Bahtatboy

All off the peg (you wait till your kids are in their late teens / at uni), and are all 16 1/2 but even among the same make (mainly Lewin) they're different sizes round the waist.

Bahtatboy

Preparation Week: Day 7
08:30 20 mins HIIT on Concept2. 4,600m. Sweaty and panting by the end. Good start to my birthday!

Meals / Snacks
08:20 Lemon squeezed into big glass of water
10:00 Shake: protein, oats, frozen strawberries, apple vinegar.
12:30 2 boiled eggs
14:30 ½ serving of sheesh tawook: grilled chicken, salad, small amount of rice, a little hummous, diet coke (first fizzy drink this week).
18:00 Cake! 2 small piece of cake
21:00 The Rupee Room curry—this will be part of my weekly free day

What I Did Well Today
 Good workout, even though on holiday
 Free day / birthday, but kept splurge to a minimum
 No booze

What I Should Do / Do Better Tomorrow
 Tomorrow's Day 1 of the 12-week countdown, so do it seriously
 Will be out most of the day, so go prepared

weasel decentral

Cheers, anyhow it seems to be going well for you but the only concern I have is how sustainable it is or how it can become part of your normal routine. Because it seems quite involved compared to say having breakfast, lunch and dinner and not eating at other times.
Plus of course all the exercise. It seems the key is that it becomes part of your life so getting up at stupid o' clock to exercise is a habit i think that will be too easy to break.

spartans53

Commander was that the Areofit testing you had? Been to a few talks by them seems good stuff. Everyone says slow down on the speed when training and learn to burn fat not Glycogen. Very important for Ultras.

I'm with you on the beer thing as well.

OriginalSunshine

ah, yes. some of TJ Lewin styles have "slim fit" styling (ie teenage boys / uni grads who didnt study engineering). you need to go for the "classic" style.

Bahtatboy

Week 1: Day 1
09:30 Upper body workout
14:30 15 minutes outdoor karting at Al Ain
19:30 30 minutes gentle swim

Meals / Snacks
08:30 Lemon squeezed into big glass of water
09:15 Shake: protein, oats, frozen strawberries, apple vinegar, honey.
10:30 3 fried eggs, 1/3 tin tomatoes
13:30 Handful of nuts
16:00 Burger King (boys were starving after karting): just the meat patties, veg and 3 chips
20:30 Home-made Bolognese sauce and mixed salad

What I Did Well Today
 Good workout
 Ate ok even though out most of the day
 No booze

What I Should Do / Do Better Tomorrow
 Cleaner protein sources
 Keep doing more of the same

Bahtatboy

For now

Bahtatboy

I know what you mean, but I'm making eating every 2 - 2 1/2 hours the routine--wasn't so easy today coz I was out doing things with the family, but once I'm back at work it becomes easy.

I'm quite used to getting up around 6, so I hope it won't be a habit that's easy to break.

Anyway, I'm just trying to keep focussed on the next 11 weeks and 6 days until I go to Shanghai, and the Ted Baker shirt hung prominently in my wardrobe that leaps out at me every morning. As I've said before, I know that this regime isn't sustainable indefinitely, and its not meant to be.

The Dean

10:30 3 fried eggs, 1/3 tin tomatoes

At 10.30?

Bahtatboy

That's my breakfast! I'm on holiday most of this week--and what's wrong with tinned toms?

The Dean

Nothing........... I just don't think they 'go with' fried eggs.........

scrubbedexpat141

Toms are one of Satan's foods. Along with Tuna, Mushrooms and the KitKat Chunky

Bahtatboy

10 April 2012: Week 1: Day 2
06:00 4 min warm up, 20 min HIIT on Concept2; 4,896m

Meals / Snacks
05:50 Lemon squeezed into big glass of water
08:15 Shake: protein, oats, apple vinegar
10:50 Boiled egg
13:15 Small tin of sardines in water (ugh), an apple
16:15 Boiled egg
17:30 Small handful of nuts, glass of low fat milk
19:30 Iranian meal: grilled meats, veg, hummous, moutabul; kept the portions small
22:30 Glass of skimmed milk

What I Did Well Today
 Good workout
 Clean protein sources
 Ate out with my family, and stuck to the plan (including small portions)
 No booze (11 days now)

What I Should Do / Do Better Tomorrow
 Keep doing more of the same, although could probably do with more veg during the day
 Go heavier on the leg presses, do crunches as well as hanging leg raises
 Don't buy the sardines in water & salt again—horrible
 Plan for a long, moderately-paced row of about an hour sometime this week

UKCityGent

Dont give up on the sardines - nice (lowish) powerhouse of proteins

I make sardines/tuna patties (mix with protein powder as the binder), different herbs and spices (and maybe an egg) and fry in ghee (or under the grill if you are going low fat)

Meow

Sardines, egg & protein powder Sounds like some kind of torture.

BB - do us a favour & go easy on the boiled eggs on 25th. Thanks