Starting Over

[kad]

Monday 3-24-08 - Day 1

Starting weight: 213 lbs

I took some pics this morning. They didn't come out as well as I would've liked, but oh well. I hope you all aren't blinded at least. I'm going to start working on my tan.

The rest will be in the next post...

[kad]

Anyway, yeah, I need to get better at posing. And lighting. And I need to make my girlfriend take pictures of me at the correct angle.

[kad]

Monday 3-24-08 (again) - Horizontal Push/Pull, Calves

Deads
135x8
185x6
225x5
245x5
265x5
285x5
305x2.5 (grip failed)

Decided not to waste my time with a warmup set at 205 anymore.

T-bar rows (plate loaded machine thing... I need to use a real bar next time)
MW+90x8 (MW = machine weight)
MW+115x8
MW+115x8

BB flat bench
95x10
115x5
135x5
145x5
155x5
165x5
185x2

DB incline bench
40's x8
45's x8
45's x8

Standing calf raises (machine)
215x10
215x10
215x10

Good workout all around, I was feeling strong so I tried to push myself on deads and bench more than normal. My strength is still coming back slowly...

My diet was perfect today, it feels better being back on 2400 ish calories and P+F meals all the time. I've been eating tons of veggies so I've been feeling quite full and satisfied all day, so there aren't any issues there. I just can't wait until my Atlarge order arrives and I can start taking Nitor, I felt like I could've used the energy boost today, haha.

Calories: 2412
Fat: 86 776 33%
Sat: 16 140 6%
Poly: 11 101 4%
Mono: 28 251 11%
Carbs: 158 534 23%
Fiber: 24 0 0%
Protein: 263 1052 45%

[kad]

Tuesday 3-25-08 - Quad dominant legs, biceps, abs

Squats
45x10
135x8
155x6
175x5
195x5
205x5
225x5
245x0 (gave up halfway down )

225 is getting a little easier at least. Maybe 245 was too much of a jump.

Incline leg press
230x8
230x8
230x8

Seated leg curls
175x12
190x12
190x12

Alternating DB curls
20's x8
25's x6
30's x5
30's x5
30's x5
30's x5

Alternating DB hammer curls
25's x8
25's x8
25's x8

Cable rope crunches
150x12
200x10 (entire stack)
200x12
200x10
200x10

So I accidentally fell asleep for 2 hours last night when I should've been working on one of my programming projects that I was supposed to demo to my professor today. Woke up at 1 am and worked on it until 6:30 am, then I fell asleep until 11:00 am. So, I pretty much skipped one of my normally scheduled meals and my calories were a little low today, but one day isn't going to kill me.

Anyway, my workout was still a good one. Tried to move up a little on the squats, but I wimped out when my knees got really wobbly halfway down with 245. I'll nail it soon enough. My Atlarge order should be here sometime tomorrow, I can't freaking wait to start taking Nitor and actually get an energy boost.

That's pretty much it for now. Later.

Calories: 2097
Fat: 72 652 32%
Sat: 12 109 5%
Poly: 9 78 4%
Mono: 29 258 13%
Carbs: 138 491 24%
Fiber: 15 0 0%
Protein: 227 910 44%

[kad]

Wednesday 3-26-08 - Off day

I was busy with school work all afternoon and I accidentally skipped my third meal, but that's ok.

My AtLarge order arrived today. I got 2x Nitrean, 1 each of ETS, MultiPlus, Results, Nitor, and 2 bottles of fish oil. I'll make another order in a few weeks when I get low on stuff.

It's been over a year since I've taken a thermogenic, so I started out with just one Nitor cap earlier this afternoon when my stuff got here, and it nearly floored me when it hit me about 20 minutes later. Wow! I'm still on edge posting this almost 4 hours later. I'm hoping it lasts me a little longer than a month too since I plan on working my way up to 3 caps at a time over the course of a couple weeks.

I also tried Results today. It says on the tub to take your serving in the mornings on off days, but I took it this evening. At first impression, the taste could use a little more acidity if it's supposed to taste orange-ish. It's not terrible, but it's not the best. I guess I'll get used to it sooner or later.

I'm hoping that with the Nitor and the Results that I'll be able to murder my shoulders tomorrow since I'll have a lot more energy than normal.

So, here's my meal and supplement regimen that I'm following now:

Notes: Biotest's Alpha Male is the supposedly epitome of their "testosterone booster", and while I normally don't believe in or support such types of supplements, it's Biotest, and I like them too - I also paid $50 for it way back when and I still had some left, so I'm taking it until it runs out in about 3 weeks. I don't plan on continuing to use it.

