Quick Bio
Former chubby kid that turned skinny fat and unhealthy after being stupid about diet and nutrition and developed a minor ED. Started seriously lifting six months ago but still ate like an idiot so never put on weight. Time to get bigger and stronger and not be scared of teh fatz. Height: 5'9" Weight: 137, down from 155 (when I was healthy) BF: Calipers say 9-10%, but I don't know how accurate that is. Diet: Calorie cycling, ~2500-2700 on off days, ~3100-3300 on workout days. ~200g protein every day, 65-75g Fat, let the rest fall where it may. (Probably lower carbs/higher fat on rest days, though not going to be strict with exact macros) Goal: Get strong and add lots of muscle and not look like I starve myself
Background
21 years old. I've always been a pretty active kid, into sports in high school, but I've always only ever been average when it came to strength and athleticism. When I was younger, I put on something like 50 pounds over the course of a summer, and came back to school very, very chubby. This was followed by a period of severe under eating and all around diet stupidity, and I found myself with at an unhealthy bodyweight and with a mild eating disorder that has plagued me ever since.
I got serious about my diet about three years ago when my parents got me P90X, and I ran through that three or four times and got into decent shape, even managing to put on some weight. A little over two years ago, I was 155 and definitely the healthiest and happiest I've ever been. However, over the summer, I went on vacation and through a combination of lack of food and just being overly busy and active, I dropped fifteen pounds and a good deal of strength. Since I hit 140, I've progressively lost weight. My lowest was 128. Now, however, I've wizened up and started to get serious about gaining strength and muscle.
I started strength training like a non-idiot about six months ago, but my gains have been pretty much slow to nonexistent because of my hesitance to eat properly. My lifts are still sad and weak, but I'm looking to change this. Let the bulk begin. Diet Calories: 21000 / week Protein: 200g / day min Fat: 75g / day min Carbs: Whatever
I'm still not sure exactly where my maintenance is. I'm pretty active as it is without the workouts. I go to school every day, probably walk an average of 3-5 miles most days, and up to 10 miles on Mondays and Wednesdays. Most calculators put me at around 2500 - 2700, so I took an average of 2600 + 20% to start. That gets me around 3100 a day or ~21000 a week. I'm not focusing on daily calories, just weekly, because I'm trying to eat by feel, and I know some days I'll be more hungry than others. I figure as long as it all balances out in the long run, I'll be ok. As far as macros go, I'm just going to make sure I hit my protein and fat requirements, and fill in the rest with carbs and/or more fat.
I'm also going to be trying to eat as "clean" as possible, mostly because I enjoy eating good, real food as opposed to cereal, donuts and cake. Ice cream will be involved though. As will cheesecake.
Exercise
I'm working out heavy three days a week. I have an A/B workout that I alternate every three days, and I off days I generally do some GPP type stuff or light cardio. That or yoga. My body loves me when I do yoga. But my main workouts basically consist of a Squat/Push/Pull and a pull from the floor. I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible, and just add weight to the bar.
Current Lifts: Squat - 215 x 1 Press - 115 x 1 Deadlift - 235 x 1 Weighted Chins - BW+45 x 2 Weighted Dips - BW + 45 x 3
The workout B Squat -- 10 x 3 OHP/Weighted Dips -- 5 x 5 Row/Weighted Chins -- 5 x 5 Power Clean/Deadlift -- 5 x 3/1 x 3
Pretty Simple. I squat every workout. I alternate press and weighted dips for my push, alternate rows and weighted chins for my pull, and alternate power cleans and deads for my pull from the floor. I figure since my deadlift is sad and weak, I'll be alright doing it twice a week. Oh, and I don't bench. I hate the bench. With a burning passion. I always seem to mess up my shoulder when I bench, regardless of the weight, so I don't do it anymore. The weighted dips and weighted pushups take care of my chest though.
Goals
Get bigger and stronger! Stop worrying so much about food and putting on bodyfat, and learn to just let go and enjoy my life. Unfortunately, food and diet has become a bit of an obsession, and I'm hoping that by doing this bulk and getting serious about putting on weight, I can break that obsession and develop a healthier relationship with food and my diet in general. As far as lifting numbers go, I'm shooting for 225 x 3 for the squat, 135 x 5 for the press and 275 x 1 for the deadlift. At least in the short term. I'm also trying to bump up my weighted dip/chin reps. I want to hit at least 10 reps at BW + 45.
