[quote]jgreene wrote:
Well I’ve gone from an extra large to a medium regular shirt size, a 42 waist to a 34, nearing 32, and I’m not afraid to take my shirt off anymore. That’s definitely progress and I’ve never known my body fat percentage. So I’m with you there.[/quote]
Good stuff. Dropping 70 pounds will do that. Keep it going with a good plan.
Not sure which particular formula you’re looking at (Rage or Pump or whatever), but a lot of their stuff is kitchen sink-style. Lots and lots of ingredients which means low, debatably-ineffective doses of each thing.
I get that you’re training at crazy-early o’clock in the morning, but if you’re using a “pre-workout” mostly for an energy boost/eye-openeer, the more basic, the better. A straight caffeine tab and maybe some tyrosine is fine or an energy drink like a Spike should work too. Things like beta-alanine or creatine monohydrate can also help performance, but aren’t totally mandatory.
If the time comes, after your training and diet are back in place and rolling on track again, that you wanted to add a good fat burner, pre-workout would be the time to use it.
This would be some good info to start with:
Having a quality protein-carb shake right before and during training might be the easy fix. Surge Recovery is a good, basic shake.
They’re definitely better than not having veggies at all, but I do recommend avoiding steamer bags and similar items like boil-in-a-bag rice due to the xenoestrogenic effects. Basically, heating plastics and plastic-like materials can let estrogen mimickers leach into the food. No bueno.
It might work out easier to cook fresh or frozen veggies in a bigass batch once or twice a week (with whatever method - boil, roast, steam or whatever) and leave a bucket in the fridge to attack during the week.