Honestly, if you’re eating an energy surplus AND eating processed foods, it’s hard to get a micronutrient deficiency. So many processed foods are enriched these days as a means to counter how nutrient devoid they become as a product of processing that eating an abundance of them will put you in a positive state, microwise. Fruity Pebbles are fortified with vitamins!
The history and politics of food is fascinating. “Food Politics” by Nestle is a great read, and if you check out “The Food That Built America”, learning about Kellogs and about slice bread really goes into the rabbithole.
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I feel the sickness getting worse. After I eat I will nap.
Lunch? Snack?
1/4 pound goat cheese
1 packet protein oatmeal
----Total: 480 Kcal, 26g fat, 30g carbs, 32g protein
I don’t expect to eat everything I need today, but we will see.
I really don’t want to be sick. As long as its not super bad, I should be able to train. But if its bad, its gonna set me back a week.
If that were to happen, should I restart operator back to week 1? or pretend that week doesnt even exist and go to week 2. I assume it would be to go to week 2, but I’m not sure.
Either decision is fine. In the course of 4 years, this 1 week won’t matter. I would personally call this my bridge week and start week 1 on my return.
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Nap helped. I feel a little better. 1503 Kcal left, and 130g protein.
Time for some sunlight.
Dinnerish
3/4 cup beef bbq
2 protein waffles
1 mini brownie
1 pack gardettos snack mix
----Total: 943 Kcal, 42g fat, 99g carbs, 47g protein
Need 561 Kcal left, and 83g protein.
I don’t want to use to protein powder because I think its the sucralose that made me sick, because after I had it I started having a sore throat.
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Ive made some good progress. From not being able to run 2 miles without stopping, and now 3 miles is pretty easy.
Im happy with this. Im looking forward to seeing my strength gains.
Im going to pick up an old challenge I didn’t do. Not looking at my physique as much as possible. I will get a good look at myself today, then for the rest of operator+black I wont look at my physique. Its going to be difficult but I will manage. I must manage.
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Last meal fod the day
1 mini brownie
12 chips
1 cup pasta cheese sauce meat mushroom thing
2 cups 2% milk
1 scoop protein powder
----Total: 867 Kcal, 36g fat, 78g carbs, 74g protein
Days total: 3056 Kcal, 138g fat, 286g carbs, 191g protein
Time to sleep a lot. at least 12 hours I’m aiming for.
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Well, I got a good amount of rest. 9 hours of sleep with 2 hours laying in bed, and 1 hour having 1 cup of chicken flavored broth.
I feel the same as yesterday just with a stuffier nose.
Today’s agenda
Try to workout (HIC today… we will see)
Watch movies and rest and eat.
Pre-breakfast drink
Cilantro, Ginger, Turmeric, Red pepper, Black tea.
The first 4 are detoxifying herbs, and the other one is to wake my body up a bit.
I know this will taste digusting, but mind over matter, right?
its actually not terrible. Its spicy and bitter like expected but I’m managing it.
Finished half of the tea. I feel a lot better, I just have a stuffy nose really.
Breakfast:
2 protein waffles
3/4 tbsp butter
2 eggs reverse scrambled
4 mini breakfast sausages
1 cup orange juice
----Total: 816 Kcal, 51g fat, 55g carbs, 36g protein
I feel I am in good spirits, I just have a mild runny nose. Sunlight and fresh air helps with that
I was thinking about something
So since I’m a teen, I’m still growing. I eat at maintenance right now (2700Kcal a day), and since il actually eating the same amount when I lift for muscle gain (from the calculation according to the book), would it be advisable to eat an extra 100-200 Kcal so my body has plenty to use? That way It will recover a bit faster and also be able to grow normally. I don’t want to miss out on any muscles gains really, I want to pack on a good amount of muscle. At this point I don’t care about losing my abs, as long as I don’t get super chunky. Of course this is in like 3 months from now but still.
Im a little concerned about this because apparently I haven’t gotten taller in a year. 5’7" at 14. Now at 15 still 5’7". Could just have measured wrong.
Thoughts?
Eating more food, so long as it’s high quality, is never a bad thing as it relates to getting larger and performing better. My concern would be fixating on the calorie number and not the food quality number, and sneaking in Snicker’s bars and the like in order to hit the goal.
Since you’re a teen, you may appreciate this article. It was one of my favorites.
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I read through it, and i think I know what i will do. 3000Kcal a day to start, that should be enough.
I will aim to eat fruit/vegetable with every meal
I will aim to get atleast 100g of carbs from non-grain
I will aim to get atleast 200g protein a day (for now)
This should be difficult. I forsee fish becoming a staple, since we have plenty of canned tuna and frozen fish in bags in the freezer.
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I have a decision to make.
I can continue to save for buying land for a homestead when I’m older. Or,
I can spend my money (or a fraction that I will set aside), for food so I can grow stronger. I could also just do it where the money I get from now on goes to food.
My thought process is I don’t know if there will even be an economy when I’m old enough to buy land, because I am not confident in the state of America/the world. I CAN benefit from it now and become stronger.
Save= Lose Now, Possible future win.
Spend now- Win now, Possible future loss
I’m leaning towards spend now, but, what are your thoughts on this?
I’ve made a decision. I will keep all I have in my savings chest, and the rest I will use for food as I need it. I have 122$ to spend right now
Forgot to add this earlier
Lunch:
3/4 cup beef bbq
1 cup of pasta, sace, and ground beef
1 oz cheese
a bit of honeydew
----Total: 690 Kcal, 32g fat, 69g carbs, 51g protein
Need 1494 Kcal and 113g protein for the rest of the day.
This is just budgeting. You can do both: put aside some from savings, and then spend as needed. And then the stuff you have put aside for savings, you can invest, so that your money makes money for you.
One of the best books I ever read at your age was “The Richest Man in Babylon”. It speaks well on this subject. THAT one may be available at your library, or something they can request.
And, apparently, you can download it for free
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I started reading it. I will have to see if its at the library, it likely is.
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made protein oatmeal cookies. Adds out to 8g protein per cookie, with 173 Kcal per cookies… Not great. 75g protein for the whole batch which would be 2077 Kcal… Okay… not great.
Dinner:
1 can tuna
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup protein granola
4 cherries
----Total: 658 Kcal, 30g fat, 48g fat, 56g protein
Need 836 Kcal and 57g protein.
Snack:
2 of the protein oatmeal cookies
1 glass of milk
Total: 361 Kcal, 23g fat, 24g carbs, 16g protein
Need 474 Kcal and 41g protein… Don’t know what to have. I don’t want anymore dairy.
Im calling food over tonight, I cant eat anymore food.
Total: 2526 Kcal, 136g fat, 196g carbs, 159g protein
September 2: W2D2 Max Strength (hopefully)
I feel better today. I can feel that i was sick, but, It seems to be clearing up. I think I can do my workout today. I think once I get all warmed up i will feel normal.
I will have 5 of those protein oatmeal cookies as a post workout snack.
It looks like my sickness was a quick one, and I don’t have to skip the week/restart. Happy about that.
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