Health and Fitness Thread

[EnterTheVoid]

Data from the bike computer:

 

Maximum Speed: 40.8 Km/Hour
Average Speed: 20 Km/Hour
Distance Covered: 41.7 Kilometres
Time Taken: 2 hours and 5 minutes

 

Powered by your humble Dal Chawal. The much maligned Dal Chawal.

 

Next time someone says you can't be fit and healthy from eating lentils and a vegetarian diet, tell them to take a hike. 

Edited May 9, 2021 by EnterTheVoid

[EnterTheVoid]

Purely pedal power btw.

 

Not from these electric bikes. Those are cheating, plain and simple. 

[EnterTheVoid]

Pics or it didn't happen:

 

Maximum Speed: 40.8 Km/H.

 

 

Average Speed: 20 Km/H

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by EnterTheVoid

[EnterTheVoid]

Distance Covered: 41.7 Kilometres. 

 

In one stretch with no breaks in between.

 

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[EnterTheVoid]

Time Taken: 2 Hours + 5 Minutes.

 

Peddled like a villian.

 

 

[MechEng]

I'm into running, something I naturally enjoy doing. I do greatly neglect my upper body strength though.

[Khota]

2 hours ago, EnterTheVoid said:

Data from the bike computer:

 

Maximum Speed: 40.8 Km/Hour
Average Speed: 20 Km/Hour
Distance Covered: 41.7 Kilometres
Time Taken: 2 hours and 5 minutes

 

Powered by your humble Dal Chawal. The much maligned Dal Chawal.

 

Next time someone says you can't be fit and healthy from eating lentils and a vegetarian diet, tell them to take a hike. 

I am a daal/beans chawal guy too but they are heavy on carbs. At the top level you need protein. Lots of protein.

[EnterTheVoid]

43 minutes ago, Khota said:

I am a daal/beans chawal guy too but they are heavy on carbs. At the top level you need protein. Lots of protein.

 

Yes, agree.

 

For now, this is sufficient. I quite like the idea of getting strong of a food that is much aligned. 

 

I pulled 180 Kilo Axle Bar Deadlift weighing 85 Kilos. Not bad for Dal Power, 24 Hour. 

[coffee_rules]

Can we share immunity boosting diet/meds information in this thread? Any type of cardio is good for o2 and also vitamin-d if done outdoors. I am into biking, but need to put some stats ( have a Fitbit) , till now I do about 1 hr, 4 times a week.

 

Using more of millets, ginger, garlic, turmeric in diet. 

Edited May 9, 2021 by coffee_rules

[EnterTheVoid]

Sure, let's go for it. 

 

I've decided to go back to being a vegetarian.

 

Dal Power, 24 Hours.

[EnterTheVoid]

These are the changes I made to my diet:

 

- Brown rice instead of white rice. 

- Fresh ginger and fresh garlic instead of canned ginger/garlic paste

- Fresh tomatoes instead of canned tomatoes

- Freshly soaked kidney beans instead of canned kidney beans

- Freshly soaked chickpeas instead of canned chickpeas

- Freshly made yoghurt instead of store brought

- Freshly made Greek yoghurt instead of store brought

- Freshly made paneer instead of store brought

- Lactose free milk instead of full cream milk

- Got rid of all masala powders. Except coriander powder, garam masala powder, red chill powder and turmeric powder

- Himalayan Rock salt instead of Iodised Table salt. 

 

 

[coffee_rules]

Prefer to boil tomatoes and vegetables rather sauté in oil. Takes a bit more time to cook, but taste and flavor is much different. Of course have to compensate with tadka tempering with hing and red chilies, jeera is needed. But boiling lightly gives more flavor to the food. Feels healthier. Retains more of Vitamin C

 

https://www.myfooddiary.com/blog/healthiest-ways-to-cook-vegetables

 

 

 

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[MechEng]

^ garam masala is almost a mix of all Indian spices except for red chilli and turmeric.

[MechEng]

1 hour ago, Khota said:

I am a daal/beans chawal guy too but they are heavy on carbs. At the top level you need protein. Lots of protein.

 

Carbs are the modern dietary enemy replacing fats. 

But one must know that without a healthy amount of carbs our brains don't function properly.

Too much of protein is not good either, all depends on how well your body breaks down protein for muscle building, the remaining excess protein gets stored as fat.

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by MechEng

[EnterTheVoid]

9 minutes ago, MechEng said:

 

Carbs are the modern dietary enemy replacing fats. 

But one must know that without a healthy amount of carbs our brains don't function properly.

