Strive4Life’s BodyBlog

Im not going down with out a fight, i may be sick but im not out.

My Current Stack for this fight is as follows:

• Zicam Cold Remedy Gel Swabs (20)
• Puffs plus lotion Vicks Tissues (4 boxes of 96, 2-ply tissues, 8.4in x 8.2in)
• 1000mg Vit C tablets
• 122oz of H20
• Adams Maximum Strength Mucinex D 1200mg guaifenesin/120mg pseudoephedrine HCI extended-release bi-layer tablet
• DayQuil Cold & Flu Relief Liquid (non-drowsy)
• Opti-Men Multi
• Naps AKA sleeping
• Fish Oil caps

I am on day 3 of this fight, yet i did not start this stack until day 3, other than the multi and fish oil the others were not accounted for until now.  I will not let this sickness control the outcome of my work (although i got sick leave today)

The strugle will continue but no illness will be permited to stay confined with-in these fleshy walls of my so called body!

LONG LIVE FRESH AIR!

Oi, So i ran out of Hydroxycut Hardcore and today was my first day off it.  Iv drank lots of water but my head is killing me.  Major headache off and on and extremely tired.  Im guessing its a withdrawl from the caffine, I dont drink coffee so i guess im outa luck.  I hear green tea can help but its not my lucky day considering im broke as can be and dont get paid till friday.  I hope that Lipo6x shows up in the mail tomarow.

Im a bit worried about my 5th meal when i work out i have to move it from 6pm to about 8- 8:30pm because of martial arts. I do take a protein shake when i get home right afterwards.  But i try to go to sleep at 9:30-10pm so i can wake up at 6am for work.  Im wondering if i could just take the protein drink after the workout and not eat since ill be going to sleep around an hour and half later, maybe take two scoops instead of one.  If anyone reads this please give a comment.

     I have 2 days left of the 120 capsules container from Hydroxycut Hardcore.  I followed everything it said and when i started i had changed my diet and sleeping habits and had a major impact on my weight.  I believe it was mostly from stoping drinking and watching what i ate.  But now that im about out i figured i would move onto another one Lipo 6x, 120 capsules container.  I just ordered it through bodybuilding.com and it was a better price with shipping than it would have been driving down to GNC 6 blocks down the road and buying it.  Im still taking suggestions on what to try after lipo 6x because i have a ways to go and it will probley only last a month from that size bottle. And i suppose i take a week break from these kinds of supplements im not sure if i should jump right into the lipo 6x when it gets here (2-3 day shipping) 2 days left of hydroxycut hardcore, or if i should take a couple days rest then get on it.

     I read today in the book "Nutrition for Dummies" that taking continued use of 50mg of B6 or more a day may damage nerves in arms, legs, hands, and feet.  Some experts say the damage is likely to be temporary; others say that it may be permanent.  So iv decided to stop taking my GNC Mega Men Sport Multivitamin everyday and take it ever other day, Simply because it gives me 50mg of Vit B6.  B6 is also in Breads, cereals, grains, like oatmeal/instant/fortified.  Fruits like banana/raw. Prunes/dried/cooked.  Vegetables Plantain/boiled.  Meat,poultry,fish   Chicken/roasted/no skin.  Lamb(lean only).  Liver(beef).  If im eating this stuff then theres no need for me to add to the 50mg of b6 everyday.  Ill go for every other day.

     Im cutting out the 1,000mg of vit C i take everyday and sticking with the 300mg i get out of the multivitamin.  Large amounts of vitamin C cause kidney stones in some people or can upset your stomach.  And if you take megadoses for awhile and then quit, you can end up with rebound scurvy, a temporary deficiency.

     Here’s what happens: Your body normally produces an enzyme that breaks down vitamin C so that you can eliminate any excess through urinating.  When you take larger and larger doses of vitamin C, your body makes more and more of this enzyme.  If you suddenly cut back on your vitamin C, your body continues to produce extra enzymes for a while so that you continue to urinate away lots of vitamin C, maybe more than you take in.  This reaction, which ends as soon as enzyme production drops back to normal, can cause deficiency in newborns whose mothers took very large doses of vitamin C while pregnant.  The kids are born requiring higher than normal doses for a while. Eventually, they too slip back to normal.

     Although im not pregnant and never plan to be since im a man, im still going to stop taking the 1,300 mg everyday and stick with 300mg every other day from the multivitamin.  If anyone actually reads this let me know what you think, if im over reacting or what.  Im just learning this stuff so i really dont know if im mixing the wrong stuff sometimes.

     Mainly im scared of the B6 i was getting 50mg from multivitamin, 25mg from N.o.xplode