Help a fatty out! - Saxperience

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 19:12

Right, since being at university i have put on a fair bit of weight.

I have been looking at diets etc on saxperience, and on google, because i have just won a years gym subscription for my university.

Now heres my problem.

In all the diets it suggests eating tuna, and eggs, i think for protein, as well as chicken.

Now i HATE egg, and tuna.

I like chicken but i wouldnt want to eat it every day, and its expensive too.

I know most of you probably arent as fussy as me so you may not have answers. But hopefully someone will be able to suggest me something to replace tuna and egg with.

Thanks!

Mr_suv · 29th October 2010, 19:23

drink lots of water will help you with the full feeling,cut out drinking youl be amazed at how much weight you drop after a month . do cardio at the gym too , dont do big heavy weights lots of reps on a low weight would be better for you

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 19:26

Cheers for advice.

Funny you should mention water, i wasnt drinking enough and the doctor said it wasnt doing me good and to drink more. Since i have started drinking more water i am eating a fair bit less!

What is best for cardio? There is bikes, cross trainer, treadmill, and rowing machine?

Cutting out drinking will be hard but ill try my best haha.

McGuire86 · 29th October 2010, 19:29

I would say heavy weights is better tbh, I dont believe in the high rep low weight myth.

Theres loads of proteins out there, you can have chicken one day, turkey the next.
If you dont like tinned tuna then try tinned mackrel or tinned salmon.
If you dont like eggs then you can you fatty protein like pork. And throw in some omega tablets to replace any omega3 you're missing out from the eggs.

McGuire86 · 29th October 2010, 19:31

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Originally Posted by haz_pro

Cheers for advice.

Funny you should mention water, i wasnt drinking enough and the doctor said it wasnt doing me good and to drink more. Since i have started drinking more water i am eating a fair bit less!

What is best for cardio? There is bikes, cross trainer, treadmill, and rowing machine?

Cutting out drinking will be hard but ill try my best haha.

You dont have to cut out drink completely, just reduce it to say one night a week. And when you do drink try and reduce the lager, replace it with vodka and coke (diet coke lol).

Cardio I would say running outside is the best imo. If not go on the treadmil and mix it up, do a steady jog with sprinting in between and incline fast paced walks.

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 19:47

Oh i hate turkey too, im so picky haha.

Would turkey be more expensive then chicken any way?

Maybe im just to used to eating cheap horrible food and thats why i think chicken is so expensive lol.

Ill try mackarel, i think my friend used to dry it last year at uni and it looked good. Ill look into the omega things, guess i can get it from holland and barretts?

I know a route i could run, ill have to get some trainers though. Running in my converse last year ruined the soles of my feet aha, and mate my knees hurt!

Cheers for the advice.

Ill try high weight low rep and vice versa see what benefits me better. I guess it depends on the person?

And ill try and cut out some drink then. I dont drink beer any way, nor coke. I just drink dark rum straight usually, probably a few litres a week. Ill cut it down to just fridays.

McGuire86 · 29th October 2010, 19:52

How much is a macdonalds meals these days ? about £4 ? Four Chicken Breasts in Asda are £4, thats 4 meals of protein, do the maths.
Yeah I think you're so used to eating shit that its destroyed your taste bugs for proper healthy foods lol, just man up and force it down !
I got 360 omega3 1000mg tablets from simplysupplements.com, free p+p for just under a tenner.
And it doesnt makes a difference on the person. Just lifting heavy weights is better for building muscle / fat loss than high reps light weights.
Oh if your knees hurt abit thats normal, mine do sometimes. But if they hurt to the point its too painful, then try something else like the cycle machine or fast paced walks for longer duriation. Just until youve built up your leg muscles more to take some of the stress off your knee joints.

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 19:58

Haha thats a good call actually, had a subway today and it cost me over 7 pounds lol!

I tried to man up before and eat lamb and i was close to throwing up haha.

I might try turkey again, im such a pussy when it comes to eating food its unreal!

Ill have a look at the omega tablets, why am i missing out on this omega stuff. What food is it naturally in? All the foods i dont like i bet! haha

McGuire86 · 29th October 2010, 20:02

Seriously if you knew some of the shit that went into that crap it would be more to make you throw up than some decent fresh ingrediants meal ! Just gotta get used to it thats all.
Get omega3 from egss and fatty fish such as salmon, mackrel etc. Its basically healthy fats which are essential to the body, help build muscle and are good for the heart and joints!

