2008 Transformation Contest

What are the other competitors thoughts on Salt intake? I’ve never really paid attention to the salt content in anything, but I’ve noticed there is the obvious corelation between high salt and water retention, maybe this isnt such a concern on the high amounts of water we drink.

Lets take the average can of green beans, this is Kroger brand. There is 400mg of salt per serving, and 3.5 servings in the can. 400mg is 17% of your Daily intake so this one can has nearly 60 percent of your daily value in salt, add to this anything else you eat some seasoning on your chicken, a can of tuna, peanut butter, and everything else. I bet without even noticing I’ve been topping out at 200-300% of daily value probably more then that.

I have to wonder if this is what has been holding me back some weeks on my results. Maybe not, but who knows. I’ve now switched to no salt added green beans, and using more frozen veggies instead of canned. Tuna in low sodium form. and mainly salt free seasonings on my chicken.
Salt cant be avoided as I know it does play a role in your body, but in excess is it doing more harm then just water retention.

I think so, that why my nutrition plans includes keeping in below 125% of Daily Value’s.

What are you thoughts?

Ok so maybe it doesnt deserve an entire post, but anyways..

Forgot to add I’ll be taking ZMA at night.

And they finally posted up all the items they will be adding to the gym in Jan 08, once every year or so the golds adds some equipments etc.

In addition to the 20 TV’s we already have they are revamping the cycle room, and adding a 110" screen surround sounds etc.
Its called Cardio Cinema….

Should be interesting. I might make a video of my gym so everyone can see what I get to work with..

Why does it seem like I’m following SCT with my posts…sigh. Hopefully in the end I’m not following the leader

My supplement plan is pretty straight forward. Since my current supplements are limited to mainly protien and creatine this will be a good adventure for me.

Of course I’ll be taking the Gaspari Lean Mass Stack, if you want more info read SCT’s long post.

My additions.

1- Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men Multi Vitamin- Gotta keep that immune system up, and the vitamins a flowin since my diet wont provide all the vitamins needed
2-Optimum Nutrition Whey- MMMM mmm good. It mixes easy, taste great, and I dont get sick off of it…what else is there to say?
It will be used for last minute meals when I dont have a hunk of meat available
3-Controlled Labs Creatine- Apple one of my favorite flavors….mixes easy, tastes great…Might drop this product if Gaspari lineup takes care of this area
4-MAN Vaporize- EFA’s baby..cut inflamation, helps overall health and of course aids in fat loss.
5-wATER- Flavored with Lemon, Lime, Stawberry, whatever fruit I have..1-1.5 gallons a day.

These supplements will help in taking my whole foods nutrition plan, and pushing my results to the ‘XTREME’

And without futher ado………………………

Team Xtreme ready to Rock and Roll baby!

I’ve finally got some free time today to post some information in regards to my plan for the next 12 weeks. I’m not big on Fad diets much like SCT, FAD stands for Failed Attempt Diet to me……..they might work intially but for the long haul forget it.

With my goals primarly being to loose as much bodyfat as possible, and not so much high weight loss I will be following a nutrition plan that includes 6-7 Meals a day. Each meal will consist of at least 6oz of lean meat, 1 green vegetable, and some good fat be it from nuts, or some other source.The diet will cycle through complex carbs with the majority of the limited amount in the morning, or pre and post workout. I plan in starting with a 3k calorie diet. I’ll be supplementing of course with Gaspari products, but in addition I will add Multi-Vitamins to keep my immune system flowing, Sesamin and Fish Oil Mixture for some natural fat burning and mild ketosis, ZMA before bed up the test some, and lots and lots of water at least 1 gallon a day.
Protien shakes will only take place in tight situations and to make my famous protien based pudding.

My workout plan will intially consist of a Middle Weight medium 10-12 rep routine, later rolling into a pyramid system to really push the bars.  The last 4 weeks I will be adding a interesting mix to take it to the next level of fat loss. Each weight routine will be followed by at least 30 minutes of low intensity cardio….however this might change as time progresses depending on results.

One really awesome piece of news I just got, the Golds Gym I attend will now be open 24 hours starting Jan 2nd….no more excuses for closed gym time!

Hello to all!

Brief intro here….

Me: Jason Elliott
Age: 26
Weight: Coming Soon
Location: Georgia
Team Name: Team Xtreme ( Results nothing short of Xtreme)

Primary Goals:

Weight Loss: 30Lbs
Goal Fat %: 25% currently around 35%

Additional Goals not listed by priority.

1- Improve Overall Health
2- Fit Into Size 36 pants.
3- Fit back into all my size 48 suit’s
4- Complete 10 Un-assisted bodyweight dips
6- Complete 5 Un-Assisted bodyweight pull-ups
7- Hope that no one gets to hurt with team xtreme stomps the competition
8- Wow people enough to ask how I did it!

Looking forward to the next 12 weeks (or thirteen if you live in Idaho and your name is Richard) it’s going to be great fun!