What the next few posts will be about...

Hello, just a quick update!

I've decided the next few posts are going to be about "Nutrition". The reason for this is because I'm working towards something where my memory needs to be refreshed - it also helps when working on my own diet plans which will be posted on my website when I get it sorted!

Keep eating healthily everyone and see you all tomorrow! ;)

Bones of the Skeleton: Part 1 Continued...

Hello! Just a quick one today...

As you can see from the title, I'm going to start from where I left off!

So today/tonight I'm going to finish off explaining the rest of the axial skeleton...

There's only one area left... I've talked about the skull, the spine and now... the chest!

So what bones do we have in this area?

Well we have 12 pairs of ribs and a sternum!

Starting with the ribs... they actually originate from the thoracic vertebrae (remember we talked about that last time?!.. Chris Tarrant... The Tarrant standing for thoracic vertebrae!). Anyway, these pairs of ribs extend around to form the chest wall! The 1st 3 pairs attach to the sternum (we'll be talking about that in a moment!). Now... the next 3 pairs of ribs have common cartilaginous attachment which is to the sternum. Finally, the last 2 pairs are free! (A lot to take in hence the spreading of blogs!)

So what are we left with... the sternum! This bone receives the upper 10 pairs of ribs (not the last 2 as they are free!) as well as receiving the clavicle. (We'll be covering the clavicle next time!)

Ok, so hope you found this useful!

See you all soon x

A brief insight to my New Diet

Hello!

So, I stated in my previous blog that I'd talk more about the skeleton and the bones in the body... well I'm going to do that tomorrow now (busy day) but I'll leave you with a picture of my dinner tonight!

I started a new diet last week. I lost around a stone in weight over Christmas and I'm looking to put that on whilst doing some not too strenuous exercise. So far it's going well... I'll be sharing my diet when I've got my website sorted which will probably be here towards the end of the year as I'm not really up to it at the moment, plus I want to see some good results to show the rest of you too to prove the diets and workouts I follow do work!

Before Christmas, I weighed around 15 stone, I've now gone down to around 14 stone (morning weight). It's ALWAYS best to weigh yourself in the morning as your body isn't carrying any food or water weight! That's the most accurate time of day to weigh yourself, unless of course you work nights!

I'm 6ft 3 too so for someone of my height and weight, the recommended amount of calories to have on a bulk is around 3300... I've cut this down to 3000 as I'm not as active as a regular person due to my M.E.

Anyway... here's the picture...

There we go... not the best presentation but it's all about getting the calories in! What's the point in a good presentation if you're going to eat it anyway??!! ;)

It tastes good!

Chicken fillets, cherry tomatoes, brown rice, spinach, feta cheese and baked potatoes. :)



Hope you're all having a great week so far!

Barry. :)