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MonStar's Journal: Getting Back On Track!

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Posted by: M.J.H.

I am finally going to get serious and stop f*cking around. This is honestly getting completely out of control. And I am so f*cking sick of all this bullsh*t. Binging, and starting another journal, changing my training routine around, etc. I am sick and tired of this repeated negative cycle of events.

It's about time I stop f*cking around with this immature petty bullsh*t and get on the right track!

I used this guy today as motivation, he went from a solid 205 lbs. to a solid 220 lbs. and looks better than ever. Eating clean and training hard, that simple. I, on the other hand, sit around binging and then starving myself and changing programs and diets every other day. Letting people just pass me right on by. It's f*cking ridiculous. I need to STOP with this crap, cut out the sugar and alcohol, triple my water intake, and get a minimum of 7 hours sleep each night. No more f*cking around!

Keeping it simple, clean diet and training hard and heavy. Nothing new.

Posted by: M.J.H.

I am going to start doing progress pictures every single month from now on as well, no matter what. Here I am today at a flabby 238 lbs. Flabbier than I have been in over a year.

Posted by: P-funk

I don't understand why this stuff is so hard for you??? You appear to be very driven and dedicated. I don't understand why you fall off the wagon so easily and so frequently??

Posted by: aggies1ut

I'm sorry, and am not trying to be negative, but have you ever considered therapy of some sort?

Posted by: M.J.H.

Patrick: I have NO IDEA man! I can't f*cking figure it out to save my life. I think it's just BED (Binge Eating Disorder) in combination with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). I mean I know that I have a problem with both. And for a while I was doing well at just putting aside my urge to binge. But now I am back into that horrible swing of binging and changing my program over and over and over again. I am going to try and stick it out with this one man. I mean I WANT to change, I hate doing this stupid a*s cycle over and over again.

aggies1ut: I have considered it, yes. But when I actually decide to go ahead and start therapy my binging ends up getting a lot better. So I end up telling myself this is the last time, etc.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Friday; 12-10-2004

Training:

Support Rows
3 sets of 6 with 255
2 sets of 3 with 300

CG Cable Pulldowns
5 sets of 5 with 230

Nautilus Pullovers
3 sets of 7 with 280

BTN Cable Pulldowns
2 sets of 12 with 170

Nice back workout today, seemed to hit my lats pretty damn hard. Trying to steadily increase my workout volume since I am trying to drop some flab. I am thinking about doing another M1T cycle as well. Especially after seeing how much size this guy at my gym has put on.

Diet:

Meal 1: 1% cottage cheese + mandarin oranges
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 3: tuna salad sandwich, chicken noodle soup
Meal 4: grilled chicken sandwich, side salad + vinegarette dressing
Meal 5: grilled chicken + cheese sub, side salad + honey mustard dressing
Meal 6: whey protein + 1% milk

Sleep: 6 hours. Breaking this 6-hour habit and I am going to focus on 7-8 hours every night.

Posted by: PreMier

I am having deja vu

Posted by: BigDyl

Lifting numbers look good--whats a support row btw? I have one at my Y, but you put plates on it and like lay your chest down on it so your at a 60 degree angle or so, then grab a t-bar that is attached to the bottom of the machine. If i go too heavy, i find myself pulling myself up off the padding and as i get straighter up, I am able to pull the weight up. I wasnt sure if it was the same thing you were using.

Don't worry about the diet problems. Just do what most everyone else is doing, like getting everything out of your system, then getting serious on jan 1st.

Posted by: Mudge

This looks just like the last post?

Anyhow, what works for me, is eventually you have to stop bitching and JUST DO IT.

Posted by: JerseyDevil

^^^What he said. I'm starting to think you just crave the attention.

Posted by: simbh

yep , do it man . Youre not that bad, you got a good solid built , you just need to eat right like you said and it will get back on track. Just tell anyone of us if you need some support. Id be glad to motivate you anything , take it from me , Im in the same wagon as you are ... Ive been eating clean for months , but it hasnt always been that way. So if you need some word of encouragement , Ill be glad to help bro. So this time , do it till the end !

For the water , just have a bottle of water in hands at all time, and youll get in a good 5-6 liters a day. Thats what I do , I fill it up where ever I am and I drink till my bladder explodes , lol.

Posted by: Mudge

My thinking is Mike, that new threads aren't doing the trick, so why not just stick to one, kind of like owning up to it? I have considered doing new ones also but I want to be able to look back easily, and frankly my own diet has also been shit for some time.

The solution? For me, stop thinking about it, stop whining about it, and JUST DO IT. Because I should be further along by now, and stagnation sucks!

Good luck!

Posted by: JerseyDevil

Quote:

Originally Posted by JerseyDevil

^^^What he said. I'm starting to think you just crave the attention.

Ah, c'mon guys... I'm trying to PO Mike a bit, so maybe he'll see the light. One journal, and a decent diet with some cheats.

Posted by: CowPimp

Mike, it is my suggestion that you don't play with your hormones any more until you can get your binging under control. High levels of testosterone are associated with greater appetite, or so I have read on these forums.

Also, if you are looking for a way to boost your metabolism without cardio, then you may want to consider some circuit callisthenics like I have been doing. I seem to recall reading that you hate cardio. I find this far more enjoyable, and it requires more intensity in shorter bursts, similar to resistance training.

Oh, and I know I say this everytime, but post it if you binge this time. You're not starting from a clean slate just because you change journals. Remember that.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Jake: Yeah, most people are having it too. I really need to keep this one and stop annoying everyone here at IM.

BigDyl: Hey man, thanks for stopping by, always nice to see new faces here in my journal. I am going to try and just keep my diet relatively clean, that's all. Not even perfect, because I know that's never going to happen. Here are the support rows that I am talking about:

That's not the exact machine, but it's pretty close. Chest and sternum are pressed against the apparatus so you can't cheat. Great at hitting the lats. I used an underhand grip, however.

Mudge: Thanks for the inspirational posts bro. I agree, I have to stop f*cking around, and talking and talking and talking about it and just doing it. I think if I can make it 7 days with one journal I'll keep it. But after a day or two I always throw it away. I have no idea why. I am going to focus this time and not let my stupid cravings get the best of me, etc.

JerseyDevil: I think negative motivation or whatever you call it is what I might need at this point. I mean it seems like nothing else is working---so I am willing to try anything. I don't want to have to see a therapist because I can't control my own godd*mn eating.

simbh: Thanks for stopping by, again it's great to see new faces here in my journal. I am going to stop f*cking around completely get back on track. There is no reason why I should be slacking off like this. I mean I am flabbier now than I have ever been before. That's absurd, I am not going to let myself go any longer.

