I got up this morning with good intentions to start the workout plan I posted yesterday, but I guess I didn't taken into consideration the past few weeks of binge eating and little exercise.
I headed down to the swimming pool to bang out a quick 20 laps (600m), which I've done easily in the past. This is acting like a muscle warmer before I hit the weights. Anyway, I managed only 16 laps, and that was with rests after every few!!!
At this point I thought, 'don't worry, have a big weights session, it'll be fine'. Half way through the weights, I was like 'forget this'. I'm in so much pain now! I'm disappointed that I didn't complete either. I'm usually a pessimist, but I'll try and take the positives from this. I did actually get up and attempt it, so that's gotta be good right?
Hopefully it'll take me a few days to get back in the swing of exercise. Need to start treating the pain I'm in as a good thing. If I can start to think of it like that, it should push me harder.
Monday 31 May 2010
Sunday 30 May 2010
Workout Plan
Right, so here's how I propose to work out between now and roughly the end of August:
Monday: Chest/Biceps and Swimming
Tuesday: 5km Run
Wednesday: Triceps/Back and Swimming
Thursday: 5km Run
Friday: Legs/Shoulders and Swimming
Saturday: 5km Run
Sunday: Rest
Seems like a punishing schedule to me, but I'll give it a go and see what happens. All of this should cover the 'six pack by end of 2010' and 'a 5km race every month' part of my twelve month mission.
With regards to the other parts, I'm still looking into climbing/hiking a mountain next year, I'll continue my sessions for my 1oo Push Ups programme three times a week (Mon, Wed, Fri) and I'll be playing 5-a-side footy one a week from mid-June, so that covers me joining the work 5-a-side team.
It does seem like a lot of work. A LOT OF WORK. But I can't knock it until I try it. There'll probably be a lot of pain, but I need to turn that pain into a good sign, ie no pain no gain.
It all starts tomorrow. Gulp.
Monday: Chest/Biceps and Swimming
Tuesday: 5km Run
Wednesday: Triceps/Back and Swimming
Thursday: 5km Run
Friday: Legs/Shoulders and Swimming
Saturday: 5km Run
Sunday: Rest
Seems like a punishing schedule to me, but I'll give it a go and see what happens. All of this should cover the 'six pack by end of 2010' and 'a 5km race every month' part of my twelve month mission.
With regards to the other parts, I'm still looking into climbing/hiking a mountain next year, I'll continue my sessions for my 1oo Push Ups programme three times a week (Mon, Wed, Fri) and I'll be playing 5-a-side footy one a week from mid-June, so that covers me joining the work 5-a-side team.
It does seem like a lot of work. A LOT OF WORK. But I can't knock it until I try it. There'll probably be a lot of pain, but I need to turn that pain into a good sign, ie no pain no gain.
It all starts tomorrow. Gulp.
Wahey!!!
| Managed to keep 'clean' yesterday. Trust me, it was tough. There are so many distractions, especially on the weekend when you're not at work. I went to do the food shopping and that was one big temptation, but I made it through, only got the healthy stuff! Let's see how long I can keep this up for. It's my best mates wedding next weekend, and I'm going to attempt to eat in moderation and not drink on the night before, but then relax on the wedding day. I'm hoping it's going to be useful to have a day to 'look forward to' where you can relax with your food so in your head you know 'don't eat rubbish today, you can do it on x day'. I finished my work out plan, will post that later. |
Saturday 29 May 2010
Dear oh dear 2
So I'm officially half way through the 100 push up challenge. It's a six week challenge where you train three times a week and by the last session of week six, you should be able to do 100 push ups non-stop.
If anyone wants to try you can find more info on www.hundredpushups.com/
Anyway, so far I've managed to complete each session. Last nights session was made up of five sets with the following reps: 15, 21, 15, 15, 21. Unfortunately, after three weeks of completing each session, I flopped at the last set. I managed only 14 and not 21. Oh well, I'm sticking to it. They recommend that if you mess up a week, you just need to repeat it so I'll start the week again.
