porcupinetree’s BodyBlog

Here is my diet that I did last week.  I’m not breaking it down meal by meal.  Just everything I ate that day and the nutrient breakdown.
Sunday:

Protein powder with raw whole milk

cashews

Tbone steak

shrimp

Protein: 188  Carb: 27  Fat: 67  Calories:  1510

This is a low nutrient day because I fasted most of the day

Monday:

Protein powder with raw whole milk

cottage cheese

Albacore tuna

triscuit crackers

orange

albacore tuna

protein powder with raw whole milk

steak

protein: 258  carb: 112  fat: 86  Calories 2200

Tuesday:

6 hard boiled eggs

orange

hallibut .8 lbs

salmon .6 lbs

yam

grapes

protein with raw whole milk

Protein: 236  Carb: 68  Fat: 89  Calories 2010

Wednesday

Protein with raw whole milk

oatmeal

steak

potato

protein with raw whole milk

albacore tuna with triscuit crackers

protein with raw whole milk

NY Steak

Protein: 236  Carb: 149  Fat: 90  calories: 2210

Thursday:

5 hard boiled eggs

grapes

orange

protein with raw whole milk

5 chicken thighs cooked in cream of mushroom soup

potato

yam

protein in raw whole milk

carb drink (post workout)

albacore tuna

Protein: 222  Carb: 165 Fat: 51 Calories: 1990

Friday:

protein in raw whole milk

hallibut  .7 lbs

salmon .5 lbs

potato

yam

protein in raw whole milk

protein in water (post workout)

protein: 262  carb: 149  Fat: not sure cal:  not sure

Saturday:  cheat day

On this day (once a week) I can eat anything all day.  I still try to get my protein form good sources, but I also eat higher amounts of carbs, and I don’t try to eat completely clean.  I’ll have some goodies during the day.  The goal is to overfeed.  This helps my body to produce more leptin so I can lose fat during the week.

Protein in raw whole milk

oatmeal

Dennys French Slam breakfast with hash browns and Orange juice

3 chicken thighs with 1 cup of rice

Protein in raw whole milk

1 entire Dominos medium pizza with sausage, peperoni, and extra cheese

My goal is to get 2 grams of protein with 1 gram of carb.  I aim for 250 protein and 125 carb.   I don’t count fruit or veges.

ok, I’ve had it.  This is bodybuilding.com, but too many females here think that it’s a porn site. 

I do like to go on Bodyspace frequently because I do get inspiried and I have learned a lot from what other people here are doing.  I think that is great.

But too many females are just ridiculous with their pictures.  OK, I know what you want us to look at:  YOUR BOOBS.  Hey, I’m a guy and I like boobs very much.  But after seeing too many, it just isn’t cool anymore.

I had a female friend take a look at the main bodyspace page and she immediately said, "What is this, a porn site?"

 I am seriously embarrassed to tell anyone that I come here.  They look at me and say "Why would you want to be on such a site?"  Seriously, I tell them that I have gotten great tips here and lots of inspiration.  But now, I just don’t tell anyone about it.

I really would rather this site be about fitness.  There are some great achievements going on here.  There is a lot to be learned and shared.   Too bad a bunch of exhibitionists can’t find validation some other way.

 Unfortuntely, I guess a lot of guys here egg it on.  Too many suckups leaving comments that are pretty pathetic.  Do people really think that’s gonna get them a date or something?  There was one girl who got a lot of comments and she is a cute girl, but people were just sucking up to her, telling her how great her progress was and how perfect her body is.  WRONG.  She was cute, but had a fat roll on her abs, and all her pictures were the same.  She was making zero progress and even admitted in her blog that she wasn’t sticking to her diet at all.

Sucking up isn’t inspiring.  Telling someone how great they are when they aren’t is pretty silly.

I have always been a big believer in bb incline bench presses.  I did dumbells for a while, but didn’t see a lot of result.

Well, now the pendulem has swung back.  For the past year, I had discomfort in my right front deltoid.  Sometimes it was painful, but I could always train.  The pain never inhibitted me.  But it was always there.

I have been going to the greatest chiropracter in the world (www.chiromat.com), Dr Buhler.  This guy kept John Stockton going all those years and still works on NBA players.  I feel lucky to be able to go to such an amazing doctor.  When I told him about my shoulder pain, he suggested that I no longer do any bb bench pressing.  He fixed the muscles around the shoulder and said I had no damage or injury there.  He also said I must work more on my back and rear delts and that the problem would go away.

He was right.  It was a paradigm shift for me.  I have never liked doing db bench presses.  I feel that I can do more weight and intensity with the barbell.  I didn’t want to go back to doing db’s.  But if I could get rid of the pain, it would be worth it.  So I did dumbells for my incline bench presses.  I couldn’t get myself to do flat db bench presses, so I did weighted dips.  At that angle, dips don’t hurt the shoulder area.  I concentrated more on my back and rear delt training.  The pain was mostly gone in a few weeks and now, I forget that I ever had it. 

And also, I now love doing db incline bench presses.  Tonight, I did 90 pounds in each hand on the incline for reps.  I felt great!  My goal now is to be able to do 100 pounds in each hand.  That would be great.

I have started running again.  Should be good to help shrink the waist and get ripped.  I met a new girl who is a big time runner, and she wants me to run with her.  I used to be a decent runner, but this girl is training for a possible spot in the Olympic trials. 

I just needed a good pair of running shoes.  I did some running on cheap shoes last year and pulled my calves a few times.

It felt good to run last night.  Did 3 miles and felt fine.  Must be all the squatting!  I even sped up the last half mile and kicked at the end.  Then she gave me a good calf rubdown.  Very nice!

I am back to my high volume arm training.  For years, I did just 6 sets for bi’s and tri’s.  My arms stayed 16 inches for a long time.  I knew I needed a change, so I went to a high volume.  15 sets.  I do nonstop training, bi, tri, calf, and keep doing that rotation.  I use an arm blaster to keep my elbows in place and put all the stress on the biceps.

I did this a few years ago and increased to 16.75 inches.  I am now going back to this.  My arms are currently 16.25, and I want 17 (cold measurement).

Last night, I tried a different type of workout.  I dropped the weight some and did all my sets more deliberately, not slow, but I did a peak contraction at the top of each movement and squeezed my biceps good.  It was tough.  I wanted to go faster.  But today, I had a good soreness in my biceps.

Probably just a coincidence that it is the new year and have my goals and training all dialed in.

Consistency is the key and right now, I am being quite consistent

I do shoulder latterals every morning, that is what works for me.  I train each other bodypart 2 times a week, doing about 15 sets, with 45 seconds between sets.  I go home and do cardio on my exercise bike.  My meals are planned, 5 a day, about 180 grams of protein a day.

It’s working so far.  We’ll see where it gets me.

OK, my first blog post.  I am training quite hard now.  I had a horrible flu back in March and missed a few weeks and lost a lot of gains.  Now I am back and I just escalated my training.  I want to get my mass up and shrink my waist.  I can’t run right now because my right calf is slightly strained, but I have upped my training to each bodypart 3 times a week.  I do back and chest together, arms together, and I find ways to get my leg training in.  I don’t worry much about shoulders…just a few sets of latterals is all I need there.

I am only resting 90 seconds between sets, and that really forces me to go hard and to concentrate.  It also wears me completely out by the time I am done.  But the results so far have been great.  I’ll post more pictures in time.

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