BTW, about my water intake. I am basically going to stop carbonated drinks completely, at first. I want to eventually switch completely over to all water---but for now I am just cutting out carbonated drinks and doing Crystal Light, etc.

CowPimp: You're right, I absolutely HATE cardio, 100%. There is nothing that I hate more than sitting on a damn treadmill or stationary bike. Instead of cardio if you notice I increase my training frequency to nearly every single day. That way my metabolism is always getting somewhat boosted by the resistance training so frequently.

The reason that I start a new journal after I binge is because for whatever reason that's almost my excuse or way of telling myself "it's okay to binge." I go into this whole mindset "well starting tomorrow I am going to be strict so I better enjoy this last night." Really immature way of thinking, I know.

Posted by: BritChick

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

The reason that I start a new journal after I binge is because for whatever reason that's almost my excuse or way of telling myself "it's okay to binge." I go into this whole mindset "well starting tomorrow I am going to be strict so I better enjoy this last night." Really immature way of thinking, I know.

Hey at least you know 'why' you are doing it, now you just have to try to break the cycle.
Good morning babe.

Posted by: M.J.H.

BritChick: Good morning, thanks for stopping by. Yeah I do completely realize the problem, and I just want to overcome it, that's all.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Saturday; 12-11-2004

Training:

Seated DB Presses
3 sets of 5 with the 90's
2 sets of 9 with the 75's

Nautilus Lateral Raises
3 sets of 8 with 200

Upright Rows
4 sets of 6 with 165

DB Shrugs
3 sets of 9 with the 100's

Good workout this morning I think, I was a little bit foggy-minded in the gym today. Hit shoulders pretty hard. I guess because I didn't have any stimulants or food in my before I went to the gym. Oh well. Decent workout, regardless.

Diet:

Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 2: turkey & cheese sandwich, mixed fruit
Meal 3: 1/2 turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 4: 2 chicken breasts, cheese potatoes
Meal 5: tuna salad wrap
Meal 6: turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 7: chicken noodle soup
Meal 8: whey protein + 2% milk

Sleep: 7 hours. Better, but still I would like 7+ every single night, without fail.

Posted by: Mudge

Thats what life is all about, finding what works for you and how to overcome those things you would like to defeat.

Posted by: Cold Iron

There's just something about this journal that makes me believe it's going to be the "one"

GL Bud

p.s Learn to enjoy life more....it will make EVERYTHING easier. You seem to be very overly critical of yourself. For example, you always say "i think i had a good workout". I dont think I have ever seen you definitively say you've had a great or even good WO. Your never good enough attitude, i think is what leads you to binging and whatever else is ails you. Whether that be an accompanying depression or whatever. You seem like a very good person Mike, so start to face your problems before they get worse. Good luck with everything bro, I am hard on myself too but you gotta step back and look at the whole picture sometimes.

Tyler

Posted by: Mudge

I am self deprecating like that as well, and it can be a negative influence. Have to balance things carefully.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Mudge: I think that I basically just need to break all of my bad habits, I mean honestly I think that I just have some negative habits that are tearing away at me. Bottom line, the binging has to stop, and the repeated journals have to stop. This is getting out of control.

Tyler: Thank you for your support, bud. Means a lot. I am definitely like Mudge said very hard on myself. Even if I slip up and cheat at all I feel like I just have to binge because I feel so bad about even slightly cheating on my diet. I can't eat just a scoop of ice-cream or a piece of cake. I have to go crazy and eat the entire thing. Basically because I feel like I am letting myself down in a way. I am going to try and like you said though, look at the big picture.

Posted by: Mudge

My cheats used to be a medium pizza OR 1/2 gallon of ice cream, once a week

I remember we talked about Taco Bell before. Any avoidance of shopping markets or fast food is a neccessity when trying to eat clean for me. I will buy my food ahead of time and always at a bulk food store, never a regular grocer where they have junk left and right.

Also, missing meals is a big problem for me, because thats when I get those cravings.

Posted by: sara

Mike, you have a training partner? or someone you can exchange meals with?

Posted by: JerseyDevil

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

I agree with BritChick (without the good morning babe reference

). With this statement you are conceding to the problem, and that is a great start.

I'm wondering if you are too hard on yourself. You look great, lift awesome (real) weights, and played the high profile tailback position in high school football. Most guys would be envious including me. Maybe you are just not meant to be 5% bf, read a 'pure' bodybuilder. You know what I'm saying?

Posted by: camarosuper6

Your the man. Do it. No excuses. No compromise. Get up every day at the same time, and go to bed the same time.

Have a set schedule and DO IT.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Mudge: I completely agree with what you said about missing meals, bud. I mean every single time I miss a meal I end up craving something that is completely off-limits so to speak. I am thinking about allowing myself to cheat once every 5-7 days or so. But I am not sure what, that's the only problem. And the other problem is that when I start to pig out, I end up going all out and stuffing myself until I feel like I am going to puke. So I do need to come up with something, I am just not sure what at this point.

sara: Nope, no training parter, I have always preferred training alone.

JerseyDevil: Very inspirational post, bro. I agree that I am extremely hard on myself. I just can't help myself for whatever reason. I end up overthinking every scenario and finding the worst possible outcome, if that makes any sense. I think I just need to work on seeing everything more positive. For example right now I am broke as a joke, but it could definitely be worse, etc.

camarosuper6: My schedule man is just something that I need to really focus on. I end up working until 10 or 11 o'clock at night and then go out with my girlfriend afterwards, and don't get to sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning. It's just a horrible pattern. I need to focus on getting to sleep around 2 o'clock every night. That would give me a solid 8 hours.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Sunday; 12-12-2004

Training:

CG Preacher Curls
5 sets of 5 with 105

Skullcrushers
5 sets of 5 with 115

Reverse Curls
3 sets of 9 with 85

One-Arm DB French Presses
3 sets of 9 with the 40's

Good workout this morning I think, didn't have time to go to the gym so I worked out in my basement. Went up 10 lbs. on preachers and skulls with the same form/ROM as my last arm workout.

Overall workout was definitely solid, no complaints at all. My lats are still sore though from hitting them a few days ago.

Diet:

Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 2: turkey & cheese sandwich, mixed fruit
Meal 3: 1/2 turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 4: 3 breaded parmesan chicken breasts
Meal 5: grilled chicken soft taco
Meal 6: tuna salad pita
Meal 7: scrambled eggs
Meal 8: peanut butter

Sleep: 6.5 hours. Damnit, couldn't fall asleep last night.

