I just watched a very interesting video concerned with the science behind sugar and how fructose is technically poison… and is the main reason we’re fat!
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Also added a bit to the fitness section…
Today I did arms at the gym so I thought I’d share my arm workout with you.
Triceps
This exercise can be done as depicted below, or one arm at a time. 12reps 5 sets.
Pushups x20 (if these are too difficult, Google ‘female pushups’)
Tricep pushdown on the cable machine. Find a weight that is suitable for you, then do this until you can’t do it any more.
Biceps
Bicep curl. 12reps, 4 sets.
Hammer curl. 12reps, 4sets.
Remember, doing these exercises will not make you look like a huge body builder! All you’re doing is toning your arms and removing the ‘bingo wing’. Building muscle is more effective for weightloss than cardio; your body can hold more calories and you look better naked.
I did my legs and glutes today at the gym, and it’s my favourite workout to do so I thought I’d share it on here with you :)
This routine should be done after your cardio (which would ideally have been running) so that you have some blood in your legs and your muscles are warmed up. Don’t forget to stretch.
For weighted exercises, find a weight which is suitable for you.
Begin with an exercise from the Malibooty workout x20
Weighted squats x20
If you don’t squat all the way down until your ass is almost on your heels, then you’re only working your legs, not your glutes.
Weighted lunges x20 (each leg)
More from the Malibooty workout (x20)
Then, if you have a multi-hip in your gym they’re pretty good to use. The exercises are very similar to those in the Malibooty but weighted.
Extend leg to the side x20 each leg
Extend leg backwards x20 each leg
Then back to the mats:
Then this x20
Then finish up on the leg-press (12 reps 4 sets)
Again, if you don’t go all the way down ‘til your ass is almost on your heels, you’re only working your legs, not your glutes.
When you get in better shape you’ll be able to repeat this entire sequence several times.
And if your ass burns for the following two days every time you walk up the stairs - you did it right!
SW:137. CW:133. GW:126.
Thursday 24th March 2011
Breakfast: Fruit smoothie (banana, mango, frozen natural yoghurt, frozen apple slices, orange juice).
I did an abs workout after breakfast then spent the whole day in the library; 1pm to 3am so I couldn’t cook anything to eat, so I ate “snack foods” but they can be healthy too! I had a small tuna, prawn and vegetable sushi box from Tesco. I’m not sure how many calories it contained; not many but it’s not ideal because of the rice. I also had a fruit snack box (grapes, mango, kiwi, melon, pineapple) which lasted ages and was less than 150calories. I also had three bananas.
When I got home from the library I ate 175calories of hummus and a load of carrots :/ (I shouldn’t have eaten something fatty so late at night!!)
Friday 25th March 2011
Breakfast: Fruit smoothie
My boyfriend and I went to ‘Yo! Sushi’ at 6pm which is probably my favourite restaurant. One of the beauties of it is that you can go for a naughty treat OR when you’re on a strict diet! There are so many healthy, no carb, low calorie, vegetarian dishes; it’s fantastic.
Between us we had three plates of edamame (soy beans) they’ve delicious and so low calorie! A lot of celebrities eat them when dieting. We had a plate each of Kaiso Salad (Japanese seaweed, edamame and carrot) and three bowls each of Miso soup. Miso soup is amazing! For £2 it’s unlimited refills, so delicious, very low calorie as it’s just a broth and it fills you up! It contains seaweed, tofu and spring onion <3 _ <3 Yum yum!
We also shared 1 bowl of vegi firecracker rice. That’s bad because it’s carbs but it’s SO NICE!
At about 11pm I had half a carrot.
Saturday 26th March 2011
Breakfast: half a bowl of Special K cereal, skimmed milk, 1 banana.
For lunch I tried to order healthy; a prawn salad, but when the waiter brought it each prawn was deep fat fried. Fail. It was only a light batter but I didn’t really eat anything else for the rest of the day aside from 2 slices of melon.
At 9pm I want for a run around the village with my brother, (I’m staying with the parents for a few days) then did a full abs workout.
Hey guys! Sorry that I’ve not done one of these in a while but I’ve been veryyyy busy (and lazy) so I thought I’d do a three day diet blog now!
Friday 18th March
I genuinely forgot to have breakfast lol, I was so busy rushing around to leave for my 10am lecture and trying to sort uni work out that I left my lovely banana at home haha.
Later that day I got some pretty bad news which just killed any hunger that I had so the only thing that I ate until my evening meal was a tomato and feta salad from the Student Union.
I then went to the gym to try and run off some stress. I ran for 10 minutes at level 9, and then walked fast on an incline for 10 minutes. I then went on the spin bike for 10 minutes, then did an abs workout, then went on the stepping machine for 10 minutes.
For dinner I had boiled vegetables (mushrooms, carrots, broccoli and spring greens) with herby gravy and three Quorn sausages.
Saturday 19th March
My friend Belinda has been trying to convince me that cereal is evil. Whilst I’m still of the belief that it is good for digestion and mostly quite healthy, 350-400 calories of carbohydrate is a lot to be having every morning, so I’ve pretty much given up all carbs and my breakfast is now an amazingly delicious fruit smoothie.
