Thread: MonStar's Journal: 2005 Recomposition

Is 2005 reffering to the New year or the number of IM journals you have started??

good luck

That was funny Patrick

Mike- Hey seriously, a new year does call for a new journal! You've been doing great sticking with your last journal, let's see this one last the year

Originally Posted by P-funk

Is 2005 reffering to the New year or the number of IM journals you have started??

good luck

Make it your goal to start no more than 1 other new journal this year. Good luck.

You'll get to your target weight in no time. Once you get into the swing of things, it will become easier.

Good job on keeping that last journal too. This one was created with a new purpose in mind, not because of binging. I deem that a success.

Patrick: No, but like you said, 2005 for the new year, lol.

rock: Thanks for the support man, I am going to keep this journal for all of 2005. Just wait and see. I think that I have gotten past the whole creating new journals every time I turn around thing. Which is obviously a step in the right direction.

Jake: LOL.

I'm Trying: This is going to be my last journal until 2006. That's my goal.

CowPimp: Thanks for the positive support man, I really appreciate that. I am really focusing on getting into the swing of things. Keeping empty calories like sugar and alcohol out of my diet. I am not being extremely strict with my diet, as long I keep my empty calories to a minimum.

Tuesday; 1-4-2004

• Training:
  
  Support Rows
  280 x 5
  280 x 5
  235 x 9
  235 x 9
  
  CG Cable Pulldowns
  245 x 6
  245 x 6
  245 x 6
  245 x 6
  
  CG Cable Rows
  275 x 9
  275 x 9
  275 x 9
  
  Stiff-Arm Cable Pullovers
  120 x 12
  120 x 12
  
  Great back workout today, nice getting back into my gym. Really hit my lats hard, great pump and feeling of exhaustion after my workout.
  
  Probably going to either do legs or arms tomorrow. I am not sure yet.

• Diet:
  
  Meal 1: MRP + 1% milk + banana
  Meal 2: tuna salad sandwich
  Meal 3: peanut butter toast
  Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
  Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
  Meal 5: low-fat turkey chili + crackers
  Meal 6: 2 grilled chicken & cheese soft tacos
  Meal 7: peanut butter
  Meal 8: 1% cottage cheese + peaches
  
  Diet wasn't too bad yesterday, a lot of food, however. I am really just focusing on keeping everything clean. I think that should really be a step in the right direction. My new favorite food is low-fat turkey chili with no beans, lol. The stuff has 48g of protein in a can, 28g of carbs, and 6g of fat. Tastes great with whole-wheat crackers, too.

• Sleep: 7 hours.

Damn Dawg putting some Big Numbers on the weights good job. I always look forward to seeing your journals Good luck bro

dj_diablo: Thanks for stopping by bud, I appreciate the positive support. My weights are okay now I guess, nothing like they were in the past. I have been concentrating a lot on my form, and making sure I use a complete ROM, and don't use any momentum in the gym. I get tired of seeing guys throwing the weights around, so I want to make sure I am not one of them.

You have a strong back Monstar !!

Keep it up !!

NIce Journal boss...do you deadlift at all on back day?

what up monstar? Happy new yr bud

gl with the journal, not that you even need it anymore...you are the master of your domain. I have a good feeling about this one..

tenx- i believe he does deads on leg days

Good luck mike ... I hope 2005 goes better for you than 2004 in terms of eating right and creating new journals Anyways , just keep up what you were doing with your last journal , you seemed to be on the right track

yellowmoomba: Thanks man, I am actually trying to bring up my lats, as usual. Even though I don't think that they're necessarily a weakpoint in my physique, I would like to have much bigger more developed lats.

tenxyearsxgone: I deadlift on leg day, bud. Thanks for stopping by.

Arnie's left nu: Thanks for the support man, I appreciate it. Happy new year to you too, hopefully you achieve all of your goals this year.

simbh: Yeah I really hope that 2005 goes better too, bro. Like you said in terms of the # of journals that I have, and keeping my diet clean. Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday; 1-5-2004

• Training:
  
  Seated Alternating DB Curls
  55's x 7
  55's x 7
  70's x 3!
  45's x 9
  
  Skullcrushers
  95 x 10
  115 x 6
  130 x 4!
  95 x 10
  
  CG Preacher Curls
  95 x 8
  115 x 5
  85 x 11
  
  One-Arm DB French Presses
  35's x 12
  50's x 4
  40's x 9
  
  Reverse Curls
  85 x 10
  95 x 7
  
  One-Arm Cable Pressdowns
  80 x 12
  110 x 6
  
  Great arm workout today! Arms seemed extremely pumped up and defined today. Got a few comments today from guys at the gym, which was nice. One guy asked me how long it takes to get "an upper body like mine," LOL.

• Diet:
  
  Meal 1: peanut butter toast
  Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
  Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
  Meal 3: tuna salad sandwich
  Meal 4: MRP bar
  Meal 5: low-fat turkey chili + crackers
  Meal 6: 3 ground beef + cheese soft tacos
  
  BINGED.
  