Posted by: BigDyl

Nice workout.

But, damn, I can't do anything on 6.5 hours of sleep. If I don't get at least 8, and take a short nap before I lift, I'm dead. On the weekends i usually get 10, and I'm still tired if i don't take a nodos.

Posted by: simbh

Whats up bro. I can give you a little tip with sleep. When you want to fall asleep , try sticking in one position and just close your eyes. This usually works for me when I have trouble falling asleep. When I cant sleep , I have a tendency to move around a lot , and that doesnt help at all.

As for the meals , try to plan your stuff. I know it aint easy sometimes , but I work at a pizza place and my boss always offers me to make me a pizza each time I work. Even if I love pizza , I never eat some for 1 reason . I bring my lunch from home and I have every meal planned that I can eat at work. So , even if I see 50 pizzas in front of me , I dont feel the need to eat em cuz Im full anyways.

Hope this helps dude. GL and dont be too hard on yourself.

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by simbh

When you want to fall asleep , try sticking in one position and just close your eyes. This usually works for me when I have trouble falling asleep. When I cant sleep , I have a tendency to move around a lot , and that doesnt help at all.

Agreed, good trick.

Posted by: Rocco32

I count reps to fall asleep, LOL.

Posted by: M.J.H.

BigDyl: Agreed man, sleep makes a huge difference for me as well. Lately for some reason my schedule has been so f*cked up, that I am getting 6.5 hours sleep even when I can sleep in all day.

simbh: Great post man, thanks for the advice about sleep. I am definitely going to try and put it to use. And about my diet, it's pretty much spontaneous for the most part. I never have any idea what I am going to eat. I try to on my days off from work, but it's still kind of tough. Thanks for the post.

Mudge: Yeah, I am going to give it a shot.

rock: LOL, maybe I'll try that, too.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Monday; 12-13-2004

Training:

Took a rest day today, which I don't know if I needed, but I was totally stressed out today about my girlfriend. Finally we broke up, thank God. Come to find out the girl is compulsively lying to me, just a shame I wasted my time.

Diet:

Meal 1: MRP + 2% milk
Meal 2: mixed nuts
Meal 3: tuna & cheese sandwich, apple
Meal 4: MRP bar
Meal 5: peanut butter

Diet sucked today, I was stressed, not appetite.

Sleep: 7.5 hours.

Posted by: P-funk

what was she lying about??

Posted by: M.J.H.

Patrick: Hey man, thanks for stopping by. She was randomly lying about stuff that doesn't matter at all. For example someone stopped in her work to say hi and she told me it was a female friend, when it was a guy friend. She is used to the posessive type of boyfriend I think, and trust/communication is everything to me.

Posted by: BigDyl

I can understand, sorry to hear that man. Usually people eat to make themselves feel better, you must be the opposite, lol. Man, peanut butter and mixed nuts are not meals.

Posted by: simbh

Yeah , Ill say it again monstar , you gotta plan your meals better and eat more !

At least you havn't got on a eating junk food spree... Keep it up , and keep the moral up dude.

If you are short in time for your meals. Try making a whole bunch of food on a sunday night so you have food to microweave for a few days. I dont know , like cook 4-5 chicken breast at the same time , so itll be quick to eat and youll be able to stick better to your diet. Its what I do , and it helps a lot.

Posted by: M.J.H.

BigDyl: Yeah man, I don't know what my problem is. When I get really stressed out I don't want to eat at all, I am all worried, etc. Normally, though, when I am somewhat bored I want to binge. Doesn't make much sense, I know.

simbh: Yeah I should really get into the habit of a more regular bunch of meals. For some reason I always end up slacking off and don't feel like eating, etc. My appetite gets so affected by everything in my life, it's really ridiculous to be honest. If I get a little bit stressed about something my appetite goes down the tubes. Oh well.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Tuesday; 12-14-2004

Training:

Flat DB Presses
4 sets of 6 with the 120's

Incline BB Presses
2 sets of 8 with 205
2 sets of 3 with 245

Nautilus Pec-Deck Flyes
2 sets of 12 with 180

Decline DB Flyes
2 sets of 10 with the 50's

Nice chest workout today, really blasted my pecs hard. Only was in the gym about 40 minutes I would say today. Went all out and went home. Just the way that I like to do things. Pecs got a great pump, by the way.

Diet:

Meal 1: tuna salad sandwich
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 3: chicken salad sandwich
Meal 4: 1% cottage cheese + grapes
Meal 5: turkey & cheese melt, garden salad + honey mustard dressing

Sleep: 6.5 hours.

Posted by: BritChick

Hello.

Posted by: CowPimp

Sounds like you were waiting to break up with that girl... Either way, sorry about the failed relationship. I'm sure you'll be back into the game in no time.

Posted by: M.J.H.

BritChick: Hey there, nice to see that you're still reading!

CowPimp: Well currently we're in the process of working things out. We'll see what happens. I am not sure how things are going to go at this point, honestly. I hope for the best, but I question certain things as well. Thanks for stopping by, bud.

Posted by: BigDyl

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

Tuesday; 12-14-2004
[list]Training:

Flat DB Presses
4 sets of 6 with the 120's

Incline BB Presses
2 sets of 8 with 205
2 sets of 3 with 245

Nautilus Pec-Deck Flyes
2 sets of 12 with 180

Decline DB Flyes
2 sets of 10 with the 50's

This seems pretty high volume--im curious, are these sets to failure?

I think I could do the same with at least 110's or 115's on the dumbells, can you still bench 350?

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

Come to find out the girl is compulsively lying to me, just a shame I wasted my time.

Well, these are all experiences we go through, we take the good and the bad...

Spontaneous diet, hmmmmm I know that diet

Posted by: S.T.

That's great that you are getting more serious with your workouts. I have a friend up at my gym who decided to stop hanging out with his usual crowd because they just weren't interested in doing anything good with themselves. He's added some size, since I first met him. Also, many of the guys at my gym want to go pro one day. One guy came pretty close, but ate some bad chicken on the day of his contest and got sick so he couldn't compete very well.

But definitely hang in there with your workouts. It does pay off in the end.

Posted by: M.J.H.

BigDyl: Hey bud, my sets are usually pretty close to failure. Sometimes to failure, but I try not to go to total muscular failure too often. I am not sure if I can still bench 350 to be honest. I know that I hit 350 for a single about 6 months ago I guess it is now. Back when I was training Westside style. Since then I haven't been training for strength at all. Thanks for stopping by, man.

