May 19th, 2012 
rick 
Beef and Vegetables (Cheat) Day
Day 6 of the GM Diet can be considered a cheat day as it says you are allowed to eat as much beef and vegetables as you like, so not a conventional cheat day where you can eat all the pizza, indian and crap you like, but actually it does feel cheatish (is that a word?) so happy happy, I am off to the butcher this morning to get me a nice fillet steak from the butcher today yum yum!! Only one more day to go so feeling like I am on the back straight 
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May 18th, 2012 rick 
Beef and Tomatoes Day
So day 5 means I get to eat beef and tomatoes, I thought yesterday I could eat all I want but actually I was wrong I have to eat it in small portions, tomorrow is cheat day and then I can eat all the beef I like which I guess is OK, I am after all getting a sample of what’s to come tomorrow. Budo Ryu was OK last night, definitely felt a little light headed toward the end, we finished the session free sparring which usually takes its toll on me, but fortunately we had to fight lower belts which saw me fighting Jaydan (quite funny given the height difference) and another younger kid (Ben) so wasn’t so strenuous.
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Tags: budo ryu, food diary, gm diet, karate 
No Comments » May 17th, 2012 rick 
Banana, Milk & Soup Day
Day 4 of the GM diet introduces three new foods, milk, bananas and vegetable soup, I felt a little tired this morning so I am thankful of this, bananas and milk to me are great for energy and I can’t wait to dig into the vegetable soup at lunchtime, I whipped something up last night and my god it tastes beautiful, well it does to me. I am however really excited about tomorrow, I get to eat all the beef and tomatoes that I want, finally I get some meat, thank god for that!!
May 16th, 2012 rick 
Fruit & Vegetable Day
So onto the 3rd day of the GM Diet it is, this is the day it’s meant to get a little easier as your body adapts, fingers crossed!! Last night’s Budo Ryu was OK, I faltered a little towards the end of the night but made it through OK, this morning’s training at the gym however was another matter. I started with 20 minutes HIIT on the running machine as the squat rack was busy as was the bench press, then I moved onto squat, I reduced the weight to 65kg so not particularly heavy and did 3 x 10 reps, the last set I only just managed to re-wrack the bar before passing out, the tank is most definitely empty today!! I braved 3 x 10 @ 45kg on the bench after, again not heavy but I definitely feel weaker at the moment.
Posted in Training & Fitness, Training Diaries, Training Routines Tags: budo ryu, food diary, gm diet, karate, training diary 1 Comment » May 15th, 2012 rick 
Vegetable Day
Day 1 of the Gm fad diet was OK at first but come the end of the day my energy was sapped completely, all I could dream about was day 2 (today) and that jacket potato in the morning for a good carb fix, salad, vegetables with olive oil and vinegarette … mmm, today doesn’t seem so bad but we’ll see by the end of the day how it looks for real, seeing results already so that’s the encouragement to keep suffering, I can’t believe I am going to go 4 days without meat or protein at all, this is coming from a protein junky!!
May 14th, 2012 rick 
Fruit Day
I’m not really keen on fad diets but given I have three weeks left until I go away on holiday to a destination we have yet to choose I want to accelerate things a little faster, so after some research I decided that the GM diet looks as good as any to give a go, boasting up to 17 pounds loss in two weeks that’s around half what I want to lose in total, I know I am going to lose some muscle doing this but I will keep up the karate and strength training to limit that as much as I can.
May 10th, 2012 rick Breakfast (7.45am) 2 table spoons porridge oats, 1 table spoon milled flaxseed, skimmed milk. Pre-Lunch Snack (11.40am) 160g Sweet Chilli Chicken Breast Lunch (2.45pm) 1 Chicken Breast Sweet potato cauliflower Carrots Gravy 3 spoons Udos oil Pre-Dinner Snack (4.30pm) None Dinner (6.15pm) 2 cooked chicken breasts Pudding (10pm) Maximuscle sculptress bar Physical Activity The class [...]
Posted in Budo Ryu, Nutrition & Diet, Training & Fitness Tags: budo ryu, food diary, karate No Comments » May 9th, 2012 rick OK so weighed myself this morning and I am still bouncing between 16st4 and 16st9, talking to Tom (The dietician) this morning he says water retention from muscle mass and most likely lean muscle gains will probably account for this, still dis-heartening a little but this is a long term thing there’s no quick fixes with where I am going … patience is KEY!!
May 8th, 2012 rick Got told off by Tony (One of the fitness first personal trainers) for taking my shoes off on the squat, apparently fitness first is not for heavy weight training which I find a little odd considering the multitude of heavy plates they have available, hey hey, so I guess I need to invest in flat shoes then, the air in my trainers definitely made things harder and will not aid my progress when things actually get heavy, deadlift is heading that way, might progress squat a bit further next week, everything else is about OK for now.
