Gym & Diet Plan Phase 1 Finalised

I now have the elements for the first part of my gym training programme.
Upper body training, lower body training, core and cardio vascular in the Gym together with a diet routine necessary to sustain the training.

The rules are pretty simple.
I eat every 2.5 hours. 1 hour before training I take on carbs and sugars (beans on toast seems to work best!) For my meals I am given an "allowance" of various food groups, so for example on a non training day I can have 6/8 units of carbohydrate, 6 units of protein, 5 fruits, 1/3 fat units and so on. A unit is clearly defined. 1 slice of wholemeal bread 1cm wide = 1 carbohydrate unit. 1 chicken breast = 3 protein units. How I use my allowance is up to me, but I need to spread the intake as evenly as I can over the day. It sounds a nightmare but by eating every 2.5 hours you are keeping the body topped up with enough energy that it needs for the next 2-3 hours.

Yesterday I accidentally missed my training start time by an hour and that meant I was running on empty at the gym and as a consequence it was hell when I stopped. I had a massive sugar craving and took 3 hours to recover.

The aim of the game is to prevent the body from releasing insulin. That regulates the glucose levels in the blood stream. If sugar levels get too high, insulin is released and the sugars come down. When they get too low you take on more sugars and cause a spike which realeases insulin again. and so on. If the blood sugars can be kept as level as possible that will prevent the need for inslin to be produced to regulate the sugars. So whats so bad about insulin. Well insulin does 2 jobs. It takes the sugars from th bloodstream and promotes the storage of the energy in the body. How does the body store energy? As fat. At the same time it tries to hold onto the fats that are there, and inhibits their release to fuel the body. After all the reason the body is releasing insulin is because it is trying to store excess energy!!

We shall see if all the theory works over the next few months :)

Need to update my blog!

BP 141/95 RHR 61

BP too high. Not sure why. Need to monitor that closely for the next few days.
Hoped to get an early Gym session in today but that didnt happen. Will go just after lunch.
The diet plan is taking a bit of organising to ensure I eat the right things at the right time.
Also it needs quite a bit of organisation to make sure Ive been shopping so that I have the right foods in the cupboard at the right time!