Mudge: I agree man. Yeah, my diet is definitely too spontaneous, that's for sure, lol.

S.T.: I am trying harder now than ever to get dedicated and focused with my training and eating. Trying to eliminate binging completely. No matter what it takes. I am at the point where I will pig out on clean food, sometimes. Just to get myself that overly "full" feeling. I just don't want to slip.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Wednesday; 12-15-2004

Training:

T-Bar Rows
5 sets of 5 with 340

Nautilus Pullovers
2 sets of 8 with 260
2 sets of 4 with 295

BTN Cable Pulldowns
3 sets of 12 with 170

Bentover DB Lateral Raises
2 sets of 12 with the 40's

Great workout tonight, really blasted the hell out of my lats, hard. Started off with ghetto style t-bar rows, blasted my midback and mid-traps hard. Moved onto some heavy pullovers and some BTN pulldowns. Nice sets. Then some bentover lateral raises. Overall my workout wasn't too shabby.

Diet:

Meal 1: turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 2: 1/2 turkey & cheese sandwich, mixed fruit
Meal 3: tuna salad sandwich
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 5: 2 low-fat stuffed chicken breasts, broccoli + cheese, rice
Meal 6: 1% cottage cheese + pineapple

Sleep: 7.5 hours. Better.

Posted by: CowPimp

Things are getting off to a good start. Keep kicking ass in the gym!

Posted by: M.J.H.

CowPimp: Thanks bud, really appreciate it!

Posted by: M.J.H.

Thursday; 12-16-2004

Training:

ATF Squats
4 sets of 4 with 315

Nautilus Lying Leg Curls
3 sets of 12 with 160

Nautilus Leg Extensions
4 sets of 8 with 260

Seated Calf Raises
4 sets of 12 with 195

Vertical Leg Raises
3 sets of 12

Damn, I haven't trained my legs at all in the past couple of weeks or so. I totally forgot how exhausting it is. Those 4 sets of 4 in deep squats kicked my friggin' a*s. Overall workout was good, though.

Diet:

Meal 1: tuna salad sandwich
Meal 2: chicken salad sandwich, apple
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 4: grilled chicken soft taco
Meal 5: BBQ chicken pizza
Meal 6: 1 quart of Won-Ton soup
Meal 7: 1% milk

Diet was okay today, the BBQ chicken pizza that I had wasn't horrible for you, either. High in fat, but not too bad, it was 51g of protein, 99g of carbs, and 26g of fat. Could have been worse, IMO, not bad for pizza. The Won-Ton soup was just great!

Sleep: 7.5 hours, not bad at all.

Posted by: ncgirl21

Hey Mike

How have you been? Journal is looking good!!

I've never had the won-ton soup, just the won-ton's. I'll have to try it next time I get Chinese! Have a good one!

Posted by: simbh

Thats a fine diet Monstar (Ill just call you mike , seems better) . Its actually good , since you had a sort of cheat , but didn't go overboard like you say you did before. If you want a little trick for eating a pizza and taking out a bit of fat. Since the fat is in the cheese , what I do is I take a bunch of napkins or scott towel and I put it on the pizza and let them take out a good amount of fat. You'd be surprise how much fat you can avoid with that.

Keep it up mike , you're doing greeeeeeeeeeaaaaaatttttttt like tony the tiger says.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Andrea: Hey there! Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it. Yeah won-ton soup is definitely something that I love! Probably not the best thing for you, but this time around I am just trying to steer clear of sugar and alcohol for now. Not trying to be too strict.

simbh: Yeah exactly man, that's what I am thinking. Slightly cheating here and there to avoid a binge, I don't have any problem with that at all for the time being. I am going to slowly bring some cheats into my diet, nothing too extreme, basically just to avoid going overboard and binging. Thanks again for the support.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Friday; 12-17-2004

Training:

CG Preacher Curls
5 sets of 10 with 85

Supersetted With:

Seated French Presses
5 sets of 10 with 85

Skullcrushers
4 sets of 7 with 105

Supersetted With:

Seated Hammer Curls
4 sets of 7 with the 40's

Absolutely AWESOME workout tonight in my basement! Maybe I didn't set a bunch of PR's, but I really had one of the most intense workouts that I have had in the past couple of months, without a doubt. Blasted my arms like crazy. Great pump, etc.

Diet:

Meal 1: chicken wrap, apple
Meal 2: grilled chicken soft taco
Meal 3: MRP bar
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 5: 1 glass of wine, salad, breadsticks, 2 garlic chicken breasts, garlic & herb pasta
Meal 6: 1% cottage cheese + mixed fruit

Sleep: 6.5 hours. Whatever.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Saturday; 12-18-2004

Training:

Seated DB Presses
3 sets of 6 with the 75's
2 sets of 4 with the 95's

Seated DB Lateral Raises
3 sets of 9 with the 30's

Upright Rows
3 sets of 4 with 185
2 sets of 8 with 150

Good workout this morning, really hit the hell out of my shoulders, hard. Nice workout overall. Pretty intense, only lasted about 25 minutes. Started off with some shoulder presses, then seated laterals. Wow, DB lateral raises seated really hit my shoulders a lot harder! I guess because I can't cheat. Finished up with some upright rows.

Diet:

Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 2: turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 3: 3 pieces of baked of chicken, mashed potatoes
Meal 4: baked chicken, cream of corn, peas, rice
Meal 5: tuna salad sandwich
Meal 6: peanut butter

Sleep: 8.5 hours.

Posted by: BigDyl

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

Seated DB Presses
3 sets of 6 with the 75's
2 sets of 4 with the 95's

Damn! 4 reps with the 95's, awsome.

If my damn left shoulder wasnt so much weaker i may be getting a couple of reps with the 85's.

Posted by: M.J.H.

BigDyl: Yeah man, hit 4 reps with the 95's, not too shabby. I feel pretty strong in overhead DB presses. Oddly enough, though, I feel weak as hell in overhead barbell presses. I have no idea why. Sorry to hear about your left shoulder bud, everyone has their weakpoints, though.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Sunday; 12-19-2004

Training:

Support Rows
2 sets of 6 with 255
3 sets of 3 with 300

BTN Cable Pulldowns
2 sets of 12 with 170
2 sets of 6 with 215

CG Cable Rows
2 sets of 5 with 290
2 sets of 8 with 245

Good workout tonight, really beat my lats up pretty damn hard. No complaints here today at all. Got a bunch of comments on how I appear "larger" and "more defined" so that's always a good thing. Maybe because I haven't binged in over a week now, my next little goal is to go 2 weeks without a binge.

