Kain’s Blog

So I’m back in the sand box and I’m ready to really increase the weights!  Yesterday, my first day back and I crashed soooo hard!  Sleep was needed entirely and now hopefully I’m back on schedule!  Today I will go to the gym regardless if I am tired or not! 

Thats one very hard aspect of weight lifting and being in the military.  During movements its almost impossible to maintain a healthy gym routine and diet plan!  But, now I am back for a solid 5 months and I will continue my bulk phase!  I recently purchased BSN’s weight gainer and plan to utilize it on a 12, 10, 10, 8, max routine!  My goal to increase lean muscle mass and strength should continue for another few weeks! 

So  I am having trouble gaining weight…  My stomach has shrunk to the point where I cannot eat at very much at all.  I’ve substituted my tuna packets for peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches (all natural PB & J with whole grain wheat bread) and I’ve gained a few lbs, Im hoping that with my increased calorie diet routine the lean muscle will begin to appear…

 Another five more weeks of increased carbs and fats…  I hope my stomach can handle it, cuz jesus it hurts….

 ~Kain

So I reached Germany for my much needed R&R.  I snuck my supplements through the customs line and got back to my post and low and behold.  They remodeled my gym!  Woooot!  The place looks great and of course its empty as hell!  I can lift freely and stare at myself in the mirror!

I weighed myself today and I’m at 158.  Cut, cut, cut…  Wow :p  Considering I had made it up to 170 at one point….  I’ve amazed myself at how cut I am….  But, now my training cycle has reversed and its back to getting larger….  I am thinking when I return to Iraq that I will be using some weight gainer…  I’ll have to see how that goes.

I’m also wondering about these pills the Army is going to give me for quitting smoking…  Will they affect me?

I eat on an average day, six to eight times a day.  I drink a shake as soon as I wake in the morning.  I perform 15 to 20 minutes of FIIT.  Get done, take a shower then walk to the DFAC (thats where I eat for you civilians) and I eat 3 hard boiled eggs and a piece of french toast.  After that I walk to work (1 mile) and when I get there, I’m hungry.  I eat a packet of light tuna.  An hour later, (11:30 GMT +3) its time for lunch and I scarf down some fruit and some sort of meat (turkey or beef).  After that, I head back to work and eat another packet of tuna around 15:00.  I then leave work and head back to my room for another packet of tuna and a pre workout shake.  With my workout shake I take multiple minerals, vitamins, etc.  I also mix another post workout shake.

 I work out, heavily.  To the point of failure.

Then I eat a fairly light dinner and my post workout shake.  Three hours later I eat another packet of tuna and go to sleep.

 Now, I know that may sound like I’m eating a LOT…  But each packet of tuna has 21 grams of protein and 75 calories.  Each serving of protein shake is 200 calories and 29 grams of protein…  So if you add it up… Its pretty low…  Yet my muscles continue to grow and I feel thinner…  Now why the hell don’t I look it!?  LoL!!!

 DAMN THIS !!!  More intensity!

I love a good rant.

 ~Kain

Today I’ve decided, I want to quit smoking.  I have been smoking for nearly nine years.  I started when I was in highschool, for the social aspect I suppose, then it quickly turned into a habit.  I use to be an extremely fast long distance runner, 10:30 for the two mile event.  In recent years; due to work, lack of training, possibility cigerettes; I have increased my time to around 12:00 two mile. 

 I have realized for quite some time that smoking is not healthy.  I’ve realized that my grandmother is dying from cigerettes as I write this blog.  Her time is coming and she continues to smoke.  I have become so addicted that I am painfully aware of it.  I am hounded and reminded by it as I look at the cigerettes in the PX. 

So, I will be attending smoking cessation class.  I will drop this habit for good.  Using drugs, therapy, whatever it takes.  I must quit.  I NEED to quit.  NOW!

I’ve been working out, fairly actively, for a few months now.  I realized I am not getting the results I have been wanting and craving.  I like going into the gym and feeling the sweat and strain.  I love listening to my music as I lift and transform, mentally and physically.  I notice the results in the mirror and in the pictures I take of myself.

But, I still want to achieve more!  I want my fat to disappear, I want my chest to be bigger and I want to look better!  I’ve obtained much in the time I have been lifting.  But, I want and crave more.  Today begins my total dedication.