Oh, and since I'm pretty much brand new to posting here, if anyone knows the best way to post pictures, I'd love some advice. I got some before pictures taken, plus mad food porn!
So, today was a workout day. I actually managed to get 8 hours of sleep, so I woke up feeling pretty good. Worked out fasted, 'round 10 am, and crushed it. Then worked out again at around 6PM 'cause I felt like it. By the way, Five Finger Death Punch is awesome to lift to. It's the kinda music that makes you wanna headbutt walls and punch people, which is always a good thing. I'll get the pictures of my food up towards the end of the day, so for now, here's my workout. AM Workout B Squat:
95 x 2 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
155 x 1 x 3
185 x 1 x 3
205 x 10 x 3
185 x 1 x 3
135 x 1 x 5
Push Press
45 x 1 x 5
65 x 1 x 5
85 x 1 x 5
105 x 6 x 5
Rows
45 x 1 x 5
65 x 1 x 5
85 x 1 x 5
135 x 6 x 5
PM Workout Jump Rope
Intervals for 15 minutes
Power Clean and Jerk
95 x 5 x 3
115 x 3 x 3
135 x 3 x 1
145 x 10 x 1
I was pretty gassed by the time I got to the push/pull; my workout up to that point took me about half an hour, and I try to keep my workouts no longer than 60 minutes, so I decided to make it a super-set and call it a day. Finished feeling good, though; not exhausted, just jacked. The 205 on squats is new for me, I have been stuck on 200 for a while now, so hitting 205 felt good, albeit hard as hell. My legs are thrashed. The PM workout was good, I was feelin pretty jacked up 'cause I drank a bunch of coffee, so I jumped rope and after warming up a little, did some singles for Power Clean and Jerk.
Food today was pretty good. Only ate two solid meals, with some of snacking in between. PWO/Breakfast
~350g Chicken breast and Tilapia, Pan Fried
~450g Sweet Potato, Roasted
1 Onion, Roasted
1 Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake single for dessert
Dinner
1 Each of skinless chicken Thigh, Leg and Breast, Grilled
~500g Homemade potato salad (Potatoes, HB Eggs, Onion, Celery and FFGY/Mustard mix)
1/2 Tub Dryer's Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Sundae with some chocolate and banana mix ins
Too tired to plug everything in, but I'm guessing Cals: 3100 - 3300 Pro: 200g+ Fat: 100g - 120g Cho: 400g+
So, like I said before, as long as I hit my minimum protein and fat, I don't care where the rest of it comes from. My goal is to track and little as possible and go by feel as much as I can. Anyways, those were my two solid meals for the day. On top of that, I snacked on some veggies, and when I went to costco to do a little shopping, I snacked on some free samples! Tri-Tip and Greek Salad FTW! And just a side-note, dryer's kicks ass. I used to be all about Bryers, but after trying that tub of Dryer's, I'm hooked. I think I even prefer it to Haagen Dazs and Ben and Jerry's. Though I do have a pint of Blue Bell sitting in my freezer waiting to be devoured, so well see which one I like better. And I still don't know how to post pictures >< Cause I got tons.
I didn't have time to update this yesterday. College is keepin' me busy, but saturday was a workout day, and I kicked some ass again. I think it's all the ice cream I've been eating. I kept the workout relatively short. With the warmups and a quick 10 minute cooldown walk on the treadmill, I think I clocked in at a little over an hour. ****in' squats take forever. Anyway, heres the breakdown.
