Tom_B

Hey aggie!

WHOA people other than Emma, Adrain and Jaim read my journal?? LOL

lol I shoulda know foc means fish oil caps - but then again I'm braindead

Tom_B

Ya I went back and put in my actual hip measurment (which is 32 inches) that Emma pointed out and .... ... o god I can't say it ...

The website says my bodyfat is 20.03% omg , it can't be that high can it ...

Tom_B

LOL thanks for pointing that out , I went back a re-measured , there at 32 inches - which brought my bodyfat percent up to 20.03% ..

The only good things I found was my waist / chest / but ..
Forearms I don't wanna grow! But nto for the reason your thinking , see my forearms are almost the exact same size as my actual arm! ther's only liek 2 inch diff between them now .. *sigh* it makes my arm look smaller.
Thighs & calves .. hmm I want to keep them at this measurment .. I can't imagine them larger , to me there already kinda big from a front on view (in jeans) which friends have pointed out before , but from a side view it looks like I got chicken legs - it's really weird .. anyways besides having them any larger is gonna make jean shopping hell!! If my waist it gonna get smaller but ym legs bigger it's gonna make finding jeans extremly hard as I already have trouble finding a pair that fits my legs / waist together. The pairs I got now are kinda loose it the waist area but really tight around my legs , almost discomforting .. anyways I'm stopping with my legs. I think they'll look fine once I lower Bodyfat as theres alot there .. it's actually just as bad as my stomach if not worse.


My arms are gonna keep goign down .. I can feel it. My bicep strength for the last 3 weeks have been droping and droping .. at first I thought it was because I started doing deadlifts to failure, but tongith I didn't do any deadlifts and things didn't improve .. I'll post more on that later.


I wish they were still there but with this bloat I've been getting .. there no where to be found anymore. I did see them a little this morning though .. It's weird I'll either see them during my leg workouts after I seated a bejesus bunch or the morning after a cheat day IF I drank LOTS of caffine and didn't over do it with the food.

Tom_B

Training - OFF
Diet -


Meal 1 -whey pudding , 3 fishies ~ 300 cals
Meal 2 - 1 large english toffee cappincuno , 1 frosted cinnamon roll ~ 600 cals
Meal 3 - 1 tub of cicken chow mein (brussel sprouts , celery , onigions , chicken , canoil oil , little bit of sugar & cornstarch) ~ 250 cals
Meal 4 - a couple of chicken balls , and some fried wontons (first time ever having these ) all drenched in sweet and sour sauce ~ 500 cals
Meal 5 - 3 pieces of pizza , 3 pieces of garlic fingers ~ 500 cals
Meal 6 - around 7 - 12 of these white chocolate cookie things ~ 500 cals
Meal 7 - a little bit of CC , maybe 1/4 a cup ..


Estimated cals - 2700

I was gonna eat even less today .. but I knew I had to eat. Not only did I lsoe weight this week but when around 6PM when I was working I had only eaten My first 3 meals which is like 1150 cals and I couldn't stop shaking , my hands were just trembling so I figured it had been because I hadn't eaten alot , so I had those chicken balls and fried wontons with my firends when they came ot get me at 7:30 and I felt so much better.



Water -4L
Additonals - 3 cups of coffe (50 ml of skim milk in each)
Sleep -9 hours

Fun day. I first walked down to tims and got some food then walked to the hair dressers back home , had to work , then went a rented this movie called 'sugar" OMFG SOO FUNNY / GOOD / WERID

*WARNING* creepy demented movie summary below -
There was so much gay porn in it .. like honestly everywhere they went it was penis or ass or something sexual. It was about this gay guy (Cliff) and he turned 18 and he wanted his first sexual experience or something so his 10 year old sister came to him with this box for his brithday , in this box there was a thing of vodka , a joint and a poster that said "go get sex". She gave him the vodka and said "first you drink the vodka and get drunk" then she gave him the joint "then you smoke the joint and go dowtown past the subway " and then she held up the poster "And you go and get some sex" . so funny. so then he meet this guy (Butch) who was a prostitute and they kinda were kinda going out and then they jacked off whle eating cornflakes , then Butch took Cliff to this client that liked to watch people while Cliff was stoned and then Cliff didn't want to do it and Butch got absuive and was all like :You don't screw around with my money" and then he raped Cliff for this guy omg it was so sad and intense me Sarah and Corey were almost like crying , then Cliff went home and killed his gold fish and then Butch moved in with these creepy old gay guysthat watched kids in swimming pools and he got stoned and killed himself accidently while Cliff was outside of the room and then on Butches funeral Cliff went to a resturant and screwed some dude in the bathroom .. and then it ended. It was defiently .. interesting.

