Archive for January 27th, 2010

Some food tips to help you on your way

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Here’s a few things that work for me on the go or at work.

Firstly, plan ahead. Take food from home or at the very least know in advance exactly what you are going to buy for lunch. Don’t just wander aimlessly into the food court and hope that the salad is more appealing than the meat pie, because I’ve got news for you!

Takeaway is expensive, make your lunch at home!

Check out this quick and easy salad to have for lunch or dinner – Yummy Salad

If you get breakfast at work, try poaching your eggs in the microwave – I put boiling water into a cereal bowl, crack in 2 eggs and put in the microwave for 1min 15 seconds. Drain off the water and eat.

Breakfast in the car, bus or train on the way to work – Protein shake bircher muesli – I mix up a berry protein shake and add my serving of rolled oats. Leave over night and drink it down on the way to work.

Always have a packet of almonds in your drawer at work for a snack with an apple.

Sanitarium natural peanut butter is ok spread on crackers. All others have sugar and oil added.

If you have any tips of your own, please share them with us.

Quick, Nutritious, Easy Tasty Salad

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

I make this salad to serve with any protein accompaniment. It is so easy to make at work, you just wash all the ingredients and throw them in a bowl with the dressing of your choice. No chopping or cooking required.

3 in 1 sprout mix from the fruit and veg shop – It has alfalfa sprouts, snow pea sprouts and mung beans. The brand I get is “Belmore Bean” and it is called “3 in 1 combo”. Chuck in as many as you like of each type.

Grape tomatoes – The tiny ones at the moment are so sweet and juicy. I use about half a punnet for myself per serve.

Baby spinach – As much as you want, the stuff is so good for you.

That’s it, wash it, dress it, eat it with your accompaniment.

Sample 7 day food plan

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

The following food plan is an example of what you can eat and be considerably reducing your sugar intake. Whilst you can follow is exactly if you want, you don’t have to, it is merely some suggestions. You can tweak it to suit your own tastes and goals.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1/3 cup oats with ¾ water & ¼ milk. 2 slices of multigrain toast with 2 poached eggs and grilled tomato. 1/3 cup oats with ¾ water & ¼ milk. 2 slices of multigrain toast with 2 poached eggs and grilled tomato. 1/3 cup oats with ¾ water & ¼ milk. Baked beans with 1 slice multi grain toast and low fat cottage cheese. 2 eggs with tomato, spinach,mushrooms and your choice of either smoked salmon or lean bacon.
Protein shake with a piece of fruit
Or
Piece of fruit with 15 almonds
Protein shake with a piece of fruit
Or
Piece of fruit with 15 almonds
Protein shake with a piece of fruit
Or
Piece of fruit with 15 almonds
Protein shake with a piece of fruit
Or
Piece of fruit with 15 almonds
Protein shake with a piece of fruit
Or
Piece of fruit with 15 almonds
Protein shake with a piece of fruit
Or
Piece of fruit with 15 almonds
Protein shake with a piece of fruit
Or
Piece of fruit with 15 almonds
Turkey and salad sandwich on wholegrain bread Tuna salad Leg ham or tinned fish and salad sandwich on wholegrain bread Tuna salad Chicken breast sandwich with lots of salad on whole grain bread Steak or fish and salad Chicken and avocado salad
Low fat Cottage cheese with berries Carrot and celery sticks with hommus or avocado or cottacge cheese or natural peanut butter or a combination. Low fat Cottage cheese with berries 3 Corn thins with hommus or avocado or cottage cheese or natural peanut butter or a combination. Low fat Cottage cheese with berries 3 Corn thins with ham, cheese and tomato Carrot and celery sticks with hommus or avocado or cottacge cheese or natural peanut butter or a combination.
Roast chicken with roasted veggies – zuccini, pumpkin, capsicum, eggplant and onion. Add spinach at the last minute. Small Penne bolognaise with a large salad Grilled salmon fillet with stir fried veggies Grilled chicken breast with small amount of basmati rice and steamed asian greens with oyster sauce. Small Penne arabiata with a large salad Thai takeout – stir fry minimal rice, no noodles BBQ meat and salad

