until the Dragon in mid June. Four of us from Epping Forest are doing Transpyr first week of July, Med to Atlantic by mtb along the Pyrenees. Look at day 3….’kin hell.

http://www.transpyr.com/2012/en/02.html

We’ve all done big days on the bike but never one after the other like this. HONC was a reminder to start taking things seriously. Want to enjoy as much of it as I can, not be hurting all day every day.

Med to Atlantic by mtb along the Pyrenees. Look at day 3….‘kin hell.
😯

Yeah, I think thats about right, I’d agree with you there.
Still, sounds good, if you can take in a bit of the scenery, etc.

But that trip does look mental to a wuss such as I.

Reminds me of stories I’ve found about people in north america and some of the races they hold there.
Like the one running North / South.

Pictrues of people who have competed in those are interesting.
They are sun baked, thin and their clothes are in tatters.
Takes them weeks to complete the course.
IIRC.

There TSY, a race such as that would test you.
http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/greatdivide.cfm

Solo – the Great Devide, or Tour Devide video that was on YouTube was really inspiring…

But I’d want to do it as a Tour not a race. Way too much scenery to enjoy etc, rather than suffer through.

But I’d want to do it as a Tour not a race. Way too much scenery to enjoy etc, rather than suffer through

I couldn’t agree more.

Although, stories of people encountering bears during the race, might cause a sudden increase in cadence.
I’m thinking 😉
Regardless to quantity of ingested carbs at any given time.
😯

What training for escaping bears ?.

Oh and btw.

On the diet front.

How many coffees do people drink in a day and when throughout the day, do they tend to drink them ?.

How many coffees do people drink in a day and when throughout the day, do they tend to drink them ?.

2 before 2.

I have about 6 double espressos per day. I sleep well.

**Pops out for the first coffee of the day, a Medium Americano from the local Costa**

I guess about 6 cups of coffee at work, well coffee coloured instant stuff. And 3-4 cups of tea in the evening.

one coffee in the morning, 2 spoonfulls of coffee, 1 sugar, 50%water and 50% skimmed milk.

then gym/spinning = 750ml water

then drive to work = 600ml cookies and cream protein shake

then work = 1.5ltr water with 400ml-ish of no added sugar, not from concentrate healthy living OJ added in, tin of tuna, 4 eggs

then home = dinner or eccles cakes.

nom nom vom.

Black filter or cafetiere stuff only.

1 on the way to gym.
1 straight after with porridge.
1 at about 10/ half past
Sometimes another before I go at lunch.
1 after lunch
1 now.
Occasionally another before I leave work, depending on how tired I am.

So 5 a day, sometimes 7. Although I’ve been substituting some for green tea… in theory.

Had lots of coffee today…

But then I was on jagarbombs last night 🙁

Phil – is that really what you’re eating on a daily basis.

What training for escaping bears ?.

Bear fighting is some of the best training in itself.

No Yeti, it’s what he’s telling you he’s had today.

In reality he’s had a tesco meal deal 😆

Just the one?? Wimp.

sometimes yeti, today i added a tin of spaghetti in tomato sauce and a slice of granary bread to my lunchtime eggs. dinner is normally a proper dinner but with certain iDiet principles in mind, sweet potatoes creep into dinners a fair bit to keep mrsconsequence happy.

worry not old bean, once i finish my cookies and cream protein shake i’ll move onto a milk chocolate flavour one 😀

Good, good. My one man mission to ruin the protein supplement industry takes a step forward.

I eat for lunch what I had for tea the night before, almost without exception. Sometimes it’s something we had so much of that it went in the freezer.

Roast dinners, curries, stir-fry… whatever. Makes life so easy, and colleagues envious.

i’ve taught myself to like tuna, so instead of snacking on sweet things at certain points of the day i have a tin of tuna and that fills me up nicely/goes towards my protein intake.

i went through a stage of cooking mini-roast meals at work for lunch from scratch. once i get down to my target 9stone i’ll start again.

So essentially, Phil is on the Slimfast plan?

Target 9 Stone 😆

Jamie – it’d seem so.. he’s gotta look perdy in that dress so I think it’s ok in this instance.

A roast…At work?

Don’t believe you 😐 Explain please

lol target is to stay my current weight but reduce love handle/belly fat and maintain current muscles.

at my work i have two ovens at my disposal in a fully fitted kitchen, so roasts are one of the simplest things to make, even easier if you chop the veg to the right sizes to they all take the same amount of time to cook 🙂

Ah right, that’s cheating. My work had a sink and a microwave. 😆

Honestly I wouldn’t have wanted to cook food in it either.

