starting out - enz

enz · 11-03-2005, 04:12 PM

I am just starting out on bodybuilding. I am making this journal to keep track and motivate myself each day.

This first week I am going to try and keep a log of my diet, I have been tring to eat better but maybe people can help me in the right direction.

I also take a strength class instead of gym at school. I will post what we do. It is a good class although I do not think we do enough lifting and I still need to join a gym - there is a local one a few miles away I am going to look at.

enz · 11-03-2005, 04:27 PM

Today we lifted at school, kind of crouded and we have to go on a set routine.

No Breakfast

School Lunch
Milk x2
Pretzel w/ cheese
Sausage, Egg, Cheese breakfast sandwich
Dinner
BBQ ribs
Corn
Baked Potato

Bench 3x8 135
Tricep Extension 2x10 45's
RDL 3x8 160
DB Curl 2x10 45's
Front Squat 2x15 105
Hammer Extension 2x10 35's eachside -dunno how much machine is
High Pull 3x8 115
Lat Pull 3x10 110

enz · 11-03-2005, 04:30 PM

Woke up early for breakfast today. Actually stayed awake during school today was suprising. I felt hungry shortly after first hour and 4th hour.

Breakfast
Grape Nuts cereal
Water
Lunch
Water
Pretzel /w cheese (alot less am going to try and stay away from cheese)
Ham and Cheese sandwich
Granola Bar
Dinner
Water
BBQ chicken wings
Rice
Cottage Cheese
Mid-day snack
Granola Bar
Water

Archangel · 11-03-2005, 04:33 PM

Welcome, where abouts do you live in Illinois? I just moved from Collinsville last weekend!!! Best of luck my Friend!!!

enz · 11-03-2005, 04:48 PM

I live in the northern part of Illinois, near Rockford. I am in one of the small small farm towns

Closest movie theater is ~20min away lol

enz · 11-04-2005, 04:50 PM

Breakfast -7am

Grape Nuts
Coffee

Lunch -Noon
Today at school I goofed up, i saw the chicken and was thinking good, but forgot they cooked in grease =(

Buffalo wings
Pretzel - no cheese
Water

snack 3.30
2x Granola Bars
Water

Dinner
yet to come

Today at school we worked out- many people slacked so i feel i did as well

DB Lunges 3x10 50's
Calfraises 2x10 50's
pushups 2x20
Behind the Neck Press 2x10 95
DB Bench press 3x8 50's
DB Step-ups 2x10 45's

I have been looking at the Male Cutting Plan (Male Cutting Plan...Meals) and it seems like it is something i could do. I am still tring to figure out someway I can go after work (ends at 4.30) to lift during my week because i have this class every other day (meaning one week is MWF and the next is only TuTh). I want to try a split program or maybe CowPimp's full body (Designing a Full Body Routine) routine.

Triple Threat · 11-04-2005, 06:11 PM

If that list of food is your entire intake for a day, you need to work on your diet before you start to worry about workouts. Head over to the Diet & Nutrition forum for some help.

enz · 11-04-2005, 06:49 PM

Yeah that has been me cutting back from food too. I am going to try and follow the Male Cutting Plan for the next few weeks to see what happens. I will try and take some pictures soon to watch myself change.

enz · 11-05-2005, 04:38 PM

Hey everyone, today felt great for me- some how I have lost a bit of my 'love handles'.

Breakfast
Oatmeal w/ cinnimon+raisons (very new to me, was alright)
Small piece of sausage
Orange Juice

Lunch
Ham+Cheese
Water

Dinner
We going out to dinner for pizza for family thing. (had a very small portion of what i used to)
Water

My muscles in my pecs are sore from yesterday, it feels good- I think I am getting stronger each time I lift it feels like. When I lift i need to work on flexing at the peak of each rep.

enz · 11-07-2005, 06:57 PM

Havent updated in awhile but I have been watching what I eat alot better.
already my body seems to be getting slimmer and I seem to be getting more used to the change in foods.

I went and checked prices for going to the local gym. Not bad I think I'll start going.

myCATpowerlifts · 11-07-2005, 07:05 PM

5-6 meals a day is better in numerous ways than just 3 a day.

enz · 11-07-2005, 07:21 PM

Yes I have been waking up for a small breakfast - meal 2 is hard to get for me as it is in the middle of school. I am thinking about packing something and brining it with.