This food plan is totally managable. There is nothing drastic on there, just healthy eating.
What you will notice is the lack of:
*So called healthy breakfast cereals
*Bread several times a day
*Various bread products – only mutligrain types are allowed, soy linseed is the best.
*High calorie no nutrient spread for bread
*Lots of pasta and rice dishes. Any pasta meal should be a large salad with a small pasta. Generally pasta is the main item with a small salad on the side, but not here!
*Biscuits or muffin for morning/afternoon tea.
*Fruit on it’s own. Should be with nuts or protein shake.
*Dessert – it is only a habit. Brush your teeth after dinner and you won’t want it.
*High sugar yogurts. If you can find one that has less than 10g sugar per 100g yogurt, then you can eat it. About 100 – 150g is a fair portion size.

Note:
All meats should be lean, I do not want you to increase your saturated fat intake.
Olive oil dressings on salads are best.
Getting good fats from Olive/flaxseed oils, nuts and fish are great.

If you are not looking to lose weight, you can increase your portion sizes and/or add some more healthy snacks in the morning or afternoon

Centennial Park Outdoor Group Fitness workout of the week

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Great turn out this morning and a few good workouts to challege everyone!


We perform X-fitness once per week. It is based on CrossFit methodology and is a great way to test your fitness as all challanges are results based by either time or repetition.         


Challenge 1        

Max pushups in 10 mins
Everytime you stop, you must do 3 burpees 
Max reps
Abbey Adam Alison Claudia Damian Darrin Finn Jane Jess Jovana Kate Kelly
100 155 121 90 157 230 180 131 76 120 145 153
Kim Kirsty Kristin Lauren Lynette Lucy Milena Nelius Rachel Raghu Tori
 110 60 160 86 110 125 94 162 139 90 74

 Challenge 2         

300m run
5 roll ups
10 air jacks
20 squats
40 bicycle
Rounds for time

Abbey Adam Alison Claudia Damian Darrin Finn Jane Jess Jovana Kate Kelly
5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
Kim Kirsty Kristin Lauren Lynette Lucy Milena Nelius Rachel Raghu Tori
 5 5 6 4 4 6 4 7 6 6 5


Challenge 3
1 minute of sit ups
1 minute of plyometyric lunges
For 10 minutes
Max reps
 

Abbey Adam Alison Claudia Damian Darrin Finn Jane Jess Jovana Kate Kelly
183 286 263 220 217 246 234 152 188 250 232 256
Kim Kirsty Kristin Lauren Lynette Lucy Milena Nelius Rachel Raghu Tori
 228 203 220 158 173 259 176 352 241 163 182


Challenge 4       
800m run
For time 
Abbey Adam Alison Claudia Damian Darrin Finn Jane Jess Jovana Kate Kelly
3:58 3:25 4:22 3:49 DNF 4:10 DNF 5:07 4:12 4:53 3:43 3:32
Kim Kirsty Kristin Lauren Lynette Lucy Milena Nelius Rachel Raghu Tori
 4:47 4:07 3:04 4:33 DNF 3:16 5:13 2:57 3:13 3:06 4:12

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See you all in the park soon- Troy Shipsey

Centennial Park Group Personal Fitness Trainer 

Centennial Park Outdoor Group Personal Fitness Training Class – Monthly Schedule February 2010

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

 

1st Monday Fitness Test
2nd Tuesday Boxercise
3rd Wednesday Body weight blast
4th Thursday The Hill
5th Friday X Fitness
8th Monday Bodyweight blast
9th Tuesday Fun and Fitness
10th Wednesday X Fitness
11th Thursday Boxercise
12th Friday The Hill
15th Monday X Fitness
16th Tuesday Kickoxercise
17th Wednesday Troy’s Toys
18th Thursday Fun and Fitness
19th Friday Bodyweight blast
22nd Monday X-Fitness
23rd Tuesday Boxing/Kickboxing
24th Wednesday The Hill
25th Thursday Bodyweight blast
26th Friday Troy’s Toys

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