Is it ever going to happen???
It has been 30 days since i posted my day 30 pic. I took my 60 day pic and to my disappointment, i havent changed a bit. Im not sure what I’m doing wrong. My workout regiment hasnt changed and neither has my diet. Im still taking Animal Pak Multi-vitamins along with my creatine.
I am increasing my weight each week and I have decided to encrease my sets from 3 to 4 per exercise. My reps will still maintain 8-12 for each exercise. Im hoping this will be the change i need.
Please feel free to post any advise. Lord knows I can use it!
March 30, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Change up your workout to shock your body, play with your diet, do cardio. Your body can get used to a certain level of exercise and the same motions. Change it up and shock your body back into submission. Good luck and keep up the hard work.
March 30, 2008 at 4:39 pm
If someone is working their butt off with weights and honestly doing a good job with their cardio it usually only leaves one other place to look and that is with their food intake or nutrition.
I don’t know what your diet looks like but I am going to offer you a few suggestions regarding what worked for me, you can choose to try it out or throw my suggestions out, but I offer them in the form of friendship and because I know how frustrating it can be to work so freakin’ hard and not see much in the way of changes.
I eat 5 to 6 small, high protein, low (high glycemic) carb and low (bad) fat meals per day with 2 to 3 of those meals being in the form of protein shakes. I eat every 2 ½ to 3 hours every day.
Breakfast consists of slow digesting low glycemic carbs in the form of slow cooked old-fashioned oatmeal. I add a half-cup of plain non-fat yogurt along with 2 tablespoons of Udo’s oil, a scoop of vanilla protein powder and a couple large spoonfuls of a berry mixture (blue, straw & cran) that I cook down and keep ready in the fridge.
This keeps me going right through my workout, which I do in the AM.
As soon as I finish my workout I have a protein drink right away which serves as my 2nd meal.
Lunch can take on many forms but always consists of a lean protein source (chicken, tuna, turkey etc) and some kind of vegetables.
Later I will have another protein shake for meal 4.
Supper is another protein source but may also include steak or other kinds of fish. I will have vegetables with supper but usually no carbs unless about once a week I want to include either a yam or some brown rice or quinoa.
My last meal can either be a protein shake, a protein pudding (my wife experiments with different powders) or quite often cottage cheese and either blue or strawberries.
I try never to eat high sugar fruits anymore and most days I try not to have any carbs after 2 PM. I also do not eat any bread or bread products except possibly on my one “cheat” day per week where I eat anything and everything that my little heart desires.
I maintained eating this way or nutritional program or diet, whatever you want to call it for the entire 12 weeks of the Body for Life Challenge and I lost over 50 lb’s and went from over 36 to about 10% bodyfat so I know it can work. Also my wife did exactly the same and she went from a size 12/14 to 4/6 so it also worked for her.
If I can offer any other assistance feel free to give me a shout. I would like nothing better than to see you succeed.
April 3, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Big Jeff and Cpt Ahab,
Thank you for your responses. After taking a deepeer look at myself, i see area’s that i can definately improve. Cardio being one. Ive read that if you are wanting to build muscle, not to do 45 minutes of cardio a day, which was what i was doing my first 30 days. I cut my cardio drastically and it has come back to bite me. Also, Cpt Ahab, thank you for your diet suggestions. I have ONE LARGE downfall. That downfall is that I am a VERY picky eater. Needless to say my list of things I do like is MUCH shorter than the things I dont.
I am willing to share my diet so that if either of you should have any suggestions about change, i would be all ears.
i eat 5 to 6 small meals a day…
Breakfast is usually at 3 am it is a protein shake and a banana. I also take my animal pak at this time
Around 5:30 or so, I usally have a protein bar (30 grams of protein/ 5g of creatine)
Around 8:00 I will have some fruit, usually a ruby red grapefruit or tangerine.
10:30 is lunch…usually a lean crusine meal along with 3 oz of skinless chicken breast.
Around 2:30 i will have a turkey on whole grain sandwich with fat-free mayo
4:30 or somewhere in that area, I have another fruit.
6:00 is my workout. I usually workout 2 hrs. After my workout I havea protein shake and my creatine.
On average i drink over a gallon of water a day 6-8 20oz bottles.
Thats pretty much my everyday rundown. My dinner changes at times. When I do eat it is usually grilled chicken . ground turkey or grilled pork.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks again guys.
Bobby