Diet:

Meal 1: turkey & cheese sandwich, mixed fruit
Meal 2: tuna salad sandwich
Meal 3: MRP bar
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 5: grilled chicken soft taco
Meal 6: trail mix
Meal 7: grilled chicken sandwich
Meal 8: turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 9: 1% cottage cheese + mixed fruit

Sleep: 7 hours.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Monday; 12-20-2004

Training:

Took a rest day today, didn't have time at all to go to the gym. Had a fun day with my girlfriend, we ended up going shopping at King of Prussia.

Diet:

Meal 1: tuna salad + crackers
Meal 2: MRP bar
Meal 3: tuna & cheese melt, chicken noodle soup
Meal 4: banana protein smoothie
Meal 5: spaghetti + ground beef, garlic bread
Meal 6: 1% cottage cheese + mixed fruit

Sleep: 7 hours.

Posted by: JerseyDevil

Good to see your keeping this journal going Mike! Those are some big malls in King of Prussia huh?

Posted by: I'm Trying

Glad to see that you are sticking to this journal too Mike and keeping it all under control. Is this the same GF that you had before or a new one?? WHat are you hitting in the means of Calories, Fat Grams, Carbs and protein??

Posted by: M.J.H.

JerseyDevil: Thanks for stopping by, bud. Yeah King of Prussia is huge man! One of the biggest malls I have ever seen, that's for sure.

I'm Trying: Thanks for stopping by man, I binged last night like crazy! But I am still going to stick it out with this journal, that's for sure. I really want to hang in there with this one no matter what. I am trying to stop pigging out and then feeling like I am going to vommit afterwards. That's such a bad habit, I guess being a binge eater for so long. I always have that urge to eat and eat and eat until I feel sick to my stomach.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Tuesday; 12-21-2004

Training:

Incline DB Presses
4 sets of 5 with the 120's

Flat DB Flyes
2 sets of 8 with the 65's
2 sets of 5 with the 80's

Swiss Ball DB Presses
3 sets of 7 with the 90's

Diet:

Meal 1: grilled chicken soft taco
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 3: tuna salad + crackers
Meal 4: grilled chicken soft taco

BINGED.

After my 4th meal today I pigged out like crazy on tons of cookies, choclates, donuts, cake, pie, a double bacon cheeseburger, fries, soda, and just stuffed myself the rest of the night. I felt like sh*t afterwards, of course.

Sleep: 7 hours.

Posted by: yellowmoomba

Quote:

After my 4th meal today I pigged out like crazy on tons of cookies, choclates, donuts, cake, pie, a double bacon cheeseburger, fries, soda, and just stuffed myself the rest of the night. I felt like sh*t afterwards, of course

Now THAT'S a binge

Well done!!!

Posted by: CowPimp

Wow, I think this is the first time I've seen you post a binge in a journal. It's not good that you binged, but it's good that you finally fessed up to it and didn't try to pretend things were okay by starting a new journal. This is definitely a step in the right direciton.

Posted by: BigDyl

Yeah, it's not the end of the world. You did it, its done, case closed. Feeling guilty about is almost pointless, except, the guilt gives you the resolve to get back on the diet. If you think about your nutritional intake as something restrictive, like a diet, then you liberate yourself when you binge. So don't think about it like that. Instead of having cheat meals, put some mayonaise on your sandwhich or oil on your turkey sub. Plan to have cheat meals, because no one is perfect. This way when you have one, you don't think twice about it. You wake up, and have your bowl of delicious oatmeal and whey shake. Consider the occasional cheat meal part of your eating routine. Don't give up after you eat it!

Posted by: Duncans Donuts

I wish I could eat like that

Posted by: M.J.H.

yellowmoomba: Yeah man, I feel like I was restricting my sugars for too long, I just went nuts, lol.

CowPimp: Yeah I decided to keep this journal no matter what. I am sick and tired of starting all over again from square one. Instead I am just going to post everything in my journal whether its good or bad. Everyone makes mistakes, etc.

BigDyl: The thing is that I already put mayo on my sandwiches, and everything like that. It's not like a eat an overly clean diet at all now. I mean I try and keep my sugar and alcohol intake low, but other than that, pretty much anything is fair game for me. I am in the process of trying to overcome an eating disorder. So restricting every little thing isn't the best idea, IMO.

DD: I can't afford to eat like that either, bud, trust me.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Wednesday; 12-22-2004

Training:

CG Preacher Curls
4 sets of 6 with 115

Supersetted With:

Seated French Presses
4 sets of 6 with 115

Cable Pressdowns
3 sets of 12 with 80

Supersetted With:

Reverse Curls
3 sets of 10 with 85

Concentration Curls
3 sets of 7 with the 40's

Supersetted With:

One-Arm DB French Presses
3 sets of 7 with the 40's

Nice arm workout today! Worked out with my brother who's home for college, really hit my arms extremely hard.

Diet:

Meal 1: tuna salad + crackers
Meal 2: grilled chicken soft taco
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 4: cashews
Meal 5: baked chicken, rice
Meal 6: tuna salad sandwich
Meal 7: tuna & cheese melt

Wow, ate tuna 3 times today, lol.

Sleep: 7 hours.

Posted by: Duncans Donuts

Nice looking workout

Posted by: Rocco32

Great w/o as always and congrats on posting your binge Mike. That was a step in the right direction.

Posted by: M.J.H.

DD: Thanks bud, appreciate the feedback. I am trying to keep things pretty frequent, especially after my binge yesterday. By the way, I bumped up my dosage of sodium usinate from 200mg 2x per day to 300mg 2x per day. I am going to keep this dosage for a few days and see if I can tolerate the sides. I am also taking milk thistle, by the way, for liver support.

rock: Thanks for the support man, I am going to start posting my binges from this point on, that's for sure. If I slip up, it's going in my journal no matter what.

Posted by: BigDyl

what is sodium unsnic, and where can i get it?

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

I'm Trying: Thanks for stopping by man, I binged last night like crazy! But I am still going to stick it out with this journal, that's for sure. I really want to hang in there with this one no matter what. I am trying to stop pigging out and then feeling like I am going to vommit afterwards. That's such a bad habit, I guess being a binge eater for so long. I always have that urge to eat and eat and eat until I feel sick to my stomach.

Hey Mike, I'm not done with the book yet but you may want to look at ISBN 0 471 41464 6

It tries to get you to figure out why you do some of the things you do that are negative, and change them, and boost on the positives.

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDyl

what is sodium unsnic, and where can i get it?

Its a dieting product that can toast your liver, so read up on it first.

http://www.cjintnllabsupply.com/

Its not doing all that much for me, and I'm running far more than 400mg a day.

