imho - mike, you are building a base for a better life here, keep your eye on the long game while in the grind. I’ve seen a difference
I looked over the past few days of your meals and have a few questions: Are the hamburger patties home made? If not because that along with the cheese slices are processed. For me, when I eat fresh foods my cravings for junk actually decreases. How about switching it up to the 1 HSM a day, like a nice steak and salad with home made dressing?
Chris Shugart has a few good articles about mental fitness/attitude
[quote]nikinine wrote:
imho - mike, you are building a base for a better life here, keep your eye on the long game while in the grind. I’ve seen a difference
I looked over the past few days of your meals and have a few questions: Are the hamburger patties home made? If not because that along with the cheese slices are processed. For me, when I eat fresh foods my cravings for junk actually decreases. How about switching it up to the 1 HSM a day, like a nice steak and salad with home made dressing?
Chris Shugart has a few good articles about mental fitness/attitude
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No, unfortunately the hamburger patties are from a batch I bought from Costco that I have tons of left and the cheese like you said are processed as well. After I finish eating the hamburgers I already have, I will try to vary it with steak and such. I read Chris Shugart’s articles many times, I just have weak will power/constitution. I just have to get tougher if I want to truly change.
No, unfortunately the hamburger patties are from a batch I bought from Costco that I have tons of left and the cheese like you said are processed as well. After I finish eating the hamburgers I already have, I will try to vary it with steak and such. I read Chris Shugart’s articles many times, I just have weak will power/constitution. I just have to get tougher if I want to truly change.[/quote]
I understand saving money, but really your diet consists of a lot of low grade beef patties, protein powder, and condiments. You probably would feel better if you varied it up, added higher quality food, and more green vegetables.
I understand saving money, but really your diet consists of a lot of low grade beef patties, protein powder, and condiments. You probably would feel better if you varied it up, added higher quality food, and more green vegetables. [/quote]
I will definitely increase the green vegetables (although I hate almost all of them especially broccoli). I don’t want to throw away the food I already bought so I will finish them first and see what I can do to increase the quality of food.
[quote]matko5 wrote:
You lost 43lbs in 15 weeks? That’s friggin amazing, keep it up!
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Thanks. Unfortunately as most of the posters in the Bodybuilding forum would point out (correctly I might add), I only did the EASIEST part of the diet so far. It will get harder to get leaner but I will keep trying.
[quote]hawaiilifterMike wrote:
matko5 wrote:
You lost 43lbs in 15 weeks? That’s friggin amazing, keep it up!
Thanks. Unfortunately as most of the posters in the Bodybuilding forum would point out (correctly I might add), I only did the EASIEST part of the diet so far. It will get harder to get leaner but I will keep trying.[/quote]
Monday morning I weighed myself and I was 199lbs. I panicked because I DO NOT want to be under 200lbs and small, so I started to screw up my diet way more than usual. The following is the result.
Day 111 of diet 5/26/09 Tuesday.
Morning fasted cardio
Walked on the treadmill for 1 hour at 3.0 mph and 8.0 incline.
Afternoon cardio
Walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes alternating between:
2 minutes of 3.0 mph and 6.0 incline and
2 minutes of 3.0 mph and 18.0 incline.
Finally had a decent back workout in a long time.
Back workout
pull ups b.w. x 9,7,6,5,5
t-bar row (25lb plates) 100x8, 150x6, 200x6, 225x10 (grabbed the wrong bar only could put 9 plates on the collar, I will start using 35lb or 45lb plates from now on)
DC end of bench full stretch cable rows 50x10, 60x10, 70x10, 80x8
I talked to a bb pro about my birthday deadline of six pack abs. He asked me about my diet and exercise plan. I told him I weight train about 5 times per week and do 10 hours of cardio per week. He said there is no way I can get even a two pack in 2 weeks time unless I do lipo in my present condition.
He advised me to just eat cleaner and do a lifestyle change rather than trying to crash diet, because most of his clients who do crash diets rarely succeed in the long term. I will take his advise and eat cleaner and look for longer term change. I will not quit dieting, but I will not continue with this crash diet mentality.
Also I am going to eat more carbs and less fat. I do not function well with low carbs and was working out like a total bitch. The last couple of days when I ate some carbs, I finally started to “train” and not just work out for the sake of working out.
I hope to see incremental improvements in the following time frame, by
July - 2 pack
August - 4 pack
September - 6 pack
When I get a six pack within this calendar year, then I will have considered this experience not a COMPLETE failure.
waist normal 36.5" (-1.25")
waist vacuum 33" (-1")
waist push out 37.5" (-1")
I actually weighed 199lbs on Monday 5/25/09, but I started to eat more carbs and gained some water and glycogen weight. I will continue with the increased carbs so that I can maintain some semblance of work out intensity for now.
Week 16 front. It is embarrassing how little progress I made compared to Gus, Bartl, Mighty Stu and Hussayn. The main difference is that I am not sticking to the diet as I am supposed to. I am constantly cheating which is not surprising since I let myself get obese in the first place.
Since I won’t control my diet properly, I will increase the amount of exercise I do from tomorrow on. Maybe I can teach myself a lesson by over-training myself into the ground to force proper diet compliance afterward.
