cnparong’s BodyBlog

So i haven’t updated, but i completed the Keto diet for 4 weeks and lost a total of 8lbs.  I have progress pics and the final ones seem to be really good!  It was pretty hard, i would say i followed it about 80% of the time and i may have gone overboard with the cheat day on Saturday.

I had a project for work and had to do a couple of night shifts, so i’m all screwed up. I’m taking this time to recharge, allow my self to fall off the diet a little.  My workouts are still good, i’m trying to figure out a 4 day split.  Come Sunday i’ll be ready and kick it full force with the diet and workouts!

Adios!

I’m on last day of Week 3 on Keto.  I can’t wait for my cheat day tomorrow!  A friend of mine went to Canada and brought me back some Canadian chocolates (Coffee Crisp, Crunchie, Smarties)  and All-Dress Potatos chips.  If you haven’t tried those before, they are AMAZING!  I will partake of those tomorrow! HAHA

So progress seems to be slow and steady.  Yesterday, weighed myself and it said 162.  NOT BAD!  I’m skeptical cuz i always teeter 1-2 lbs.  So i’ll check again this afternoon and if i’m still there, i’ll take it!  My abs are slowly coming in!

Halloween is a week away and i’ve come to realization that i probably won’t be as cut as i had hoped, but this is still good.  I’ll be wearing white underarmor as part of my costume, so i want my muscles to bulge in it!  Minus the stomach bulge.  I’ll be posting pictures!  When I was researching online for my costume, it had a bunch of not so fit people trying to pull it off.  One thing for sure is i’ll look better than those guys!  HA!  Thanks to the tips of BB.com! (like my plug?) HAhaH!

TGIF!!

Just finished eating my mid-morning snack of boiled peanuts…

This keto thing is not as hard as it seems.  But yesterday I almost had a breakdown.  Even though I live in Florida, I still celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving (which is this weekend) It’s just an excuse to get friends together over food.  So a bunch of my friends decided to have dinner together.  I made beer-butt chicken!  Sooo guuud… and still keto friendly, just don’t drink the beer! But my brother’s wife is an awesome baker and made some smore pie concoction! *drool…  I had one spoonful and it took all my will power not to have a whole slice!  hahaha…So i stuffed myself on 1/3 of the chicken and a couple of Korean short ribs (Kalbi).  I just came back from working out, so i was ravenous!  I still managed to keep my calories and carbs in check despite the awesome food that was there!  I hope there are some leftovers tomorrow… Saturday is when i can have my cheat meal! *crossing fingers

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canucks out there!

This diet has been the best diet I’ve ever been on!  It’s actually not been that hard! I thought it was going to be REALLY hard not eating Carbs and therefore not eating enough fiber, but it’s not so bad.  The veggies i’m eating like asparagus, brocolli, and lettuce are all included in the diet and are good sources of fiber.

I’ve also read how some people get tired of the meats they are eating.  I gotta tell you guys, it’s been great for me!  I’ve rekindled my love of cooking AND eating for that matter.  Beer butt chicken, steak, ribs.  Who says they can eat this good on their "diet" to lose weight!

And speaking of weight, the scale says i lost 4 pounds!  Now i’m sure some of that is water, with my reduced carb intake.  But it’s still great motivation!  Whooo!

It hasn’t been that easy though, my hardest part of the day is lunch.  Work cafe doesn’t really offer much for a keto diet.  I mean they have salads, but the protein tends to be missing.  i guess i’ll be doing more brown-bagging at work.  =)

Wish me luck for another week!

So i’ve been slacking this month and I’m slowly gaining weight.  Partially fat and hopefully mostly muscle on this month bulk.  Now time to get cut up.  Trying the cyclic keto diet after some research.  Let’s get this going!  I’ll take a "before" picture and see where this can take me!  BUT FIRST, on to the grocery store!  Any food suggestions?

Well i thought i could handle the 5×5… but it is waaay to complicated for me right now…

So here it is… 3 day Pull Push leg split with cardio videos from P90X in between:

Mon:Back & Biceps w/ Deadlift

Tues: Plyometrics

Wed:Chest & triceps w/ Squat

Thurs: CardioX/Kenpo Karate

Fri: Leg, Shoulders, Calves

Sat/Sun: Rest

I’ll run this until October where I will start another cylce of P90X where I will have a new ripped bod by 2010!!

On my quest to achieve a better physique I have done many kinds of workouts.  I did traditional three day splits, HST workouts, P90X, full body splits, etc.  All have helped me in one way or another.  The biggest results I’ve received were from HST and P90X.  HST really helped with strength and size gains while P90X helped me shed some poundage will giving me muscular endurance. 

Now time for something new.  Some people may comment why try and fix something when it is not broken as those routines have given be some real gains.  But after some research, there are experts in the field that have been doing this forever and their training principles have quantifiable proof that they work.

So enough of that… here’s the workout:

http://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow1/5×5_Program/Linear_5×5.htm

Let’s see where this takes me!

So i pretty much completed P90X… I was only able to do 2 weeks of Phase II because I went on vacation. I lost 10 lbs and got a good amount of definition in my muscles.  Looking at my vacay pics i still want to gain some good mass, so looking for a new workout split.  Don’t get me wrong P90X is some serious stuff, I just don’t have the cashflow to purchase heavier weights in order for me to gain mass.   I’ll definitely go back to it when i want to cut again!

I’ve been doing some research and I’m going to do 4 day upper/lower body split.  I got an example from one of the articles on the supersite page and we’ll see how it goes.  I’ll start monday.  If anyone else has a great split let me know.  I’ll probably hit up the forums as well…..

So i pretty much completed P90X… I was only able to do 2 weeks of Phase II because I went on vacation. I lost 10 lbs and got a good amount of definition in my muscles.  Looking at my vacay pics i still want to gain some good mass, so looking for a new workout split.  Don’t get me wrong P90X is some serious stuff, I just don’t have the cashflow to purchase heavier weights in order for me to gain mass.   I’ll definitely go back to it when i want to cut again!

I’ve been doing some research and I’m going to do 4 day upper/lower body split.  I got an example from one of the articles on the supersite page and we’ll see how it goes.  I’ll start monday.  If anyone else has a great split let me know.  I’ll probably hit up the forums as well…..

Last week of Phase II means recovery.  Taking a break from the traditional weight workouts, but still doing the cardio.  I figured, i’m going to hit the gym and throw in some heavy weights to twist things up.  Oh man, my strength went down for sure!  I’ve been doing such high reps for so long that my heavy and low reps got affected.  Oh well.  I definitely see more cuts in my body though!  It felt great to push heavier weights again!  Will post Phase II pics by the end of the week!