I want your lack of bodyhair
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Youāre a big fucking dude arenāt ya
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@MarkKO - Thanks to my wife and a set of sheep shears!
@kleinhound - All in the angles man. All 5ā9"of me! HYOOGE
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Exactly! Weāre the same height and youāve got a lean 30lbs on me hahaha
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Well I plan on starting a primarily plant-based trial diet starting tomorrow so maybe in a few weeks Iāll lose all this muscle and be closer to your weight lol
Right now the plan is for 2 months. Still eating eggs and the odd piece of meat but it will be a pretty large reduction in protein and much higher consumption of fruits/vegetables and more carbs in general(typically I keep carbs pretty low, but have not tried high carbs for very long). This will be an interesting trial for me and I would like to try and be diligent with tracking my progress/regress over the next couple months. Aiming to eat around maintenance calories for a couple weeks to allow my body to adjust to the different food/macros. Then might play with the specifics depending on how Iām feeling.
A good start on the groceries. Picked these this morning off my father-in-lawās farm .
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Minimalist baker website has killer recipes brother, usually real simple stuff and I havenāt had a bad Iāve yet
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So begins a new chapter of my training. I will do my best to log my experiences and update with weight, mood, sleep, physique, strength, etc as I start to see/feel any changes with this rather large change in my nutrition. My goal for the next 60 days is to greatly increase the amount of vegetables consumed and explore healthy protein alternatives to meat. Iām not going to go completely meat free, but it will be drastically reduced. This will in turn equate to a much lower protein intake and a much greater carbohydrate intake.
Since Iāve never experimented much with consistent high-carb, this will give me a good way of assessing how I perform on this macro breakdown.
The main things I want to be sure to track through the next 60 days are:
- Weight (obviously)
- Calories and Macro breakdown (and how fluctuations affect my next morningās weight)
- Strength (Iām going to be running 5/3/1 with +sets for this period so I should be able to track strength fairly easily with this approach).
- Bonus things would be sleep, physique, mood, stress, etc.
Day 1 of 60: Week 1 OHP
Morning Weight: 207.8lbs (This was after breakfast though, so Iām assuming closer to 207lbsā¦Iāll try to weight in pre-breakfast each morningā¦if I can remember)
OHP
95 x 10
135 x 5
165 x 5
185 x 9
CGBP
145 x 10 x 5
GIANT SET
Seated Lat Raise/Seated Front Raise/Seated Clean and Press - 25lb DBs
10/6/8
10/6/6
10/6/6
Nice quick workout. Shoulders were pumped up! The 130g of carbs for breakfast could have aided with that pump!
Nutrition (will update throughout the day):
- 1/2 cup steel cut oats, 1/2 cup quick oats, 1 scoop hemp/pea/brown rice protein blend, 1tbsp ground flax seed, 1tbsp chai seeds, 1tbsp almond butter, 1tbsp wheat germ, 1 banana
Cals895 C133 F25 P45
Supplements: B12, Fish Oil, D3, Multi - Uhmā¦wellā¦kinda forgot about the birthday dinner we were going to today (wifeās bday was Friday)
1x 6oz homemade burger patty, 2 cobs of corn w/butter/salt/pepper, 1.5cups of kale salad, 1 piece of Dairy Queen ice cream cake, 6oz glass of white wine. So maybe Day 1 of this āhealthy eatingā will start tomorrowā¦ - 2 scoops of metabolic drive protein powder made into āicingā with some almond milk.
Daily consumption: Totals Cals2,411 C264 F85 P141
After this little diet breakdown I punished myself with 50 burpees in 3:35. I was kind of surprised that my quads were the first thing giving out, my lungs were definitely screaming but the quads were starting to make getting up extremely difficult!
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I so jelly
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Howād you find the protein powder? Iāve never had hemp protein but Iām considering buying some seeds to put in smoothies and on my oats since theyāve got a full amino spectrum like our old mate quinoa
Letās just say, Iām getting used to it. I believe my initial review was āthis shit is poisonā.