*Creepy demented movie summary over*
Anyways then me and Corey and Sarah did some strip cardio and apparently I have a very nice ass that's shaped like a womens finally people are noticing my ass growth anyways so yup fun night. I'm hanging out witht hem again next Sat (btw corey was that red haired flamer that liked me , but he tells everyone he's gay now - I don't know how he does it .. )

Tom_B

Training - Back / Bi
seated cable rows - *50lbs* 1x12 , *110lbs* 1x9 1/2 , 1x8 1/2 , 1x6 3/4 , 1x5 + almost 1 more rep + 1/2
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown - *90lbs* 1x9 + almost 1 + 3/4 , 1x5 + 3/4
Narrow " " " - *100lbs* 1x7 + barley almost 1 , 1x5 3/4 , 1x4 1/2 held
Hyperextension - *10lbs* 1x 15 3/4 , 1x11 3/4 , 1x 7 3/4 , 1x 6 1/2
BB Curl - *50lbs* 1x10 1/2 or 11 1/2 lost count , 1x5 1/4 *45lbs* 1x5 1/2
Hammer Curl - *25lbs* 1x5 1/2 R , 1x2 1/2 L *rest 20 seconds* 1x1 1/4 L , 1x4 1/2 R , 1x2 1/2L , 1x2 1/4L , 1x1 1/4 L

I'm not doing Deadlifts anymore , I just don't like them and I feel akward when doing them (yes I'm doing good form) and honestly I don't feel it as much as i would like in my lower back , my core gets the most workout from them ..

Horrible Workout. Just Horrible. I'll post more on it later

Diet -

Same old same old jsut different arrangement of meals


Macros ~
Calories ~ 2955
Fat ~ 65 (7g sat)
Carbs ~ 381 (42G of fiber)
Protein ~ 211G



Water -4L
Additonals - green tea , SF maple syrup , SF jam , stevia , cinnamon , pepper , SF ketchup , diet pepsi , SF gum
Sleep -9 hours

Slept in , so rushed to get to work, which was REALLY busy , then went straight to gym and haven't been off forums since LOL

Tom_B

Ok I'm starting my re-comp on May the 14th or 21st , when I get to may 14th if I feel I can do it for one more week then I'll suck it up for one more week.

My bodies run down. I need a break, this will be my 13th week following the same routine and without a break and I'm startign to feel the dowsides. My workouts have been slowly going dowhill lately (except my last leg day ) and my back workout today was just horrilbe. I was lucky if i could pull out more reps on the first set of my exercises and I'm even more lucky if I could match the reps for the other sets from last week , some even went down. My diet also needs to be lowered soon .. I'm extremly constipated lately and I think becuase of it my hemroid is starting to come back which I really really really don't want. Also over the last little while I've been feelign like the weight I've been gaining is fat .. no I'm not paranoid cause I'm reaching 140lbs , it seriously feels like I'm getting fatter, I know my body. So it only makes sense to get my weight up to 140 - 142lbs over the next 2-3 weeks and start a new journal / diet / routine split / goal. So throughtout the week I'll be making my new diet and routine to be commented on ..

Tom_B

Also I found out that my grandma's house is on Cristie (sp?? maybe it's Christie) street , suppos to be like the longest road in Toronto or something. It's like a10 minute walk for a La-pooz or somethign store , there's tons of those stores in toronto but I'm near the biggest one. Anyways , does that help , or need more speifics??


P.S. I sound like a fag. It's depressing
I just watched a video of me from Halloween and my god my voice .. it's so fag like. When I speak I hear a completely different voice .. o well nothing I can do about that.

Emma-Leigh

Firstly - you are not 20% so don't listen to the site. As I have told you before - if you are not the 'shape' that most guys are then your BF% will be off.

Now - Tom - don't be stupid. Take a break NOW. The longer you leave it the worse it will get and you will go backwards - both in terms of strength and body composition - stress + workouts = loss of muscle + increase in cortisol associated fat.

It has been 13 weeks!!! You know better than that!

If you want to re-comp at ~140-145 pounds then do that. You can always add a little more mass later...

So, I suggest you take this week off and during that time work out a diet/training program.

For this week I would even suggest taking the time off dieting... Just eat what you want (but make sure you get enough calories). If you can't do that then something ~ 2800 cals (macro's 350g carbs (40g fibre), 220g protein, 70g fat).

Allow yourself to relax and recover so you can get back to work.

Also - when you are working out your routine DO NOT increase cardio substantially (try 2 days/week to start and then, down the track, add more) and DO NOT cut a crap load of cals. Drop to 2700-2800 to start then see what happens (that is ~10% off your totals at the moment). I would really suggest you increase fats and decrease carbs slightly and listen to Adrian in regards to lowering protein slightly. Something along the lines of total protein at 200g, 350g carbs (with 40g fibre) and 80g fats.

