So far I've been on the right track with the work out. I use the Iron Gym to do 100 push-ups in various formations. Then I get on the weights and do five sets of ten at 140 lbs and then I do 5 sets of 10 on the ab wheel. I've seen results but I think I've done something wrong because I am starting to feel less "hard" and more flabby. Its weird.
In the morning I make breakfast tacos: two eggs cooked in coconut oil, avocados on a corn tortilla. I have two of them and down a soy protein isolate shake 25g of soy protein.
During the day I eat a Lara bar and after the workout another soy protein shake.
For dinner I usually have chicken and brown rice or quinoa. Some nights fish and rice, and other nights steak and sweet potatoes (plain no butter). On the nights I don't eat a whole meal I'll just make a turkey sandwich on gluten free bread, blue corn chips, and a pickle.
On the days I don't workout I power walk and sprint a good five to six miles. I do this every other day.
Where am I going wrong? I was doing so well at first. The first two weeks were brilliant then the third week I feel almost as though I gained weight or that my muscles aren't firm. I feel loose.
Is it the soy protein? I've heard the stuff is no good and makes you gain weight especially in the chest. Is this true? I'm lactose intolerant which is why I don't drink whey.
A little help please. I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
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11-22-2013, 02:52 AM #1
I feel as though I worked out for nothing. Please help...
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11-22-2013, 03:22 AM #5
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" Then I get on the weights and do five sets of ten at 140 lbs"
Er..... What's your actual workout? Five sets of ten of what? How often do you increase the weight? What's your diet like? How much over maintenance are you?
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11-22-2013, 03:23 AM #6
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11-22-2013, 03:27 AM #7
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11-22-2013, 10:48 AM #8
This is not a joke. I'm new to all this.
So increase weights and count calories. I figured that the meals I was eating were low calories to begin with so I didn't really have to count. How caloric could two eggs in two tacos with avocados in a corn tortilla be? A Lara bar for a snack and meat and rice/potatoes for dinner?
What about the soy protein? I had done this work out before a year ago and saw good results. I thinned out and looked toned bit this time I'm looking flabby or I see muscle tone building but it lasts for a day and then next its loose. Does that make sense? It's not firm.
I keep thinking it could the soy protein isolate? Should I switch to lactose free whey?
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11-22-2013, 10:58 AM #9
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11-22-2013, 11:30 AM #13
I thought you guys were being sarcastic. It could be the Lara bars?
What are your thoughts on soy protein isolate? What's the word? Is it just as as good as whey? I keep thinking its making me a not fatter since I keep reading that it has estrogen in it and it leads to man boobs and such. That after a while of taking it in it just creates extra fat.
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11-22-2013, 11:42 AM #14
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11-22-2013, 11:42 AM #15
Lara bars..................The Silent Killer
No brain, no gain.
"The fitness and nutrition world is a breeding ground for obsessive-compulsive behavior. The irony is that many of the things people worry about have no impact on results either way, and therefore aren't worth an ounce of concern."--Alan Aragon
Where the mind goes, the body follows.
Ironwill Gym:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpost.php?p=629719403&postcount=3388
Ironwill2008 Journal:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=157459343&p=1145168733
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11-22-2013, 11:44 AM #16
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11-22-2013, 11:47 AM #17
Calculate TDEE: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=156380183
Eat surplus to gain, deficit to lose. Read through info in nutrition section.
Use MyFitnessPal to track what you eat - tracking calories and macronutrients is key, as well as getting in proper micronutrients.
Dump the ab wheel. Not sure what you are repping @ 140lbs, but it sounds like you have a hodge podge program going on as opposed to a more well rounded approach.
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11-22-2013, 11:48 AM #18
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11-22-2013, 11:53 AM #19
My sig 1/2.
Calculating nutrition/calories
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981
Why your designed workout will probably suck/List of good beginner programs (part 5):
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=118004321
Things worth your time to forum search and understand (for new people): CNS fatigue vs muscle fatigue, deloading, refeed, intensity vs volume, going to muscle failure, overreaching, overtraining, chronic fatigue, recovery.
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11-22-2013, 11:54 AM #20No brain, no gain.
"The fitness and nutrition world is a breeding ground for obsessive-compulsive behavior. The irony is that many of the things people worry about have no impact on results either way, and therefore aren't worth an ounce of concern."--Alan Aragon
Where the mind goes, the body follows.
Ironwill Gym:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpost.php?p=629719403&postcount=3388
Ironwill2008 Journal:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=157459343&p=1145168733
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11-22-2013, 12:01 PM #21
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11-22-2013, 12:37 PM #22
I shouldn't say that I'm gaining weight. I apologize for the confusion. I'm more saying that I feel as though on the day of my workout I'm looking great and my muscles feel firm. Then a couple of days later I'm loose.
I do sense that I'm losing weight but just getting more loose than anything else. I feel as though the muscles I worked out are not staying hard. That's why I was wondering if I was drinking some bad protein. I see where muscle should be, I'm getting cut, but it's not hard. Its looser.
Could it be I do too much cardio? I sprint and power walk about six miles every other day
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11-22-2013, 01:51 PM #27
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Since I'm feeling nice today, here's what you need to do.
Read this thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=156380183
Forget everything you think you know about nutrition. Don't worry so much about what the food source is, as opposed to what nutrients it provides (calories first, protein/carb/fat breakdown second).
Go to the top of the Workout Programs and find yourself a beginners routine. Do the routine, exactly as it is spelled out for at least 6 months. Don't give up or try and change the program until those 6 months are up. For those 6 months, don't worry about what you look like. Just eat and do the routine. Take progress pictures and measurements today and then again in 6 months.
Do both of those things and you'll be set.
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11-22-2013, 01:52 PM #28
Fair enough. Here's some:
Quit dicking around doing pushups and drinking soy shakes. Start all over again, here:
Beginner bodybuilding program:
*Routine: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=4195843
If you don't know how to perform any of the exercises in this program, look them up here to learn how to do them correctly:
http://exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html
No requirement for supplements at your level; learn how to eat first. This thread will explain all the steps to figure your baseline of required protein, fat, carbs, and calories:
*Emma Leigh's calorie/macro thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=156380183
Buy an inexpensive digital food scale (~$30 at any big-box discount store), weigh your portions, and track them here: http://fitday.comNo brain, no gain.
"The fitness and nutrition world is a breeding ground for obsessive-compulsive behavior. The irony is that many of the things people worry about have no impact on results either way, and therefore aren't worth an ounce of concern."--Alan Aragon
Where the mind goes, the body follows.
Ironwill Gym:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpost.php?p=629719403&postcount=3388
Ironwill2008 Journal:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=157459343&p=1145168733
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