My Journey of Change

Ok, so today’s workout was over 12 hours ago, but I still wanted to post on it.  I started my glutamine last night, right before bed.  I’ve decided to take it immediaty post workout and at bed.  Possibly pre-workout too.

So, this morning, I rolled out to the gym at around 8ish, and I took my naNO Vapor before driving out there.  I think it helped a little, as I was able to squeeze out a few more reps with each exercise and/or go to heavier weight.  The downfall was that I was REALLY tired when I left.  I felt like sleeping on the drive home…course, I would have ended up in the ditch, as I was the one driving.

Anyways, I read some reviews last night that there was a bit of a crash afterwards, and I did end up having a great nap this afternoon for about an hour.  I hope that doesn’t happen all the time or work is going to be hellish in the afternoon.

I ate quite a bit today too.  I was going well until supper, but then I had a massive steak (not too bad - but we went to friends’ for dinner and she made good steak - besides, it’s protein, right?)  Then tonight, I had some black forest cake (small piece), 5 doritos, cholocate milk (I love that stuff), and some cottage cheese.  A little overboard, and I’m thinking I may weigh in a little heavier than I want to tomorrow morning, but I guess we’ll see…

43 minutes of cardio put in.  500 calories.  Obviously this is slow cardio designed to burn fat and not muscle.  I see all this information out there about people doing or trying HIIT, but

a) I’m not sure I could handle it

b) I’m not exactly sure what it is

c) I don’t want to sacrifice muscle just to burn fat, and I think I run the risk of that.

It’d be nice if bodyspace included the ability to track cardio workouts for calories burned, time, etc…  Just as with workouts.  Isn’t cardio a part of a bodybuilder/fit person’s routine?  It’d also be great to track food, but that’s a lot to ask for.

Workout again tomorrow…new supplements tonight.  I’m excited!

Yes, super cheezy joke.  Get over it.

So, after 2 days off from my regular gym goings-to, I went back today.  (Off due to family commitments)  I think not getting enough rest at night affected today’s workout. 

See, I’ve been staying up - not exorbitantly late - but late enough - to play video games at home until around 11 at night.  This means I’m getting roughly 7 hours of sleep a night.  Max.  I don’t feel tired during the day going about my regular business, but as you can see from today’s workout, my reps were less, my volume was less, and I just didn’t feel like it was a great workout.  Double the fact that I don’t think I’ve eaten enough food yesterday, cross the ts, dot the i-s and you have one - not so invigorating workout.  Joy. 

Supplement sale this weekend.  Gonna look to get me some goods - maybe some glutamine - possibly creatine.  Any other suggestions? 

Anyways, I gotta get back to work and drinking my water.

Oh, special shout out to someone livin’ in L. who reads this on a daily basis and has been waiting for an update.  You know who you are…

Well, I’m almost out of my Cytosport Muscle Milk.  It was a good run, but all good things come to an end.  By far, this was the best tasting protein I’ve ever tasted.  So now I’m left with the dilemma.  Which protein should I buy on the next go around?

For the time being, I’ll be using Slim-Fast, as I can’t afford to buy any new protein until I get paid in a few weeks.  I know it’s not idea, but does anyone have any thought about using this?

As for what to buy when I can, Muscle Milk is great, but kind of expensive.  What are the benefits that put it above the others?  I’ve used other protiens, although not nearly as expensive.  My goal is to put on lean muscle mass, and drop the fat.  Tricky, but doable.