G's Log.

SamEaston · 08-03-2007, 09:39 AM

Failing that, i have some HU-UGE biochemistry books you could borrow if you like.

No wonder i had no trouble sleeping when i was studying

Big G · 08-03-2007, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juggernaut

try melatonin and zma. Dont buy into the bullshit claims that zma raises T levels. It works for sleep. Also, try a casein protein drink mixed with a scoop of whey and natural peanut butter. Going to bed with a full stomach always makes me relax.

D'ya think it's worth an extra $5/30srvngs to get ZMA with Mucuna Pruriens (seeds) standardized for L-Dopa/Polypodium vulgara Suma (root) standardized for 20 Hydroxyecdysone?

Big G · 08-03-2007, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SamEaston

Failing that, i have some HU-UGE biochemistry books you could borrow if you like.

No wonder i had no trouble sleeping when i was studying

Funny!

SamEaston · 08-07-2007, 03:36 AM

Hey BigG!

How ya doin' mate? Hope all is well and you had a fantastic weekend!

Big G · 08-08-2007, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SamEaston

Hey BigG!

How ya doin' mate? Hope all is well and you had a fantastic weekend!

Nope. Dammit. Hospitalized again for dehydration. Kidneys were fine this time though (probably just went to the hospital much sooner this time). I got one mother of all mother headaches in the gym and ended up just curled up holding my head. It was awful. The medic was a complete prick too. He said "You're gonna have to lift your head up to talk to me son. I just can't hear you down there" and departed with "You just need to take it slow. You won't get a physique like mine over night" (apparently still unaware that I hadn't raised my head up!).

I'll update everything tomorrow, chillin'.

G.

SamEaston · 08-09-2007, 05:39 AM

That is not good news. You just take it easy and rest up.

Lucky for the medic you couldn't lift your head - you might have popped him one. Fuckin retard.

Hope you feel better soon!

Big G · 08-10-2007, 09:47 PM

FRIDAY

SLEPT (last night): 11:15pm-1:00am (woke up hungry. drank ½ of 1st-ever home-made PWO shake - not too bad. not exactly "good" but anyway...).

WEIGHT (before breakfast):171.8lb.

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:20am (Got hungry at 9:30am! WTF!?)
Meal 3 - 1:30pm (Home-made PWO shake - See notes below).
Meal 4 - 3:30pm (Even home-made shakes only last 2hrs!)
Meal 5 - 7:30pm (PP shake @6:45p. couldn't wait for food)
Meal 6 - 9:30pm (rehersal dinner, eating early. boredom!).

LUNCHTIME WORKOUT (Pull/Tri):
(1) Wide Grip Pullups (BW) - 3x6 (full extension all reps. All completed for 1st time! Woohoo! Do same again next week. Hopefully less effort required for final reps each set) [Me-52lb:1x10 warmup].
(2) Bent-over BB rows (knees bent, back straight) - w/bar:1x10(warmup), 65lb:1x10(cake!), 75lb:1x10(still cake!), 85lb:1x10 (All reps fully to abs. 1st time. Woohoo! Up the weight! Next time try 75, 85 & 95lb sets)
(3) Dips w/30lb DB - 1x8 (struggled last rep, but not too bad) w/15lb DB - 1x8 (easy), BW:1x8 (Too easy! Next time try all three sets w/30lb DB!).
(4) Cable Row w/narrow handle - 110lb:3x10(all reps fully to abs. 1st time. I'm an animal today!

).
(5) Bent over lateral raise (rear delts) w/25lb DBs: 3x10(No problem! Next time use 30lb for 1st and possibly 2nd sets).
(6) DB Pullover w/40lb DB - 3x10 (NOTE: Right shoulder felt tight, but loosened up as sets progressed. good extension on all reps - keep this the same for next time)
(7) Skull-Crushers - 25lb:3x5 (faied r3, s3. triceps apparently fried!).

WORKOUT NOTES: Awesome! Smashed last weeks #s. Felt like a power house. NEXT TIME: Up the weights, up the weights, up the weights!!!

PWO SHAKE NOTES: I made my first home-made PWO shake last night. It had ½cup fat free yogurt, ½cup milk, ½cup ground rolled oats and a banana all blended up togther. It looked like asphalt sealant when I got it out of the fridge this morning (to take to work - i.e. transfer to office fridge) and it was it was still pretty thick when I took my first sip, but adding a little water made it actually OK. It's kind-of weird but not too bad. I might add some dried cherries to see if it sweetens it up a bit. All in all though, not too bad. Thanks to all IM members that recommended cessation of Cytogainer. I'd rather be on whole-food any day.

