I am not a doctor and I am not trying to be. Before you start any exercise program you should contact your doctor before doing so.
MY NUTRITION
3 meals per day. Containing; complex carbohydrates, proteins, fibers and good fats. All liquids are calorie free; water, tea, coffee, green-tea.
3 snacks per day. snacks 1 & 2 can be made of complex carbs, proteins, fiber, but snack 3 is protein based.
Liquids have no calories; black coffee, black tea and about 3 liters of water per day.
SUPPLEMENTS
Mixed Whey Protein and Creatine shake 30 min before workouts.
Sports Recovery Shake after workouts (contains whey, creatine, carbohydrates and essential amino acids).
Also taking creatine on non workout days before lunch.
Cod Liver and Omega 3 oils.
STRENGTH
Mon, Wed & Fri: working out at my local gym, 30 min sessions. Currently lifiting heavy weights with 6-8 or 8-10 reps.
CARDIOVASCULAR
RUNNING: (Tue, Thur & Sat) Running a circuit and setting time goals. Once I have reached the time goal then the circuit gets tougher.
CYCLING: If I feel that I am going to dip into a plateau I will plan a long and hard cycle (normally on Saturdays).
Last week was a bit of a nightmare to say the least. On Monday morning I had that all to familiar itchy throat and then by Wednesday evening I was out in a cold sweat, headache, dizzy, sore muscles and joints, sore to swallow, etc, etc… the full blown flu was in effect and then to top that off a courier arrived with my mother in law’s passport and a letter of refusal.
This was a big blow to our time line to leave Indonesia, but with a deep breath and some digging around we are getting ready to make an appeal in the hope that we can get the visa approved.
Normally when I am ill I would go down on the scales but not this week, I knocked up two more pounds. My Stress-O-Meter is in the red at the moment and I’d say that it’s going to stay that way until all of us have arrived safely in the UK. It could take 4 to 6 weeks more to get my mother in law’s visa so I am going to make it my goal to maintain my weight and not get to worked up about losing weight at the moment.
I am still going to be following my nutritional program and working out that’s my life habits now and I enjoy them; this is the good thing about developing fitness lifestyle habits, they become a part of you and when it hits the fan in life you have nothing to fall off. I can imagine if I was stressed out like this on a diet that was something that’s not apart of me I would fall off it faster than a snake horse racing!
I would love to look at doing some martial arts, maybe I can check out what’s in my area, I am still new here (just 2 weeks ago) so still finding my way around and getting house set up, but that’s something to think about later.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:20 am
Sometimes life gets in the way eh…
June 5th, 2009 at 3:48 am
Tell me about it! :-S
July 5th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Hey man,
Hang in there, hopefully things turn around soon enough. Keep fighting,
All the best,
-Mig
July 25th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Hey… Keep up the good work.. you are doing great. You know.. Learning Martial Arts also a great way to lose weight.
I use Martial Arts to keep fit.
The Peonies
My Lifestyle Blog
July 31st, 2009 at 10:55 am
Hi Mig, yeah I am hanging on tight! And I’ll be back in action soon. There is so much things to do when moving to another country!
Take care,
Andrew
July 31st, 2009 at 10:58 am
I would love to look at doing some martial arts, maybe I can check out what’s in my area, I am still new here (just 2 weeks ago) so still finding my way around and getting house set up, but that’s something to think about later.
Thanks for dropping by and commenting!
Take care,
Andrew