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

DD: Thanks bud, appreciate the feedback. I am trying to keep things pretty frequent, especially after my binge yesterday. By the way, I bumped up my dosage of sodium usinate from 200mg 2x per day to 300mg 2x per day. I am going to keep this dosage for a few days and see if I can tolerate the sides. I am also taking milk thistle, by the way, for liver support.

What sides are you getting? I got some heat here and there, but I've run now up to 800mg a day. I am going to start a gram a day and see how that goes, but so far honestly I'm dissapointed.

Posted by: M.J.H.

BigDyl: Sodium usinate is a fat-burner bud, close to DNP almost. If you Google search for it you'll find a lot more info than I can provide.

Mudge: The sodium usinate is working great for me, so far at least. I mean I am hot all day long. My body temperature is much much higher. I end up sweating like CRAZY when I would normally just sweat a little bit. During my workouts, I am drenched in sweat! Today during my leg workout I was completely soaked in sweat. Normally I just sweat a little bit, not much at all really.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Thursday; 12-23-2004

Training:

SLDL
2 sets of 2 with 515
2 sets of 5 with 405

Hack Squats
4 sets of 6 with 460

Nautilus Lying Leg Curls
3 sets of 10 with 160

Supersetted With:

Nautilus Leg Extensions
3 sets of 12 with 220

Seated Calf Raises
4 sets of 12 with 195

Exhausting leg workout today! Damn, anymore I absolutely hate training legs. I am not sure why, because I used to look forward to it. Now I dread it, lol.

Diet:

Meal 1: grilled chicken soft taco
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 3: MRP bar
Meal 4: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 5: tuna salad + crackers
Meal 6: 1% cottage cheese + mandarin oranges

Sleep: 5 hours. Woke up for absolutely no reason at all.

Posted by: Mudge

I swear dude I am totally immune to so much crap it just blows, I dont even want to laugh about it anymore but what the hey

I think its T3 time for me. How many carbs do you take in? I am doing around 3k calories a day @ 240 pounds AM 242-243 PM, 250g carbs, and have not lost a single pound. I have lost a total of 1/4" off my waist, pathetic. I have gone through 65 caps so far aka 6.5 grams.

Posted by: sftwrngnr

Hey Mike,
Just wanted to say good job on keeping the journal, post binge! Awesome strength with the SLDL. Now that's what I call a strong back! Keep up the great work.
-Dan

Posted by: PreMier

Mudge, do you use cytomel?

Posted by: CowPimp

Sick SLDLs man. Just sick.

Posted by: BritChick

Merry Christmas Mike.

Posted by: Cold Iron

Nice job sticking with the journal bud

Merry Ho Ho

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by PreMier

Mudge, do you use cytomel?

Never have, only liquid or IP.

Posted by: JerseyDevil

Merry Christmas Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: CowPimp

Merry Christmas and all that good stuff.

Posted by: BoneCrusher

Merry Christmas Monster!!

Posted by: M.J.H.

Mudge: Sorry to hear that you're immune to it bud, for me it seems to be getting the job done. I have been pigging out on Christmas eve and then on Christmas day and wow, I don't feel like I have put on too much flab at all for whatever reason.

sftwrngnr: Thanks for stopping by bud! I appreciate the feedback, yeah my SLDL's are pretty decent I guess. I felt pretty weak in them the other day for some reason. Usually 405 doesn't feel all that bad, but for some reason the other day 405 felt like 605, lol.

Jake: I have never taken Cytomel.

CowPimp: Thanks bud! Merry Christmas.

BritChick: Hey there, Merry Christmas, thanks for stopping by.

Arnie's left nu: Thanks man, Merry Christmas.

JerseyDevil: Merry Christmas bro!

BoneCrusher: Thanks, Merry Christmas.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Friday; 12-24-2004

Training:

Seated DB Presses
2 sets of 5 with the 90's
2 sets of 8 with the 80's

Seated DB Lateral Raises
3 sets of 10 with the 30's

BB Front Raises
4 sets of 7 with 85

DB Shrugs
2 sets of 12 with the 100's

Diet:

Meal 1: peanut butter toast
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 3: tuna salad + crackers

PIGGED OUT.

Christmas Eve I just really went nuts with all of the desserts and things of that nature. Whatever, it's only one time of the entire year that I really go crazy. I didn't necessarily binge---I just ate a lot of bad food. But oh well, nothing that I can do about it now.

Sleep: 6 hours.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Saturday; 12-25-2004

Training:

Merry Christmas everyone!

I didn't go to the gym today at all. I was trying to convince myself to do arms in my basement but for some reason I just couldn't do it. After opening gifts and all that, I was just in the mood to sleep and eat, LOL.

I exchanged gifts with my girlfriend Laura, which went really well. I ended up getting her a Coach purse and a floating heart necklace.

Diet:

SUCKED.

I am not even going to bother posting my meals anymore. This is just ridiculous. Ended up completely eating a bunch of crap. Cookies, different pastries, and all that crap. Ate an entire turkey dinner at my house then went to my girlfriend's and ate a huge prime rib dinner with cheesecake, etc.

I am going to get back on track tomorrow! I am not going to post my meals anymore, I just feel like it's getting too stressful and there's no point. I am just going to post how my diet was that day in my journal entry. What crap I ate, etc.

Sleep: 5 hours. My 12 year old sister woke me up to open presents, lol. Took a few naps throughout the day yesterday.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Sunday; 12-26-2004

Training:

CG Preacher Curls
2 sets of 5 with 115
2 sets of 9 with 95

Supersetted With:

Seated French Presses
2 sets of 5 with 115
2 sets of 9 with 95

Cable Pressdowns
3 sets of 12 with 80

Supersetted With:

Reverse Preacher Curls
3 sets of 10 with 75

Concentration Curls
2 sets of 15 with the 30's

Supersetted With:

One-Arm DB French Presses
2 sets of 15 with 30's

Diet:

Meal 1: oatmeal + 2% milk + whey protein
Meal 2: tuna salad sandwich, mixed fruit
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole preworkout
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 4: spring roll, spicy chicken + vegetables, chicken fried rice
Meal 5: 1% cottage cheese + pineapple
Meal 6: peanut butter

Ate some Chinese for my brother's birthday in meal 4 today, tried to keep it as clean as possible.

Sleep: 8 hours. Also took a nap today for a little while. So I am feeling pretty damn good.

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

I am not even going to bother posting my meals anymore. This is just ridiculous.[/list]

Hmm, easy to eat dirty when you aren't responsible for it

Just my thoughts.

