MonStar's Journal: Getting Back On Track!

M.J.H. · 12-26-2004, 09:54 AM

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.

M.J.H. · 12-26-2004, 10:03 AM

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.

M.J.H. · 12-26-2004, 06:40 PM

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.

**Mudge** · 12-26-2004, 06:55 PM

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.

simbh · 12-26-2004, 07:10 PM

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

soxmuscle · 12-26-2004, 09:14 PM

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

M.J.H. · 12-27-2004, 10:16 AM

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."

**Mudge** · 12-27-2004, 10:54 AM

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).

BigDyl · 12-27-2004, 02:25 PM

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.

camarosuper6 · 12-27-2004, 02:36 PM

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

BTW.. Hi

M.J.H. · 12-27-2004, 05:55 PM

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.

M.J.H. · 12-27-2004, 05:56 PM

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.

tenxyearsxgone · 12-27-2004, 06:05 PM

nice stuff monStar...no deads??

soxmuscle · 12-27-2004, 10:18 PM

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.

soxmuscle · 12-27-2004, 10:21 PM

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

?

**Mudge** · 12-27-2004, 11:09 PM

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.

M.J.H. · 12-28-2004, 04:20 PM

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.

M.J.H. · 12-28-2004, 04:20 PM

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.

PreMier · 12-28-2004, 04:31 PM

I thought that you broke up?

M.J.H. · 12-28-2004, 04:33 PM

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.

PreMier · 12-28-2004, 04:41 PM

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

BigDyl · 12-28-2004, 04:47 PM

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.

M.J.H. · 12-28-2004, 05:00 PM

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.

PreMier · 12-28-2004, 05:01 PM

Nice Ba Donk A Donk.

BigDyl · 12-28-2004, 07:42 PM

Damn, nice.

12-26-2004, 09:54 AM	#91
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-26-2004, 10:03 AM	#92
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-26-2004, 06:40 PM	#93
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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. Last edited by M.J.H. : 12-27-2004 at 03:06 AM.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-26-2004, 07:10 PM	#95
simbh Simon Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greater Ottawa Region , Canada Posts: 986 Photos: 4	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
	When a goal is reached comes satisfaction . You're accomplished as a person when you surpass those goals .

12-26-2004, 09:14 PM	#96
soxmuscle do work son Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: I will eat your face Posts: 8,267 Photos: 10	Your eating absolute crap. To beat that phase, you should continue to post your meal plans so assholes like me can criticize you.
	Age: 20 \| Height: 5'7" \| Weight: 150 lbs \| Penis: 12 inches

12-27-2004, 10:16 AM	#97
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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 fcking right, my diet has been nothing but total sht lately, what the fck is my problem, I need to get my sht together."
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-27-2004, 10:54 AM	#98
Mudge Pizza the Hut Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 23,027 Photos: 1	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).

12-27-2004, 02:36 PM	#100
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,343	Be accountable to yourself. If you really are serious about your dieting success, you will post your meals. BTW.. Hi
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12-27-2004, 05:55 PM	#101
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-27-2004, 05:56 PM	#102
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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. Last edited by M.J.H. : 12-28-2004 at 02:30 AM.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-27-2004, 06:05 PM	#103
tenxyearsxgone Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: long island Posts: 370	nice stuff monStar...no deads??
	Squat: 5x5: 295lbs Bench: 1x4: 275 Dead: 1x1: 475

12-27-2004, 10:21 PM	#105
soxmuscle do work son Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: I will eat your face Posts: 8,267 Photos: 10	one more thing. is it possible that you could post what your working out on that day... ?
	Age: 20 \| Height: 5'7" \| Weight: 150 lbs \| Penis: 12 inches

12-28-2004, 04:20 PM	#107
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-28-2004, 04:20 PM	#108
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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. Last edited by M.J.H. : 12-29-2004 at 01:49 AM.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-28-2004, 04:31 PM	#109
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,081 Photos: 2	I thought that you broke up?
	P-side Inc. "the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

12-28-2004, 04:33 PM	#110
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	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.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

12-28-2004, 04:41 PM	#111
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,081 Photos: 2	Im always reading. Glad you two got things worked out. Im curious.. why dont you just stay the night there?
	P-side Inc. "the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

12-28-2004, 05:01 PM	#114
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,081 Photos: 2	Nice Ba Donk A Donk.
	P-side Inc. "the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.