Cav - I don’t usually have much of an appetite… and when untrained I tend towards skinny limbs AND a fat gut. I’ve got probably among the worst genetics on the planet.
Joe - My pre-workout drink is about 2L of fruit, whey and grains. I drink 1 scoop of Surge in 1L of water during the workout, and another scoop in another liter right after. Ir leaves me with a sloshing belly.
Nurse - You can call me whatever you like… provided I get dinner first. And according to old joke about your first pet and the street you grew up on, my porn star name is “Nugget Buena Vista”.
NYC - Yeah, I got on track by Day 4, but this is not the kind of first impression I wanted to make. This coach has a waiting list of highly motivated, elite athletes, and he made room for me. I don’t like the idea of starting at less than my best.
Matty - Was that your attempt at inspitational positive support? It doesn’t fit you at all. I’d much rather you took unflattering pot shots at my mother.
Dude - Yes, that was a slap and I deserved it.
Todd - Hmm, that fortune looks familiar somehow. You know if you made more of a presence for yourself on PN you could have legions of fawning groupies in a matter of weeks.
dday - Breathe? Really? Okay we’ll give it a try, just give me a second here… nope. I’ll stick to clenching, grinding, intermittent bursting into tears for no reason.
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Cav - I don’t usually have much of an appetite… and when untrained I tend towards skinny limbs AND a fat gut. I’ve got probably among the worst genetics on the planet.[/quote]
Nah, you don’t have the worst genetics on the planet. They keep awarding the title to me.
I have a feeling once you start working really hard, your appetite will come to life with a vengeance.
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I’ll stick to clenching, grinding, intermittent bursting into tears for no reason.[/quote]
If it’s any consolation, that’s how I do my workouts, and strangers come up and compliment me on how dedicated I am.
I have some interesting stories to share about beans, hemp, and GI distress. They’ll come later.
For now I’m conflicted. I’ve never been to a bb show. My federation has a show this Saturday 3h away. I’ve been asked to volunteer at the last minute which would give me a chance to see backstage, and get an idea of what I’ll be dealing with in Mat.
BUT…
I’m coaching my son’s soccer that day. Plus I’ve been away for work Mon-Weds already, and was away part of last week as well, and I was a grumpy s##t-head to my kids all last weekend and really owe them some top quality dad time, and I’m all stressed out and running low on sleep from lots of work travel.
So it’s a choice:
Be the dad and husband my family deserves.
Get an invaluable insight into what I’m facing for my show.
Remember that as your show approaches, you might get grumpy and need to pack up on as much goodwill now as possible for the family to deal with you later.
Hemp Blows!
First of all, it tastes like dirt. I can eat just about anything (even Greens+ tastes pretty good to me) but this garbage is disgusting on a level I can’t even describe. Second on its delightful list of properties, is that it absorbs water and swells.
Picture, if you will…
… a harried father of three who makes all his meals on Sunday so that he can get through his hectic week without stressing about meal prep. He makes eight delicious super-shakes of strawberries, bananas, boiled quinoa, tasty high-quality high-GI carbs, and of course protein powder. Except this harried dad doesn’t have time to buy whey, so he dips into the last reserves of his ill-fated experiment into vegan protein powder and makes his shakes with hemp protein.
Fast forward to this Monday when I slug back my pre-workout shake… to find this stuff has thickened to the point it doesn’t pour. I had to suck it out of the bottle and chew. It looked and tasted like lumpy muskeg. It was vile unlike anything I’ve ever tasted before. Seriously, this is not me being a pansy, it was revolting. Now I have to throw out six liters of super-shakes, because I can’t face the idea of that crap ever passing down my gullet.
I swear that must be what evil tastes like.
Beans & Legumes
I need advice, so please help. I need to start scarfing down more legumes. My knowledge of legumes includes beans and lentils. My knowledge of cooking them involves soaking overnight and boiling in stock.
So far kidney beans have given me really unpleasant gas. This isn’t something I can deal with, so I’m hoping some of y’all can edify me about the following:
Are there any other ways to prepare beans that help reduce the gassy-ness?
Do I cook lentils the same way as I cook beans?
Are there other beans that are less gassy?
Are there any beans that are tastier?