AFTER WORK: Family hell! Wife's sister's son is getting married tomorrow. Rehersal dinner tonight (since when is it necessary to "reherse" eating fucking dinner!?). Sat around bored while wife caught up with family members.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
May not have them all in food log but I took everything perfectly.

Big G · 08-10-2007, 09:47 PM

SATURDAY

SLEPT (last night): 11:30pm-7:00am

WEIGHT (before breakfast):not measured.

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 11:30am
Meal 3 - 2:30pm
Meal 4 - 5:30pm
Meal 5 - 7:30pm
Meal 6 - 8:30pm

MORNING: Painted freshly built handrail recently built by back door.

ATERNOON-->NIGHT: Wedding & reception for wife's sister's son. Went on for ages. I was soooo bored. I couldn't wait to leave. They served food at 7:30pm. I ate again before they put it away, plus took a whole bunch of chicken and beef home. It was crazy good food!

Not worth going through 9-10 hours of reception but still...

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
Even remembered to take ActvaTe to wedding. All taken timely.

Big G · 08-10-2007, 09:48 PM

SUNDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:30pm-7:00am (up early, someone arrived to clear topsoil from back

WEIGHT (before breakfast):

Meal 1 - 7:45am
Meal 2 - 11:50am (trip to H.Depot took too long. hungry!)
Meal 3 - 4:00pm (slept 12-2. took 'til 4 to feel hungry)
Meal 4 - 9:15pm (grocery shop 6-9pm. lived on cherries!)

NOTE: Forgot to add Meal 4 marker in food log. Can't be bothered to fix it.

"Bad day for food and water" - That's what I wrote in my little carry-around leather day-log/journal. Look what happened tomorrow! Related to today's water intake, or or bigger/different issue? Surely the latter, right?

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
"Took ActivaTe perfectly" - That's what little book says. It's Fri 8/10 as I type this. I fell behind updating this due to tomorrow's events.

Big G · 08-10-2007, 09:49 PM

MONDAY

SLEPT (last night): 1:45am-7:00am (nowhere near enough! went to bed at midnight but just laid there, unable to to sleep - made out w/Mrs G at 1:15am! - slept fine after that!

). Woke up at 3:30am hungry - had protein shake and went back to bed.

( I'm going to try Melatonin & ZMA soon (to see if it helps with my awful sleep patterns).

WEIGHT (before breakfast):not measured.

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:30am (Got hungry at 9:30am! WTF!?)
Meal 3 - 1:30pm (Home-made PWO shake - See notes below).
Meal 4 - 4:45pm (late. couldn't stop. urgent budget rpt).
Meal 5 - 7:45pm (driving home w/headache - see below)
Meal 6 - 10:15pm (in hospital waiting room)
Meal 7 - 1:15am (still in the &^%$ing waiting room!)
Meal 8 - 3:30am (while on IVs) + PP shake after discharged.

AFTER-WORK WORKOUT (Legs) Rescheduled from yesterday. Garage is still a wreck (Home gym inaccessible). See yesterday's notes for more info (crappy weekend!). NOTE: Today's cardio is rescheduled to tomorrow as Active Recovery for legs... Anyway...

Warmup - 5mins on elliptical, 1min fwd, 1min bckwrd.
then...
1.Incline situps: 2x25 + 1x20 (while throwing/catching 4lb ball), plus 1x20 twisting situps (for the burn. no additional weight).
2.Full Squats - 135lb:1x10, 155lb:1x10, 165lb(new max from last workout):1x8(failed #8. was trying for one more than last week), when...

SUDDENLY!!...*POP*

AND...

HEADACHE FROM HELL!!!

I couldn't stand up after that last squat. It wasn't my legs. It was my head. Bad bad bad inside my head. Right on the top, in the middle. I just curled up held my head in both hands and thought "FUCK! It must be renal failure again!" That's what it was in March when this same thing happened (although I didn't go to the doctor for about a month that time, I just kept taking breaks and trying lighter and lighter weights - and still getting headaches - until I finally broke down and went - only to be told I was in 90% renal failure!). Anyway... I digress...

I made it home (after a miserable experience with a medic - see a few posts above) and my wife took me down to the hopital. I sat in the waiting room for almost 7 hours! My wife even left to go to bed (Bored? Uh.. Yeah! I spent seven hours wishing I'd brought a book!). They did the same shit to me last time too. This time I went armed with bread, PB, bananas, apples and protein powder!

