dvsness, dedication and desire

Meal 1

• 1 Dicana
• 1 scoop Body Octane
• oats
• Prolab Isolate - Vanilla
• 2 Opti-Women

cal - 420 pro - 34 car - 56 fat - 6 fib - 8

Meal 2

• apple
• tuna
• brown rice
• light mayo

cal - 543 pro - 26 car - 76 fat - 15 fib - 9

Meal 3

• chicken breast
• spinach
• oats
• 2 E-bol

cal - 315 pro - 35 car - 30 fat - 5 fib - 5

Meal 4

• 1 Dicana
• 4 G-tek
• whiting
• collard greens
• sweet potato

cal - 296 pro - 22 car - 45 fat - 2 fib - 8

Meal 5

• Sustain
• almond milk
• 2 G-tek
• 2 E-bol

cal - 145 pro - 21 car - 6 fat - 4 fib - 3

Totals:

cal - 1719 pro - 138 car - 213 fat - 328 fib - 33

I am very full and my vascularity looked sick after those sweet potatoes. I admit I was checking myself out in the mirror for a while after dinner. There are some really cool veins in my pelvis/hip area.

Honest Tea quote of the day:
"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe and it has a longer shelf life." - Frank Zappa

1 scoop Body Octane taken 20 minutes pre-workout.
4 scoops Xtend sipped peri-workout.

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Seated BB Press
50×12, 55×10, 60×8

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Seated 1/2 Rep DB Laterals
30sx8, 30sx9, 30sx8 *superset*

Seated Full Range DB Laterals
15sx8, 15sx8, 15sx8

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Rev Pec Dec
50×12, 60×10, 70×8

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Plate Loaded Rear Delt Row
70 each side x14 Drop 45sx12 Drop 35sx15 Drop 25sx12

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20 Minutes Posing

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Green Mag taken post-workout.

Posing is great. I am hitting my poses right away without wiggling. This workout felt good - since I have 2 delt days, I don’t really kill them. I didn’t go to failure, my form was excellent and I maintained contractions with slow negatives.

Meal 1

• 1 Dicana
• 1 scoop Body Octane
• egg whites
• eggs
• 2 Opti-Women
• 2 E-bol

cal - 234 pro - 25 car - 2 fat - 14 fib - 0

Meal 2

• tuna
• light mayo

cal - 258 pro - 41 car - 1 fat - 10 fib - 0

Meal 3

• chicken breast
• romaine
• olive oil
• 1 E-bol

cal - 319 pro - 43 car - 1 fat - 16 fib - 1

Meal 4

• 1 Dicana
• 4 G-tek
• whiting
• broccoli

cal - 138 pro - 24 car - 10 fat - 2 fib - 6

Meal 5

• Sustain
• unsweetened almond milk
• 2 E-bol
• 2 G-tek

cal - 145 pro - 21 car - 6 fat - 4 fib - 3

Totals:

cal - 1094 pro - 154 car - 20 fat - 46 fib - 10

No carb day is my bitch and I’m keeping my pimp hand strong. :D
Post-workout broccoli rules and I have no issues with hunger or cravings.

Honest Tea quote of the day:
"There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn’t matter who gets the credit." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

1 Stizm and 1 scoop Body Octane taken 20 minutes pre-workout.
4 scoops Xtend sipped peri-workout.

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Flat BB Press
75×10, 85×10, 85×8 *superset*

Close Grip Hammer Strength Press
25 on each sidex10, 30sx8, 30sx8

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Incline DB Press
25sx12, 30sx10, 30sx10 *superset*

Incline DB Fly
25sx8, 25sx8, 25sx8

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Incline BB Press/Fun
60×10 Drop 40×10 Drop Pushups x10
Repeat.

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Medicine Ball Crunch
15, 15 *superset*

Medicine Ball SitUp (with legs flat)
15, 15 *superset*

Lying Leg Raise
15, 15

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45 Minutes Precor

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Green Mag taken post-workout.
I am strong like bull. Training is great, as is cardio. I have begun to notice that my soreness is tending to catch up to me quite a few days after the fact - the D in DOMS is emphasized now. My glutes are still a little sore from Saturday and my delts are just now feeling Sunday’s training. This is not a complaint, but merely an observation.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/pl/lean.html

I am rating the Vanilla and Cinnamon flavors; I have not tried Chocolate yet.