The Southern Yeti – Member
Black filter or cafetiere stuff only.

1 on the way to gym.
1 straight after with porridge.
1 at about 10/ half past
Sometimes another before I go at lunch.
1 after lunch
1 now.
Occasionally another before I leave work, depending on how tired I am.

So 5 a day, sometimes 7.

‘kinell – no wonder you can do so much exercise.

I’ve got colleagues like that, including one who worked out he spend £80 a week on coffees from the cafe.

Bear fighting is some of the best training in itself.

How can we tell ?.
I’d have thought that all who fight bear, end up becoming bear poo.
No ?.

one coffee in the morning, 2 spoonfulls of coffee, 1 sugar, 50%water and 50% skimmed milk.
then gym/spinning = 750ml water
then drive to work = 600ml cookies and cream protein shake
then work = 1.5ltr water with 400ml-ish of no added sugar, not from concentrate healthy living OJ added in, tin of tuna, 4 eggs 😯
then home = dinner or eccles cakes.

nom nom vom.

Ok, then today:

Up at 5, out to work.
10:45am gym.
Bike for 30 mins.
Deadlifts.
Free weights
Lunch at 1:00pm.
Chicken, Tuna and an Scotch egg.
Coffee on the go now.

Not sure what dinner will be.
Maybe wild alaskan salmon, spinach salad.
But alternatively, could be some of that curry meal BagStard posted recently.

I have discovered that eggs, err, slow thing down for me, considerably.
So I have to cut back on them, cept for Scotch Eggs, of course…

What has life come to, when you are owned by the scotch egg in your fridge.
😕

Free coffee at work, discounted at the gym… I’d cut down in an ‘instant’ if I had to pay.

Solo – where’s the veg??

who worked out he spend £80 a week on coffees from the cafe
Flippin 😯

I’d cut down in an ‘instant’ if I had to pay
😆

I’ll get your coat.

Oh, wait, this is your thread.

Doh !.

dont worry solo

i, for one

only had 3 eggs today
with my spaghetti and
cover your ears

bread.

i will visit a friend afterwork
if he’s nice enough i’ll
drink cups of tea with sugar in them
and milk

soy milk because he’s weird

x

Solo – where’s the veg??

Not sure what dinner will be.
Maybe wild alaskan salmon, spinach salad.
But alternatively, could be some of that curry meal BagStard posted recently

How much spinach are you going to eat in one sitting though??

Perhaps if you ate some fruit the eggs wouldn’t give you such, errrr…

😉

i, for one
only had 3 eggs today
with my spaghetti and
cover your ears
bread.
i will visit a friend afterwork
if he’s nice enough i’ll
drink cups of tea with sugar in them
and milk
soy milk because he’s weird
x

Awesome.

despite the 3 eggs 5 days a week i dont find they cause me any digestive slowing, i think its the protein shake that balances them out, if not that then the 8 eccles cakes a week (2 a day on the weekends, one a day monday-thursday. friday is a sad day)

dont worry solo
i, for one
only had 3 eggs today
with my spaghetti and
cover your ears
bread.
i will visit a friend afterwork
if he’s nice enough i’ll
drink cups of tea with sugar in them
and milk
soy milk because he’s weird
x

Phil.

You gotta let that shit go.
Its a new day.
😉

As for your bread and milk.

You only have to decide which you like more.
Fat or happy ?.
😉

I’m fat and happy.

How much spinach are you going to eat in one sitting though??

Perhaps if you ate some fruit the eggs wouldn’t give you such, errrr…

TSY.
Its a Salad. So its Spinach, peppers, toms, spring onions, peas if I fancy, mushrooms, yadda, yadda.
All with a large portion of omega 3 rich wild fish.
Which I hope will assist the few brain cells I possess.

As of last night, there is no red wine in the flat.
So its all looking like a house point for Solo, today.

😀 the sugar and milk in my morning coffee isn’t making or keeping me fat. i’m down to 78kg if i bothered to weight myself naked or before my morning coffee (just under 79kg in gym clothes and trainers, holding my iPod touch and full of coffee)

oh and my muscles are making wimmin orgasm just by knowing i’m in the same postcode as them.

iSexy

I’m fat and happy.

Yes, may be.
But you’re not Manorexic, are you.