B Squat:
95 x 2 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
155 x 1 x 3
185 x 1 x 3
205 x 8 x 3
210 x 2 x 3
185 x 1 x 3
Weighted Chins:
BW + 45 x 3 x 3
BW + 20 x 2 x 5
BW x 1 x 10
Weighted Pushups
BW + 45 x 5 x 5
Deadlifts
145 x 2 x 5
185 x 1 x 3
235 x 1 x 2
205 x 1 x 3
I decided not to go with straight sets on chins, so i did a sort of reverse pyramid and cut the rest times down a little. Squats kicked ass again, managed to get a few sets at 210 cause I was feeling good at 205, and deadlifts were decent, but I think I tore my legs up on squats so I was feelin' pretty weak by the end. Food was also kick ass today. I made two huge pots of Jambalaya and ate it throughout the day. No exact macros, but I ate about half and I think there was a total of about 5k calories in the whole batch, mostly chicken, pork and rice, so I'm sure I hit my protein requirements for the day. Then, 'cause I was still feelin' nommy, I downed a pint of Blue Bell Pistachio Almond right before hittin' the sack. It was most satisfying.
Oh, and I finally figured out the whole image thing. Here's my before pictures. 137 pounds of soft skinnyness.
That's actually a good idea. I'm not a huge stickler for form, which probably isn't a good thing, but I know I'm at least hitting parallel. A video would probably be good though, 'cause I have no idea how I actually look when I squat. Oh, and a little food porn to hold you over. My jambalaya and ice cream from yesterday. I'd say I hit around 3300 calories, give or take.
Today day was a huge bummer. Class from 6am - 2pm and then lab from 5pm - 830pm. I managed to get in a quick thirty minute workout after my classes; just some bodyweight stuff at the school gym, and then I downed as much food as I could before leaving for my lab. No nutritional information at the school either, so I have no idea how much I ate, but i think i barely broke 2k for the day. Even with the dinner I just ate, and I feel stuffed >< I figure I can make up for it tomorrow with a solid workout and a huge PWO meal.
Just for the hell of it, here's what I managed to down at school in about thirty minutes.
2 large baked potatoes with salsa and sour cream
5 Chicken Thighs and 2 burger patties
Mashed Potatoes and Steamed Veggies
Chicken stir-fry with rice
And for dinner, I had a bowl of leftover jambalaya
BTW, biology labs are a huge pain in the ass.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Keep going bro I will be keeping an eye out with you,
I am 2 weeks into my bulk now and loving it, I had experienced a minor ED trying to drop body fat, ended up dropping too much and muscle gains were lacking, my lifts were getting worse so i decided to start my bulk, Now my lifts are going back up and im enjoying having a 'treat' if i need it!
#TEAM IF
''Someone, Somewhere is working on their game right now. They could be your competition some day. Don't let them out-work you''
''Everyone is equal: Some just work harder in pre-season''
Thanks, man. I'll need all the extra motivation I can get. Eating like I have been isn't easy, and its almost as hard for me mentally as it is for me physically. I'm hoping just having some public accountability is gonna give me the push I need to actually put on some weight.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Quick update today. Just finished my PWO meal, and figured I'd get some stuff up before I forget. I got a busy day ahead of me and lots of errands to run, so I won't be able to post again till tomorrow. Anyway, the workout: B Squat
95 x 3 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
155 x 1 x 3
185 x 1 x 3
205 x 8 x 3*
185 x 3 x 3
Press
45 x 1 x 10
65 x 1 x 5
85 x 1 x 3
105 x 2 x 3
105 x 1 x 4
110 x 3 x 3
Weighted Chinup
BW x 3 x 5
45 x 3 x 3
25 x 3 x 5
BW x 1 x 8
Power Clean
95 x 1 x 5
115 x 1 x 5
135 x 3 x 3
** Squats were rough today. I don't think I ate enough or slept enough yesterday, because I failed on set 8 at 205. My legs cramped up bad, and I'm still havin' a little trouble walking. I think I'm gonna sit on the couch tonight with a lacrosse ball for like an hour and see if that doesn't help. Other than that, though, workout was good. Upped my weight on presses by 5 lbs for those last three sets cause 105 was starting to feel a little light, and I did a reverse pyramid on weighted chins again. I'm really liking that rep scheme for upper body stuff, I think I might stick with it. And some quick power cleans to finish things off, but my legs were pretty shaky by then and I was already over an hour, so I made it short and sweet.