Serving size: 1 packet (94 g)

Amount per serving:
cal - 390
pro - 40
car - 40
fat - 8 (sat - 3)
fib - 4
sodium - 130 mg
sugars - 5
potassium - 760 mg
calcium - 300 mg

Ingredients
whey protein concentrate, barley, hydrolyzed oat flour, brown rice powder, calcium caseinate, sunflower oil, milk protein concentrate, natural and artificial flavors, l-glutamine, whey protein isolate, vitamins and minerals (potassium chloride, sodium chloride, dipotassium phosphate, vitamin e acetate, ascorbic acid, niacinamide, ferric orthophosphate, zinc oxide, d-calcium pantothenate, copper gluconate, maganese sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, vitamin a molybdate, sodium selenate, cholecalciferol, cyanocobalamin), mct oil, lecethin, carrageenen, mono- and diglycerides, sucralose, sodium silicoaluminate.

Vanilla taste: 8.9/10

Cinnamon taste: 9.7/10

This is one of the better vanillas i’ve tasted. It’s not too sweet, and has a thickness to it like a real shake, with water only.  Cinnamon is ridiculously good.  I actually crave it now that I’m cutting. 

Mixability: 9/10

Instantized, mixes with a spoon. Not a single grain went undisolved in a shaker.  Nice in oats, too if you’re bulking.

Price: 8/10

$40.99 for 20 packets on bb.com breaks down to about $2.05 per serving. While this isn’t cheap, Lean Mass is not a protein powder, but a MRP, and as such warrants a higher serving price than just whey.

Content: 9/10

Good carb and protein amounts, good (whole grain) carb sources. 2 g l-glutamin, 3mcg b-12 and 9 mg iron just for starters. Very complete MRP, imo.

Overall: 9

This is the first MRP i’ve really liked based on both taste AND ingredient profile, and it doesn’t get old.

Meal 1

• 1 Dicana
• 1 scoop Body Octane
• oats
• Sustain
• psyllium husk powder
• 2 Opti-Women
• 2 E-bol

cal - 276 pro - 25 car - 35 fat - 4 fib - 10

Meal 2

• tuna
• brown rice
• light mayo

cal - 318 pro - 24 car - 24 fat - 14 fib - 2

Meal 3

• 1 Stizm
• chicken breast
• spinach
• apple
• olive oil
• 1 E-bol

cal - 440 pro - 41 car - 32 fat - 16 fib - 6

Meal 4

• 1 Dicana
• 2 G-tek
• whiting
• broccoli

cal - 114 pro - 21 car - 5 fat - 2 fib - 3

Meal 5

• VPX - Graham Cracker
• unsweetened almond milk
• 2 E-bol
• 2 G-tek

cal - 138 pro - 21 car - 6 fat - 5 fib - 1

Totals:

cal - 1286 pro - 132 car - 102 fat - 417 fib - 22

Diet is still simple and on track. I am feeling some slight bloat due to salting my foods now, which I never do typically. Otherwise, energy is still consistant and cravings have subsided now that the evil little jars have been evicted from my fridge. I have discovered Trident Watermelon gum, and it’s almost as good as Orbitz Lemon. I noticed that Orbitz makes a Raspberry and will be trying that next. I continue to drink a ton of water and green tea.

Honest Tea quote of the day:
"It is never to late to be what you might have been." - George Elliot

Arms/Calves

1 scoop Body Octane taken 15 minutes pre-workout.
4 scoops Xtend sipped peri-workout.

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Seated Hammer Curls
15sx12, 20sx10, 25sx7 *superset*

DB Overhead Ext
15×12, 20×12, 25×10

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BB Curl
50×8, 45×10, 40×10 *superset*

Decline Skulllcrusher
50×8, 45×10, 40×12

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Concentrated Curl on Preacher
15×12+12, 20×10+10, 20×8+8 OUCH!

