Week 2 down - diet woes
This week was much more successful than last week. I didn’t get a headache on my resting cardio day. I narrowed down my exercises to about 3-4 per group which helped me focus more on the workout and less on walking around trying to decide what to do.
I don’t know if the DOMS I got this week matter, but my quads got really bad DOMS that lasted about 4 days which slowed me down on my cardio day which is 48hours after Leg day. I feel 100% recovered now and will be ready for Leg day tomorrow. But I don’t know if I will work out my Quads as much tomorrow to try to not get that bad of DOMS again.
I am starting to feel pretty confident on the exercises I am doing for each muscle group. Not I have other things I want to figure out.
- The Gas! Since switching to a high calorie high protein diet, I have become so gassy. It is driving me nuts and I am sure others around me don’t like it either. At first I thought it was the Muscle Milk by CytoSport. But I have been done with that for 4 days now. I am now only using Optimum Nutrition’s 100% Whey Protein which also contains lactase to help digest the latose. Yet I still have so much gas. Just not sure what to do here.
- Body fat % tracking. I now have calipers to measure body fat. Since this is my first time being on a high calorie, high protein diet, I want to track this to make sure I am not just getting fat. Finding that as long as I pinch the same exact spot, I get consistent measurements. But having issues making sure I am pinching the correct spot in the first place.
- Suppliment to food ratio. Other than the multi-Vitamin and Kre-Alkalyn Creatine, I am only using a 100% Whey Protein powder to suppliment real food. But I use it 3-4 scoops a day, throughout the day. I am trying to hit 3500 cals a day, while keeping my fat below 100g a day. Preferably 50-70g. And because of that, I tend to only get to about 80-100g of protein and about 300-400g of carbs. So I use the Whey powder to get my Protein up to 180-200g. So I am still trying to figure out my diet.
So 2 weeks into this first attempt at body building and I feel pretty good. Since I felt pretty fat to start with at 22% body fat and I am still that way while bulking up, it’s difficult to fight the feelings of wanting to reduce calories and do more cardio to cut the fat. But I really think it’s time to really mulk up the muscle mass so that when I try cutting fat again, I will be much more effective and have better final results.
