Hello, any advice appreciated ^^

[lardy]

Jul 3, 2021 14:32:35 GMT Magnus said:

Jul 3, 2021 12:27:11 GMT lardy said:

You're in the completely wrong time period, I'm talking 1950's onwards where it was common to have meat and potatoes everynight, things such as... bangers and mash, even pie and mash...

'Pie and mash' is great, but gimme some pie, mash and eel liquor and I'm in, love it !!!.

Bangers and mash is also something I really like, my Puerto Rican wife makes it at least once a month for me with either sausage or the 'frikadellen' over mashed potatoes I grew up eating

'Kunt' likes Bangers & Mash so much he wrote a song about it !   

Haha we're more of a gravy fan (west midlands) the love the liquor in London, I've tried it, it's good.

[moxohol]

Jul 3, 2021 15:10:47 GMT lardy said:

Jul 3, 2021 15:06:16 GMT billfish said:

If I may......just make your workouts fun and don't overdue

I'm still trying to find the type I find fun hehe  (rofl)

Try a japanese love robot?

Japanese start-up unveils $3,100 robot designed to love humans

[pierinifitness]

My two cents based on my personal experience that's fairly recent.

When I was on my mission to drop some weight, begun in 2018, I eventually gravitated towards eating potatoes regularly.  I'd boil them and eat them naked and generally cold.  I took them for lunch, maybe four and ate them cold and naked.  Four golden potatoes of average size are about 440 calories and they will fill you up.  It is an acquired taste eating them without any butter or other toppings but it didn't take me long to enjoy eating them this way.  I ate a lot of potatoes.  There's research (don't know how reliable it is) that says refrigerating potatoes and eating them after they've cooled does something to the starch content and makes them starch resistant and lowers their glycemic index.  Honestly, I've never paid much attention to this glycemic index crap because I believe it's all about managing the calories consumed.

There are a ton of videos on YouTube about how people lost a noticeable amount of weight eating potatoes.  There was even a documented experience of some Executive Director of the Idaho Potato Commission (or some organization with a similar name) who only ate potatoes for a period of time (maybe 30 days) and lost a decent amount of weight.

Again, it's all about managing the calories eaten.  Calories in less than calories out equals weight loss.

Conclusion:  I'm bullish on eating potatoes as one of many "tricks" to help someone wanting to lose weight.  They'll fill you up quicker than most foods for the least amount of calories consumed.

Again, this is based on my personal, fairly recent and documented experience.

I'm Pierini  Fitness and I approve of this message.

[mr potatohead]

I approve of Pierini Fitness potato message also.
I've done and do the same.

[mr potatohead]

lardy
You are in a good spot while seeking exercise that you enjoy. So, so many things you can try and in the trying, you will be exercising. Whatever the exercise(s) is/are, I expect that your early attempts at different things will give great benefit since starting a new exercise requires more thought and effort than after you have done something for a few years.
Another suggestion; Try exercises. Don't just look at something and think that it doesn't sound or look interesting, fun or challenging, ie don't prejudge. I've found exercises I love doing once I actually tried them. I've also found ones I hate or cannot do because of the exercise requiring stunt skills.
eg, Burpees? Hate! - and cannot do because of injuries. Straight bar barbell deadlift stunts? I'm not going to ever do that to myself again. Kettlebell stunts? No way.
So, I avoid any exercise that requires special stunt skills. 
I hope you enjoy your search and avoid injury.

[mr potatohead]

Cooked and Cooled Potatoes. Resistant Starch.

Potatoes are one of the most versatile (and delicious!) vegetables around. And thanks to a little thing called resistant starch, potatoes that are cooked and then allowed to cool are actually great for your gut health.

Resistant starch is a dietary starch that basically resists digestion⁠ ⁠— hence the name ⁠— when it reaches the small intestine. According to the CSIRO, most starch we eat is quickly digested by the upper gut whereas resistant starch moves through the small intestine and travels into the large intestine.

