I'm Improving Health; Need Suggestions!

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Alright mofos, I've lately decided to make some life changes because over the past few years I feel like I've been very unhealthy and I want to live a long time so I want to treat my body right.. Well over the past like 13 days I've been developing a dietary plan as well as a workout regimen.

Anyway the dietary plan I have calls for two snacking sessions per day and I've gotten a few things written down to have but I'm looking for more suggestions regarding either fruit/vegetable related snack.

Also I have a few "guilty" segments scheduled throughout the week where I will do my marijuana related activities and would like to have some not necissarily healthy but like reduced fat/low fat snacks (crackers/cheez-it's type deal) that have decent taste to them but are also more healthy than like Ruffles or like Cheetohs or something like that you know.

Lastly I've been doing some light research regarding Smartphone Apps that are free that would be helpful during this process whether it be workout related; dietary related or helpful in anyway to helping my health and well being.


Hook it up with ideas pleasee! Any helpful suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[Solid Snake]

Get some organic chia seeds, put them on everything. You can even put them in drinks. They don't taste like anything. They have amazing health benefits and help people lose weight. Stay away from anything marketed for weight loss or "healthy" or "low fat"... That crap has horrible chemicals in it.

If you want to drop weight fast and healthy... Eat eggs everyday, scrambles in olive oil with sea salt and chia seeds. Replace most of your bread/pasta/rice stuff with beans and veggies. Avocados are amazing for healthy fat if you like them. I can eat them with just sea salt. If you are a carb nazi like me, stick to organic white and brown rice and stay away from bread and pasta. Make sure it is organic, most is GMO free. You don't want to be eating rice grown in old cotton fields. That crap causes diabetes.

Drink tea every morning with raw honey and cinnamon. Just plain cinnamon, no sugar!! Only use organic raw honey, it should look like transparent butter. The cinnamon will make it hard to drink so you may want to get raw honey with cinnamon in it already.

Don't worry about cardio, just keep moving. Don't sit too long. Try to make a point to not be sitting still for more than 20-30 minutes. Focus on strength training. Cardio is a buncha bull crap. It ages your heart. The human body was designed to be in movement, not be strained and over worked. If you want to do some type of cardio, I only recommend using a rebounder. It will cleanse your lymp system and level out circulation. I love mine! haha It is just a mini trampoline.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Get some organic chia seeds, put them on everything. You can even put them in drinks. They don't taste like anything. They have amazing health benefits and help people lose weight. Stay away from anything marketed for weight loss or "healthy" or "low fat"... That crap has horrible chemicals in it.

If you want to drop weight fast and healthy... Eat eggs everyday, scrambles in olive oil with sea salt and chia seeds. Replace most of your bread/pasta/rice stuff with beans and veggies. Avocados are amazing for healthy fat if you like them. I can eat them with just sea salt. If you are a carb nazi like me, stick to organic white and brown rice and stay away from bread and pasta. Make sure it is organic, most is GMO free. You don't want to be eating rice grown in old cotton fields. That crap causes diabetes.

Drink tea every morning with raw honey and cinnamon. Just plain cinnamon, no sugar!! Only use organic raw honey, it should look like transparent butter. The cinnamon will make it hard to drink so you may want to get raw honey with cinnamon in it already.

Don't worry about cardio, just keep moving. Don't sit too long. Try to make a point to not be sitting still for more than 20-30 minutes. Focus on strength training. Cardio is a buncha bull crap. It ages your heart. The human body was designed to be in movement, not be strained and over worked. If you want to do some type of cardio, I only recommend using a rebounder. It will cleanse your lymp system and level out circulation. I love mine! haha It is just a mini trampoline.

Thanks for the information; I will be doing some reading up on these 'organic chia seeds' whenever I get back from my haircut appointment later.

What's the part about the tea about; is that more just an alternative thing if I'm a coffee drinker? I'm not knocking it I'm more curious because if there's more to it than just that I will definitely have to look into that as well.

I've read that about cardio a few times, never really knew if their was truth to it. What kind of strength training do you recommend for beginners and then I guess the follow up what kind of strength training for intermediate excercise?

 

[Nick]

I'm also on a diet at the moment, and I know everyone is different, but what has worked for me is eating 2 larger meals (10-11 AM and about 4:00-5:00 PM) and then a few light snacks for breakfast and throughout the day. I'd also recommend not eating past 7 or 8, as you probably won't be able to lose the calories and fat gained after that meal.

