Are you leveling up outside of EQ? (fitness thread)

[Old Prexus]

I consume a obscene amount of banana's to keep my troop count high

[Swish]

Hit a wall that I'm slowly trying to climb over, seems 13.8km/h is going to take a while... had my 4th attempt at it today, got to 28 minutes but can't push on to the next challenge before I can run it for 35.

Might be stepping off my half marathon pedestal to do a 10k (6 mile) run this weekend, just because its local and easy to get to...plus I haven't done enough running outside.

[Salaryman]

none of this matters if you still play eq

[sezaru]

fuck like a rat

[skarlorn]

nice Agatha congrats dude [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Swish]

That eating plan/workout looks great honestly. There's an 8 week version of it as well which I might give a go. Still find it hard to cut out soda completely and not a fan of drinking water which might be the hardest bit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'd definitely recommend cardio workouts to keep the numbers dropping. Whether its on the the treadmill (whatever motivates you, time/distance/calorie count), swimming until your arms/legs don't want to move anymore, or (as you Americans say) things like "jumping jacks" along with sets of burpees etc at home just to get your heart rate going.

Whatever you add, try to commit an hour to it - if that seems hard and isnt swimming, add music to help the minutes go by ^^

[Raavak]

I'm a stickler for tracking nutrient consumption (maybe because I'm OCD). Knowing that I'm tracking helps remind me not to overeat or eat poorly when the opportunity exists. It has also educated me on what is good and what is bad. Sometimes I'll go "wow, I can eat a ton of that" or othertimes "oh snit, that was twice the calories I thought and I'm still hungry".

I use myfitnesspal.com for my tracking.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Raavak [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I use myfitnesspal.com for my tracking.

My fitness pal is awesome, and I still use it to track my calories when I fast. However, personally I've found a much better metric than calories (and/or fat, and/or carbs, and/or ...): glycemic index. My fitness pal doesn't have it, but you can find the glycemic index of most foods by googling "that food glycemic index".

Every food has an index from 1 to 100, where 100 is foods like pure sugar that your body can pretty much digest instantly, and 1 is foods like leaves that your body has to work super hard to extract calories from. Just eat as much as you want of anything below 50, only eat stuff about 50 rarely, and if you can help it never eat anything above 70. It's that simple.

When I first started I summarized it as: no white flour/bread (only whole wheat), no white rice (only brown rice), and no white, brown, or any other color sugar. Just doing that much gets you 80-90% there

The cool part is it works on two levels. First, when you eat high glycemic index foods you get a "sugar rush" (because your body digests them into sugar quickly), and those sugar rushes result in fat (because your body thinks "wow I've got all this extra sugar, better save it for an emergency"). In other words, it's less about how many calories you eat all day, and more about how many calories your body extracts and sends out at any given moment. Low glycemic index foods take longer to digest, so your body only sends out the sugar from them slowly.

But the second part is your hunger. Eating high glycemic index foods really does get your body "addicted" to sugar. If you can cut out that sugar (and similar high glycemic index foods like white rice) from your diet, you'll see a VERY noticeable difference in your hunger levels after a few weeks, and it definitely results in weight loss.

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But the second part is your hunger. Eating high glycemic index foods really does get your body "addicted" to sugar. If you can cut out that sugar (and similar high glycemic index foods like white rice) from your diet, you'll see a VERY noticeable difference in your hunger levels after a few weeks, and it definitely results in weight loss.

I've already mentioned here that sugar boosted the analgesia of opiates when administered at the same time as morphine.

the group that was given no sugar had less subjective opiate effects (i.e. pain killing) than the group without.

sugar is widely believed to be a narcotic by many Europeans. There are many people in Europe who will not eat sugar, and it being a narcotic vice is one of them. It dulls the brain, dulls the human experience.

American politics and America in general relies on sugar for its national security. Rather pathetic.

[Shrubwise]

Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've already mentioned here that sugar boosted the analgesia of opiates when administered at the same time as morphine.

the group that was given no sugar had less subjective opiate effects (i.e. pain killing) than the group without.

sugar is widely believed to be a narcotic by many Europeans. There are many people in Europe who will not eat sugar, and it being a narcotic vice is one of them. It dulls the brain, dulls the human experience.

American politics and America in general relies on sugar for its national security. Rather pathetic.

Chill out and have a Snickers, dude.