I still dont know what i should do since i workout at school for 1 hour everyother day. Drop the class at semester is one option I am thinking so I can do my own workout after school+work.

Archangel · 11-07-2005, 07:35 PM

Fullbody routines are an excellent way to w/o, I am partial to HIT, but you honestly need to work on the nutrition side of things, diet is 99% of the battle with training a whopping 1%!!! Well..................not actually, but you get the idea!!! Best of luck to you Brother Enz!!!

enz · 11-08-2005, 07:48 PM

WO today at school

benchpress 2x8 135
RDL 3x8 155
DB shoulder press 1x10 90
RackCleans 3x8 115
Situps 1x20
Squat 2x8 135

Really starting to dislike doing this at school as a class, I don't have enough time and theres alot of people and we are restricted to what we can do.

Today my meals went like this
meal1
Oats Cereal (kinda like cheereos but not as tastey)
Water
meal 2 (school lunch)
2 small French toast
Water
meal 3 (at work)
Cookie + handful of peanuts
water
meal 4
chicken breast
corn
sweet potato
meal 5
fruit smoothie

On my smoothies I use Strawberries, blueberries, and a Banana, less than tbl spoon of honey instead of sugar, Yoplay yogurt, and ice. I am prolly going to be adding protein powder to this once i buy some.

enz · 11-16-2005, 03:48 PM

I have not been doing a good job on updating.
Today at school was a good workout- half the kids were gone so I could do what I wanted I felt good after. Played some bball after.

My diet has not been doing good I really need help for this. Today I had my first candy bar + soft drink since I started, I felt guilty and still do.

I have lost about 1.5lbs / week, my body is slightly changing, my camera has had dead batteries so I can't post pictures yet.

Archangel · 11-20-2005, 07:46 AM

Well then get new batteries my Friend!!!

Stick with it Brother Enz, your doin a great job!!!

Seanp156 · 11-20-2005, 11:45 AM

Good luck enz, I just started out this time last year... The most advice I can offer is diet, which yes, can be tough when you're still in high school, but just pack some good stuff. When I first started out and changed my diet, it was a lot better than what I had been eating, but when I look back on it, it still wasn't the best.

11-03-2005, 04:12 PM	#1
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	starting out - enz I am just starting out on bodybuilding. I am making this journal to keep track and motivate myself each day. This first week I am going to try and keep a log of my diet, I have been tring to eat better but maybe people can help me in the right direction. I also take a strength class instead of gym at school. I will post what we do. It is a good class although I do not think we do enough lifting and I still need to join a gym - there is a local one a few miles away I am going to look at.

11-03-2005, 04:27 PM	#2
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	Novermber 2 Today we lifted at school, kind of crouded and we have to go on a set routine. No Breakfast School Lunch Milk x2 Pretzel w/ cheese Sausage, Egg, Cheese breakfast sandwich Dinner BBQ ribs Corn Baked Potato Bench 3x8 135 Tricep Extension 2x10 45's RDL 3x8 160 DB Curl 2x10 45's Front Squat 2x15 105 Hammer Extension 2x10 35's eachside -dunno how much machine is High Pull 3x8 115 Lat Pull 3x10 110

11-03-2005, 04:30 PM	#3
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	November 3 Woke up early for breakfast today. Actually stayed awake during school today was suprising. I felt hungry shortly after first hour and 4th hour. Breakfast Grape Nuts cereal Water Lunch Water Pretzel /w cheese (alot less am going to try and stay away from cheese) Ham and Cheese sandwich Granola Bar Dinner Water BBQ chicken wings Rice Cottage Cheese Mid-day snack Granola Bar Water

11-03-2005, 04:33 PM	#4
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	Welcome, where abouts do you live in Illinois? I just moved from Collinsville last weekend!!! Best of luck my Friend!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

11-04-2005, 04:50 PM	#6
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	November 04 Breakfast -7am Grape Nuts Coffee Lunch -Noon Today at school I goofed up, i saw the chicken and was thinking good, but forgot they cooked in grease =( Buffalo wings Pretzel - no cheese Water snack 3.30 2x Granola Bars Water Dinner yet to come Today at school we worked out- many people slacked so i feel i did as well DB Lunges 3x10 50's Calfraises 2x10 50's pushups 2x20 Behind the Neck Press 2x10 95 DB Bench press 3x8 50's DB Step-ups 2x10 45's I have been looking at the Male Cutting Plan (Male Cutting Plan...Meals) and it seems like it is something i could do. I am still tring to figure out someway I can go after work (ends at 4.30) to lift during my week because i have this class every other day (meaning one week is MWF and the next is only TuTh). I want to try a split program or maybe CowPimp's full body (Designing a Full Body Routine) routine.