I no longer make cringing faces when consuming it, so thatās a bonus.
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That stuff is so nasty! (I tried trader joes and nutiva brand)
And dude, you are massive. Im stoked to see where you take your cut.
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Ya it definitely doesnāt compare to my Metabolic Drive!
Thanks brother! I appreciate it. Post 957 is where I got to on my last cut (approx 7lbs down from where Iām at now). I doubt Iāll be pushing it much past that level of leanness as that would take some additional sacrifice which doesnāt really blend well with the rest of my busy life goals.
This is more of just a trial run at learning to cook differently, seeing if I can perform well/progress at my hobby while eating many more vegetables/less meat, and seeing if I notice any mental/stress/sleeping improvements in the process.
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09/05/2017
Morning Weight: 206.8lbs
Morning Yoga - 10mins
Cycle 1: Week 1 - 5/3/1 + AMRAP FSL + 5x10 Opp.Lift (This is the plan anyways) Using CGBP in place of bench and front squat in place of back squat.
Deadlift
135 x 10
225 x 5
335 x 5
405 x 5
465 x 5
355 x 10
Front Squat
160 x 10 x 5
SUPERSET
SGHP
160 x 10 x 3
Cross Body Hammer Curls
30lbs x 10 x 3
Good sweat, biceps were feeling the superset.
Nutrition
- Pineapple, strawberry, mango, spinach, almond butter, almond milk, protein powder shake.
- Stir fry consisting of: Peppers, zucchini, farva beans, bok choy, tatsoi, and tomato paste over a bed of rice.
- McDonaldās Green Tea (Black) and a Fruit n Fibre muffin
- Banana and Plazma
- Roasted Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Curry, 6oz white wine
- 1 scoop metabolic drive in almond milk
Totals Cals2,689 C380 F73 P110
Iām interested to see how tomorrowās weight will be. This is definitely the most carbs Iāve consumed in one day in a long time! Iām trying to hit around the 2500cal mark, but not worried about being too strict on it yet.
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The key to veggies is variety for sure! Buk Choy is good with garlic sauce (chinese store)! But canāt go wrong with it in the stir fry!
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This was the first time Iāve had it. It was definitely a good addition to the stir fry but Iāll have to try it with some garlic sauce too! Do you eat it raw or wilt/fry it with the garlic sauce?
Morning weight: 208.2lbs
Iām sure the extra 1+lb is due to hitting a massive amount of carbs yesterday. Iām going to stay the course and just focus on hitting around 2500cal, minimum 100g of protein (which is 1/2 of my usual protein) and seeing what changes come of it.
Morning Yoga: 10mins
Nutrition
- Fruit/spinach/whey protein shake (only had 2 scoops left of whey and it was recycling day - will go back to the nasty vegan protein shit tomorrowā¦)
- Veggie Stir Fry over Rice
- Large Garden Salad with Balsamic (was out of town for work and we went to a pub, burger for everyone but meā¦)
- Bunch of asparagus, spaghetti squash, a banana, and sweet potato curry over brown rice.
- Sliver of ice cream cake
Totals Cals2,270 C313 F61 P76
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Iām glad you are enjoying your diet
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Lol 
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This is the recipe I use basically. It turns out super good! Chinese style veggies end up being pretty flavorful and filling if done right. Keep it up man!
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What kind of work do you do? I assume that it involves a bit of physical-labor? I was Just looking back through your log and that 3 month transformation(2015) was insane! I literally said out loud: holy shit.
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@isdatnutty - Thanks man, Iāll have to try it out. Iāll be taking this time to culture myself with a much greater variety of veggies than I typically eat.
@FatKidfromFL - Iām in the construction field, but I wear a white hard hat. This translates to not touching a shovel or breaking a sweat. Unfortunately Iām usually on my ass for 8hrs/day.
Thanks man, I appreciate it! A year layoff from the gym, then jumping back into it full steam while following a strict training and nutrition program gave me some decent results! Better lighting and flexing didnāt hurt eitherā¦
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