What Would You Do?

Training
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[quote]Sutebun wrote:
You need to get your protein intake taken care of everyday. I tried budgeting too and eating really cheap chicken breast, but got fed up with it. It takes awhile to cook a lot of it, it takes even longer to eat it, and when you’re on you 600th gram plus of it for the day it ain’t appetizing.

If you can find CHEAP sources of whey I recommend going with it and mostly drinking your protein intake. Compare the price:gram-of-protein ratio (100g of chicken is nearly 25g of protein so you can usually compare one scoop to 100 g of chicken). Some people complain about gas when doing this; my first week of downing mostly shakes did induce a lot of gas but my body is ok with it now.

Get your food taken care of.
Set some serious training goals and work towards them (stay on a program giving you gains, start small, add gradually).
Get your recovery taken care (vitamins and sleep).

BTW I started taking cold showers twice a day two weeks ago and have noticed HUGE improvements in my sleep. Normally it took me forever to fall asleep and a lot of my time was spent in that half-asleep-half-awake limbo. Not anymore.[/quote]

Thanks for the tips, greatly appreciated!

I know it will be pretty boring, but I have been eating up to 3 cans of tuna a day for a few weeks before. (when I could get a lot of it). So I know just how shitty it is, but with chicken I have found so many condiments to put on and sauces too! So it doesn’t get so bad as the damn Tuna!

Interesting tip about the showers, I will certainly give it ago. I am so used to being on so low sleep now it would be weird to get like 6 hours straight. I will let you know if it helps!

I have my poundage for movements I am aiming to achieve. I will be trying to sort out the food situation this week.

Yeah I have actually found a very reasonable protein powder, but it does have quite a bit of sugar and saturates which isn’t good. Hopefully I won’t be using it for too long aha!

Yes, I DO need to get my recovery better. The one thing that does help me is having a rest day mid week (thursday), makes all the difference!

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[quote]Sutebun wrote:
And remember, whatever you decide to do, staying dedicated and on task EVERY DAY is the most important aspect. That means getting your sleep every night, watching your food intake (making sure to get enough, backing off when getting too much) and not skipping your training.

If you can do that the details aren’t nearly as important…[/quote]

It’s interesting, I don’t really think all this “8 hours a night” is that important. I have been sleeping 3-5 hours of broken sleep each night for 2-3 years now and I still do grow. Maybe I would grow MORE if I did manage to sleep more, but i’m not gonna dwell on something I probably won’t ever be able to change.

The most important thing for me has been consistency. Doing my absolute best effort on each day, regardless of how I feel that day.

I agree, I will need to watch how my diet changes and try to get enough protein and prepare meals for the week and ensure I eat them all.