I'm dying in pain and fucking starving to death at the same time this time! I finally saw the doc who told me my kidneys were fine, my electrolites were fine, there was a slight elevation in whatever the hell its called when the damaged crap in your muscles is filtered out after a workout. But I was dehydrated. WTF!? I've drank waaaaaay more water than I've ever drank in my life since adopting this lifestyle (9mo back) and yet now I'm dehydrating. 2litres of IVs later I'm out - but my head still aches - not as bad - nowhere near as bad as at first, that's for sure, but I'm still aching. Told boss I'd be late but didn't want to use ½ sick day. He was cool with it.

Life goes on. Off to the doc anyway. Gotta get my blood results to post on IM

(plus, I've honestly never looked at bloodwork results before - might learn summink).

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
Forgot to take one to the hospital - took one before and after though. Otherwise timely.

Big G · 08-10-2007, 09:49 PM

TUESDAY

SLEPT (last night): 4:15am-11:00am (In hospital on IVs for dehydration 8p-3:30a - Actually it was more like 7 hours in pain in the waiting room and 40 minutes getting 2 litres of IV fluids! But anyway...)

WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):176.8lb (NOTE: Spent night in hospital getting re-hydrated - see yesterday's notes. Recorded 175.8lb in weight-log to offset coffee, toast & egg breakfast). Up from 161lb in March and still have abs! Woohoo!

Meal 1 - 11:00am
Meal 2 - 2:00pm
Meal 3 - 5:00pm
Meal 4 - 8:00pm
Meal 5 - 11:00pm

NOTE: Bad headache, like a really nasty hangover, all day long! Progressed into blinding migraine by 4pm, Couldn't see anything but flashing colors 4:30-6pm. Had to stay a little late at work just to be able to drive home.

Got home at 6:30pm and fell alseep in LA-Boy until 7:30pm.

Identified 500mg of methylxanthine matrix (incl. caffeine) in Animal Pump. I'm hoping that avoiding caffeine will stop dehydration issues. Time will tell.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****

Big G · 08-10-2007, 09:50 PM

WEDNESDAY

SLEPT (last night): 6pm-7pm, then 12:15am-7am

WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):174.8lb (Down 1lb from yesterday, after being re-hydrated via IV Tuesday night).

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:30am
Meal 3 - 1:30pm
Meal 4 - 4:30pm
Meal 5 - 8:15pm (couldn't stop listing Craigslist items)
Meal 6 - 11:00pm
Meal 7 - 3:00am (Woke up. Had pee, PP shake & back to bed).

NOTE: Crappy day. Had miserable breakdown at work with boss (after finding out that wife had wracked up another almost $400 on the credit card I've already banned her from using). Told him about my suicidal thoughts and debt-related depression. Left work determined to something about it. Namely, to sell anything (and damned near everything!) I own on Craigslist (incl. golf cart, trailer, home gym

, pressure washer, kitchenaid etc). Anything worth over $100 is outahere. $25k credit card debt has to go away (and will, dammit). Photographed items for sale and listed craigslist ads for 5hours 6pm-11pm. Read replies to my dehydration/hospitalization thread on IM and posted response. Got to bed at about 12:30am. Late again, but I just wasn't tired at 11pm.

Never enough sleep. Still need to order ZMA and whatever else was recommended in this jrnl (above).

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
Took everthing perfectly.

Big G · 08-10-2007, 09:51 PM

THURSDAY.

SLEPT (last night): 12:30am-7am (again, not enough!

) Was listing damned near everything I own (incl. home gym

) for sale on craigslist) in an effort to stop mounting interest on $25k credit card debt (wife's gasitric bypass $20k + mastectomy $5k). Using Psycho-cybernetics techniques to drive self to acheive debt-free goal. It can't hurt!

WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):174.0lb (Down .8lb from yesterday and 1.8lb from Tuesday morning - after being re-hydrated in hospital via IV Monday night).

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:35am
Meal 3 - 1:25pm
Meal 4 - 4:30pm (No food. No milk. Muesli w/PP = Gross!)
Meal 5 - 7:30pm
Meal 6 - 10:30pm

NOTE: I've decided to sell anything and everything we own to try and get out from under our $25k of credit card debt ($20k wife gastric bypass + $5k wife's mastectomy). Someone was supposed to be coming round to look at my pullup/dip station so I went to the garage to dust it off and make it look nice. As a fairwell Goodbye I decided to do a quick half-dozen pullups. As soon as I hit #6, I felt that old familiar pressure head-pain that i'd felt in the gym on Monday. It wasn't as bad as Monday (by a long way) but, if it's solely dehydrated related, then why am I still getting this pain after being re-hydrated and rested for 3days? It only happens when I do some kind of strenuous physical activity.