Posted by: simbh

Mudge , you can be a pain in the ass when you want too !

But , listen to mudge , hes right , you should keep posting your meals , it will help you to keep track and also get the nice encouragements from the visitors of your journal

Posted by: soxmuscle

Your eating absolute crap. To beat that phase, you should continue to post your meal plans so assholes like me can criticize you.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Mudge: Absolutely agreed, bud. At first I thought that it was a good idea to not post my meals, but now I see why I should. It is easier to get away with something if you don't have to post it, you're absolutely right. Thanks for stopping by, bro.

simbh: I completely agree man, Mudge made a great point. I really like when people are hard on me about me diet. It keeps me in line.

soxmuscle: I'll tell you, man, that negative motivation or whatever it's called really works for me. I am sitting here thinking "he's f*cking right, my diet has been nothing but total sh*t lately, what the f*ck is my problem, I need to get my sh*t together."

Posted by: Mudge

Well it wasn't being hard, but I know that when I stopped posting I started eating more crap

then I might not think of it so much when I bitched about my bodyfat, that they its my own doing coupled with my metabolism being what it is (I have a deskjob too).

Posted by: BigDyl

LOL, christmas is probably your safest excuse for eating bad. My diet was so bad, it was equivilent to like 213894987 cheat meals.

Btw Late merry x-mas everyone.

Posted by: camarosuper6

Be accountable to yourself. If you really are serious about your dieting success, you will post your meals.

BTW.. Hi

Posted by: M.J.H.

Mudge: This next job that I am about to get may very well be a desktop job, I am hoping that it's not, but I am going to have to adjust my diet accordingly if it is. We'll see. Thanks for stopping by, bud.

BigDyl: Same here man, my diet on Christmas eve and Christmas day sucked bad. I was eating anything that I could get my hands on, honestly. No matter what it was.

camarosuper: Hey man, I am going to keep posting my meals. Thanks for stopping by.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Monday; 12-27-2004

Training:

Support Rows
2 sets of 4 with 300
2 sets of 8 with 210

CG Cable Pulldowns
4 sets of 6 with 230

Nautilus Pullovers
3 sets of 8 with 260

BTN Cable Pulldowns
2 sets of 10 with 185

Bentover DB Lateral Raises
2 sets of 12 with the 35's

Diet:

Meal 1: oatmeal + peanut butter + 2% milk + whey protein
Meal 2: MRP bar
Meal 3: MRP shake
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole preworkout
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 5: tuna salad + crackers
Meal 6: garden salad + honey mustard, grilled chicken breast, broccoli + cheese, baked beans
Meal 7: grilled chicken breast + honey mustard, loaded baked potato

Sleep: 6.5 hours. Damnit, got home extremely late.

Posted by: tenxyearsxgone

nice stuff monStar...no deads??

Posted by: soxmuscle

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

soxmuscle: I'll tell you, man, that negative motivation or whatever it's called really works for me. I am sitting here thinking "he's f*cking right, my diet has been nothing but total sh*t lately, what the f*ck is my problem, I need to get my sh*t together."

It's definitly got to be a reality check. I love it when buddies tell me im getting "huge" and shit like that and im feeling all great and everything, but I love it more when I come to IM and I have guys as big as Mudge and Duncan and thinking how big of a pussy I am.

Posted by: soxmuscle

one more thing. is it possible that you could post what your working out on that day...

?

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I love it more when I come to IM and I have guys as big as Mudge and Duncan and thinking how big of a pussy I am.

You mean, little?

I have guys tell me the same thing sometimes but I dont consider myself that big. Compared to the average guy sure, but you know we look at things in a distorted way when we think 21 inch arms and 600 pound benches are "not bad." But I want to be healthy too, so there is not much further I will probably go.

Posted by: M.J.H.

tenxyearsxgone: Not on back day, I deadlift on leg day, bro.

soxmuscle: Yeah, it is nice to be here at IM when you have guys that are so much stronger than you. I really like to use that as motivation. Mudge and Duncan are definitely 2 guys I like to try and compete with strength wise. I usually try and make it pretty obvious what I work that day, but I'll try and make it more clear. I split my bodyparts into:

- chest
- back
- legs
- shoulders
- arms

And train them in no specific order. So hopefully that will give you a better idea.

Mudge: I completely agree with what you posted man, I want to be healthy as well---so there isn't much further I will go at all. Even though part of me wants to be back up around 235 lbs. where I was during my M1T, I am happier around 220-225 lbs. and a bit leaner. Just my personal preference.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Tuesday; 12-28-2004

Training:

Incline DB Presses
4 sets of 10 with the 100's

Decline BB Presses
2 sets of 6 with 275
2 sets of 12 with 225

Decline DB Flyes
2 sets of 12 with the 55's

Low-Cable Crossovers
3 sets of 12 with 50

Diet:

Meal 1: tuna salad sandwich
Meal 2: banana
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole preworkout
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 4: chicken salad sandwich
Meal 5: 1% cottage cheese + mixed fruit
Meal 6: turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 7: turkey & cheese panini, garden salad + balsamic dressing, 1 glass of wine

Sleep: 2 + 5 hours. Fell asleep at my girlfriend's, then I had to drive home. Also took a 1-hour nap this afternoon.

Posted by: PreMier

I thought that you broke up?

Posted by: M.J.H.

Jake: No, I thought so too at the time, just a miscommunication and we both jumped to conclusions. I look back now on how immature and stupid that whole episode was. We're closer now, and much happier. Thanks for reading, Jake.

Posted by: PreMier

Im always reading. Glad you two got things worked out. Im curious.. why dont you just stay the night there?

Posted by: BigDyl

Nice workout.

It's funny, I can get 100 dumbells on incline press for 10 also. But my barbell press does not go up easily. It sucks. Maybe my form is off or something.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Jake: She still lives with her parents, that's the only reason I don't spend the night there. Trust me, I would much rather spend the night there then leave at 3 or 4 in the morning. BTW, I attached a pic so now you can kind of put a face with the name. It's taken with my camera phone, so it's the greatest pic.

BigDyl: Yeah my incline DB presses are pretty weak, I don't know why. My flat DB press and decline DB press strength is a little stronger---but still not as strong as I would like. Thanks for stopping by, bro.

Posted by: PreMier

Nice Ba Donk A Donk.

Posted by: BigDyl

Damn, nice.

Posted by: Mudge

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonStar

BTW, I attached a pic so now you can kind of put a face with the name.

I think you pointed the camera at the wrong end

@ badonk a donk

Posted by: M.J.H.

