Well my Dr. coach convinced me that the extra T in my system wasn’t actually buying me anything at the levels I was maintaining. That was all I needed to hear. If a TT of 2,000 doesn’t buy me much over a TT of 1,100 then why waste the juice? I didn’t feel quite as good there either so no brainer. Maybe I will blast at some point with the T I am saving every month or maybe I wont, no idea. Im just trying to get my new diet and lifting protocols dialed in at this point.
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I’m still making STEADY gains at 55 twice a week (up from 50). Its just about consistency at this point it seems. I have to make sure I EAT everyday.
This is what my diet looks like right now:
Breakfast:
Protein Shake
Peanut butter sandwich (2 tbs pb)
Banana
First Snack:
1/2 Cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup cashews
Lunch:
3/4 pound to 1 pound of steak/chicken
2 1/2 cups veggies
(sometimes add a protein shake)
Second Snack:
1/2 cup cottage cheese (full fat)
1 Triple zero yogurt
Karbolyn before gym approx. 25g carbs
Dinner:
1/2 pound to 3/4 pound meat
1 1/2 cup veggies
Second Dinner:
3 eggs
2 slices of whole wheat toast with butter.
I have no idea how many Kcals that is btw.
I can get super lazy when it comes to eating, so cottage cheese saves my ass a lot. I also experimented with microwaving my eggs last night. Added like 1/4 cup milk to 2 eggs and microwaved for like 1 min 40 and it was good! Now I just have to see if microwaving destroys anything vital.
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Looks pretty good. Coach has me eating a metric ton of rice every day. Im down like 2.5 pounds in the last 2 weeks but Ive made a lot of changes. BUT I havent gotten fatter, thats for sure. And now my body has gotten accustomed to 1/2C rice cereal and PB most mornings so now I wake up ravenous. And PWO now is turkey and a shit ton of rice and pineapple. Not minding it at all.
OOH that sounds good!
Im still tooling around with my nutrition plan. Basically what I am eating right here keeps me in the 185 range. I seem to be keeping about the same amount of fat but gaining muscle though. So I don’t know, is that considered recomping? LOL
I haven’t done cardio since my knee problem, but I planned on jumping on the mountain bike this weekend to see how I feel. Hopefully trim up a little more.
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I cook the ground turkey with a bit of sriracha too so its spicy and then sweet with the pineapple. It is quite good. And with a cup and a half of white rice its quite filling too.
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Yea no, that actually sounds really delicious. (you cook this shit at work? or you do AM workouts?)
I need to start incorporating more white rice into my diet, I love it. I guess my avoidance is still a habit from my past knowledge.
My workout schedule is usually Mon-Tue. Thursday-Sat. So im at work before hand for most of those.
I cook for 6 days on Sundays. So in my “beer fridge” in the basement I have a giant tub of cooked rice (6 cups dry), a container of cooked ground beef, a container of cooked ground turkey, and a container of cooked chicken breasts. I put together my food for the day in the morning while having coffee and my preworkout rice cereal. Then I just heat when needed throughout the day in my office.
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I basically do that for my work lunches. But you are DEDICATED sir.
Do you have a specific goal you are working towards? or this year?
Why the white rice. Starch or do you drain it? I was under the belief that white bread and white rice is horrible for blood sugar and etc. it’s bleached and high in the index. Is this for energy ?
You’d have to ask my coach, @physioLojik I’m just doing what I am told right now. 
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This is what I told my coach. “I would like to drop fat at a reasonable rate, while maintaining or adding LBM, but also be flexible enough for family dinner options without going nuts. And maybe a glass of wine here or there?” And added, “I want it all at 47 dude”
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That’s pretty much where I am at brother. Slow and steady and this point. With exceptions for life along the way.
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47 what?
Yeah me too. I figure now that I have a good hormone profile it shouldn’t be so frustrating. So back to square one and go from there. All of the failings through the years need to be scrapped and things need to be revisited now that I am whole. Starting with consistent sustenance 95% of the time and consistently crushing it in the gym. Though coach is cutting me back to 4 days of gym (vs 7) and scrapping my cardio for now to focus on LBM development.
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That’s my age.
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Yees ok I spoke to him. Waiting until I have a solid schedule and 100% again before going all in. Thanks
I’m 40. Time flies doesn’t it.
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I was killing myself like that too, but I give myself at least 2 days a week now. Sometimes 3
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Do you feel crazy soar after hard work outs? The day after?
I’m working myself to near muscle failure on hard days and the next day I feel tight but not soar.
Before trt id be soar for 5 days haha.
You are trying to get big right? More rest makes sense.
Never sore.
Im not trying to get “big” but if I could put on some LBM Id be happy.
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Ok good because I was wondering if I was working hard enough. I literally cannot lift the weight anymore when I’m done/ my bicep or chest starts almost convulsing.
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