And food for today. I figured I'd need a huge meal after that workout, seeing as I didn't eat much yesterday, so I threw together something suitably epic
550g top sirloin
650g Russet/Sweet potato wedges, baked in coconut oil
200g Sauteed kale
1 Roma tomato
1.5 serving of Haagen-Dazs Coconut Pineapple
Cal 1,820 Carbs 175g Fat 62g Protein 137
And the scary thing is, I'm still hungry. I'll probably eat again in an hour or so.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Good luck on your bulk. I'm getting started on my first one too, and a lot of what you wrote in your background sounds familiar. But it sounds like you're doing pretty well internalizing a healthy, long-term approach to exercise and nutrition. Keep up the good work, man. You can do it!
Think you can, think you can't - doesn't matter. Either way, you're right.
Quick update for today. I decided to make today a semi-rest day. I was definitely hurting after yesterday's workout. My legs cramped up bad while I was sleepin', and it took me about half an hour to work the knots out. Then they cramped up again while I was walking to class, so I figured my legs could use a well deserved break. So no killer workout today. I kept things nice and easy, just about half an hour of light cardio, some yoga, and a little body weight stuff, just to work up a sweat. I definitely didn't kill myself. Eats today were pretty awesome though. I had a massive breakfast, snacked on some protein fluff, and had a decent dinner, just threw something together quick cause I'm busy studying for an exam.
Breakfast
7 Eggs
200g Top Sirloin
1.5 tbsp Coconut Oil
200g Swiss Chard
1 Serving of my Chicken Curry
Plus some protein fluff, pretty low cal, probably around 200, give or take, 25g of protein
Totals Calories ~ 2400 Carbs 65 Fat 135 Protein 215
And the only picture I have is my chicken curry omelette It was tasty though
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Today was pretty awful. I've been feeling under the weather lately, and it all sort of culminated today. Woke up sick to my stomach and with a massive headache. Felt like some kind of stomach bug, and, needless to say, I spent a lot of time in the bathroom today. Plus, I had a calc exam, which hasn't been helping my stress levels. Anyway, long story short, I spent about three hours in the MU studying before heading off to take my exam, which I crushed. Feelin' a little better from that, I figured I'd workout at school rather than drive home. After throwing up my pre-workout protein, I berated myself in front of the mirror until I sacked up and workout out. Actually turned out to be a pretty decent workout, all things considered. Not 100% balls out wall-headbutting, baby-eating, village-pillaging intensity. But not bad.
Squat
95 x 2 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
155 x 1 x 5
175 x 1 x 3
185 x 5 x 3
195 x 5 x 3
Weighted Chins
BW+45 x 6 x 4
BW x 1 x 8
Weighted Dips
BW+45 x 6 x 4
BW x 1 x 10
And food for the day. I actually felt a little better after workout out, and I think the combination of throwing up and sweating my balls off in Arizona heat helped me recover. Had two meals again today, with a snack. Usually I have three, but it was late by the time I got home, and I don't like eating right before bed 'cause I have trouble sleeping. So I generally cut off food at around 7pm. So today turned into an impromptu 18 hour fast. Not ideal, I know, but at least I got in the calories.
Dinner
300g Pork Cutlet
500g Baked Potato
200g Sweet Potato
1 Oz Blue Cheese
1 tbsp butter
some sour cream and various other fatty toppings for my potatoes
Snacks
Protein Fluff! - Strawberry's and Creme (it defeated me)
Totals Cals ~3000 Pro 220 Cho 295 Fat 115
Too lazy to upload pics of the nomz, but I'll get em up soon
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Sick again yesterday, so I didn't post. Couldn't keep much food down, so I subsisted on Chicken Stew and coconut milk protein shakes. Barely broke 1600 calories.
Today was better though, except for the fact that I didn't eat nearly enough so my recovery suffered a little. The workout:
B Squat
95 x 2 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
155 x 1 x 3
175 x 1 x 3
195 x 10 x 3
205 x 1 x 1
215 x 1 x 1
225 x 1 x 1 Press
45 x 1 x 10
65 x 1 x 5
85 x 1 x 3
105 x 3 x 3
95 x 3 x 5 Weighted Chins
45 x 3 x 3
20 x 2 x 3
BW x 2 x 8
Breakfast (PWO)
200g Sirloin
200g Chicken Breast
200g Kale
1 Onion
2 Tomatoes
1 Apple
1 tbsp Coconut Oil
600g Potatoes
1 Strawberry Protein Fluff (180 calories 20/0/24 C/F/P) and thus far the only food to ever have defeated me. Damn that stuff is filling.
