In this episode:
00:03 – How do we train and eat?
00:12 – A day in the life of Stephen
00:32 – Stephen’s morning activities
01:44 – Noontime activities
02:31 – Activities in the afternoon
03:04 – Late night carbohydrate consumption
03:40 – Training in the morning
04:01 – Building healthy habits to make them a lifestyle
Hi! This is Stephen from TheDVCC.com Today, we’ll answer a question that actually was posted on the Facebook wall, which was how do we train and how do we eat?
How Does Stephen Train and Eat?
So what I thought I’d do is give you an example of exactly what I did yesterday. I mean, I don’t expect you to do this exact same thing. I do try to practice what we preach. So don’t feel that you have to do exactly what I do, but it’s just maybe hopefully interesting for you to see exactly what I do.
Stephen’s Morning Activities
So I got up yesterday at 6 AM. I then had a six egg omelet. I had some mushrooms in there. I think I also had some spinach. I then went to work out at 7. I find that I have no problem now. I’ve kind of trained myself to be able to still exercise, having just eaten. So that’s never a problem for me. I also had some supplements. So I had my D3. I had 5,000 and I use a D3. I also had some Glutamine. I also had some extra fiber. I had some psyllium husk. I also had my fish oil. Then I went to work out, like I said, at 7. I worked out. It took about 45 minutes. I had a protein shake after I worked out and then I drove – I was
training with my brother, I should say, and we drove to the DVCC in Bedford where we have some stuff to do there and do general work. Whereupon, I also had a snack in the midmorning. I think that must have been at about 11 AM. So the snack was, if I remember correctly, I had some gluten-free sausages, and I
think I had spinach as well.
Noontime Activities
I then had lunch, which were some meats and some cabbage. I’m enjoying my cabbage at the moment. I always try to make sure I make a concerted effort I do have enough vegetables. That’s one thing I always discover, that a lot of people don’t have enough vegetables. It’s one of those things. If you’re having the right sort of vegetables – cabbage, dark, green, leafy vegetables – you cannot overeat them. No one ever put on body fat from having too much fibrous green vegetables. So never worry about that and always kind of increase. You can always increase the amount that you have. I also had some Carnitine and some more Glutamine. I make a concerted effort to have a lot of Glutamine daily because I know that it’s very important for the immune system. And because when I’m getting up quite early and getting home quite late, your immune system can take a knock. I think it’s quite important that you keep that up.
Activities in the Afternoon
So then I had another little snack in the afternoon. I think it was about 3 o’clock. I’m trying to remember what I had then. I think I had a Super Shake, actually. Yes, I had a Super Shake. I had one with almond butter and chocolate protein shake and things like that. I was just in the DVCC again that evening. So I a ctually didn’t get home until – I think I didn’t get home until just after nine, actually, last night, where I actually had some steak, some steak and vegetables.
Eating Carbohydrates Late at Night
A lot of people kind of fear eating late, but in my experience, it’s untrue. People shouldn’t fear eating late. Actually, if you’re looking at having carbohydrates, a lot of people have them at breakfast, which is the wrong time of day to have them. You should actually have them in the evening and they help you sleep. I
did. Again, I had lots of cabbage and I had some steak. And I was very fortunate, I had that cooked for me by my girlfriend, actually. But I still ate. I think it was half past nine then. I had some Magnesium to help me sleep and to calm me down. I also had some Glutamine and I also had some more fiber.
Training in the Morning
So, I’m training five times a week at the moment. I train first thing in the morning and I find getting it done then for me, means that I don’t stress about needing to do it because obviously a lot of different stuff can pop up during the day and I find that I’m good at training at that time in the morning, and I always, always have my breakfast.
Build Healthy Habits and Make Them a Lifestyle
Again, these are just habits that I’ve built into my life. They weren’t easy at first, but I’ve built them in. So I’m not super human in any way. I’m not super regimented more than anyone. I don’t have more will power. But I just built these habits in over time, and so now they are second nature. So, hopefully that
gave you a bit of an idea about how – a lot of the trainers, all the DVCC trainers, we all live very similar sort of lifestyles. Some things are obviously different. The times we train and things like that. But we all kind of live the same sort of healthy lifestyle that we try to promote. So, hopefully you’ve found maybe
some inspiration or at least some sort of idea of some things that you can incorporate into your own lifestyle.
I’ll see you next time! Thanks.
