| Return to the Weight: Journal Part Deux! - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| REFLUX |
Ok it's been a long time since I posted about working out & to be honest, it was a combination of multiple things that just threw me off.
House renovations, mom had major surgery, final exams, shitty shitty diet.
First three have settled down and I'm tackling the diet issue as I type.
Found that being too picky about food was the main thing holding me back. That & not preparing food ahead of time that I can carry around with me during the day.
In the past 2-3 months I've managed to keep *most* of the weight I originally gained, still hovering around 130lbs whereas I topped out at 137 before I stopped.
I found that using FitDay.com to monitor my calorie intake was extremely slow & time consuming, so I'm ditching that. Just got to stuff my face with anything I can.
Maybe monitor it once in a while but not as often as before.
The side-effects of face-stuffing are beginning to show already, increased flatulence, more bowel movements, feeling full every hour of the day, crapping 3-4 times a day....did I mention I hit the throne a lot?? :D
Anyways, I'm gonna go at it again & try to put on more weight while eating anything I can get my hands on.
Still sticking with the same routine as before (WBB #1) but with 1 adjustment for legs, leg curls doesn't agree with me so there needs to be a replacement exercise.
I already have Straight Leg Dead Lifts, any suggestions for 1 more hamstring exercise?
And 1 last request for suggestions:
What kind of foods do you bring around with you?
A bit of detail would be great (i.e. what do you put in your sandwiches?)
It feels good to be back :) |
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| turbo_dave |
| In the car I always have almonds... they fill you up and are healthy. I highly reccomend reading the ABS DIET if you haven't already.Loads of suggestions for healthy, good tasting foods. |
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| bigmack000 |
yeah terry go pick this up . its new men's health
ultimate abs guide 2005. has alot of food sugestiosn it in it look like this  |
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| turbo_dave |
| All men's health food suggestions are excerpts out of abs diet as the abs diet is put out by them. |
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| REFLUX |
Alright cool I'll look into it :)
Got my cooler packed today.
Peach, plum, banana, PBJ sandwich, ham/turkey/tomato/ww bread sandwich, small cup of yogurt, trail mix & granola bars.
This is essentially what I had yesterday but with lunch & dinner + a MRP shake.
Shake was composed of:
-375ml of mango/pineapple juice
-3 scoops of MRP powder (1 serving)
-4 to 5 tablespoons of olive oil
-about 1 cup of whipped cream
-banana
-1 small cup of yogurt (those yogurt cup thingies)
I figure just the olive oil & whipped cream is about 800-1000 calories (~100cal/tablespoon of OO), the powder is approx 400cal.
Also got a rough recipe for 1000calorie sandwiches yesterday:
-2 thick slices of WW bread (200 cal)
-Lots of mayo (200 cal)
-Lots of turkey (200 cal)
-Avocado (200 cal)
-Cheese (200 cal) (I'll have to sub this with something)
-& whatever else you want |
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| Keith303 |
With a really strick diet and lots of working out I added 30lbs of good mass in 4 months.
If you really keep at it you will see fast results.
I used weight gain protein drink, and glutamine. |
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| REFLUX |
Yeah my diet is the weak link of the equation
I'm hesitant in using weight gain powder, would rather eat real food you know?
But I don't know much about WG stuff...any info? |
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| Keith303 |
I still ate alot of high protine/carb food. chicken oatmeal etc.
But also use 3 protine drinks aday for a total of 160g of protine 900 calls, 300cabs with thos. This ontop of a allready decent eating regement.
However the protine drink I have now is twice aday totalin 100g protine 2000cals 300carbs.
search glutamine. It is also very helpful |
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| dsl55 |
| I realize you want to gain, but find a substitiute for mayo, it's got lots of calories, but it's a saturated fat bomb. |
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| Kiddo |
add a meal replacement on to your 3-5 meal days. I took a meal replacement drink on top of my supper every day as well as 48g protien shakes that contained various fruits, 1% milk and aloe juice as well as the protien powder :) . Aim for 100% of all vitamins everyday. especially B6. I went from 150lbs up to my happy 179lbs within 3 months and i've since stopped taking meal replacements for 2 months now it's just been pretty steady. drink lots of water as well so it keeps your digestive system flushed. eat something atleast every 2 hours if possible but do not go past 4 hours without eatting grab an apple or something just to keep your metabolism going. When working out change up your routine every 2 weeks or so. eg. dont do the same work out repeatedly surprise your muscles every so often so that they don't become non responsive to the exercise (habituation was the term or something like that) I've done it several times, where I would work out and no longer feel sore but I could not do heavier weight. that should be the biggest sign your body is telling you to change your routine.
oh btw try to get your own body weight in grams of protien everyday (150lbs = 150g protien) minimal. I don't know how much of this you know already but I hope atleast some of it helps
Edit: creatine is also another resort but it used incorrectly it'll mess up your liver pretty good since you need to drink alot of water every day. I've never personally used it so I won't know much about it. |
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| dsl55 |
Creatine, is only going to be effective when you have your
routine(s) down and your eating habits are consistant. It's also like steriods, where you have to take it in cycles, not just willy nilly for optimal results. |
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