8:30 am (on Mon/Wed/Fri, 7:30 am on Tues/Thurs) - Meal 1
- 4x ETS, 1x MultiPlus, 2x Fish Oil, 1x Nitor, 1x Biotest Alpha Male, 1x Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALCAR)
11 am - Meal 2
- 2x Fish Oil, 1x ALCAR
1:30 pm - Meal 3
- 2x Fish Oil, 1x ALCAR
4:00 pm (On Tues/Thurs/Fri, 4:30 pm on Mon/Wed) - Meal 4
- 1x MultiPlus, 2x Fish Oil, 1x Biotest Alpha Male, 1x ALCAR
Lifting - 5:30 pm on Mond/Fri, 5:00 pm on Tues/Thur - Wednesdays are off days
15 minutes post workout - Meal 5 - Dextrose+Nitrean shake, 2:1 ratio - currently 70g of carbs in dextrose and 35g protein
1.5 hours after PWO shake - Meal 6 (solid food protein+carb meal)
- 1x MultiPlus
Bedtime for me is around midnight.
- 4x ETS

Meals 1-4 are Protein and Fat only meals, with lots of veggies.

Meals 5-6 on Wednesdays are around 6 and 8:30, still protein+fat only.

I bought ALCAR powder in bulk from http://www.bulknutrition.com a while back, and cap my own pills.

[kad]

So after a few days off the lifting and eating routine I'm ready to get right back in. I was bogged down with work for my classes from like Wednesday through Friday and I didn't get very much sleep at all, so it was hard to get myself motivated to lift.

I gained a few pounds of water weight back from all the crap I ate, and I was sitting at 215 this morning... ugh. It'll come back off soon enough. I'm still working on my will power, but I'm pretty determined to lose this weight again. Anyway. I also deleted the last two posts, because I read over them and couldn't believe the rambling state of mind I was in late at night like that. :/

Today's diet:
9:30 am: 4 eggs, 3/4 cup egg whites, 2x fish oil, 2 scoops Results, 1x multi plus, 4x ETS
12:00 pm: 60g Nitrean, 1.5oz almonds, 2x fish oil
2:30 pm: 5oz can of tuna, 2 tbsp natural peanut butter, 4 celery stalks, 2x fish oil, 1x multi plus
5:30 pm: 9oz Laura's Lean Strip Steak, big salad with baby spinach, radishes, broccoli, 2x fish oil
9:00 pm: 8oz chicken breast, 1/4 cup brown rice, broccoli
11:00 pm: 40g Nitrean, 1 tbsp natural peanut butter, 1x multi plus, 4x ETS

Calories: 2598
Fat: 90 814 32%
Sat: 20 183 7%
Poly: 6 54 2%
Mono: 14 128 5%
Carbs: 154 535 21%
Fiber: 20 0 0%
Protein: 292 1168 46%

[kad]

Monday 3-31-08: Chest, Traps, Biceps

DB flat bench
30's x10
40's x10
45's x10
50's x10
55's x6
50's x6

DB incline bench
40's x10
40's x10
40's x10

DB incline flies
30's x10
25's x10
25's x10

DB shrugs
50's x12
60's x12
75's x12

DB alternating curls
25's x10
25's x10
25's x10

DB alternating hammer curls
20's x8
25's x8
25's x6

I decided to switch things up a bit and hit chest hard on a day by itself, because I always felt too winded to murder my chest when I had heavy deads the same workout before hand. I'll see how this works out for a few weeks.

Diet
8:30 am: 4 eggs, 1/2 cup egg whites, 2 fish oil, 1 multi plus, 4 ETS
11:15 am: 50g Nitrean, 1.5 oz almonds, 2 fish oil
2:30 pm: 8 oz 93% lean beef on 1 cup of baby spinach leaves, 1 small sauteed red onion, 1 tbsp natural peanut butter, 4 fish oil, 1 multi plus
4:45 pm: 2 scoops Results, 44g Nitrean
5:15 pm: 1 Nitor
5:45 pm: Arrive at gym, warmup, proceed to wait for 15 minutes for a barbell bench, give up and use dumbbells instead.
7:10 pm: Finished workout and drove home
7:20 pm: 74g Dextrose, 44g Nitrean (70g carbs:35g protein) PWO shake
9:00 pm: 8oz boneless chicken breast, 1/2 cup (after cooking) brown rice, 1 cup broccoli, 1 multi plus
11:00 pm (tentatively): 4 ETS
11:30 pm (tentatively): bed

Calories: 2498
Fat: 72 647 26%
Sat: 19 168 7%
Poly: 4 37 2%
Mono: 10 87 4%
Carbs: 210 786 32%
Fiber: 13 0 0%
Protein: 259 1036 42%