Well Lunch is crap today. We have to go to the store.
Lunch:
1 cream cheese filled soft pretzel (mom got from Wawa after we went to the mall to pick out clothes for school and a new pair of shoes)
1 bagel
1/4 cup cheese
1/2 can 7-up (From when we had burgers)
----Total: 675 Kcal, 16g fat, 108g carbs, 22g protein
Horrible really. Il try to get my protein in today.
The shirts I got fit nice. The long sleeves hopefully don’t get too tight from muscle Il gain from Operator and then mass protocol. Won’t mind of course, but, still.
This may be an unpopular opinion and I’ll let everyone else chime in…I don’t think it really matters what you eat at your age as long as you’re eating your protein. Up your protein and continue on the same path you’re on, I think you’ll be fine.
In that regard, I agree with the sentiment that you can get away with a lot more at that age, but I also feel like it is, in turn, a great age for habit building.
But the fact that @ZMFitness is aware of his “transgressions” at least speaks to the self-awareness that can lend TO habit building from here. Whereas when I was his age, my concept of healthful foods was incredibly out of whack. And my habits got much worse when I took on the Dave Tate bulking plan, haha.
Totally agree. Control what you can control and make those decisions well. I think part of my point is more of: when you’re 15 you don’t get a say in what’s for dinner most of the time. If I asked my mom to make something else for dinner, she’d tell me to kick rocks haha.
I’ll throw in, as a recently younger person, this is super important. Self awareness is a dying trait but changing after an observation is even more important.
This is a corner stone too. I always looked up to Wendlers bulking plan with building the monolith and it set me up well. I remember after reading that article, I switched my diet from stuff I could buy at school over to meal preps (mainly beef and rice). It was night and day in the way I feel and preformed. I also thank my younger self for establishing the habit of meal prepping and watching what I eat because I feel way better overall.
So to sum up, building the habits of eating healthy and knowing what you eat while you’re younger is amazing. Granted @ZMFitness is not eating anywhere near “bad”, I think establishing a healthy relationship with food while knowing what you are consuming ,while you are young, is super important
To this, I learned to cook at this age and offered to make dinner. It would be an option and help your parent out
Lunch: Ugh. Too sweet.
2/3 cup protein granola
1 cup 2% milk
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 tbsp honey (this was way to sweet with the cottage cheese i forgot how sweet it was
----Total: 596 Kcal, 19g fat, 77g carbs, 33g protein
Today’s all screwed up. Oh well.
Today I should be getting a new dresser for my clothes. Im going to be trying to dress nice this year. Still need to get a few plain white tank tops to wear under my sweaters when it gets cold, and Il probably want to get some more sweatpants.
8 days till school, so I should definitely be preparing a bit more than I currently am.
Dinner:
2 cups spaghetti
16 shrimp
2 oz sauteed mushrooms
2 slices Italian bread
1/8 cup sauce
2 cups grape juice
2 tbsp brown butter
----Total: 1204 Kcal, 36g fat, 181g carbs, 40g protein
Very big dinner. Looked pregnant when done lol. Still have 315 Kcal left, and 60 g protein. No I don’t, I remember I had a can of chicken earlier, so…
75 Kcal left, 14g protein to get to 160, but if I cut to just exactly 1g per pound it is 9g protein left.
August 11 W7D1
Just these 2 weeks of base building left, then I will post pictures of my physique to see if I’ve made any significant difference. I don’t think I will have, since its only going to have been 8 weeks, but, we’ll see
1 week till school starts… Im excited, il have normality in my schedule again.
Today Il tell myself again; NO ADDED SUGARS. NO(of the food I can choose) GRAINS. EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR CARBS.
Today’s assignments:
Work on sweater
Work on cleaning and organizing room
Im going to stop using weather apps. I don’t need them. If I want to know what the weather is, I can go outside! I don’t need to know what the weather WILL be, I am not in what will, nor am I in what was. I am in what is.
Breakfast:
2 eggs
1/4 cup cheese
1 oz sauteed mushrooms
8 shrimp
1 cup whole Greek yogurt
5 cherries
1 tsp honey (I couldnt get the rest of the Greek yogurt by itself down without this)
----Total: 573 Kcal, 33g fat, 19g carbs, 49g protein (47.5g Animal)
Im going to start tracking my protein only from animal sources. Plant protein isnt complete, so I cant really base anything off of it. Plus overall I should get more protein in this way.
