Evolution has happened for most of you on this site, and all of this is illustrated very well on a day like this, a Wales versus Ireland rugby international traditionally used to mean lots of alcohol, some fast food half time, and then a nightmare headache the following morning! It may also have been a fried breakfast before the game too, and the morning after so it would have been “calorie city” for most of us on these grand occasions.
These grand occasions that many Welsh people will have gone through will have meant calorie excesses of between 2000 and 4000 calories in one day!
This means that you are likely to put on one pound of body fat in one day (3500 calories) and are likely to give your artieries a severe thrashing, along with your liver of course! Most people then will not try to minimise the damage caused with a workout the following morning, as their “headache” will be too bad, and bed will be the most likely option!
Many of you who used to follow such a ritual will testify that you wouldn’t have properly recovered from all of this until the wednesday or thursday, or did you simply get used to that lifestyle?!
Living in such a world leaves only room for functioning in the most basic of ways. You go to work and simply “go through the motions”. Your exercise plan starts on a wednesday, and peaks on thursday! Then the whole process starts all over again. Which brings us back to today.
Nothing wrong with a couple of drinks today, but everything doesn’t have top be “fried” all day! You don’t have to drink as if it’s your last day on earth? The big key for me has always been going for a run early the morning after. Your head says no as you have this huge headache, but once you are 10 minutes into it, you actually feel amazingly better.
Have a decent breakfast on the sunday morning, and you’re set for the day! You don’t want to stay in bed all day and you may actually want to “do things” on a sunday! What a concept!
Your monday then starts off with a bang and by the wednesday, you are absolutely flying, which means a great week!
This is always a great strategy and whatever you decide, take it easy and enjoy your big saturday!
i am going for a 20 18 win to wales, the irish press have been slating our players all week, and they will hopefully use it as great motivation!
How sad r u? 20 18 WIN TO WALES. Irish press have every reason to slate our players, very wishful thinking, I said yesterday I hoped IRELAND would win, I was not disappointed. I will always support the team that is playing better and deserve to will, NO GAME PLAN, NO STRATEGY, NO BELEIF, NO SPEED OR ACCELERATION. I am happy, Just hope Ireland can win this 6 NATIONS NOW
Well my day has been ok, Breakfast, same old, Dinner 2 beef sandwiches, had 6 bottles of bud watching the both matches, had a Weight Watcher chicken curry with some ovenchips, and 8 digestive biscuits, hubby on my case cos I wont go out. Goin 4 a run a.m. I dont feel guilty at all, cos I have worked hard all week, so 1 day a week I dont count calories. Baby sitting 2mo night so cant have more than 2 halves.
I understand what your saying Keri, artieries and liver and all that, but 1 day a week wont make much of a difference, if it does then your in big trouble. I do want to lose weight and be healthy, but life is for living also, so if 1 day a week is going to spoil this plan of mine, then it will just have to take a bit longer, I will run in the morning, kept it sensible today, wont take me till Wednesday to recover
was going just for a quite ride this morning.Ended up doing the little add on bit at the top of the track,which turns out to be and extra 5.5 miles. i clocked it today and i’ve done that on top of the normal 5.2 miles 4 times i think this week!!!!!!!!
breakfast was beans on toast this morning
snack milkshake then shooted off over the club.
lunch was tuna bag over the club.
then dinner at 5.30 was chicken omlette and rice wash down with squash.
jean
of course it wont take you till wednesday to recover, you are a very different case to the average person who doesnt exercise or eat well, and you’re right, no worries at all for one day having some fun with a couple of drinks!
cyril
you get better and better on that bike, and the temperatures are improving too so all good!
nothing like a good ride dude 😉