Calories ~1500 Carbs 170 Fat 35 Protein 125
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
I actually don't know how to embed the photos in the post
I've tried using the <IMG> tag thing and for some reason it wont let me post if I have a link set up like that.
Actually, if anyone can let me know how to embed the photos in my posts, I'd really appreciate it, because I hate just having links to pictures. It's lame.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
I actually don't know how to embed the photos in the post
I've tried using the <IMG> tag thing and for some reason it wont let me post if I have a link set up like that.
Actually, if anyone can let me know how to embed the photos in my posts, I'd really appreciate it, because I hate just having links to pictures. It's lame.
As long as you have the picture hosted somewhere, and can get a URL for it, you just need to use brackets [ ] for tags instead of < >.
So, to post an image inline, you'd type out [ img ] then-the-url-here.jpg [ backslash img ]
But without spelling out the backslash, obviously, and no spaces.
However, I see you only have 17 posts....you can't add inline images until you reach 50. So, hold tight and chime in on a few other logs, maybe
Think you can, think you can't - doesn't matter. Either way, you're right.
As long as you have the picture hosted somewhere, and can get a URL for it, you just need to use brackets [ ] for tags instead of < >.
So, to post an image inline, you'd type out [ img ] then-the-url-here.jpg [ backslash img ]
But without spelling out the backslash, obviously, and no spaces.
However, I see you only have 17 posts....you can't add inline images until you reach 50. So, hold tight and chime in on a few other logs, maybe
Damn, ya, I figured that was how you embedded the photos, but every time I tried I'd get that 50 message minimum thing. I just thought I was doing it wrong or something; that there was another way you were supposed to embed images. Haha better get some more posts out asap then, I can't have my log lookin' all boring.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Oh, and before I forget, here's breakfast from yesterday.
It won't be imbedded yet, but as soon as I get to 50 posts, Ima get on that and see if I can't get some more food porn up on here.
(I'm making this a new post to get my post count up so I can actually embed pictures, btw. Excessive posting FTW)
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Wooh! So I'm finally at 50 posts! That means I can actually post all the pictures I have of my food! To celebrate, here's my eats over the last few days!
Woke up today feeling like ass, only five hours of sleep. Slept three hours Sunday night and had class until 8pm Monday, as per usual.
I ate breakfast for the first time in a few months on Monday. Somethin' strange happened. I put down probably 2k+ calories in one sitting, strictly protein and fat. Probably 12 eggs, a few tablespoons of butter, two whole avocados, two pork chops and some chicken breast. Left the house still oddly hungry. An hour later I had this weird, gnawing pain in my stomach. Like hunger pangs. A feeling like my stomach was empty, even though I just put down tons of food. Strangest thing. Went away after a few hours, and then I was nauseous, and couldn't keep anything else down the rest of the day. Very strange.
Today I felt pretty horrible. Tired, sluggish, sore. Legs cramping again, but I worked out anyway. Kept my squats at 200, but made sure my form was spot-on. Here's the workout B Squat Warmup
95 x 2 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
155 x 1 x 3
175 x 1 x 3 Work Sets
200 x 10 x 3
Press Warmup
45 x 1 x 10
65 x 1 x 5
85 x 1 x 3 Work Sets
110 x 1 x 3
105 x 3 x 3
95 x 2 x 5
Weighted Chins
45 x 1 x 4
45 x 3 x 3
20 x 2 x 6
I kinda just went by feel today. Squats were alright; I thought my legs would be more rested by now but my nutrition has been pretty terrible, and I've hardly been sleeping lately.
Presses and chins felt good though. managed to up the reps on my first set with 45 by 1. Hopefully I can get all three sets of four soon. And I managed to get one set of 110 for presses. Grindy last rep, but no cheating. And food for today:
~1kg Potatoes
~600g Chicken
~200g Pork Chops
1 Cup Cooked White Rice
1 Cup Blue Bell Pistacio Almond
500g Strawberries
1 Banana
Some Chocolate
Condiments 'n stuff
Dunno exact calories or macros. No measuring or weighing today. I just ate today. Pretty low fat though, cooked with minimal butter, so aside from that the only fat I got was in the ice cream and chocolate. And with all that chicken and pork I know I hit my protein rec's so I'm not stressin.
