spam and beans gold is cheaper.
spam and beans gold is cheaper.
My gym time is 3:30pm to 4:30pm... I start my shift at 6pm. I have my beans and SPAM after I finish my shift at 6am, so luckily they're through my system by the time I get into the gym.
Well... luckily for the girl geo who coincidentally had already booked the same gym slot that I've booked! It's a small gym and not well ventilated!
My routine today was 30 minutes fast walk on a treadmill (too much movement to risk a jog), followed by 15 minutes on the rower, then 15 minutes on various weight machines and free weights. I don't really know what I'm doing but change the exercises to combat boredom. There was something nice about sitting on the rower looking through the window at the sea... it was a bit more realistic... kind of!
Coincidentally, today was my first day on that rower, I did 15 minutes but have no idea how far I went. All I know is my arms and shoulders are are aching like a b@stard now.
I'll start the training... can't be too hard and I may be on here for another 5 weeks now... so time to get in shape!
Aah ... a bit of a problem with my first day of training though... the gym's fully booked for my slot tomorrow (only two people allowed in at a time... bladdy Covid) so it'll back to the helideck.
Rower training starts Thursday!
Yes... you're not wrong in Thailand. But I'm getting it for free will make the most of it!
Top work, Mendy.
Keep it up.
Another 5 weeks of daily gym and no beer, and you'll have gone from Dill to Eddie by the time ya get back.
I believe it's 16 straight hours of no food per 24.
So on a normal schedule, eat breakfast at 9am, and eat the day's last meal at *fingers and toes*.... 5pm.
To be honest, things like that work, unless you're gorging 3000 calories in the 8 hours while burning 2000 calories over the 24. But there's no real need for it if you're doing decent daily exercise, and not gorging yourself on beer and dustbin lid sized calzones.
Simply burning more calories than you take in is all you need to do. Daily exercise and moderately (non-gorging) eating should do this. No need to think about gimmicks and fads.
Move more, eat less. Which you're currently doing.
Something like a 16:8 may suit somebody that doesn't have time to get out exercising for an hour each day.
Something like a 5:2 or whatever it's called that Dill was last trying - eating what you want for 5 days of the week, then no food at all for 2 days (typically Tuesday and Thursday), is for slobs that haven't got the will power to get out and move everyday.
Last edited by Edmond; 19-08-2020 at 08:38 AM.
16 hours - distance to the next meal. I.e., to leave out one meal, e.g. breakfast or dinner. It really works, 1, 2 hours less does not make difference, a lot of info can be found when searched 16:8.
It's explained, it's not only the fasting what helps but the long gap to the next meal cause some better function of kidney, producing insulin and a lot of what I better do not break my head of.
So this is all pretty easy then.
There's a meal every six hours to cover all shifts... so I eat just before my 6pm shift starts, and again at midnight. All I have to do is miss the breakfast after my shift finishes at 6am (which isn't great anyway) and I'll be doing an (18:6) without even thinking about it.
Then, 2km in 7 minutes on the silly rowing machine, which can't be difficult. I did 15 minutes on my first go, and besides, I'm used to doing about 6km on the helideck.
The main problem I see is that I'll have to buy a new wardrobe when I eventually get off this damn boat!
Yeah, don't eat artery bustin' stuff that you're not even enjoying.
Exactly!
No more breakfasts... after today!
As mentioned by the others, 16:8 is 16 hours of fasting and an 8-hour window of moderate eating. Of course if you stuff your gob during those 8 hours (and no exercise) then it won't work. If you can make it 18:6 then that would achieve better resilts, I think. The fasting period makes your body use up fat as energy source, aside from the other benefits that Klondyke has written.
I'm one of those ppl who can't (or won't) exercise for 1 hour a day (for various reasons), so the 16:8 works for me. At the moment, due to lockdown restrictions, that's the best strategy. I don't like Atkins or keto diet or whatever. But if it works for some ppl, then good for them. I've a friend who did keto diet, and it worked for her.
At the start of lockdown, I was exercising regularly, but I grew lazy in the later months (it's 5 months already) . Then one day, I decided to try on some office clothes (haven't worn them in months bcos of WFH) and clothes were a bit tight! So that was the motivation to lose weight. I can't hike mountains for now, and trips to the supermarket & wet market are my week's highlight - so I walk for the change in scenery. Not complaining though - I still have my health, job, family, etc - which can't be said for some of my countrymen/ women.
This thread remains interesting (for me) because it gives an insight on life aboard a ship. As many if you know, there are many Filipinos serving as staff on ships (25% of ship crews worldwide are Filipinos, accdg to an article I've read). I have friends & neighbors who are mariners or their family member is a mariner or some other OFW (overseas Filipino worker).
Cheers to all & good luck to anyone who is on a weight loss journey!
There's several decent workouts on that rower.
The one I used to do as a warm up to my gym session was the 4x500m with a 60 second break every 2 minutes and 500metres.12 mins in total.
Gives you time to catch your breath as a beginner/intermediate.
A good all round body workout, not in Slaps league though.
Though I do remember phuketbound, who apparently used to be a lifestyle coach, saying she habitually ate three boiled eggs before going to bed...so who knows.
I believe sumo wrestlers do something similar.
You should have to post a picture of your body before being allowed to discuss health regimes.
I'll refrain from posting the Oiled down in me CR7 briefs pics for a while yet.
But have lost and kept off 10kg+ by simply jogging or cycling every weekday morning, then some upperbody gym in the afternoon, diet naturally changed to mainly meat and veg, with little stodge. Weekends are beer and pizza gorgefests.
No gimmicks/fasts/ratios needed.
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