I would also suggest you do not jack up your weight training substantially, or split into a bazillion day routine - the last thing you want is to bump up the volume by stacks as you decrease cals - all it will do is send you backwards.

Just be sensible Tom and rest now!

BulkMeUp

You are welcome.

You body can only digest a certain amount of food at a time. The rest will pass as waste. As i mentioned before, protein is not an easily digested food. It is diff for a persons body to digest. Any excess that your body cannot absorb, will sit in your gut as waste and cause gas/bloat. The more there is the worse it will be.

I would suggest that you start at 1g/lbm and then go higher to find your tolerence level. You dont have to be sooo strict to go by complete protein sources only. It does not mean that the incomplete ones are totally useless. No point eating all the protein if is not going to get digested and rumble its way out of you.

FOC, as aggies said, is Fish Oil Capsules

Annnnd another informative post from Emma! ... now bookmarked for future ref!!

I go to the gym from the office.. so i leave at about 5-5:15 and by the time i finish my wo, it is about 6-6:30. So the milk would be sitting, unrefrigerated for ~1.5 hrs in my pwo shake. Am not sure if that is a good idea. So i pref not to have it. Besides Emma said it is not absolutely necessary so i have milk. so i do whey+oats with water +banana.* besides milk+banana=gas*

Yes it should hold true for all from what i have experienced. I mostly try use fresh, but i use frozen as a convenience.

BulkMeUp

from what i saw, everything else in you previous post was in cms. so why did you put in your hips in inches?

BulkMeUp

I know a christie st which is DT west. But i dont know what is 'la-pooz' Well figure that out later when you are more sure. BTW i asked my gym about a visitors pass. He gave me a 1week free pass. I dont know if it will still be valid when you get here. So we will see.

BulkMeUp

Nobody really prefectly fits clothes that you buy off the shelf. Some brands/stores NEVER get my size right. Try different brands and stores. There are plenty of loose fit jeans that should fit you. If a pair of jeans looks good, but dosent fit right, put it back on the shelf and try something else.

Dont make your body fit your clothes, buy clothes to fit your body!

BulkMeUp

Tom_B

Ok thanks Emma , I'm taking my break now, I really need it. I just wanted to at least hit 140 before the re-comp .. I'm currently at 139 , just one pound off . But anyways ..
I'll re-work my diet and such this week and don't worry I'll only do 2 sessions of cardio (I think I'll have one as a step class) and I won't make my routine all confusing like .
I also took your advice and took a break from my diet , kinda. I just ate whatever I wanted today , I didn't stop running around , and I was out with my friends, omg I had such a great time!! Being normal and not stuffing my face 24/7 and not beign so bloated!

P.S. thank god I'm not at 20.03%

P.S.S Umm I just want to ask something , lately I've been "shaking" like my arms start to lightly shake .. and when I did my back workout on Sun for some strange reason whenever I tried pushing out the last couple of reps the left side of my face would curl up and I couldn't control it and it's never happened before .. is this something I should be worrying about??

Tom_B

Ok thanks Adrian .. I'm gonna drop my protein to around 200G now , I'm just glad I'm not eating so much .. the reason why I mostly also liekd to keep my protein on the higher side is because the more protein = the less carbs I had to eat my body can handle more protein better than carbs ..
Anyways I'm gonna fix it all up with a new diet I make.


LOL I know what you mean I bookmark everything she says


Skim milk Powder , but like you said it's not absoulty necassary.
If you think Banana + milk = gas , try Strawberries + banana + milk OMG it's horrible , but yummy o so yummy.

I put it in cm when I entered it in the website but I just transfered it to inches when I told you guys

LOL ya I'll figure it all out when the time is closer to go down there , as long as I know I'm in your guy's general area I suppos.
Anyways YAY for free pass!! LOL less money for me thank you

ROFL that's easy to say when you have , like how many clothing stores in Toronto!! Down here we have
A) Super overpriced place
B) Zellers
C) Walmart
D) This random store that opened in the mall

That's it .. trust me I've searched for a nice pair of low rise jeans (I like wearing them past my hips LOL yes I know I'm a whore) and these were the best I could find , but I like pyjama pants alot better anyways I guess , so it dosen't really matter
Ya , that was our reaction to!
But I guess underneath all the porn / sex / drugs it had an alright storyline ... wasn't that bad ..

Tom_B

Training - OFF-
Well ... I did do like 30 - 60 minutes of strip cardio , but it's nto really a workout and it was just for fun .. not an intentional thing you know, I was doing it with my friends.


