Eat healthy for 200 days

I have booked with a personal trainer who is absolutely incredible.
If you are looking for a top personal trainer, Devin Ford is absolutely awesome (see link below), he does online coaching (eg email and workout plans remotely). And it is insane as it is only $100 US per month!

(I will dig up his webpage, when I can remember the URL, but message me if you are interested).

So we just had a chat, and this following is our discussion and plan of attack.

I wanted to make my workouts fun and interesting also..

Just summarising our chat:
1) Getting a cold in the past can slow me down from workouts
(can be typically due to over training, in my case, this is)
2) Stitches out, and can do full exercise tomorrow

Exercise over next few days:
- 5km run (timed) – go all out
Day of rest
- 5×800m sprints with resting for as long as I had been sprinting (try to beat your first time).

I will email you how I get on, and if I am feeling run down take it easier, and if I can push myself harder, then I will do that.

There are also good links for Crossfit enduranace by Brian McKenzie

Diet
- Increase EPA 1gram of fish oil per 10 pounds of body weight (19 grams?!)
- Increase Protein / reduce carbs (good quality carbs ok)
- Keep up high water intake, and during fitness ok for powerade

2) Jason Bourne / Army themed workout
My immediate goal is to get in shape for the October Quarter Marathon (10.5km)
but after that, I would love to have a spy themed workout routine eg:
- Base fitness / health (Maybe I need to continue to build this base for a period as well?)
- “Bootcamp” eg I am fine to have to wake at say 5 or 6am for say 3 weeks to complete a copy of a real boot camp routine.
- Martial Arts
Krav Magra – http://www.tacticalkravmaga.org.nz/
MMA – http://www.shurikennz.co.nz/contact.asp
- Parkour
Gym workout –
Also weekend Parkour meetups
- Running
But I will leave that to whatever you recommend :-)

The “Camera Phone Diet” I worked out that I focus on eating healthier if I know that I will have to review what I have eaten via pics of all my food..

And worse if I know that my personal trainer is going to be reviewing this with me.

ALSO key discovery is that I have slightly elevated Insulin resistance, so as a result, if I move to a more Protein focussed diet, then this will drop my fat, and improve my health.

When I was young fit and healthy I was working hard on a Protein diet, and felt great, but had been reviewing a lot of sports peak performance / nutrition books that extolled a Carb rich diet..

So will be experimenting with this.

FOR ALL MEALS THAT I HAVE EATEN IN THE LAST YEAR:
http://picasaweb.google.com/102923110686788634516/FoodEaten?authkey=Gv1sRgCOrbyJqVxaLJLw&feat=directlink#

I have got a personal trainer and Dietician and I will take photos of my food, and then he will grade me on how I am doing.

But, a new year a new 200 days to challenge myself again!

Hi there,

I has been 8 days in and all good. I have used my cameraphone and I photo all food I am eating, and this means I can review this with my dietitian later and it also is really good way to discipline myself, as it will be a perm. record. :-)

Only 192 days to go!

Cheers,
Jay.

So, was going well, but gave up after got really sick, so instead of keeping up, I just drifted back into eating normally – which to be honest normally for me, is still pretty healthy, but not what the goal is all about.

SO! This is my 3rd crack at this goal, and as they say the third time is the charm.

So from my birthday onwards I have kicked off another 200 day attempt!

So far doing really well, did a 20 day detox before hand, and oddly enough have had some really good success with acupuncture for Liver and general energy. Feeling really good.

Only item that is a bit hard is on a Monday feeling tired at the start of the day.

This in turn has had me have a redbull (sugar free) but not sure that is the best.

All my other meals tho have been perfect, lots and lots of veges, and carrot juice, and salads, and beans, and a small amount of meats every couple of days(chicken and steak).

One method that I have found works really well for me, is that my phone has a camera on it – every meal and drink I am aiming to take a photo of. I could do up a collage of the food I have eaten, but either way it helps to keep you honest!

Weight loss has been amazing for me, and eating mostly vegetarian meals has made a massive difference to my weight.

Hi there,
From the start of Feb 01 I have been eating 100% healthy again.

From the start of the year I have been drinking about 2-3 litres, and doing a lot of exercise.

I am taking photos of each meal, and keeping it all healthy! My definition is low fat food, not high sugar and fresh veges and food.

I will be having some caffeine but no more than 40mg per day, and only in sugar free drinks or tea. This will ONLY be used if I am tired – doctors have said that it can help with weight loss and energy, but I will aim to keep it to a minimum. Focussing on getting the nutrition, exercise, sleep and motivation all in order as first priority.

I will keep the limit of what is “healthy” subjective, and I will accept a small amount of discretion, but will be as strict as I feel comfortable with.

Cheers

But I left both my wallet and lunch behind…skipped breakfast, so by 2pm when someone had carrot cake for the team…
What do you think – should I start again, or should I count it as a part of normal healthy eating? Other than that, I haven’t had anything else unhealthy…