Does anybody have some funky ways to make legumes that i might enjoy?
Kids Books
They can be better than adult books. I just read a novel called The City Of Ember with my sons. It was fantastic. Compared to typical adult fiction, the plots are straightforward, the action moves very quickly, and the ending is satisfyingly tight. And the quality of material available to kids today is WAY better than when I was younger.
They made a movie of the book too. It was lame. THAT, unfortunately, seems to be a truth that hasn’t changed from when I was younger.
Whatever happened to the good old days when bodybuilders pumped iron and ate skinless chicken breasts?
Can’t help with the beans, since I follow more or less Paleo which rejects all legumes. If your coach wants you eating them, make him explain what to do about the unpleasantness.
I’ve seen a product called Gas-X, which is a small pill that reduces gas in the gut.
You want to talk ‘bowels’ mmm luvverly. Being a nurse i can talk crap all day !!.
Seriously though : in my experience all beans are gassy…that just the nature of them.
When i have them in my diet they are usually as part of chillis (mainly red kidney beans but others work) or a simple bacon and beans on toast as a very quick meal post shift (realise that the bread aspect might not work for you).
Also occaisonally use hummus with pitta bread as a snack.
Kids books…love them, have you tried Terry Pratchett ? the more recent ones eg ‘Nation’ and ‘I shall wear midnight’ are a delight.
That was almost to descriptive CK. Can’t eat shakes that aren’t fresh, that sludgy comment is exactly why. I can eat about anything also but texture is whole other deal. If something has a displeasing texture can’t do it.
I’m currently all wrapped up in my own life… it’s preventing me from making my usual rounds around the forums. So it’s not that I don’t love you. Just be patient.
FAKE IT 'TIL YOU MAKE IT
Here’s the nasty truth about blue moods, depression, feeling low, or whatever the hell you wanna call it. They feed off themselves. What this means is when you’re in one, you have absolutely no desire to pull yourself out of it. In fact, you actually want to prolong the blue mood. You want to wallow in your own self-pity.
I’m currently fighting one. On the drive to work, I thought to myself, some highly-charged upbeat music would probably help snap me out of it. And it’s the truth. I’ve not talked much about it here, but music can bypass my higher brain functions and plug directly into my core. Upbeat music invariable hypes me up.
I actually had a mental arm-wrestling match, over whether or not to voluntarily snap myself out of my bad mood. I was sitting there, with the virtually instant ability to END MY DEPRESSION and improve my life, and I seriously considered not doing it!!!
How f##king stupid is that?!?!?!?
I turned on the f##king iPod, I cranked the f##king volume, I listened to the f##king “get-fired-up” music, and guess what? I got fired up. My thoughts went from “man this sucks”, to “I can do better”.
I have also started eatting a lot of beans and I can tell you that you should look into Beano. Take it before you eat the beans and it will fix you up.
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Well, I wasn’t exaggerating when i said I gave Monday’s leg workout 100%. The DOMS over the past 2 days was ridiculous. Actually the DOMS started before I was even done the workout, which is never a good sign. Anyways, it got bad enough that my muscles hurt even when I wasn’t moving!! Gay porn stars don’t suffer this level of butt spasm.
F##K!
Deadlifts today were a joyous experience. They were followed by a bunch of exclusively ass-building exercises… I was unprepared (gay porn references are probably appropriate again). I predict I’ll end up with the world’s perkiest badonkakonk this side of the holy trinity of slut-dom, the Kardashian sisters.
I’m in a FANTASTICALLY better head space. Yesterday I was able to gather up all the remaining ingredients and supplements for my nutrition program… INCLUDING chia seeds. So while days 1-3 may have only been 75%, today we’re pushing 90. That makes me happy. Thanks all of you for the smacks to the head. I both needed it and appreciate it.
My next challenge is getting through the food. I had 2 liters of fruit/whey/oatmeal at 4am, 2L of Surge through the workout, and now my belly is bloated and I’m supposed to stuff down a monster breakfast. How do you massive-eaters do this?!?!? I suppose that’s why guys like Matty and Pete are built like monsters and I have a the willowy figure of a ballerina.