  Ate 1/2 of an ice-cream cake, and some 1% milk. WTF? I am so pissed. I just started this new journal, and of course I have to f*ck it up right off the start. I am going to move forward from tonight. And learn from this stupid a*s mistake that I made.

• Sleep: 7 hours.

Im curious, have you talked to Jen at all lately? Andrea is missing too.

Hey Mike... your journal is getting off to a great start. Like I didn't notice this before... DAMN you are strong.

Good luck Mike

Jake: Actually every now and then Jen will text message my cell phone just to see how I am doing. I haven't heard from Andrea in the longest time. It's been months and months and months since I have heard from her. It's a shame they used to be such regulars at IM.

JerseyDevil: Thanks for stopping by man, I appreciate it. I really need to work on cleaning up my diet big time. Tonight I binged like some stupid a*s. I don't know what the f*ck I was thinking. Ate like an entire 1/2 of an ice-cream cake.

sara: Thanks for the support!

Arms looking strong bro keep up the good work man. You know you are working out good when people ask you how long it takes to look like you .

Yo Star.....


What's doing bud? I am back again after a hiatus because of my near screw-up with my rotator (therapist said I could train again, so, here I go...).
Man, as usual, I wish you for nothing but the best in your quest to meet your ultimate goals. I'll be sitting back and watching you succeed....

dj_diablo: Thanks for the support man, I really appreciate that. My biggest downfall is definitely just the fact that my diet needs some serious work. Last night I pigged out on an entire 1/2 of an ice-cream cake. Talk about ridiculous. I feel so out of control sometimes with my diet. Drives me crazy.

Tony: Thanks for stopping by bud! I haven't seen you in a while. Sorry to hear about your rotator cuff. Hope that everything turns out okay. My training has been pretty good lately I guess, my diet is my downfall, though. I have been posting my binges here in my journal and its absolutely killing me. I am so used to just starting a new journal when I binge.

Thursday; 1-6-2004

• Training:
  
  Seated DB Presses
  80's x 9
  80's x 9
  90's x 4
  75's x 9
  
  Seated DB Lateral Raises
  35's x 8
  35's x 8
  45's x 4
  
  Upright Rows
  135 x 9
  155 x 6
  155 x 6
  115 x 13
  
  Seated DB Shrugs
  100's x 7
  100's x 7
  90's x 9
  
  Nice shoulder workout today. Really hit my shoulders and traps hard in the gym today. Not going too too heavy because I am working on perfecting my form and ROM on every exercise. Really trying to make sure the form I use on every exercise is flawless. My ROM on my shoulder presses today could have been a little better.

• Diet:
  
  Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole
  Postworkout: whey protein + 1% milk
  Meal 2:

• Sleep: 6.5 + 1 hours. Fell asleep at my girlfriend's place for an hour, and then went home and slept for 6.5 hours. Not too bad, I guess.

Originally Posted by MonStar

Tony: Thanks for stopping by bud! I haven't seen you in a while. Sorry to hear about your rotator cuff. Hope that everything turns out okay. My training has been pretty good lately I guess, my diet is my downfall, though. I have been posting my binges here in my journal and its absolutely killing me. I am so used to just starting a new journal when I binge.

Believe me Mike, I would have been here more, but I was in a really dark place in my life and was going to be no good to anyone around me.
Regarding your binging, don't sweat the little things.
I don't know if this will work, but right before you eat that next spoonfull of ice cream cake, or the sort, the first thought that will come to your head is: "Do I want to screw up all the work that I have done to get to where I am?".
Also, think back to all the work that you have done which you are going to basically piss on when you binge. Look at yourself in my image and see if you like it, because the truth is that I once weighed 195 pounds of lean muscle, then I pissed on all the hard work and now I have become Shamu, or whatever that Orca is called......
Think of what today is and what tomorrow could be if you are not careful. Always keep the firm belief that you can overcome any obstacle that you place in your way, basically because you were the one that placed it there to begin with...
I hope this makes sense and helps you in any way...
As I said before, I am here for you (more now than the last couple of months) and will be enjoying your success from afar....

Hey bro Diet is my biggest problem too it is not bad when i am at the office or at home the place it affects me more is when i do my night job of bartending. There are always some kind of appetizers and chips and dip i can get into. I try not to but sometimes i catch my self snacking on that shit. I takes time to get the dedicated to stay away but you know Its ok every once in a while i don't want to live my life where everything is set and can not be broken then life would just not be exciting to me.

Hey Mike,

How are things going? I am finally back on here again posting in a new journal my training and diet. I really need to lose some fat...these last couple of months were just distracting to me as you know how it can be in the hotel industry. Well, I hope everything is good. I will be checking up on you in here. See ya!

Hey Mike, what's doing?


Just coming by to ask you for a favor, if possible. I'll pm you....

bumping just b/c i know mike wants to start another journal once this one gets buried a couple pages