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Single Arm Cable Rope Pushdown
20×12+12, 25×12+12, 30×8+8

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Hybrid Calve Training
Bodyweight Only

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10 Minutes Posing

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Green Mag taken post-workout.
I feel great. It’s almost boring how good I feel. I got complimented on my shoulders today! Lagging part be gone!    Mondays aren’t cardio days for me, but I was certainly capable of doing some. I’m excited to bump it up soon and get rid of some of this hip/ham/glute/tri fat. It doesn’t look like much in the pics, but I can still grab handfulls and that’s just yucky.

Meal 1

• 1 Dicana
• grapefruit
• oats
• Prolab Isolate - Chocolate
• psyllium husk powder
• 2 Opti-Women
• 2 E-bol

cal - 326 pro - 30 car - 44 fat - 3 fib - 10

Meal 2

• G-tek
• chicken breast
• sweet potato

cal - 258 pro - 39 car - 21 fat - 2 fib - 3

Meal 3

• tuna
• brown rice
• light mayo
• 1 E-bol

cal - 347 pro - 31 car - 52 fat - 2 fib - 7

Meal 4

• 1 Dicana
• 1 scoop Body Octane
• broccoli
• whiting
• olive oil

cal - 234 pro - 21 car - 5 fat - 17 fib - 3

Meal 5

• Sustain
• unsweetened almond milk
• 2 E-bol
• 2 G-tek

cal - 145 pro - 21 car - 6 fat - 4 fib - 3

Totals:

cal - 1281 pro - 135 car - 100 fat - 40 fib - 21

The birthday party was not too bad. :rolleyes: The menu included all kinds of fruit with whipped cream and powdered sugar, every brand of chip imaginable, pizza from my favorite place, homemade cupcakes and angelfood cake. I had my tuna/rice/mayo concoction and coffee.

When I left there I went to my friend Heather’s house to put the finishing touches on her wedding plans. I am throwing her a shower this Saturday and the wedding is on the 16th of February. There will be many people at both events who don’t know me and will probably think I am insane when I can’t eat with them. Oh well!

Honest Tea quote of the day:
"The most wasted of days is one without laughter." - e.e. cummings

1 Stizm and 1 scoop Body Octane taken 20 minutes pre-workout.
4 scoops Xtend sipped peri-workout.

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Seated Rear Delt Raise
15sx10, 15sx10, 15sx10

DB Laterals (thumbs down)
15sx12, 20sx8, 20sx8

DB Laterals (thumbs up)
15sx8, 15sx8, 15sx10

Seated BB Press
50×10, 50×10, 50×10

BB Front Raise
30×12, 40×8, 40×12

Arnold Press
25sx8, 25sx10

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25 Minutes Max Incline Walk

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Green Mag taken post-workout.

I had my nephew’s 3rd birthday party this afternoon and I started my day kind of late, so I made up for it by only having 40 seconds rest between sets. That was a cardio exercise unto itself, and I only planned on doing 20 minutes on the treadmill due to the time; I was feeling so good that I added an extra 5 minutes anyway.

Meal 1

• 1 Dicana
• tuna
• light mayo
• brown rice
• 2 Opti-Women
• 2 E-bol

cal - 423 pro - 25 car - 47 fat - 15 fib - 4

Meal 2

• G-tek
• oats
• Prolab Isolate - Strawberry

cal - 420 pro - 34 car - 56 fat - 6 fib - 8

Meal 3

• grapefruit
• chicken breast
• sweet potato
• 1 E-bol

cal - 347 pro - 31 car - 52 fat - 2 fib - 7

Meal 4

• 1 Dicana
• 1 scoop Body Octane
• broccoli
• whiting
• sweet potato

cal - 2904 pro - 21 car - 479 fat - 3 fib - 9

Meal 5

• Sustain
• unsweetened almond milk
• 2 E-bol
• 2 G-tek

cal - 145 pro - 21 car - 6 fat - 4 fib - 3

Totals:

cal - 1625 pro - 132 car - 2083 fat - 30 fib - 31

I had lots of tea today as well, and Orbitz new Lemon flavored gum makes me oddly happy. I love gum, but I get tired of the traditional flavors and no one has made any dessert flavored ones yet, so this will have to do for now.

I have a lot on my mind right now, but I’m keeping my head straight and I won’t let anything get me off track.

Honest Tea quote of the day:
"Examine what is said, not who speaks." - Arabian proverb