Once it arrives here, the starch begins to break down and ferment, which in turn feeds the resident bacteria and helps support a healthy digestive system and gut. Because of the slow rate in which this starch ferments, it won’t cause pain or gas that is common with FODMAP foods that rapidly ferment and can cause pain for those with IBS, according to Monash University.

Why is resistant starch important for your health?

As the resistant starch ferments in the intestine, it feeds the good bacteria which helps to create more of these guys and less bad bacteria in the gut. This fermentation encourages the production of butyrate ⁠— short-chain fatty acids that the CSIRO describes as a “major bacterial metabolite fundamental for keeping the gut healthy and functioning normally.”

Butyrate helps to line the gut and help keep the integrity of the gut wall while also keeping your colon healthy. Resistant starch reduces the pH level in the colon, which reduces inflammation and can lower the risk of developing colorectal cancer, as well as a number of digestive disorders, as per Healthline.

Because resistant starch creates a healthy environment in your gut, this can also have flow-on effects elsewhere. Research conducted on rats found that butyric acid can increase the contractility of the gut, helping to move stools through your systems. So, you can also consume foods rich in resistant starch as a preventative measure for constipation.

What do potatoes have to do with resistant starch?

Resistant starch can be found in many different types of foods but one of the richest sources is potatoes. Specifically, potatoes that have been cooked then cooled and eaten. This process is called starch retrogradation, says Healthline.

When you cook potatoes, the original starches lose their structure in the process but once the taters are cooled, a new structure forms. One study from 1992 found that cooling cooked potatoes overnight caused the amount of resistant starch to triple.

You don’t have to eat the cooled potatoes cold either, you can reheat them which can actually increase the amount of starch, with a study from 2015 finding that resistant starch remains higher after reheating foods that were previously cooled down.

So, for example, you could boil a few potatoes, let them cool overnight and fry them up in a fry pan the next day. Or, make a batch of mashed potato, let it cool overnight and reheat for lunch or dinner. Whatever way you want to consume your cooked and cooled potatoes is up to you.

Other sources of resistant starch include legumes such as lentils, chickpeas and red kidney beans as well as cashews, oats, cooked and cooled rice and green bananas (yep, you have to eat them before they’re fully ripe to reap the starchy benefits).

Green bananas and oats both lose some of their resistant starch when they’re cooked so try to eat these as they are, says Johns Hopkins Medicine. When it comes to oats, soaking them to create overnight oats is a great way to consume them sans cooking.

Article from The Latch ^^^ March 4, 2021 by Alexandra McCarthy.

[BigBruvOfEnglandUK]

Jul 3, 2021 15:06:16 GMT billfish said:

Jul 3, 2021 9:53:43 GMT lardy said:

Hi mate all is going well albeit progression is slower than I thought, I have lost half a stone (7lbs) of weight though since being more thoughtful of my eating.
I'm finding workouts hard to get on with because I don't enjoy them :/ , years of laziness is hard to shrug, thanks for asking how it's going mate, hope you are doing well?

If I may......just make your workouts fun and don't overdue

And don't overdo them either, m8.

[BigBruvOfEnglandUK]

Jul 3, 2021 14:32:35 GMT Magnus said:

He's made loads of great songs. This one reminds me of my first day working in construction.

[BigBruvOfEnglandUK]

Jul 3, 2021 9:53:43 GMT lardy said:

Jul 2, 2021 20:47:59 GMT BigBruvOfEnglandUK said:

Lardy, how is the training going, m8?

Hi mate all is going well albeit progression is slower than I thought, I have lost half a stone (7lbs) of weight though since being more thoughtful of my eating.
I'm finding workouts hard to get on with because I don't enjoy them :/ , years of laziness is hard to shrug, thanks for asking how it's going mate, hope you are doing well?

Things are ok with me , m8.

