patrick93’s BodyBlog

1 meal down.  509 to go. 

****ty quality photo but it shows off the product of 3 months of 3x a week squatting.  legs about 23.5 inches, got some stretch marks going (Y)

i know i wrote before that i’d finished my diet but honestly……….when it comes down to it i have no idea how to write a ****ing diet.  ahaha

and also, i’m becoming disillusioned with bb.com forums and the stacks of ****ty 130lb noobs handing out information like they’re charles glass.  SO i’ve been reading ironaddict.com forums a lot, which is great because they don’t even allow noobs to post (Y) woo!

i was even considering signing up with ironaddict for personal training when i heard about their redpoint thing and i was like ‘**** it…..i’ll do it’

so yeah, it’s cheap too.  going to sign up tomorrow.

woooooow here i am.  6 days out from my diet.  i completely finished my diet today after tweaking it and consulting with a few people.

the diet i’m following is a modified version of layne norton’s contest prep diet.  low carb but definitely not ketogenic.

1835 cals a day
220g protein
55g fat
115g carbs

i’m mainly eating chicken, lean steak and whey shakes for protein and oats, rice and salad for carbs.  

should be goooood.  the only thing i’m worried about is fat loss stalling and having too much of an initial jump down in calories.  but i’m not sure how much i’ve really been eating….could be anywhere between 2000 and 3000 cals.

WOOOOO 14 DAYS OUT FROM CUTTING.

holy **** i’m nervous.  this is going to be glorious.  

got some more ON whey annnnd lipoburn.  

atm i’m feeling just a bit tired and lacking intensity during sessions.  

today i woke up and my motivation is feeling ****ed up and weird
like i no longer want to be massive.

**** THAT.  FULL STEAM AHEAD.

my theory is that once your life is comfortable and dandy….you sink into a rut and you’re like ‘why even bother?’
which is retarded in my mind.

anyways, lifting and eating hard.

FIRST THANG IN THE MORNANGGGG

i’m pretty sure that will be the most challenging thing.  ESPECIALLY when i’m bleary-eyed and sleep deprived (sweet rhyme bro)

my first meal is oatmeal (no milk) and a whey shake with water EVERY SINGLE MORNING.  how truly glorious.

it will come down to this…i will wake up and i will be feeling BAD.  there is no doubt about it, i will not want to eat that meal.  it’ll be that ‘hungry but don’t want to eat that meal, would rather eat nothing or just drink a cup of tea’

**** THAT ****.

unacceptable.  i will get out of bed like a full lord and go down and run the shaker under the tap with cold water, put my chocolate whey into it blend that **** up.
then start drinking it will i measure my oats on the scale and pour them into the pot and start cooking them.

PURE GLORY.  it will be the best meal of my entire day.

i had a great diet for about 3 weeks last month and now just……SLOP.

mainly because i know i’m going to make my powerlifting goals pretty easily i’ve just eased off and started cruising.  
not getting nearly enough protein and eating way to much bull**** sugary cereals and carbs.  gonna make me fat.  fat that has to come off next month.

anyways…i work out in 10 minutes.  i don’t really have that high hopes for it considering my poor diet of today but as of tomorrow i’m stepping the **** up.

finished it all today.

i’m about 78 kilos, so i’ll be eating:

1800 cals / day

240g protein
50g fat
100g carbs

spread out over 6 meals….
main foods are

- chicken breast
- lean cuts of red meat
- whey
- oatmeal
- rice
- potatoes
- SALADS

i’ll be running a cheap thermogenic cause i’m too stingy (or maybe smart) to buy full expensive **** like hydroxycut/REDuction/animal cuts

routine will stay as rippetoes, aiming to GAIN strength (Y) or at the VERY LEAST maintain.  but ****it, i’m confident i’ll have an 85 kilox5 bench by december.

annnnnnnnd for the first time ever i’ll be taking a pre-wo supplement :O:O - NO-explode.  hoping it’ll maybe salvage some of my performance in the gym when i’m carb depleted as ****.

i’ll be posting a daily progress log for the entire 12 weeks detailing motivation…diet…lifting…whatever.  so stay tuned.

KEEP LIFTING
and good luck on cutting for any southern hemisphere brahs

IMO how physically strong you are has nothing to do with how much weight you lift in the gym

i mean, of course it does….but you can be plenty strong enough and still fail on a weight due to other variables being ****ed up.

e.g. poor diet slash sleep slash inadequate protein = FAIL

sleep is so key.