Onwards![/quote]
If you learn the secret please pass it on…
My son just can’t bring himself to eat. He lost 10, gained 5 only to lose it again.
He’s 15 and has lost size and strength. His lifts are way down.
Hemp Blows!
First of all, it tastes like dirt. I can eat just about anything (even Greens+ tastes pretty good to me) but this garbage is disgusting on a level I can’t even describe. Second on its delightful list of properties, is that it absorbs water and swells.
Picture, if you will…
… a harried father of three who makes all his meals on Sunday so that he can get through his hectic week without stressing about meal prep. He makes eight delicious super-shakes of strawberries, bananas, boiled quinoa, tasty high-quality high-GI carbs, and of course protein powder. Except this harried dad doesn’t have time to buy whey, so he dips into the last reserves of his ill-fated experiment into vegan protein powder and makes his shakes with hemp protein.
Fast forward to this Monday when I slug back my pre-workout shake… to find this stuff has thickened to the point it doesn’t pour. I had to suck it out of the bottle and chew. It looked and tasted like lumpy muskeg. It was vile unlike anything I’ve ever tasted before. Seriously, this is not me being a pansy, it was revolting. Now I have to throw out six liters of super-shakes, because I can’t face the idea of that crap ever passing down my gullet.
I swear that must be what evil tastes like.
Beans & Legumes
I need advice, so please help. I need to start scarfing down more legumes. My knowledge of legumes includes beans and lentils. My knowledge of cooking them involves soaking overnight and boiling in stock.
So far kidney beans have given me really unpleasant gas. This isn’t something I can deal with, so I’m hoping some of y’all can edify me about the following:
Are there any other ways to prepare beans that help reduce the gassy-ness?
Do I cook lentils the same way as I cook beans?
Are there other beans that are less gassy?
Are there any beans that are tastier?
Does anybody have some funky ways to make legumes that i might enjoy?
Kids Books
They can be better than adult books. I just read a novel called The City Of Ember with my sons. It was fantastic. Compared to typical adult fiction, the plots are straightforward, the action moves very quickly, and the ending is satisfyingly tight. And the quality of material available to kids today is WAY better than when I was younger.
They made a movie of the book too. It was lame. THAT, unfortunately, seems to be a truth that hasn’t changed from when I was younger.
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vegetarian trick:
BEANO…
it is an enzyme that really cuts down the gas production. Now I, personally, never followed the directions but it still worked…
Its crazy what “we” have to go through to accomplish our goals. Many people who don’t love or understand what we do think its just lifting weights and do not consider the mental aspect, what dieting and other life influences can do to your goals in the gym. Depression, Stress, Anxiety all nip at your heals…stomp on those motherfuckers Kent and do your thing!
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Well, I wasn’t exaggerating when i said I gave Monday’s leg workout 100%. The DOMS over the past 2 days was ridiculous. Actually the DOMS started before I was even done the workout, which is never a good sign. Anyways, it got bad enough that my muscles hurt even when I wasn’t moving!! Gay porn stars don’t suffer this level of butt spasm.
F##K!
Deadlifts today were a joyous experience. They were followed by a bunch of exclusively ass-building exercises… I was unprepared (gay porn references are probably appropriate again). I predict I’ll end up with the world’s perkiest badonkakonk this side of the holy trinity of slut-dom, the Kardashian sisters.
I’m in a FANTASTICALLY better head space. Yesterday I was able to gather up all the remaining ingredients and supplements for my nutrition program… INCLUDING chia seeds. So while days 1-3 may have only been 75%, today we’re pushing 90. That makes me happy. Thanks all of you for the smacks to the head. I both needed it and appreciate it.
My next challenge is getting through the food. I had 2 liters of fruit/whey/oatmeal at 4am, 2L of Surge through the workout, and now my belly is bloated and I’m supposed to stuff down a monster breakfast. How do you massive-eaters do this?!?!? I suppose that’s why guys like Matty and Pete are built like monsters and I have a the willowy figure of a ballerina.
Onwards![/quote]
If you learn the secret please pass it on…
My son just can’t bring himself to eat. He lost 10, gained 5 only to lose it again.
He’s 15 and has lost size and strength. His lifts are way down.[/quote]
For the boy the trick is super calorically dense food.