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Originally Posted by Pickleboy2134
the cheapest form of cardio is to walk/jog/run around your neighborhood I mean it is free, second if you want get a bike, an eliptical might be expensive. swimming if your school has a pool. you can also lift light weight but do more reps in a period of say a minute to get your heart rate up instead of lifting for max weight. to make it easier you might just want to join a gym. there are some gyms here in the states that are cheap as 20 bucks a month.
as for eating healthy eat 5-6 times a day, HEALTHY FOOD!! not chips shakes, fast food, etc. watch portion size, eat lean meat, more chicken (no skin) and fish then steak. write down what you eat throughout the day to keep track so you can see how you did throughout the day.
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Thanks for the reply!!
Well theirs 6 of us sharing our house so we would prefer to have a home gym rather than to all have to pay to go to the local gym (the local gym costs £312 a year ((including administration charges and induction fee)) and is approx 1h 40m walk from where we live). Between the 6 of us were able to spend up to £1000 on gym equipment and we would prefer to do this than to all have to sign up for year memberships at the local gym.
What types of cross trainer should we be looking at? And in addition to that what other equipment?
We have already purchased a set of York dumbbells with changeable weights with up to 40kg of weight. I assume these are the right kind?
For my diet I was looking at the following, or minor variations of to offer some variety. But I'm no dietitian, wouldn't know if this would meet my daily requirements or anything so really need some good solid advice for this one.
Breakfast
Option 1: Weetabix x2 - semi-skimmed milk - 1 banana
Option 2: 1x Apple, 1x Banana, 1x Pear and 1 pot of low fat yoghurt
Option 3: 2x slices of whole-meal toast - 1tbs strawberry jam
Snack = 1x piece of fruit
Lunch
Option 1: Chicken salad sandwich - whole-meal bread - no sauces
Option 2: Tuna salad, including tomatoes, cucumber - no sauces
Option 3: Jacket Potato with 1x tin of tuna or cottage cheese
Option 4: Pasta with tomatoes, onions, peppers, sweet-corn and mushrooms
Snack:
Option 1: 2x Cracker-bread with low fat cottage cheese
Option 2: 1x Banana
Evening meal
Option 1: Steamed vegetables (carrots, sweed, potato, cabbage and broccoli) and 1x chicken breast
Option 2: Jacket Potato with cottage cheese or tuna
Option 3: Boiled rice, chicken breast and curry sauce (made from water and curry powder no milk or cream)
Snack before bed:
Option 1: 1x piece of fruit
Option 2: Low fat yoghurt
Option 3: 1x cracker-bread with cottage cheese
That would be kinda what I would try and stick to, but I really need more advice on what things I can/can't eat and especially more recipe options for my two main meals of the day otherwise I'll get sick of always having the same things day in day out. If it makes any difference at all I'm 5ft 6" tall, weigh approx 9st 7lbs, I can pinch a good three inches or so around my middle although I assume this to be loose skin as well as fat rather than just fat.
I would love to try swimming as I've not been since I was a kid, however I'm not confident enough in my body to put on my shorts and give it a go. Hopefully within the next two to three months I'll be confident enough to after getting my diet sorted and hopefully increasing my general fitness some what.
Not sure if anyone will be able to offer me some advice but I hope so!
Regards,
/DS