Diet -
Meal 1 - Protein Pancake - ~500 cals
Meal 2 - Cinnamon Roll - ~ 200 cals
Meal 3 - 1/2 a can of tuna , 1/2 an apple , 10G walnuts , 3 pieces of chocolate , 2 french Fries diped in choclat ~ 250 cals
Meal 4 - Skim milk , banana , strawberries , oats , whey ~ 500 cals
Meal 5 - a little bit of this oatmeal muffin in class ~ 150 cals
Meal 6 - 70G of chicken , 3 TBSP of peanut butter , 3 fishies ~ 500 cals
Meal 7 - sm. english toffee cappincino at Tim's ~ 150 cals
meal 8 - 6" sub at subway. It was on honey oat bread , some chicken , very little cheese , some lettuce and honey djion sauce. ~ 400 cals
Meal 9 - Hmmm I'm thinking of like 25G of my homemade muesli mix , 1/2 a cup of CC , 1/2 a scoop of whey , 1/2 TBSP of PB , 3 fishies and 2 TBSP of SF maply syrup - mad einto peanut brittle liek thing - ~ 300 cals

Estimated Cals - 2850

Water -4L
Additonals - green tea , SF gum , SF maple syrup , SF jam
Sleep -7 hours

FUN day!!
I have Insurance , I can drive!!!
LOL that needed special attention! So ya , I had a great time at school , ate yummy foods , then I got home and my mom said "hurry get in the car were getting you insurance" so we went out got insurance for me on the car and van and it's soooo cheap!! I only have to pay $386 by the end of November!! I already paid $100 on it , so I'll have it payed off by the end of the month , then after that insurnace is only $600 something a year, I can pay it easily .
So I got home and called up my friends all pumped so we all went out and drove for like 2 hours , we went to the grocery store , the carwash , vacuumed the car , fragerened up the car , went to shoppers drug mar t, subway etc. It was so much fun!!! They were surprised they were still alive LOL , they said I was surpisply a really good driver except for a few blonde things I did , I was spazing because the shift thing wouldn't move from Park .. then after 5 minutes of freakingout I realized i wan't on the brake LOL. and some other things. So anyways went back to Corey's did strip cardio , and me and him were the only ones doing it and they got freaked out and left us , Anyways .. o also told Corey I was gay today , I'm glad I did I finally have someone to talk to. WE started talking about different guys and what we like in a guy etc.. It was nice .. just to actually talk to someone .. now for the part if he'll keep it secret as he tells EVERYONE he's gay .. o well it was a well worth it risk. Anyways of to bed

He might actually come up to Toronto with me now

Tom_B

Hmm has anyone heard of Papaya soap?? I'm looking for something that is gonna make me paler (as I look better pale , I look horrible with a tan) and help the bumps on my face .. apparently theres this stuff that makes you paler and helps with zits called papaya soap , the green ones the best or something as theres more whiteing emzymes. Anyways searche dour drug store and all I could find was this papaya facial mask made by "LIFE" .. I wonder if this stuff would be the same ..
Anyone know what i"m talking about??

BulkMeUp

Another thing that i found gave me bad gas was the flaxmeal. 1.5tbsp is tolerable, but more i noticed i would cause issues. So try a couple of days woth no flaxmeal and see how you react. Then slowly add in 1/2tbsp a day until you find your tolerance level.

Skim milk powder? now why didnt i think of that. I shall have to keep that in mind when i recalc my diet in the future

Pass was valid for april. But i will check again later to see if they still offer it.

BulkMeUp

Congratulations!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_B He might actually come up to Toronto with me now

OMG, you were ready to strangle him a while back, now you are friends?!

No idea on the papaya soap but zits are a fact of life at your age, unfortunately.

Tom_B

I don't eat flaxseed anymore .. I don't have any oats to mix it with and I hate it with pearl barley .. so I stick to walnuts ..

lol it's alright if thery don't have one , I'll more than likely bring more than enough money Depending on how elborate the malls I go to are .. but then again i do hate shopping .. hmm..

LOL ya .. but now see I'm getting out of my "I hate myself and I hate life and I want to keep to myself , life sucks" mood , now I want to be happy, and actually enjoy life , do things , be social , have a fun time etc. And that's what he was all about , that's why he annoyed me so much , he could enjoy life when I couldn't.

Well I don't really get zits (except on the corner of my nose ) but I have these bump thingies .. pisses me off.

Tom_B

Training - OFF-



Diet -
Meal 1 - home-made muesli mix , CC , PB , SF maplys rup , whey
Meal 2 - chocolate chip muffin
Meal 3 - Skim milk , banana , oats , whey
Meal 4 - Med. English Toffee , 1 cappicino donghut
Meal 5 - Med. Toffee cheesequake blizzard
Meal 6 - CC , PB , fishies , walnuts


Estimated Cals - 2800

Water -4L
Additonals - green tea , SF gum , SF maple syrup ,
Sleep -8 hours

Interesting day , I've been driving