Too much of protein is not good either, all depends on how well your body breaks down protein for muscle building, the remaining excess protein gets stored as fat.

 

 

Yeah.

 

Every month there seems to be a bogey fruit, vegetable, food item etc that is blamed for everything. Today's flavour of the month seems to be carbohydrates. 

 

Having too much protein isn't good. You won't be able to poop properly. 

[coffee_rules]

Everything in moderation should be the motto, never pay attention to Keto or LCHF diets out there. Just eat like a normal person. 

[MechEng]

@EnterTheVoid Ishant Sharma eats rice, daal and boiled potatoes during lunch break when he plays tests. 

[cric_fan]

These fancy diets are overrated. Eat in moderation combined with exercise.

[BacktoCricaddict]

8 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Prefer to boil tomatoes and vegetables rather sauté in oil. Takes a bit more time to cook, but taste and flavor is much different. Of course have to compensate with tadka tempering with hing and red chilies, jeera is needed. But boiling lightly gives more flavor to the food. Feels healthier. Retains more of Vitamin C

 

https://www.myfooddiary.com/blog/healthiest-ways-to-cook-vegetables

 

 

 

Evidence for differential nutrient retention for various cooking methods is flimsy. 

 

Regardless, the article you posted says that boiling retains *less* Vit C than sauteeing or steaming.  So, if you believe the article, you must switch, but it is unnecessary.  Only advantage is that you may be avoiding a bit of the saute oil.  

 

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It retains vitamin C content better than frying, but not as well as steaming and sauteing.

 

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

Copy pasted with some edits from another thread.

 

My plan has no label but if it had to, it would be Poco-hifi-lowgly (Portion control-high fiber-low glycemic).  

• I've kept it up for 1.5 years.  Went from 5'7" 185 lbs to 5'7" 142 lbs in a year.  Maintaining for 6 months.
• Note: 
• 51.5 y.o.   
• Was on BP medication and was pre-diabetic. 
• Doc said shouldn't stop BP med, so it's 1/4 dosage of what it was. 
• Pre-diabetes is way back in the rear-view mirror - now mid-healthy range.  Haven't been this fit since my late 20s/early 30s when I was gymming.  

 

Portion control:

Generally, we all eat too much without even knowing it.  Cut your calorie intake by 25%.  Your body will protest, but will adjust.  Now, if you are an athlete or bodybuilder, drop this advice.  

 

Yes to High-fibre / Low Glycemic foods while still controlling calories:

• Whole-grain wheat.  Even sub this for rice - I use extra coarse bulgur wheat (basically parboiled wheat grains) instead of rice, works well enough except for Biryani.
• Whole millets like Jowar, Bajri, Ragi (even powdered millets like powdered ragi are not as good and can have high GI),
• Maximize legumes:  Whole Moong is especially great, but others too.  Chana, Urad, Rajma ... high fibre, and high protein.  Eat them without the carb vehicle first.  That way, you will limit your carb intake.  I even make idlis with whole moong and split urad.  No rice.  Comes out fluffy and soft!
• Almost no maida, almost no white rice (even brown rice is not very fibre-rich) - these don't satisfy you and leave you craving for more.
• Fresh veggies - the main advantage is fibre, not any cancer-protecting compounds etc.
• High-fibre fruits - Apples are good, mangoes are good, bananas not so much.  This doesn't mean "mangoes are a health food." They are just better than eating sweets or bananas, still limit how much you eat.  
• Avoid simple sugars totally if possible.

High-protein:

• Legumes, curds, milk, eggs, chicken, fish. tofu- all great sources.  Red meat occasionally.  I am eggitarian, so only legumes, curds, milk, eggs, tofu.  I drink Fairlife hi-protein, reduced carb milk.
• From my standpoint, if there is anything close to a "superfood," it is legumes - high-fibre, high protein.  Everything else is noise.  

Avoid deep-fried foods:

Whether raw oil, cold-pressed oil, refined oil, ghee, or synthetic Valvoline engine oil, avoid.  No type of fat is a superfood.  The occasional bhajji won't hurt you, but be mindful of how many hidden calories are in it.  Even if it was fried in cold-pressed oil or ghee.

 

Move:

15 - 20 miles a week of brisk walking/jogging.  Used to do 3 mile walk in 50 min.  Down to 31.5 min.  Now doing 4.5 in 50 min.  

 

Miscellaneous:

I avoid anything with the non-GMO label.  It is getting harder, but I do everything I can not to buy foods with the butterfly logo.  Ironically enough, the monarch butterfly depicted there is itself a "GMO," - it contains genes inserted into it by a wasp.  

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by BacktoCricaddict