Almost finished my work out schedule, will post it by tomorrow.
If anyone wants to try you can find more info on www.hundredpushups.com/
Anyway, so far I've managed to complete each session. Last nights session was made up of five sets with the following reps: 15, 21, 15, 15, 21. Unfortunately, after three weeks of completing each session, I flopped at the last set. I managed only 14 and not 21. Oh well, I'm sticking to it. They recommend that if you mess up a week, you just need to repeat it so I'll start the week again.
Almost finished my work out schedule, will post it by tomorrow.
Dear oh dear
| Getting out of this bad food phase is a bloody nightmare!!! It's been about three weeks now since I've been on and off junk and it's starting to show in the mirror. Guess it doesn't matter that I'm avoiding the scales. When I eat crap like this, I feel very sleepy all day, tired, sluggish, lethargic and I get headaches pretty easy too. I tried to snap out of it when I went to my sisters house yesterday. I asked her in advance to make me a chicken salad so I could eat that, rather than what she was cooking for everyone else. Long story short, I ate the salad AND two portions of what she made for everyone else AND cheesecake after too. Dear oh dear. Today's a new day so got to press on. Still trying to train my brain to treat food as fuel, not an indulgence. I'll get there eventually! |
Friday 28 May 2010
The Food Thing
Right, so onto this food thing. I kinda see my relationship with food like that of an alcoholic. You know when you're out with your mates, and there's always one who always needs to drink more than anyone else. Not for any reason, they just don't know when to stop. That's me in food terms! When I'm out or at someone's house, I just eat and eat and eat.
When it comes to food, I just gotta have it all. If I'm at Subway, I want a foot long, if I'm at an Indian restaurant, I want rice AND roti, if I'm at the cinema, I want the double scoop Ben and Jerry's large sundae with Caramel Chew Chew, Phish Food, whipped cream and white chocolate polar bears. You get the picture.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not like this everyday, but unfortunately I go through phases that can last weeks. Over the past 4-5 years and with these phases, I could put on about 3 stone, take it off, put it back on, take it off and so on. Clearly that's no good and very unhealthy. I'm sure you've heard about the bad effects of yo-yo dieting! In other health terms, heart disease and diabetes is very much in my family, so utlimately, as grim as it sounds, all that food can only lead to something like that.
So as part of my mission over the next twelve months, an important element is going to be learning self-control. I know people who treat food as fuel, not as an indulgence and I totally agree with their thinking, I just can't get the formula down though. They eat food as something to keep them going, to keep them working, to keep doing what they need to do. Occasionally (perhaps once a week), that's when they sit down and eat whatever they want. They've been working hard all week and being careful what they eat. That's something that's second nature to them, and that's what I'm going to try to learn.
Anybody got any ideas how then now would be a good time to share!!! Haha!!!
I'm going to give it a crack, plus I'll get my workout schedule up here soon as well. Need to start booking myself on some 5k's too!
In a bit.
When it comes to food, I just gotta have it all. If I'm at Subway, I want a foot long, if I'm at an Indian restaurant, I want rice AND roti, if I'm at the cinema, I want the double scoop Ben and Jerry's large sundae with Caramel Chew Chew, Phish Food, whipped cream and white chocolate polar bears. You get the picture.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not like this everyday, but unfortunately I go through phases that can last weeks. Over the past 4-5 years and with these phases, I could put on about 3 stone, take it off, put it back on, take it off and so on. Clearly that's no good and very unhealthy. I'm sure you've heard about the bad effects of yo-yo dieting! In other health terms, heart disease and diabetes is very much in my family, so utlimately, as grim as it sounds, all that food can only lead to something like that.
So as part of my mission over the next twelve months, an important element is going to be learning self-control. I know people who treat food as fuel, not as an indulgence and I totally agree with their thinking, I just can't get the formula down though. They eat food as something to keep them going, to keep them working, to keep doing what they need to do. Occasionally (perhaps once a week), that's when they sit down and eat whatever they want. They've been working hard all week and being careful what they eat. That's something that's second nature to them, and that's what I'm going to try to learn.