DOCTORS: I made an appt to see my doctor this morning, but they phoned me back and cancelled me. Actually they didn't call me, they called my wife, and I didn;t even know they'd rescheduled until I went to bed last night. Fuckers! I've only been to see them three times and twice they've done this to me. I guess head-splitting headaches, dehydration and hospitalization is no big deal to them.

Rescheduled to Monday 8:15am anyway.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
Missed cap 1 w/breakfast. Took it at 10:35am w/meal 2 & supplements. All other pills taken perfectly.
SIDE EFFECTS - I don't know really. Nothing much. Maybe a few extra spots on my forehead but they might've happened anyway. I don't know. My libido's been fucked since I started working out 9months ago (never had any libido issues before) and there's been no change there. I don't know really. Nothing particular to mention anyway.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
Took everthing perfectly.

Big G · 08-10-2007, 10:41 PM

FRIDAY.

SLEPT (last night): 12:30am-7am (as always, not enough!

) Wide awake at 11:30pm talking to Dad in UK. Haven't spoken for a month or more, so stayed up chatting. Gotta get more sleep. Need to order ZMA and whatever else was recommended in my IM journal to see if it helps. I never sleep enough. No wonder my libidos fucked! I never sleep enough to produce hormones!

WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):174.0lb (Same as yesterday. Down .8lb from Wednesday and 1.8lb from Tuesday morning - after being re-hydrated in hospital via IV Monday night). FYI - I drank 13pints of water yesterday and didn't gain an ounce. Surely 174lb is a true weight.

WATER - I drank water like a madman today. 2.9gal to be exact! It was nuts! I had to pee 16 times! I counted! I drank all day long (as usual) but just drank more. I'm interested to see my weight tomorrow morning. Assuming I don't sweat an unusually large amount overnight I should be able to tell if 174lb is where I'm at, or whether I should be closer to 176, like I was after being re-hydrated in hospital. Anyway... drinking that much water and peeing that many times is defintely not practical for a daily routine! 16x! Sheesh!

I WONDER... how long it takes the body to rehydrate without IVs. I mean, if it took 2 litres of IVs to rehydrate me in hospital, how much water would I need to drink (and for how long) to rehydrate myself. Would one day of three gallons do it, or does it take the body a couple of days (or more) to osmosis whatever it needed to replenish itself. I wonder.

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:50-11:20am(busy at work. bite here, bite there)
Meal 3 - 1:30pm (hungry already)
Meal 4 - 4:30pm
Meal 5 - 8:00pm
Meal 6 - 12:00pm (after updating this journal, Sat-Fri).

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****

SamEaston · 08-15-2007, 10:39 AM

Hey G. Im totally gutted for you with all this shit that's going on. I hope you get some decent results from the blood tests.

I just have a minor suggestion with regards to your dehydration issue. When we are racing or doing some strenuous training (especially in the summer), we are told not to drink water, as it doesn't hydrate you properly. The best thing to drink is something isotonic, which will replace your lost salts from your workouts that keep your body in osmotic balance.

The fact that you're drinking so much water, and it's going right through you (peeing 16X right?!), suggests to me that the water isn't doing you any favours and may actually be diluting your already weak electrolyte balance within your body.

Does this make sense? Its the only thing i can think of that may be worth a try while you're waiting to see a doctor who actually cares. I use lucozade, but i buy the powder stuff which is cheaper than buying a dozen bottles of the stuff. I dont know if you get Lucozade where you are, but i buy the Orange and Passionfruit Sports Recovery stickpack, website here: (5th one down)

Shop : Product list : Sports & Recovery Powders : Lucozade Sport Shop: buy Lucozade Sport online, sports drinks, bars, powders and gels

Its worth a try mate! I hope you feel better soon!

Big G · 08-30-2007, 08:50 PM

Geez. Thanks.

The bloodwork said elctrolytes were fine, but I have been trying to find something that'll do better than just water, especially for workout days. Thanksfor the links (and reminding me of the word ISOTONIC - I'd been trying to remember it. Trying to explain to a moron in a sports store what you're looking for when you can't remember what it's called is a pain giant pain in the wahzoo!