Also, I wouldn't consider this a snack, but if you need something light with fruit, get a juicer and a recipe book. You can make all sorts of smoothies full of vitamins that'll help, and probably taste good.

And lastly, for working out. I've approached this two different ways. At first, I warmed up by running a mile on a treadmill at the gym, and then lifted weights, targeting a certain body part every day. I did this during week days, and then over the weekend instead of getting to the gym I swam for long periods of time. It worked pretty well, as I lost about 10 lbs in a few weeks while gaining muscle and boosted my metabolism. Due to school-related reasons, I've been unable to get to the gym, so I just cut down on calories and fat and swam almost everyday. This also worked, but it has been less effective.

I'd suggest using something from what I said, but it may not work as well as it did for me.

 

[Jonathan]

@Crayo get in here

He's our resident gym/health freak, he'll sort you out.

 

[seabs]

Crayo recommends eating pasties, running on beaches and humping husky Scottish men.

 

[Stopspot]

Set a workout plan. Plan beforehand what you are going to work on during each session, be it an overall workout or specific body part.
I work out five days a week for 45-an hour each session. Two days are spent on cardio, either running, cycling or some for of cardio session at the gym like spinning. The other three I spend on the weights, alternating between what muscle groups I am working on (legs, arms, neck&shoulder, the usuals).

As for diet. For me I have not really cut anything out completely, rather I have moderated how much of it I eat. I haven't cut carbs out of my diet, but I eat smaller servings of the carbs. More veggies, more meat. I also regulate my servings a lot more and that helps a lot. Same with soft drinks and snacks. Keep the amount you drink and eat in check. I don't eat chips or candy during the weekdays or drink sodas with sugar. I have a specific day for that (saturday). IF I drink a soda during any other day it is either mineral water or a diet one (studies has proven that as long as you don't drink 4 liters of artificial sweetner a day and don't just slouch around, you'll be fine since working out helps the body break it down, just like a natural sweetner.) Also eat at regular intervals, an awkward schedule for when the body gets nutrition upsets it.

But the key is finding a system that works for you.

 

[seabs]

Try kettle bells also as part of your routine.

 

[Stopspot]

Try kettle bells also as part of your routine.

Kettlebells are grand.

 

[seabs]

Kettlebells are grand.

I kind of dig the balance work with them as it takes momentum away so you really have to work. An example would be one legged rows. Keep it light to get your balance in and it works incredibly well.

 

[Solid Snake]

Thanks for the information; I will be doing some reading up on these 'organic chia seeds' whenever I get back from my haircut appointment later.

What's the part about the tea about; is that more just an alternative thing if I'm a coffee drinker? I'm not knocking it I'm more curious because if there's more to it than just that I will definitely have to look into that as well.

I've read that about cardio a few times, never really knew if their was truth to it. What kind of strength training do you recommend for beginners and then I guess the follow up what kind of strength training for intermediate excercise?

The tea thing helps with weight loss. It is more about the raw honey and cinnamon combo. The tea itself doesn't matter. And for exercise, do body weight resistance. You basically use you own weight to build muscle. So do like squats, push ups, crunches, things of that nature. Once they seem easy, then you can add in weights. I can do 1000 straight crunches, you pretty much get past the burn and it don't hurt anymore but you will feel like you got your butt kicked the next day. lol but I can't do push ups for the life of me. hahaha If you can swing it, buy a rebounder and do that 30 minutes a day three times a week. the other days do the strength training. You don't have to get fancy. Getting in shape is easy, it is maintaining or growing mass muscle that is hard. Just do whatever you are comfortable with. If you over tear the muscle or over work it, it won't grow. Keep that in mind. The healing process is what makes muscles grow.

 

[Stopspot]

I use them a lot when working on my core, stomach and back. Momentum gives you that extra boost I feel. Also the grip on a kettlebell is much better suited for it than say a dumbbell.

 

[seabs]

Swings? They need momentum to work due to the hip snapping you have to do, on rows I always felt I was cheating myself. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

 

[Stopspot]

Swings? They need momentum to work due to the hip snapping you have to do, on rows I always felt I was cheating myself. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I like a bit of swinging :ksi:

 

[seabs]