GOT Fitness LOG

[Fuleco]

I find this really hard to do, especially for lunch (normally wraps/sarnies). Any tips? I'm training for a marathon at the moment so not worrying about carb intake too much (burning at least 3 days worth of calories each week), but once I've done it I don't want to get back to feeling bloated/sluggish.

What marathon are you doing mate? If you go onto the official website of or the marathon they should provide you with a training plan.

My advice would be just run loads.

 

[evilwebby]

Dropped the majority of carbs from my diet, it's been a revelation. I feel more alert, i've lost body fat, and i don't get hungry like i did when i was eating tons of grains.

Insane that the standard advice is still a high carb, low fat diet when the modern research suggests the opposite is optimal for good health.

I watched the "Cereal Killers" film recently (http://www.cerealkillersmovie.com/ ).

This guy switches from traditional high carb to LCHF diet and proceeds to improve his fitness, body composition, as well as improve his blood test results and health risks (the reason he did it in the first place was partly because his father suffered a heart attack).

The thing is, this is guy is not a typical overweight, carb resistant - he's already an extremely lean & fit person even on the high carb diet.

We are seeing this more and more - that even apparently lean people can still improve their body definition on LCHF. Here was another self-experiment from a British guy called Sam Feltham, already an incredibly fit and lean individual, he further improved his body composition by switching to a LCHF and extremely high calorie diet: http://live.smashthefat.com/why-i-didnt-get-fat/
(He also did other versions eg vegetarian)

 

[Fuleco]

Haha classic Webby!

 

[Billy Dean]

Dropped the majority of carbs from my diet, it's been a revelation. I feel more alert, i've lost body fat, and i don't get hungry like i did when i was eating tons of grains.

Insane that the standard advice is still a high carb, low fat diet when the modern research suggests the opposite is optimal for good health.

I also did this about a month or so ago (with exceptions when I need to eat on the go etc and a sandwich or sth is the only thing available) - and I weigh more than I did when I started and no discernible loss of fat. Must be doing sth wrong. I do feel better for it though. Oh well, best keep going with it.

 

[evilwebby]

If anyone is interested I started writing blog on skating, endurance, nutrition etc.
http://enduranceskating.wordpress.com/

Please leave some comments on any of the posts if you find them interesting!

 

[Brennan]

I also did this about a month or so ago (with exceptions when I need to eat on the go etc and a sandwich or sth is the only thing available) - and I weigh more than I did when I started and no discernible loss of fat. Must be doing sth wrong. I do feel better for it though. Oh well, best keep going with it.

My advice would be go take a look at the forums for a site called marksdailyapple, a lot of great info on there from other people and the guy who came up with the primal blueprint concept.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Horses for courses though innit? I probably eat a relatively high carb diet, yet am stronger/fitter/lighter than ever before and generally have between 5-10% body fat.

The bloke in Webby's link advocates eating real rather than processed food, which I wholeheartedly agree with. Doing that would be a good enough start imo.

 

[SteKelly]

Stopped going the gym now. Cba with it any more proper boring. Hard to keep up. Plus I'd rather have a Dominos than have some oats.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Nice. Is your lady out there with you?

Yeah, she is, but she doesn't like sports and the likes, so I've been cycling/playing footie and tennis/jogging with mates.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Yeah, she is, but she doesn't like sports and the likes, so I've been cycling/playing footie and tennis/jogging with mates.

That's good though really, we all need a bit of us time.

 

[DualityNSNO]

That's good though really, we all need a bit of us time.

Indeed! Not complaining at all here lol

 

[Brennan]

Horses for courses though innit? I probably eat a relatively high carb diet, yet am stronger/fitter/lighter than ever before and generally have between 5-10% body fat.

The bloke in Webby's link advocates eating real rather than processed food, which I wholeheartedly agree with. Doing that would be a good enough start imo.

You can eat a high carb diet and still look and feel healthy, certainly. That's largely due to you doing a lot of exercise though I imagine. And even if a relatively fit person lowers their intake of carbs and grains it will improve their health.

There was a study recently which showed those who ate a high carb diet were 2-3 times more likely to develop cognitive disfunction (Alzheimer's) than those who ate a low carb, high fat diet. There's a whole host of benefits to be had from lowering your carbs (particularly grains), not just weight loss.

 

[Brennan]

Stopped going the gym now. Cba with it any more proper boring. Hard to keep up. Plus I'd rather have a Dominos than have some oats.

I've put more muscle on doing three half hour sessions a week of strength related lifts (deadlifts, bench press, squats) than I ever did following lengthy isolation exercises that were an hour or more each time. Try that ?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

You can eat a high carb diet and still look and feel healthy, certainly. That's largely due to you doing a lot of exercise though I imagine. And even if a relatively fit person lowers their intake of carbs and grains it will improve their health.

There was a study recently which showed those who ate a high carb diet were 2-3 times more likely to develop cognitive disfunction (Alzheimer's) than those who ate a low carb, high fat diet. There's a whole host of benefits to be had from lowering your carbs (particularly grains), not just weight loss.

For sure, if all I was doing was gym work then I'd alter my diet quite a bit. Did a race the other week though that was roughly 1 hour of balls out effort right from the off. Would be hard to do that on fat I should think. It's hill climb season before too long, so that's a couple of minutes of intense effort up a hill, and the same applies I'd imagine.

With all of these food related things, all I'd advocate is that people do a bit of reading around and figure things out for them and their own circumstances, whether that's protein shakes or whatever. If you take an informed stance on your own circumstances then that's all you can ask really.

 

[Brennan]

For sure, if all I was doing was gym work then I'd alter my diet quite a bit. Did a race the other week though that was roughly 1 hour of balls out effort right from the off. Would be hard to do that on fat I should think. It's hill climb season before too long, so that's a couple of minutes of intense effort up a hill, and the same applies I'd imagine.

With all of these food related things, all I'd advocate is that people do a bit of reading around and figure things out for them and their own circumstances, whether that's protein shakes or whatever. If you take an informed stance on your own circumstances then that's all you can ask really.

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