I’ll usually put in 1 banana, 8 pieces of frozen apple (equivalent to one apple) some mango or pineapple and 5 or 6 cubes of frozen natural yoghurt, quite a bit or orange juice, then a bit of water. It’s so nice, especially when it’s very cold. Its calorie value is probably about 250-300.
I then went to the gym and ran for 10 minutes at level 9.5 and walked for 5 minutes at incline 10 and speed 6.5. I then went on the spin bike for 15 minutes, did abs, arms (triceps) and thighs & gluts (squats, sumo squats). I then did 5 minutes on the stepper at level 5. Then I had a banana!!
I had dinner early because I was going out that night :D I had marinated tofu that was SO NICE! Even my boyfriend loved it and he’s not a vegetarian. But it’s quite expensive and just this small amount was almost 400 calories!!! I suspect that’s because it’s quite oily, but I tried to drain that afterwards.
I had the tofu with boiled vegetables and gravy. My gravy is so nice; it’s Bisto vegetable gravy granules then I add dried mixed herbs. (I probably have about 50 calories worth on a meal.)
When I went out I didn’t drink because of the bikini contest approaching; got to stay in shape! Even though my friends thought that I was boring lol. On the way home I went to Subway (I love the ones that say open until 3am) and got a salad bowl. Then when I got home I was still so hungry that I had three vegetarian sausages which is quite bad to eat so much so late but I had been dancing and it wasn’t carbs.
Sunday 20th March
Breakfast: No bananas, too lazy to go to the shops just for them so I substituted it in my smoothie with another apple, (it wasn’t that nice).
Lunch: 3 vegetarian sausages (yes, I eat them a lot but they’re only 57 calories eachI love them and I need the protein for muscle build) and 2 scrambled eggs.
Dinner: I’ve not eaten it yet! I assume it will be something boring, vegetarian and low calorie.
Gym: Not today! It’s my rest Day
Charlotte Elizabeth x <3 x <3 x
Now this diet is quite extreme so I wouldn’t suggest young girls copy me or girls of a healthy weight, but I have a few weeks until a photo shoot and less than 7 weeks until the Hooters annual bikini contest, so it’s time to hardcore diet <3
What I’ll be Eating.
It’s best for your metabolism to eat little things several times a day, rather than 3 huge meals a day, that way your body can deal with the calories better.
Breakfast: Medium sized bowl of cereal with semi-skimmed milk and sweetener.
Snack: Carbs allowed – probably vegetarian sushi, nom nom nom.
Lunch: Protein and fruit
Snack: Non-carb-snack e.g. carrot sticks
Dinner: Protein and vegetables e.g. vegetables and Quorn, vegetable and prawn stir fry, vegetable omelette.
When to eat: No carbs after 5pm, No food at all after 8pm.
Drink: Lots of water and hot water with lemon.
My Goal Weight.
Height: 5’8”
Heaviest Weight: 158 lbs
Current Weight: 137 lbs
Realistic Goal Weight: 126 lbs
Dream Goal Weight: 119 lbs
Exercise.
Gym 3 or 4 days a week
- Cardio; treadmill, spin bike, stepper, cross trainer.
- Abs
- Gluts & thighs
- Arms
Work (waitress) 2 days a week
- 7 hours on my feet, lots of walking!
Day One!
Okay, I won’t be posting a blog of what I’ve eaten every day because you’d all get very bored and… CBA! I’m a busy woman; full-time 3rd year double degree with approaching deadlines, a job, the gym, boyfriend and social life… I don’t have time to keep taking pictures of carrot sticks and telling you that my legs look super fat today haha! But I will try and post one or two times a week.
Breakfast:
Medium sized bowl of Special K Red Berry with artificial sweetener and semi-skimmed milk.
Snack:
Banana
Lunch:
Small salad comprising of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, blue cheese and some mustard/mayo sauce thing. Also 2 scrambled eggs and a few grapes.
Snack:
I was so hungry when I got back from the gym that I ate one before I remembered to take a picture haha! I just saw this is Waitrose, it’s really nice and low carb! All three rolls are less than 200calories! They’re Prawn Rolls which are rice paper rolls stuffed with prawns, vermicelli noodles, carrot, lettuce leaves and coriander. Yum yum! (I’m a vegetarian but I do eat prawns, nothing else.)
Dinner:
I ate this far too late at night but to do uni work in the library all day then going to the gym at 6pm or 7pm means that I’m not going to get any dinner until 8pm or 9pm :/ Eating that late at night is a huge NO for dieting!! I just boiled a load of vegetables and eat them with vegetarian gravy. Eating late at night isn’t too bad if it’s just veg.
Exercise:
I went to the gym with my friend Belinda (lovebeli.tumblr.com), this was my first day back so I didn’t do anything amazing haha!
- Treadmil; 3 mins warm up, 11 mins running, 5 mins walking at incline 11.
- Gluts and thigh exercises
- Abs exercises
- Stepper; 5 mins at level 8
- Cross trainer; 5 mins at level 4
I’ll be back in a few days ;)
Charlotte Elizabeth x <3 x
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