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Workout Help!
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Drink two shakes/day of this stuff with milk and a high protein diet. I am amazed that my lifting partner was still engaged with his now wife after a couple months of that.
Does anyone know of a good food app to use? Reading through this, I definitely need to track my diet better. However, when ever I have tried using one, I find it tedious to fill out every meal. I cook a lot of my food in our household, and the idea of trying to figure out the amount of calories of every ingredient I put in to a dish is tedious.
I use My Fitness Pal. There is a function on there to import recipes -- if it's a recipe online you can put the URL in and then adjust ingredients or you can manually put them in. Takes some time, but I've used it a lot lately and it's helpful.
Scratch off the second M and you got something there
I've used that one before a long time ago, maybe I'll give it another try.
Fooducate is another good one. I've used both at one point or another and both work well.
Another thing that helps with weight loss..
There is a company called Walden Farms and they sell condiments that are sugar free , calorie free, fat free, etc. Check your local grocery stores to see if they stock it. If not, order it online. I used these when I was training and they work really well.
There is a company called Walden Farms and they sell condiments that are sugar free , calorie free, fat free, etc. Check your local grocery stores to see if they stock it. If not, order it online. I used these when I was training and they work really well.
I've been there, but this was a whole other level of nasty. I'm talking deep from the bowels (pun intended) of hell.
same. It's a bit annoying when starting out but once you create your own recipes or common meals, it's pretty quick to do.
My advice for parents with kids that worry about staying in shape is to get your kids involved in sports and volunteer to coach as much as you can. Since most of these groups are desperate for volunteers to coach, they'll probably give you dibs on practice times if that's the difference between you doing it or not.
It might not exactly be some hardcore workout, but running around with kids a few hours a week will burn some good calories and gives you priceless time with your kids. I do like 30-40 minutes of lifting 3 times a week but literally have done no cardio outside of coaching, or playing ball with my kids in the last 3-4 years, and at 44 am still in good shape. I also like to keep it simple when it comes to diet. Plenty of water, plenty of protein, and avoid added sugar.
As someone who used to buy/consume protein powders regularly, it blows my mind how popular they are. And how many people think they need them.
To those of you who track your macros, do you really ever have trouble hitting your protein goals for the day? Hell I had to cut back on protein even after I eliminated the shakes. You know, you don't need 250 g protein every day. 150g or so has been proven to be more than enough for most men not training for worlds strongest man.
Instead, eat higher protein meals (which you should be doing anyway, right?) and you'll hit your targets every day. If you're cutting weight, a shake takes the place of solid food-- making you more hungry. If you're bulking up, I could see it, but typically protein deficiency isn't the main issue.
To those of you who track your macros, do you really ever have trouble hitting your protein goals for the day? Hell I had to cut back on protein even after I eliminated the shakes. You know, you don't need 250 g protein every day. 150g or so has been proven to be more than enough for most men not training for worlds strongest man.
Instead, eat higher protein meals (which you should be doing anyway, right?) and you'll hit your targets every day. If you're cutting weight, a shake takes the place of solid food-- making you more hungry. If you're bulking up, I could see it, but typically protein deficiency isn't the main issue.
FUN. Do something you find to be FUN. If it is FUN, you will keep doing it (ie repeatable).
If it is NOT FUN, then eventually your willpower will go away and you will stop.
Whatever FUN is for you, do that. Golf, running, lifting, pickup hoops, martial arts, does not matter. Just do what you enjoy.
Good luck!
Agree and a great idea. Also, if you're a new parent, give you self some grace. If you have a new baby and are getting poor quality and low quantity sleep, right now might not be the best time to start a new workout program. If you can do it, great. But, if not, know that things will get better and you will have more time in the coming months. Do the best you can now and add more workout time as your parent schedule allows. (This is more for the OP than you, of course.)
My advice to someone with toddlers is to wait a couple of years. When they're 4+, you can do your morning workout and not have to worry that someone might die if they get out of bed while you're busy.