No food pics either, but here's a lil something to tide anyone who follows this over till I feel like taking more pictures.
My favorite Late Night Snack - In Progress
Money Shot - PB&B Omelet
Simple yet Satisfying - Scrambled Ham and Eggs with Hashbrowns, topped with Guac and Sour Cream
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Thank you, sir. It's been a while since I've taken any new photos though. Too busy with school to worry about gettin all my meals logged. ****, I haven't weighted or measured anything in like three days. Aside from knowing I'm smashin' on tons of protein, I have no idea what my macros are.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
recipe/macros for the jambalaya please. i love dishes like that. good log so far though, + rep
Jambalaya's ridiculously easy to make. I usually make giant batches, with a mix of all kinds of different animals. I think the one in the picture was
3 lbs Chicken Breast
2 lbs Pork Loin
2 lbs Tillapia
2/3 Cup dry rice per lb of meat (~4.5 cups of rice for this one)
1.5 - 2 cups Chicken Stock per cup of rice
3 or 4 Onions, sliced
3 or 4 Bell Peppers, sliced
3 or 4 cups chopped Celery
2 Cups Diced Tomatoes
3 or 4 tbsp Tomato Paste
3 or 4 tbsp kerrygold butter (Best butter ever, imo)
Bay Leaf
Salt/Pepper/Garlic
As much Old Bay as you think you can handle (I like to drown my food in it. Old Bay is damn good)
Cayenne Pepper, if you like it extra spicy (I do)
1. Season/Marinate your meat however you want, if you want to.
2. Chop the Chicken and Pork into 1 inch cubes
3. Cut the tillapia into big chunks. It shrinks.
4. Brown the Chicken, Pork and Onion in a couple tablespoons of butter
5. Take the meat out and set aside, add the bell pepper, tomato, rice and spices
6. After the veggies are browned, add the chicken stock. If you like soggy celery, add it now, if you like cruncy celery, add it later
7. Bring to a boil, then cover and let simmer.
8. After about ten minutes, add all the meat back to the pot (Chicken, Pork and Tillapia) as well as the celery if you didn't add it earlier
9. Add moar butter, if so desired, it lends a very creamy consistency to the whole dish, or skip out if you wanna watch the fats, and simmer until its done.
No macros for it, I really cook by feel a lot of the time, but its high in protein and carbs, and as low in fat as you wanna make it. That's the beauty of jambalaya. It's super-versatile. And delicious.
A shot of the finished product.
Another shot of the finished product. This one had collard greens in it as well
Random Food Porn: Cheesecake Mastery
I made it myself, I ate it myself
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Oh, and I almost forgot to log my **** today. Though I dunno why I bother, didn't count/measure anything, didn't even check calories. I have no idea how much I really ate, but I feel good, so meh.
Giant Loco Moco
A few 80/20 Ground Beef Burgers with cheese
A couple cups of rice
2 Fried Eggs Ghetto Burrito Bowl
A Couple grilled chicken thighs
some sour cream, hot sauce and salsa verde
Couple cups of rice Snacks
Protein shake with strawberries and bananas and peanut butter
Strawberry protein fluff
Couple pieces of dark chocolate
I'd put myself at around 2500 - 2700, round about
Oh, and my workout. I hit up the gym for like half an hour between classes cause I felt like it. I wasn't going to, I was just gonna do some LISS and stretching, but I felt like I could get a good session in, so I did
Power Snatch
65 x 3 x 5
85 x 3 x 3
105 x 10 x 1
95 x 5 x 3
Weighted Dips
45 x 2 x 4
35 x 2 x 6
25 x 1 x 7
And I did a good deal of walking today, as well. Probably around 7 or 8 miles total. Not too shabby.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Just finished my morning workout. Figured I'll log it before I forget. Going out for lunch today, to Los Tortas de la Reyes of Man vs Food fame! No idea what the macros are gonna look like, and don't really care. I'm gonna smash on some tortas and it's going to be epic. And we just got some new ice cream, as well. HD on sale at Fry's, so I'll probably have some of that too. Today, I'm gonna eat well. I will take pictures while I'm there, though they'll be ****ty cell phone pictures, but it's better than nothing, I guess. Anyway, here's my workout:
Squat Typical Warmup:
95, 135, 155, 175 Work Sets
195 x 5 x 3
200 x 5 x 3
135 x 1 x 8
Weighted Chins
45 x 3 x 3
20 x 3 x 5
BW x 1 x 7
Deadlift
135 x 1 x 5
185 x 1 x 3
225 x 1 x 3
205 x 1 x 4
Solid workout, felt pretty good. I still feel achey all over, and pretty tired all the time. Maybe a little over-reaching? Being sick for those three days definitely didn't help. I'll see how I feel on Saturday, and maybe I'll take two full days of rest, just some walking and stretching, no lifting at all. I'm also considering changing up my workouts a little.
