Rocky_85
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« on: September 22, 2011, 11:14:30 AM » |
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Hi guys Thanks in advance for reading my FIRST EVER progress diary. I have wanted to do one for years, but never had the confidence to take pictures of my body before. It was bad enough doing the following pictures, but I am a lot slimmer than I was before! A quick bit of history about meMy name is Rocky and I'm 26 years old, from England, living in Germany currently for work. I am here for one year. Since my knee injury from playing semi-professional football (soccer) I put on loads of weight. I got to my heaviest weight last year, January 2010, weighing in at a massive 115kg (253lbs) down to 89kg (196lbs) that I am currently. It has been a hard path, but I have succeeded, so far...... I don't currently do weights as the gym memberships in Germany are too expensive for me, so I shall be making a home gym, buying the equipment bit by bit, so most of my diary right now will be just cardio, but hopefully in the next few weeks, I shall be adding some weights in. I am currently living with a German family as to save on living costs whilst i'm working here, so any food you see me write down, I don't buy myself, I just make use of what's available in the cupboards  Since living in Germany I have been weighing myself on a weekly basis, and will continue to do so. This has been my chart up to today: 23rd August-96.5kg (212.7lbs) 30th August-94.2kg (207.7lbs) 6th September-92.8kg (204.6lbs) 13th September-91kg (200.6lbs) 20th September-89.8kg (198lbs) Ok, here it goes!! Please make comments, both positive and negative, as this will help me make better choices for workouts/food as I progress. And any advice given for my diary will be greatly received  |
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Rocky_85
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2011, 11:22:35 AM » |
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Vital stats as of 22nd September 2011Age:26 Height: 5'10 Weight: 89.8kg (198lbs) Here are some pictures of me currently:-  This is my large frame  A pic of my currently arm mass, pleas excuse my very noticeable tan lines   And a side pic of my gut!! Today has been a bit of a lazy day, starting with museli and low free milk with banana on top and 2 glasses of water at 9am. For lunch it was potatoes with Quark (creamy cheese, the low fat of course hehe) with another 2 glasses of water at 13:00. At 15:00 I went for a very quick 5km cycle, medium intensity, and had an apple and 2 glasses of water straight after. For dinner I had a large piece of pork with brown rice, salad with walnuts and pineapple (lots of!) at 19:00 I will be going on a bigger ride tomorrow to make up for my lazy day!
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Rocky_85
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2011, 12:10:23 PM » |
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Friday 23rd September 2011Well as I said I would, I went on my longer bike ride today. I managed to clock in 52km (32.3 miles) in 2 hours and 44 minutes, pretty good going for me, plus I entered into another country in the process  As I live in Germany, I am only 20km (12.4 miles) away from the French border, so I went to Strasbourg for a 'flying' visit. Just to be purely random, here is a pic of me outside Strasbourg Cathedral. I look angry, but i'm just exhausted  Nutrition08:30-Museli with low fat milk and 1 peach, 2 large glasses of water 09:00 left home for Strasbourg, arrived at 10:15. Had half a litre of water and another peach 11:40 Arrive home and have protein shake, half a litre of water and another peach 13:40 Had home made rice pudding 16:00 Had a low fat yoghurt 19:25 Had salad with pineapple and walnuts, homemade pizza using 2 tortillas, green and red peppers and some cheese plus chicken bits 20:15 went for a 5km (3.1 miles) walk as my legs are still aching so hoping that the walk will stop me legs from seizing!!
