GOT Fitness LOG

[Pat's Van]

Just bare in mind that high fat and high carb is a bad mix.

Good fats are Omega 3's, MCT's, meats, fish, some nuts, olive oil (not cooked), butter etc

Dairy is fine for some, but problematic for others. I'm not lactose intolerant, but if I eat dairy I won't lose weight generally.

yeah cheers mate, as I thought

I try to go mainly fish as my protein/ coupled with the odd beef or chicken fillet now and again, never processed though, and NEVER in breadcrumbs or batter

but having trouble finding the right balance for my carbs, I do eat a ton of broc/green beans/ spinach

just need something to replace my pasta for a couple of weeks without eating spuds every day

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Try couscous. Decent amount of carbs, very little fat. You can add stuff to it (ie meat, eggs) to get some protein. Throw in some tomatoes etc. as well and it's a nice salad. Dead easy to make.

 

[maddison]

i dont deprive my body of fats, i just make sure i eat clean food that contains good amount of protein and fats

bacon for example has a lot of fat and cheese.

Fair enough. Milk shouldn't be a problem though if you're eating cheese.

What are you training for out of interest?

Indeed. It's when we process stuff that it generally goes wrong. I think I'm right in saying that fats in food make us feel fuller, so we don't eat as much. Often food that's branded as low in fat has a lot of sugar in it, which obviously gives us that short term zing before getting us back for more after an hour or so.

Don't suggest everyone is sad and all, but I've found it pays to look at the ingredients on stuff in the supermarket and figure out what's good and what isn't for yourself.

Yep the evils of processed food and sucrose & HFCS. But somehow these are 'weight loss foods' .......

Yeah the European events are open access. You get some semi-pros doing them and some old pros can tip up too, but the majority are just amateurs doing it for kicks. The semi-pros are really good though so for most of us it's more a case of challenging yourself than trying to win the things. That and enjoying the scenery etc. of course

Sounds pretty cool. Ever considered triathlons? Although my understanding is these guys tend to be more bulky I think ?

 

[pbeyer]

Try couscous. Decent amount of carbs, very little fat. You can add stuff to it (ie meat, eggs) to get some protein. Throw in some tomatoes etc. as well and it's a nice salad. Dead easy to make.

Just getting into the conversation here. Working on weight loss as well as adding muscle mass.

Thoughts on quinoa as opposed to couscous?

 

[Pat's Van]

Try couscous. Decent amount of carbs, very little fat. You can add stuff to it (ie meat, eggs) to get some protein. Throw in some tomatoes etc. as well and it's a nice salad. Dead easy to make.

have never actually tried it, always thought of it as small rice, might give it a go, cheers brucey

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Used to swim as a youngster so that side of things would be alright, and did a few open water swims as a lad, but don't fancy running at all. Heck of a lot of training involved as well to be good at three sports. Suspect you'd need a good 13-15 hours of training to be anything like decent. Not very easy to find that amount of time.

The granfondos are fantastic though. You get to ride in some of the most beautiful places imaginable. The events are usually close roads and you're doing it with a couple of thousand other people. Very well organised on the whole. Really is the bees knees.

Suppose the nearest equivalent is the London Marathon or the Great North Run. It's that kind of thing but for cyclists in the mountains.

 

[Pat's Van]

Just getting into the conversation here. Working on weight loss as well as adding muscle mass.

Thoughts on quinoa as opposed to couscous?

isn't quinoa more of a protein ?

 

[BlueLlama]

Dropped from an xxl to and xl. Boss that.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Just getting into the conversation here. Working on weight loss as well as adding muscle mass.

Thoughts on quinoa as opposed to couscous?

I hear it's pretty good, but have never eaten much of it so can't comment from personal experience.

have never actually tried it, always thought of it as small rice, might give it a go, cheers brucey

I usually add some cheese to it to help with taste, but you can go without. Nice bit of chicken, some tomatoes, few olives, jobs a good 'un

Olives are an example of something with good fat I believe.

 

[pbeyer]

isn't quinoa more of a protein ?

Yeah, and fr my purposes of adding muscle mass I've been using that as a replacement for pasta, rice or potatoes.

Bruce seems to know what he was talking about, so was asking if what I'm doing makes sense?

 

[pbeyer]

Olives are an example of something with good fat I believe.

Cheers Bruce, I happen to really enjoy quinoa and have been eating more of that and less pasta and such.

Also, love olives. Put them on just about everything and usually being some to work as a mid afternoon snack.

 

[potato]

im not training towards anything really

just cutting atm to lose the gut

my ultimate goal is to get body fat down to 8% so my abs show as ive never had a six pack before.

cardio is what i will mainly have to do to achieve that and also work on my diet by eating clean foods.

whilst im not completely cutting carbs out of my diet like a ketone diet, im having a low carb diet in order to help aid with the cut.

also doing weights to build muscle as muscle will burn fat quicker and also it will deplete my glycogen so when i do cardio it will just working on removing the fat.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Is pasta bad?

Going on an average serving size here:

Quinoia

222 calories
39g carbs
8g protein
4g fat

Penne pasta
200 calories
88g carbs
15g protein
2g fat

I know I tend to need a lot of carbs for cycling, but even the protein seems pretty good.

 

[pbeyer]

Is pasta bad?

Going on an average serving size here:

Quinoia

222 calories
39g carbs
8g protein
4g fat

Penne pasta
200 calories
88g carbs
15g protein
2g fat

I know I tend to need a lot of carbs for cycling, but even the protein seems pretty good.

The carbs add up for me quickly unfortunately because I have a limited time where I am able to workout and need to balance muscle training, cardio and additional core. I normally do interval training on a stationary cycle between 45-60 minutes following a 45 minute weight training. If I get to do this 3 times a week it's a good week, so the process has been slow.

If I had more time for longer or more frequent cardio I wouldn't be so concerned with that difference in carbs.

Maybe I'm approaching the whole thing wrong though and that's why I'm not getting the results I'm hoping for?

 

[Pat's Van]

Yeah, and fr my purposes of adding muscle mass I've been using that as a replacement for pasta, rice or potatoes.

Bruce seems to know what he was talking about, so was asking if what I'm doing makes sense?

I wanna arm wrestle you