What is it about your workouts that you don't like? Maybe we can think of ways to make them more enjoyable? Are there certain exercises that are difficult for you or sets and reps that you don't like doing? There's lots of ways to exercise so maybe we can figure something out that suits you better?

[Dave Reslo]

If he's doing that circuit from earlier I bet it's the pressups. If you're trying to do as many as you can in a minute but can only manage ten before you're on the floor and you're out of breath from doing other stuff before then you never see yourself get any better at them. I would say don't do them as part of a circuit and instead have a day or two a week where you practice just pressups with at least a minute between sets. Another thing, don't worry too much about getting down really low (or getting right back up to the top); just be consistent so you can tell if you're getting better.

[lardy]

Jul 4, 2021 22:57:31 GMT Dave Reslo said:

If he's doing that circuit from earlier I bet it's the pressups. If you're trying to do as many as you can in a minute but can only manage ten before you're on the floor and you're out of breath from doing other stuff before then you never see yourself get any better at them. I would say don't do them as part of a circuit and instead have a day or two a week where you practice just pressups with at least a minute between sets. Another thing, don't worry too much about getting down really low (or getting right back up to the top); just be consistent so you can tell if you're getting better.

Tbh I've been trying a few things but the main thing i'm doing is circuits with bodyweight, I can't get 10 press ups yet i'm just too heavy, I don't know why I don't enjoy it tbh, I just don't enjoy it atm, I'm sure i'll grow into it and enjoy it much more soon though !

[BigBruvOfEnglandUK]

If pushups are difficult at the moment you could do another variation such as pushups on your knees or you can do pushups with your hands up on the arms of a chair, table or counter. Anything to make them easier to get plenty of reps.


Or you could use a resistance band to do a chest press.

[lardy]

Jul 5, 2021 9:42:36 GMT BigBruvOfEnglandUK said:

If pushups are difficult at the moment you could do another variation such as pushups on your knees or you can do pushups with your hands up on the arms of a chair, table or counter. Anything to make them easier to get plenty of reps.


Or you could use a resistance band to do a chest press.

I tried the inclined push ups but any surface I can find in my house is a bit high and makes them feel a bit too easy (25+ reps), I tried the stairs but the room at the bottom of them isn't really practical. 

I've been looking around and I have found some equipment, I have some resistance bands, 2 kettlebells (6kg , 8kg), a single dumbbell (can load upto 17kg on it), a skipping rope (can't skip for sh*t), so I might try and incorporate some of this stuff into my workouts.

[lardy]

Also I find I get winded and start sweating ridiculously way too easy but I don't know why my cardio is so bad I walk anything from 2-7 miles a day and at a fast pace.

[BigBruvOfEnglandUK]

Jul 5, 2021 9:48:41 GMT lardy said:

I tried the inclined push ups but any surface I can find in my house is a bit high and makes them feel a bit too easy (25+ reps), I tried the stairs but the room at the bottom of them isn't really practical. 

I've been looking around and I have found some equipment, I have some resistance bands, 2 kettlebells (6kg , 8kg), a single dumbbell (can load upto 17kg on it), a skipping rope (can't skip for sh*t), so I might try and incorporate some of this stuff into my workouts.

I don't know what your routine looks like but 25+ reps can be incorporated into a workout. Sets don't have to be low reps. There's nothing wrong with 25, 30 or even more reps per set. 1 or 2 sets of 25+ pushups 5-6 days per week could be a great exercise for you. It will improve your fitness.
As you don't have lots of weights to use maybe you should do high rep sets for all your exercises? It will be easier to add a rep to a set every now and again rather than doing exercises you can only do a handful of reps. Don't burn yourself out though. If you are doing high reps you need to be doing very few sets or even just a single sets of each exercise.
Coincidentally I was chatting to Moxohol in a message over the weekend and mentioned to him that I was just about to start a routine with reps in the 20-30 rep range for most exercises.