Lunch: “Whatchamahuh” style meal
3/4 can chickpeas
1 can tuna
1 oz ham
12 shrimp
1 cup of milk (this was as snack earlier
----Total: 601 Kcal, 15g fat, 51g carbs, 65g protein (Animal Protein: 53g)
Got stung by a bee, or maybe bitten since there was no stinger, earlier. Was helping mom clear the ferns outside when one landed on me and got my ear. Must be a nest in there somewhere.
1 cup spaghetti
3 sauteed mushrooms
1/4 cup protein granola
1 cup 2% milk
2 fruit strips
----Total: 557 Kcal, 12g fat, 92g carbs, 20g protein (8g animal protein)
969 Kcal left, and 52g animal protein left
I decided that although grain free is a good diet, in my circumstances it is not really possible, nor necessary. That being said, I still want to limit grain intake.
I had gone on a hike, and it was hot out, so I decided it would be a good idea to get some carbs in me when I finished.
I decided to stop using my phone. Its been leading me into some… unwholesome things lately, to put it lightly. I cant be doing that it destroys the brain.
I was doing about 80% of 1RM for these. Pullups felt really good. Bench was a little more difficult than I thought so I only did 3 sets for that, same with squat, knees were hurting a bit. Probably from the sprints on Saturday, and with me doing a little bit of kazotsky kick yesterday (I actually was able to go for a few seconds… that’s new) that didn’t help my knees
Dinner: Big meal right after training
1/2 pound ground beef with gravy
1 cup mashed potatos (plus a potato that looked like a mouse almost)
1/4 cup corn
3 rolls
1/2 tbsp butter
1 cup grape juice
----Total: 1325 Kcal, 49g fat, 140g carbs, 83g protein (enough of it is animal protein to reach my goal)
Days total: 3057 Kcal, 108g fat, 303g carbs, 217g protein
With my hike counting as burning Calories, I only went 90 Kcal over my daily amount.
Going to do “Connaught range”(is it pronounced caw-not, or con-oft?) with 50m today. Supposed to be hot so I will try to knock it out sometime in the morning today.
Never worked on my room yesterday so I need to do that today.
Assignments:
Knit sweater
Clean up room ____________
6 days til school. I got most of my wardrobe organized so that’s good
Going to do my stomach vacuums. I think I’m noticing some results already, I can do it without holding my breath now.
Breakfast:
2 eggs
1/8 cup corn
1 cup Greek yogurt
1/2 cup protein granola
5 cherries
1 cup 2% milk
----Total: 755 Kcal,34g fat, 64g carbs, 52g protein (41g animal protein)
1945 Kcal and 119g animal protein left
Don’t be afraid to run there and back. I’ve done that myself on a 100m stretch for the workouts that require a 200m run. But if 50m is challenging enough, scaling is totally fine.
I probably will do the 100 then. Its very hot out today so will be tough.
I decided to continue a project I stopped awhile ago. Im making a garden across the creek from my house. Its almost full shade so I cant grow much, but there are still some things I can grow.
In our home garden, we might be growing radishes. I want to have a good yield and then cook and eat some, and then maybe I’ll try canning them.
Workout will be a bit later.
Snack (about 10:30)
2 oz ground beef
1/8 cup corn
1/2 cup mashed potatos
3/4 cup corn juice
1/2 tbsp butter
----Total: 317 Kcal, 17g fat, 22g carbs, 19g protein (16g Animal protein)
Still need 1628 Kcal and 103g animal protein.
2 Snacks:
2 oz ground beef
1/2 cup mashed potato
1/4 can chickpeas
1/2 cup spaghetti
5 sauteed mushrooms
10 shrimp
1 dill pickle spear(for salt)
----Total: 517 Kcal, 17g fat, 53g carbs, 38g protein (27g animal protein)
Still need 1111 Kcal, and 76g animal protein. We should be having beef tacos tonight so there should be my protein then
Did my workout. I ran 100m for the first sprint, then did 50m the rest. Was very difficult.
It helps me push through and go faster if I think of myself sprinting to save my children (nonexistent) and my wife (nonexistent) from our burning house (nonexistent).