Jake: LOL.

BTW, nice friggin' avatar!

BigDyl: Thanks bud.

Mudge: Nah man, that picture was taken from the right angle, lol.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Wednesday; 12-29-2004

Training:

Seated Alternating DB Curls
4 sets of 5 with the 55's

Supersetted With:

Skullcrushers
4 sets of 5 with 115

One-Arm DB French Presses
3 sets of 12 with the 40's

Supersetted With:

One-Arm DB Preacher Curls
3 sets of 8 with the 40's

Reverse Cable Curls
2 sets of 10 with 140

Supersetted With:

Cable Pressdowns
2 sets of 10 with 200

Arms were pumped as hell today! Really surprised at how well my arms swelled up. Great workout. No complaints at all.

Diet:

Meal 1: chicken salad sandwich, banana
Meal 2: 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole preworkout
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 4: 1/2 tuna salad sandwich
Meal 5: turkey & cheese melt, chicken noodle soup, dried cranberry

Sleep: 6 hours. Also a short nap this afternoon.

Posted by: soxmuscle

I second the "nice badonk a donk" comments.

Posted by: M.J.H.

soxmuscle: LOL, thanks man. Yeah, her "badonka donk" is definitely hot.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Thursday; 12-30-2004

Training:

Took a rest day today, because I have been going to the gym a lot lately without getting much sleep at all. Really not the best combination. Tomorrow I am driving down to Virginia Beach with my girlfriend, for New Year's. And Saturday and Sunday I am going to be training in a gym down there.

Diet:

Meal 1: peanut butter toast
Meal 2: chicken salad sandwich
Meal 3: tuna salad sandwich
Meal 4: 1% cottage cheese + mandarin oranges
Meal 5: 1/2 turkey & cheese sandwich, chicken noodle soup
Meal 6: peanut butter

Sleep: 6 hours. Took a 30-minute nap this afternoon, as well.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Friday; 12-31-2004

Training:

Seated Machine Military Presses
4 sets of 6 with 150

Seated DB Lateral Raises
3 sets of 8 with the 30's

Supersetted With:

BB Front Raises
3 sets of 6 with 75

CG Cable Upright Rows
3 sets of 10 with 80
2 sets of 6 with 120

Great workout today in my basement! I didn't have much time to go to the gym since I am leaving this afteroon for Virginia Beach. So I did a nice short intense shoulder workout in my basement.

Diet:

Preworkout: banana, 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
Meal 2: MRP bar
Meal 3: grilled chicken sandwich
Meal 4: oriental grilled chicken salad
Meal 5: 2 BBQ chicken breasts, mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes

LOTS OF LIQUOR!

It was New Year's and I was with my girlfriend, so I decided to have some champagne and some mixed drinks, along with some wine. I had about 3-4 drinks total, so nothing too extreme. I am going to be feeling this in the gym tomorrow though, lol.

Sleep: 6.5 hours.

Posted by: BigDyl

Nice workout man. Those seated machine miltary presses seem a little low for your strength though. Where you just doing a light day?

Posted by: M.J.H.

BigDyl: Hey man, actually the seated machine military presses were close to failure on every set. The Paramount machine that I have in my basement is EXTREMELY heavy, lol. If you look back at some of my arm workouts I was doing pressdowns with 70-80 lbs. Normally in the gym I can do 200 lbs., or whatever the stack holds. Thanks for stopping by though, bud.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Saturday; 1-1-2005

Training:

Hammer Strength Rows
4 sets of 6 with 280

CG Cable Pulldowns
4 sets of 7 with 160

Stiff-Arm Cable Pullovers
3 sets of 12 with 100

CG Cable Rows
3 sets of 9 with 200

Good workout today I think, I worked out today at Bally’s Total Fitness, here in Virginia Beach. Hit my back pretty damn hard, no complaints.

Diet:

Meal 1: whey protein + 2% milk, scrambled eggs, whole-wheat toast, grits, brown sugar apples
Preworkout: banana, 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein
Meal 3: turkey & cheese sandwich
Meal 4: MRP bar
Meal 5: tuna salad sandwich, wedding soup
Meal 6: 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
Meal 7: low-fat turkey chili

Sleep: 6 hours? Went out last night with my girlfriend and I’m not sure how much sleep I got. Something close to 6-7 hours, I think.

Posted by: BigDyl

Interesting workout--at bally's?

I'm suprised they even have enough weight for you there. From everything I've heard they seem to be geared more twoards the lite weight.

You say your in VA beach? I thought you lived in DE?

Posted by: soxmuscle

He's on vacation.

Posted by: CowPimp

Hey Mike, I just wanted to congratulate you on keeping this journal for 5 pages. I'm not trying to be a smartass either. Honestly, I'm glad to see you sticking with it.

Posted by: simbh

What up mike ... Glad to see its going pretty good for you . This time seems to be the good one (journal) for you. Keep it up for the new year

Posted by: M.J.H.

BigDyl: Hey man, I came down to VA with my girlfriend to visit my grandparents, and for New Year's. Bally's is definitely an all-around fitness center bud, I wouldn't say that it's geared to lightweights. There was a guy in Bally's yesterday who I would compare to Ronnie Coleman. Probably 5'10"-5'11" and and pushing 350+ lbs.

soxmuscle: Thanks for stopping by, and you're right, I am on vacation.

CowPimp: Thanks for the support bud, I appreciate it.

simbh: Thanks for the support. I am going to concentrate more in 2005 on keeping my diet clean, so we'll see what happens.

Posted by: M.J.H.

Sunday; 1-2-2005

Training:

Flat DB Presses
4 sets of 6 with the 120's

Incline BB Presses
2 sets of 12 with 185

Seated Machine Chest Presses
3 sets of 8 with 180

Supersetted With:

Machine Pec-Deck Flyes
3 sets of 7 with 150

Good workout today I think, unfortunately I didn't get to workout at Bally's because they decided to be a bunch of a*ses about my guest pass. I had a quick intense workout at a local recreation center. Not too bad, considering that I had a very limited amount of equipment.

Diet:

Meal 1: chicken lettuce wraps, kung pao chicken + brown rice
Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
Meal 3:

This afternoon for my first meal today I went to P.F. Chang's with my grandparents and girlfriend---which was great. Supposedly the "kung pao" chicken alone, without the brown rice, was 900 calories, 81g protein, 38g carbs, and 47g of fat. But then again the chicken came with tons of peanuts which I didn't eat any of. So I think I avoided a lot of the fat, which was good.

Sleep: 8 hours.

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