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 20:04

Ok cheers fella,

and i know about how bad subway is, my friend works there and has told me, but for some reason i just go back haha.

Ill go for a shop this weekend and get myself some of this healthy food.

Im guessing i can just stick to my usual 3 meals a day, i dont really have time in the day to eat 5+ meals because of my changing day plan from day to day.

McGuire86 · 29th October 2010, 20:09

Try 4 meals if you can, you can allways cook some the night before and box them up.
Add two protein shakes aswell, that can make up the 6.

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 20:15

Blimey 6 meals a day haha.

Right ill order myself some protein shake and some omega3 tablets.

Now, to find my will power, i know its here somewhere!

McGuire86 · 29th October 2010, 20:26

If you get protein shakes from myprotein.co.uk, feel free to use my code in my sig

these are the omegas i got http://www.simplysupplements.net/pro...mega-3-1000mg/ thats the best price around for that strength and that many

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 20:35

will do fella, u get some kind of incentive or something haha.

I see you get 360 of the tablets, is that 1 a day or what?

McGuire86 · 29th October 2010, 20:40

I get brownie points

Yeah 1-2 a day is alright, I take 3 a day 'cos im on a high protein high fat diet at the mo

Petee · 29th October 2010, 21:00

The will power will grow, when you start seeing results

. Let us know how it goes btw!

haz_pro · 29th October 2010, 22:51

Cheers mcguire, and will do pete.

Get my free gym membership next week, so if i manage to stop being a pig i will update in a month or so!

DusheR · 30th October 2010, 11:52

haha class. Diet advice for picky eaters is impossible. Heres a few pointers

Stay away from High GI carbs (google it for a proper definition) e.g potatoe, sugars, pasta etc

drink ice cold water (this changes your core temperature forcing your body to heat it up, burning calories)

Have good fats, green veg and quality protein (Most take preperation and arnt cheap, might be hard for a student ha)

Eat as soon as you wake and every 3 hours after that untill you go to bed

Weight training is the best from of exercise for fat burning (at least 3 times a week Id say)

Take some supps for energy/fat burning. Id recommend caffeine and green tea, combo I usually use when I wake and before the gym.

Good luck

stroutsy · 30th October 2010, 12:06

cross trainer is the best for burning fat. tbh you really dont need protein shakes unless you want to get bigger muscular wise. low weight with alot of reps burns fat and also increases muscle. high weight less reps highly increases muscle so to burn fat you want low weight and lots of reps i say about 6 sets of 10 on 14s each session, if you feel like you can go more do it until theyre dead.

haz_pro · 30th October 2010, 12:26

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Originally Posted by DusheR

haha class. Diet advice for picky eaters is impossible. Heres a few pointers

Stay away from High GI carbs (google it for a proper definition) e.g potatoe, sugars, pasta etc

drink ice cold water (this changes your core temperature forcing your body to heat it up, burning calories)

Have good fats, green veg and quality protein (Most take preperation and arnt cheap, might be hard for a student ha)

Eat as soon as you wake and every 3 hours after that untill you go to bed

Weight training is the best from of exercise for fat burning (at least 3 times a week Id say)

Take some supps for energy/fat burning. Id recommend caffeine and green tea, combo I usually use when I wake and before the gym.

Good luck

Cheers for all that, is wholemeal pasta still high GI? i love pasta

Not sure ill be able to fit in eating every 3 hours. By eating you dont mean a full size meal do you?

I used to go gym every day except sat and sunday, but i eat crap still so didnt really notice any difference.

Oh yeah and thanks for the good luck ima need it haha.

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Originally Posted by stroutsy

cross trainer is the best for burning fat. tbh you really dont need protein shakes unless you want to get bigger muscular wise. low weight with alot of reps burns fat and also increases muscle. high weight less reps highly increases muscle so to burn fat you want low weight and lots of reps i say about 6 sets of 10 on 14s each session, if you feel like you can go more do it until theyre dead.

Seems people disagree one what type of weight training to do.

I guess il just have to try both. I do just want to loose weight though i think, i have fairly big arms already and my legs have always been rediculously strong. Its just my chest thats lagging behind so looks kind of silly!

For the caffiene do i get tablets or just drink black coffee haha?