Right now I'm lifting heavy 3x/week, Tue/Thr/Sat. Heavy Squats with a Heavy Push/Pull/Pull from the floor every day. Basically, every day is heavy. I'm thinking of changing it up to 4x/week workouts, but with two light/medium days and two heavy days. For example Tuesday & Saturday: Back Squat 10 x 3, Weighted Dips 6 x 3-6/Weighted Chins 6 x 3-6, Deadlift 1 x 3 Thursday & Sunday: Front Squat 5 x 3, Press 6 x 3-6, Rows 6 x 3-6, Power Clean 5 x 3
That will give me two days of heavy squats, but spaced 3 days apart. The Thursday and Saturday workouts I'm still squatting, but not nearly as heavy or with as much volume. I don't think I can do more than 175 on Front Squats, so I won't burn my legs out, and the I'll be more upper-body focused those days. Thoughts?
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Just finished up my homework and dinner, so I figured I'd get my food posted today. No macros, but I ate tons of food. Like I said before, I went to Los Reyes de la Torta, the MvF place in AZ, and let me just say, their food is amazing. Absolutely delicious. I have pictures. I also found some Ben and Jerry's and Dryers on sale at Fry's so I picked some up. I got Dulce De Leche, Butter Pecan and Chocolate, and BnJ Fair Goodness Cake. As far as the Dryers go, it was meh. I didn't finished what I scooped out, just sorta average all around. Definitely not as good as the triple chocolate brownie. The Fair Goodness Cake was delicious though. Definitely a good helping of brownie chunks, though the coconut caramel wasn't very evident. I give it a 7.5/10. And I made a giant pot of Jambalaya, so I'll have food for about two days.
Bistec Burrito
Torta Del Rey
A sampling of my workout music today. Bonus points if this makes you nostalgic.
Last edited by famasaur; 09-29-2011 at 06:36 PM.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Quick Update. Today's workout was good. I've been really sore lately; whole body's been achey, especially my hip flexors, so squatting is a pain, literally, but I still got a good workout in. Took about 1hr 15min total, so not too bad. about 55 minutes lifting, 20 minutes on the treadmill. B Squat
Typical Warmup
195 x 3 x 3
200 x 7 x 3
Weighted Dips
45 x 6 x 5
Weighted Chins
45 x 3 x 3
20 x 3 x 6
Treadmill
20 minutes, MPH: 3.5, Incline: 15
Reps up on the dips, managed to get all 6 sets of 5. Chins not so much, Failed on set 4 so I dropped the weight. Squats were rough, last set almost failed, but I managed. All around good workout.
Meal was solid. No measuring or weighing, as per usual, though if I had to guess, I'd say:
1lb Sweet Potatoes
1lb Pork Chops
1 Cup Broccoli
1 Cup Cottage Cheese
1 Tbsp sour cream
1 Serving Fair Goodness Cake
Screw counting calories, I'm pretty full, so I'll use that as a pretty good indicator that I ate enough. I'll smash on more food in an hour or so. Oh, and pictures.
Full PWO Meal
Close up of Chops and Potatoes
Fair Goodness Cake (7.5/10)
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Oh, and before I forget. A sampling of my workout music.
Got a question? The answer is "Do More Squats"
"Going back for seconds isn't a privilege. It's a duty."
Sometimes I wonder, do I lift to eat, or eat to lift?
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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It was tasty though
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