Anybody got any ideas how then now would be a good time to share!!! Haha!!!
I'm going to give it a crack, plus I'll get my workout schedule up here soon as well. Need to start booking myself on some 5k's too!
In a bit.
Check out Fiddy!
Anyone seen 50 Cent at the moment???
He's lost 4 stone in 9 weeks by running on a treadmill for 3 hours a day and going on a liquid diet, all for a film role.
He looks mad! I think he's given me some weight loss ideas ; )
Thursday 27 May 2010
The Plan
So what I plan to do over the next twelve months is to challenge myself physically. Now I'm going to say now that doesn't mean I'm going to run a marathon every week!!! I'm going to take it slow and see how I get on.
Three weeks ago, I started this press up challenge at www.hundredpushups.com/
It's basically a way of building your press ups over six weeks so that in the sixth week, you can bang out 1oo press ups non stop. I've never been able to do more than nine in a row, but I'm at a stage now where three weeks later, I'm doing about 80 push ups over five sets. I really should've started this blog then!
So as for my physical challenges over twelve months, that's the first one.
Here's a few other things I'm going to do:
Three weeks ago, I started this press up challenge at www.hundredpushups.com/
It's basically a way of building your press ups over six weeks so that in the sixth week, you can bang out 1oo press ups non stop. I've never been able to do more than nine in a row, but I'm at a stage now where three weeks later, I'm doing about 80 push ups over five sets. I really should've started this blog then!
So as for my physical challenges over twelve months, that's the first one.
Here's a few other things I'm going to do:
- Join the work football team and get invovled with the league (Mid-June onwards)
- Run a 5km run every month (I know this might sound easy, but you're talking to a person who hasn't done a lot of running)
- Reveal a six pack by the end of the year
- Some sort of mountain climing challenge early next year.
- And of course there's the press up challenge so that makes five items.
This will be the most amount of physical activity I have ever done in a year. I guess on some month's it will be more than I've ever done in a month!
Anyone got any suggestions on the mountain climbing?
When I post again, I'll get started on the food issues I need to deal with. It's not pretty...
My Twelve Month Mission
Ok, it's my first time blogging, so here goes!
My name's Jas Rao and I'm a radio and TV presenter. Now I'm not here to plug any shows I'm doing or anything like that, although apologies if I do though, but I'm here to really just share my thoughts and feelings with you about 'My Twelve Month Mission'.
Now you might read this and think 'wow, this guy's goin aroung the world' or something like that, but trust me, it's nothing like that at all, it's much smaller and something personal to me that I'd like to share my thoughts and feelings on (if anyone wants to read!)
Those who know me know I'm always banging on about diets and exercising, yadda, yadda, yadda, and even though I do, I can't say I always practice what I preach.
The long and short of it is I want to lose some weight. Not much, just a little. But this is more than that. This is more of a mission over twelve months to challenge myself a bit more phsically and to be more in control of my eating habits.
I know there are people who are in the same boat as me, so I thought I'd just start a blog to share my experiences and ideas... and I'm open to ideas too!
More to follow...
My name's Jas Rao and I'm a radio and TV presenter. Now I'm not here to plug any shows I'm doing or anything like that, although apologies if I do though, but I'm here to really just share my thoughts and feelings with you about 'My Twelve Month Mission'.
Now you might read this and think 'wow, this guy's goin aroung the world' or something like that, but trust me, it's nothing like that at all, it's much smaller and something personal to me that I'd like to share my thoughts and feelings on (if anyone wants to read!)
Those who know me know I'm always banging on about diets and exercising, yadda, yadda, yadda, and even though I do, I can't say I always practice what I preach.
The long and short of it is I want to lose some weight. Not much, just a little. But this is more than that. This is more of a mission over twelve months to challenge myself a bit more phsically and to be more in control of my eating habits.
I know there are people who are in the same boat as me, so I thought I'd just start a blog to share my experiences and ideas... and I'm open to ideas too!
More to follow...
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