miked512’s BodyBlog

1)  I haven’t posted in a while.

2)  Sometimes people ask me what to eat, how to eat, and other diet related questions.

Before we start, I will say I have no credentials whatsoever that states I’m qualified by some organized group of people that makes it ok for you to listen to me.  Digest this information and lets hope that you will do what you consider sensible and well, we can agree to disagree even though I might just agree with you.

Oh, and no this is not a joke, but Happy April Fool’s day.
At any rate, this post will center on the concept of quality food.  Ever since I started on this ‘bodybuilding’ journey, there has been one constantly changing thing that is ever so subtle that most of the time its not recognizable.  My diet has gone through several phases.  Some of the most notable are:

1.  College Student - My diet consisted mostly of papa john’s pepperoni pizza and Mr. Pibb.  Other pieces for variety were chicken wings, lasagna, spaghetti, chicken parmigiana (the tour of milan at city cafe for all you GT students is the best AND worst bulking meal).  The occasional mcdonalds or burger king was cool too.  Of course there was coke, an occasional powerade, and hard liquor.  Sorry guys, I didn’t start drinking beer until AFTER college.

2.  Sick Bastard - Well, this is the time I was on prednisone.  I also happened to be lifting then so there were a few gross protein shakes here and there (twinlab vege fuel and GNC brand whey) but my diet consisted mainly of pizza, fruit drinks, and kentucky fried chicken.  However, with prednisone, you’re always hungry so you have to adjust the portion sizes.  Yes, at one sitting I could eat a whole pizza or a whole bucket of fried chicken with the family sized sides.  You might think this is good for bulking but when you’re ingesting something that is notorious for stripping away muscle, imagine what your bulk will be. 

Being 240 sounds cool, doesn’t it?
3.  Normal City Life eating - Fast food is a normal part of life at this time.  Of course, there’s chinese food. Cooking?  Yeah, zapped microwave meals.  This lean cuisine crap looks pretty damned healthy.  Microwaveable meals are awesome.  Pop-tarts and cereal for breakfast.  Unless of course you’re going to IHop or Waffle House.  Restaurant eating is at an all time high as well. This is about the same time I discovered chanko, a wonderful bulking food combination.  Tuna, corn, and rice.  Its not all that bad for putting on some good size either.  Now that I look back at it, a flicker of hope for the healthy eating of quality food.

Of course, there’s more but I’m about to go workout so enjoy.