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Action. Everyone has talked a whole lot about getting better, being stronger, getting healthier, getting better at their diet. What actions have you taken to get towards that goal. Are you all talk? Maybe your goal just doesn't mean that much to you? Really think about it.
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Linda M2, down to Rd. 3/4
5K (22:08 on treadmill)
Bench Press: #225
Front Press: #150
Body Weight: #157
BF %: ?, need to figure this out
0 muscleups
Goals:
Complete Linda @ M2
Sub 20:00 5K
Bench Press: #250
Weight: No target
BF %: Less than it is now
Muscleup
Had a couple of people ask what I eat in a typical workout day. Remember I'm trying to gain weight, and this is substantially more than what I ate when I was 195#. I'm now between 215-220. Broccoli and pecans are pretty much staples at every meal for me. They work for me, and I enjoy eating them. Quantities remain the same throughout the day.
ReplyDeleteMeal 1 - 6 oz grilled chicken, 3 handfuls broccoli, 1 apple, 1 large handful pecans
Meal 2 - 5 oz grass-fed sirloin tip steak, broccoli, 1 orange, pecans
Meal 3 - repeat meal 1
Meal 4 pre-workout - 4 oz Trader Joe's Turkey Jerky, 1 orange, pecans (7g fish oil, vitamin B complex 1 tablet, 200 mg CoQ10, Vitamin D 2000 IU, Alpha Lipoic Acid 100 mg, Zinc 100 mg, Magnesium 100mg) It works for me to take it pre-workout. Part of my routine. This meal is consumed about an hour before I workout.
Meal 5 post workout - 1 1/2 scoops whey protein + 5 g creatine, 5 g L-Leucine, 8 oz natural applesauce. This is usually within 15 minutes after the workout is completed.
Meal 6 - Repeat Meal 2
Meal 7 - 6 oz ground beef 96/4, broccoli, pecans
Feel free to shoot me with any questions on anything. I mix up the spices for seasoning my meat and veggies, but this is a pretty standard day for me. I don't really ever get tired of eating these things. So, at the moment it is working well for me.
A few of my short term strength goals are.
Squat - 350
Deadlift - 525
Press - 175
Snatch 200
Clean and Jerk - 250
I've been tweaking my diet for the last 20 years or so, so my diet is generally pretty clean, but I didn't start focusing on paleo until I took the nutrition seminar in April. It was hard to give up things like grains (I love steel-cut oatmeal and crusty bread), but I managed to do it and kept it up until I went on vacation a few weeks ago. I've had a little trouble getting back on track, so I'm hoping that seeing everyone else's progress here will inspire me to clean up the diet again. I also tend to eat the same things (huge salads with many vegetables and fish or poultry, egg-white omelets with many vegetables), and it will be fun to try some new things that show up here. I also think it will be valuable to read what others are eating to improve their performances. While my goals right now are pretty modest (get my shoulders working correctly), I want to see if I can improve my times in the 5K run (sub-30 min) and 500m row (2 min or less), and start working back into all the skill work I had to abandon during rehab. I don't want to gain weight, but I do want to improve my strength.
ReplyDeleteI have no clue how Bryce does it. I can not repeat meals over and over every day.
ReplyDelete420am 4oz pork chop (really finding a ton easier to over cook the night before and eat leftovers for breakfast) 1 sweet potato, 24 almonds, 6 fish oil caps
Slept through snack time.
1pm 1 sweet potato, 16 almonds
2pm 6oz flank steak
Packed a post workout meal but for got it at home ( I know I suck)
930pm Steak (a ton of it, I would have to admit to about 1.5 lbs) 1 sweet potato, 16 almonds.
This was not a good day. Lack of preparation really screwed me over. Didn't eat often enough, so when I did finally eat I was starving. Not good.
Hi you guys! I am going to be looking here, and trying to use you all for support! Got to reach my goal! I will get my blog on really soon, got some free time lately~ Keep writing things down..
ReplyDeleteI have a question- I stopped in GNC today to look at Whey Isolates and the salesman told me that I should have a post-workout with 60/40 ratio carbs-protein. Is this right? More carbs post-workout than protein? Lemme know-
Thanks
Moe
Wed, 11/19
ReplyDeletePre-workout, 5:40 am: 1 scoop whey, 1 cup applesauce
Post-work, 7:00 am: 1 sc whey, 1 sc caesin/carb
Snack, 9:15 am: Balance protein bar, 2 fish oil
Snack, 11:15 am: 3 whole eggs scrambled, 1 natural chicken sausage
Snack, 12:30 pm: 3 egg whites, 1 apple, 2 fish oil
Lunch, 2:30 pm: Chicken breat, steak, sauteed mushrooms/peppers
Pre-workout, 6:00 pm: think thin protein bar
Post-workout/dinner, 8:00 pm: chili, steak
Pre-bed, 9:15 pm: 3 slices turkey, handful walnuts
I cooked everything for the week on Monday night so it's been pretty easy to prepare everything into tupperwares/bags the night before to take to work. Trying to up my strength so split workouts into two short lifting segments. Weighed myself Thurs. morning--#153 (started at #157). Would like to be around #150-160 but more solid, feel pretty lean right now.
Just to restate my Goal right now it is to lose BF and get my metcon times down while this happens. I use to always care about strength but f that for not. If I lose pounds on my lifts so be it because that is not my goal. I know when the time comes putting on muscle for me is no prob.
ReplyDelete6am CF
7am
40pro-16carb, 6g FO
9:30
4-4.5 oz chicken, 1 large head broccoli, 12 raw almonds, 6g FO
12pm
5oz chuck steak, 1 large head broccoli, 12 almonds raw, 5g FO
2pm
12 alomonds, 5 walnuts
5:15pm
1 small apple
6:30pm
5oz chicken, 2 heads broccoli, 12 almonds, 6gFO
8pm
1.5 oz Jerky from TJ's
9:40pm
Ice Hockey Game
11:30pm
1.5 oz Jerky TJ's