11-03-2005, 04:48 PM	#5
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	I live in the northern part of Illinois, near Rockford. I am in one of the small small farm towns Closest movie theater is ~20min away lol

11-04-2005, 06:11 PM	#7
Triple Threat ... Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lost Posts: 9,474 Photos: 6	If that list of food is your entire intake for a day, you need to work on your diet before you start to worry about workouts. Head over to the Diet & Nutrition forum for some help.

11-04-2005, 06:49 PM	#8
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	Yeah that has been me cutting back from food too. I am going to try and follow the Male Cutting Plan for the next few weeks to see what happens. I will try and take some pictures soon to watch myself change.

11-05-2005, 04:38 PM	#9
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	November 5 Hey everyone, today felt great for me- some how I have lost a bit of my 'love handles'. Breakfast Oatmeal w/ cinnimon+raisons (very new to me, was alright) Small piece of sausage Orange Juice Lunch Ham+Cheese Water Dinner We going out to dinner for pizza for family thing. (had a very small portion of what i used to) Water My muscles in my pecs are sore from yesterday, it feels good- I think I am getting stronger each time I lift it feels like. When I lift i need to work on flexing at the peak of each rep. Last edited by enz : 11-05-2005 at 04:59 PM.

11-07-2005, 06:57 PM	#10
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	Havent updated in awhile but I have been watching what I eat alot better. already my body seems to be getting slimmer and I seem to be getting more used to the change in foods. I went and checked prices for going to the local gym. Not bad I think I'll start going.

11-07-2005, 07:05 PM	#11
myCATpowerlifts Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The lone star state Posts: 6,261 Photos: 2	5-6 meals a day is better in numerous ways than just 3 a day.

11-07-2005, 07:21 PM	#12
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	Yes I have been waking up for a small breakfast - meal 2 is hard to get for me as it is in the middle of school. I am thinking about packing something and brining it with. I still dont know what i should do since i workout at school for 1 hour everyother day. Drop the class at semester is one option I am thinking so I can do my own workout after school+work.

11-07-2005, 07:35 PM	#13
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	Fullbody routines are an excellent way to w/o, I am partial to HIT, but you honestly need to work on the nutrition side of things, diet is 99% of the battle with training a whopping 1%!!! Well..................not actually, but you get the idea!!! Best of luck to you Brother Enz!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

11-08-2005, 07:48 PM	#14
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	WO today at school benchpress 2x8 135 RDL 3x8 155 DB shoulder press 1x10 90 RackCleans 3x8 115 Situps 1x20 Squat 2x8 135 Really starting to dislike doing this at school as a class, I don't have enough time and theres alot of people and we are restricted to what we can do. Today my meals went like this meal1 Oats Cereal (kinda like cheereos but not as tastey) Water meal 2 (school lunch) 2 small French toast Water meal 3 (at work) Cookie + handful of peanuts water meal 4 chicken breast corn sweet potato meal 5 fruit smoothie On my smoothies I use Strawberries, blueberries, and a Banana, less than tbl spoon of honey instead of sugar, Yoplay yogurt, and ice. I am prolly going to be adding protein powder to this once i buy some.

11-16-2005, 03:48 PM	#15
enz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: IL Posts: 21	I have not been doing a good job on updating. Today at school was a good workout- half the kids were gone so I could do what I wanted I felt good after. Played some bball after. My diet has not been doing good I really need help for this. Today I had my first candy bar + soft drink since I started, I felt guilty and still do. I have lost about 1.5lbs / week, my body is slightly changing, my camera has had dead batteries so I can't post pictures yet.

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11-20-2005, 07:46 AM	#16
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	Well then get new batteries my Friend!!! Stick with it Brother Enz, your doin a great job!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

11-20-2005, 11:45 AM	#17
Seanp156 Myostatin Whore Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 6,237 Photos: 11	Good luck enz, I just started out this time last year... The most advice I can offer is diet, which yes, can be tough when you're still in high school, but just pack some good stuff. When I first started out and changed my diet, it was a lot better than what I had been eating, but when I look back on it, it still wasn't the best.
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