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MercNil
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2011, 01:49:38 AM » |
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Nice. You're writing down your nutrition and it's detailed. Keep giving effort. |
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Rocky_85
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« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2011, 01:33:11 PM » |
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Saturday 24th September 2011Nutrition08:30 Wholemeal roll with honey and an apple. 2 large glasses of water 10:30 2 large glasses of water 11:00 1 banana 13:00 butchers sausage wrapped in wholemeal pastry and baked, leftovers from homemade pizza using 2 tortillas, green and red peppers and some cheese plus chicken bits and salad. 2 large glasses of water 15:10 2 large glasses of water and an apple 18:20 Meatloaf with salad and low fat yoghurt. 2 large glasses of water 20:00 2 large glasses of water and a banana ExerciseHaven't done these for a while, so in come my little workouts to break any plateau with my cardio!! Pushups- 2 sets of 10 on each exercise (standard, wide and diamond) Jackknife- 2 sets of 10 Crunches- 2 sets of 10 Bicycle crunch- 2 sets of 10 Standing torso twists- 3 sets of 100 (yes I mean 100, it's not a typo!!) I know it's not much but it's a start
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Djordje
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« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2011, 01:52:25 PM » |
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Keep it up dude! Nice as MercNil said. Thanks for all of the info. I suggest everyday cardio and you will burn that fat away soon. |
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Rocky_85
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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2011, 01:12:58 PM » |
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Sunday 25th September 2011Nutrition09:30 Wholemeal roll with honey and an apple. 2 large glasses of water 11:40 Leftover meatloaf with salad and a banana. 2 large glasses of water 13:00 1 low fat yoghurt and a banana. 2 large glasses of water 16:30 1 banana. 2 large glasses of water 18:20 1 small pizza with cheese, tomato, pepperoni and mozzarella (homemade) 2 large glasses of water 20:20 1 apple and 2 large glasses of water ExerciseBetween 13:00 and 16:30 I went on a 10km (6.2 miles) walk at a moderate pace. At 19:30 I attempted some more pushups but whilst doing the exercise I had a tight pain in both of my pecs so I stopped. I guess my pecs are still sore from yesterdays exercise. Not sure how long to leave them to recover, any idea guys? May try again tomorrow. I have been looking on the net for equipment and I may have some dumbbells coming my way in a few weeks so watch this space, I may be able to start doing weights instead of just cardio Whilst on my walk today I came across a playground, which was empty, so I thought I would have an attempt at my first set of pullups. I have watched Scoobys video on how to do your first pull up! As you all know (if you have been following my diary  ) is that I currently weigh around the 89.8kg (198lbs) so it's quite a lot of weight for someone who doesn't work out. Well I gave it my best shot and I managed to successfully achieve 3 honest pullups, and then my arms felt like they were going to fall off!! I am really pleased with that, so that must prove that my muscles are getting stronger already. MASS ENTHUSIASM GAINED FROM PULLUPS
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Rocky_85
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« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2011, 01:06:30 PM » |
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Monday 26th September 2011Nutrition09:30 museli with low fat milk and banana. 2 large glasses of water 12:00 after my run I had a banana and a protein shake. 2 large glasses of water 13:30 soup with carrots and cucumber and 1 small tsp of peanut butter to dip carrots in 15:00 2 large glasses of water 17:15 2 sandwiches with low fat cheese, lean ham and chilli sauce. 2 large glasses of water 19:30 1 apple 20:15 1 low fat yoghurt and a museli snack bar. 2 large glasses of water Exerciseat 11:05 I went for my run today. For some reason I felt like I was running slower than normal, in a way demotivated but have no reason to be. I completed my 5km (3.2 miles) in 37min and 21 seconds. Not sure if that's a good time or not. Post and let me know people Also whilst running, my left shoulder region was aching throughout the whole run. Any ideas on that? I think I must have DOMS on my pecs as whenever I stretch my arms out, they are aching really bad. I wouldn't have thought my workout from Saturday would still be sore.......
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wolfcastler
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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2011, 01:28:40 PM » |
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Very nice and detailed diary! I'm following! Great job on the pullups. 90kg is pretty massive to pull up.
BTW: Are you sure you can't afford €16,90 per month for a McFit membership?
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Rocky_85
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« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2011, 11:26:22 PM » |
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What's the Mcfit membership Wolf? Never heard of it!!
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Rocky_85
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« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2011, 02:18:08 AM » |
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My nearest one is 90km away  but I will see if I can get cheap travel their, maybe a monthly pass on the train or something?? |
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wolfcastler
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« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2011, 05:40:00 AM » |
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Their are many other cheap gym companies. Maybe there is one very close to you. You could, for example, go to http://maps.google.de/ and type in >yourCity Fitness< to see what's around. |
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