After unsuccessfully going through my closet this week to throw out and give away old/unwanted stuff, I met a mood in downhill. I had to throw out several pants because they had become too small...
The will to continue with this task then fluttered away very fast.
Upon telling this to some coleagues, they could hardly believe me, and laughingly accused me for putting it upside down, that they had become too big. Alas, no. Why they couldn't believe this; I'm the sporty one. The one that jogs home from work, or take the bike. I'm the one that hopes to inspire to healthier snacks (if any) on the coffe break. I'm the one that actually use the value of my gym membership to what its worth. I'm the one that get a great feeling writing workout diary.
I've been doing Zumba and gym 2-3-4 times a week, plus all the jogging/bicyckling to and from work. Also I do pilates at home about once a week. I have an active job, and eat way healthier than many I know. So the reason for this grouwing-out-of-pants is to me quite tough to absorb and analyze the reason why. Only different that could have effect is; I don't do as much weightlifting as before, and I'm getting older... :S *brrr*
SO: today I'm going to the gym together with Moni from work, to teach eachother how to do Kettlebells, as none of us know much about it, other than that I tried last week some simple movements and got impressed by the force and feeling these handled globs of pounds kan create.
Today is day one of Kettlebell'ing, exercise routine is found from norwegian magazine "iForm".
All movements is continous, one-rep per movement in same hand. Alternate hands and repeat routine for 20 minutes.
1: one-handed swing
2: one-handed swing with row
3: Clean
4: Shoulder press up
5: Front squats
6: Back lunge
I'm planning to try keep this routine for 3 weeks if, after testing it later today, I find it to be suitable for my shoulder(which has the knack of messing up many workouts). Two times per week, plus at LEAST one hour Zumba (I'm hooked)
After this, I'll change program, maybe to some BodyRock inspired routines.
Let the burn begin!
its all about calorie control :-),do you actually know what your maintenanse caloric inntake is? not many people know this, its first when you establish your baseline caloric inntake you can start to make your pants fit again,just ask "mr.changeapants every now and then" :-) (also it may be you have gotten humongous gluts latly :-) Preben
ReplyDeleteAs this is currently a basic topic of my nutritionist study, Yes, I have calculated the BMR. its 1402 Kcal or 5.893 MJ. And with adding this into the calculation of total energy expenidture (TEE), per numbers and calculations I should have approximately 11.2MJ per day. Random day-testing over a month showed that I hardly ever get that much energy intaken. Close, bot not per statistics enough. makes this even weirder. I'm going to start school again on monday, where I suspect there is some form or other a diet-recording.
ReplyDeletei first tried to calculate how much calories i needed on a daily basis based on standard "rule of thumb" but found i had to enlist on the biggest looser faster than you could say cheeseburger if i followed those calories recomendations....
ReplyDeletethe best way was too track how much i was eating over a period of time,and see if the weight changed. after a while i found that with my kind of work and workouts 3 times a week,no cardio,my maintenence coloric inntake pr.day was 2700 cal.
The problem with using math to calculate CI,it doesnt account for SPA/NEAT (Spontaneous Physical Activity/Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis )
So for me, the natural born couch poteto,i found that i needed less calories than the average kurtjonny.... :-) Preben