Stuff and Things...
Jan. 24th, 2006 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dennyGym yesterday evening and again this evening. Yesterday I did loads more than my plan says, I just felt up to it and it went fine - felt fine this morning too. Today I did a tiny bit more than the plan, but tried not to get over-excited and do too much as I think I'll probably be feeling a few aches tomorrow from doing two days in a row.
After yesterday's session I was definitely on an endorphin high, which is a really odd sensation that I don't think I've ever noticed having before... a kind of 'body happy', with no emotional or intellectual basis. Lasted about two hours, I think, although it was most noticeable for the half hour after I got home. I can see how people could get into chasing that sensation, but it's a bit subtle for my tastes.
The eating better half of the plan didn't do as well last week as the week before, but I still haven't eaten any ready meals and hardly any chocolate. I am eating cinnamon whirls from the bakery near work almost every day though, so the latter probably isn't that impressive :) I also had pizza one night last week and a (10 quid, real meat) burger another night. Other than that it's mostly been fresh pasta with various sauces, and pasta salad things with fish or chicken from M&S in the day. Hardly ate any fruit last week, must remember to go shopping and buy a load more, for snacking on both at home and at work.
Um, this concludes today's boring update from the Campaign for a Healthier Denny. As you were.
PS: this CD is brilliant, dunno why it had moved out of the stack of stuff I listen to regularly. *bounces*
After yesterday's session I was definitely on an endorphin high, which is a really odd sensation that I don't think I've ever noticed having before... a kind of 'body happy', with no emotional or intellectual basis. Lasted about two hours, I think, although it was most noticeable for the half hour after I got home. I can see how people could get into chasing that sensation, but it's a bit subtle for my tastes.
The eating better half of the plan didn't do as well last week as the week before, but I still haven't eaten any ready meals and hardly any chocolate. I am eating cinnamon whirls from the bakery near work almost every day though, so the latter probably isn't that impressive :) I also had pizza one night last week and a (10 quid, real meat) burger another night. Other than that it's mostly been fresh pasta with various sauces, and pasta salad things with fish or chicken from M&S in the day. Hardly ate any fruit last week, must remember to go shopping and buy a load more, for snacking on both at home and at work.
Um, this concludes today's boring update from the Campaign for a Healthier Denny. As you were.
PS: this CD is brilliant, dunno why it had moved out of the stack of stuff I listen to regularly. *bounces*
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Date: 2006-01-24 10:13 pm (UTC)It looks set to be an utterly ace night.
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Date: 2006-01-24 10:15 pm (UTC)The endorphin rush is kind of nice. In New York I found that the gym was a great place to go after a very stressful day at work. The endorphins calmed me down quite well.
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Date: 2006-01-24 10:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-25 04:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-25 08:16 am (UTC)I've come across a rather good cookbook which you might find useful - it's called Cooking for Blokes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0751532754/qid=1138176873/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/026-6516348-7594869
and despite the hideously 'laddish' title has some really good recipes and takes you through things step by step. Each recipe has a difficulty rating, list of ingredients and list of kitchen equipment you'll need to make it.
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Date: 2006-01-25 09:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-25 09:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-25 11:03 am (UTC)I read this and started nodding, thinking "yeah, I know that one, it's a lovely feeling" - but then I realised that my endorphine highs almost always have an emotional basis. If I've gone swimming I feel good about myself because it's like overcoming a psychological barrier - there's pride and self-esteem there as well as the chemicals. Maybe I have lower self-esteem than you to start with? I don't know.
Anyway, this is fantastic. Hurray for you. All this nutrition is totally over my head - my dietary expertise is in losing it, not in building up the muscle. Although apparently protein is good.
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Date: 2006-01-25 11:49 am (UTC)The dietary stuff is fairly loose really... I'm not trying to win any prizes for 'best diet', just to improve sufficiently on what I was eating before that I have enough fuel on board for the exercise I'm doing.
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:14 pm (UTC)Woof!
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-25 05:50 pm (UTC)Glad the training is going well.
Still trying to find a box suitable to put your " parcel " in, soon as we have found one...will post it pronto...