Anyway.. It's 8/30 as I write this. Almost 3 weeks since I last updated (what a slacker!). The road of life got p-r-e-t-t-y bumpy from for a few days. I hate it when life beats me down into a worthless rambling pulp. Here's the journal logs from 8/10 until now. Some of the food-log stuff is missing, but who the hell looks at that anyway (except me - when I'm going back through shit, researching). Anyway... here goes...

katt · 08-30-2007, 08:53 PM

Hey G! Nice to see you're back in it! What are you talking about???? I look at the food logs....but, then again,,, I'm the anal type

Big G · 08-30-2007, 08:54 PM

FRIDAY.

SLEPT (last night): 12:30am-8:30am - Got woken up by someone calling to buy golfcart (already sold yesterday - I'm very sad to see it go, but gotta get out of debt).

WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):172.6lb WTF!!? I was 172lb when admittd to hospital dehydrated. I was 176lb when I came out. I drank 2.9gal of water yesteday and dropped from 174lb yesterday morning to 172.6lb this morning. If I was 172lb when admitted to hospital dehydrated and 176lb when I came out rehydrated then surely being 172.6lb 3 days later means I'm dehydrated again! This just isn't making any sense. Something's up.

Meal 1 - 8:45am
Meal 2 - not updated.
Meal 3 - kept records on paper.
Meal 4 - but, as of 8/30
Meal 5 - I can't be f&^%ed to go
Meal 6 - back and enter it. Ate OK though.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****

Big G · 08-30-2007, 08:57 PM

I don't know. I probably took notes of the food, but I never updated this day. As of 8/30 I can't be f*&^ed!

Big G · 08-30-2007, 08:57 PM

MONDAY.

SLEPT (last night): 12:45am-7:00am - Up late cooking food for the week (veggies, chicken etc).

WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):175.2lb - Entered 174.2lb in weight log to offset bread, PB, eggs & coffee breakfast.

Meal 1 - 7:20am
Meal 2 - 10:50am (late. after Dr's appt - see below).
Meal 3 - 1:45pm
Meal 4 - 6:00pm (after wk - hungry!)
Meal 5 - 9:15pm
Meal 6 - 11:15pm (shake before bed)

DOCTORS APPT (8:15am): Good news and bad news...
The good news is that my dehydration (and resultant headaches) could be caused simply by a lack of sodium. Not eating any processed foods has eliminated a lot of sources of sodium from my diet. And, while I do put salt in the water I boil veggies in (and add seasoned-salt to most meats/sauces) it's apparently not enough.

The doc prescribed me a bag of pretzels! I thought that was pretty funny. He's told me to eat a few servings of them today, tomorrow and Wednesday, drink plenty of water (at least a gallon) then go to the gym for a workout Wednesday night. He also suggested taking a serving of pretzels into the gym and munching on them during the workout (He said it might even make me feel better). I'll be the only MF with a bag of pretzels in the gym, but Hey! Whatever it takes, right?

The bad news is that if I get a headache on Wednesday he wants me back in for an MRI of my brain. He was concerned that I got head pain two days after being rehydrated in hospital while doing a few pullups (to say goodbye to my pullup stn, currently for sale). He said I should've got enough sodium from my IV to prevent something like that occuring. He said it could be a weak point in my brain. And, while my blood pressure is currently 115/65 it could go up to as much as 180 or 190 while lifting. There could be somewhere in my head unable to deal with this kind of pressure.

I honestly think it's a sodium thing. If it was a head thing then surely it would've been a problem sometime between March (last hospital stay) and now becuase I've been lifting regularly throughout. Also, whenever I get head pain in the gym it always turns out that I'm dehydrated. Coincedence? I don't think so.

Time will tell! Fingers crossed.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
#3 & #4 were kind-of close together becuase meal 5 was late and bed was early. Other than that though, all were taken timely.
SIDE EFFECTS - Still nothing particular to mention. I do have a number of spots on my forehead and my libido is still non-existant, but other than that, nothing much.

Big G · 08-30-2007, 08:59 PM

TUESDAY.

SLEPT (last night): 12:00am-7:00am (Bed at 11:30pm, read Psycho-cybernetics - Interesting stuff!).

WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):173.2lb (up, down, up, down! WTF?)

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:30am (w/added pretzels. Dr's orders).
Meal 3 - 1:15pm (w/salt. Dr's orders.

I don't like salt.)
Meal 4 - 5:20pm (Benefits Mtg: snacked on 1oz pretzels).
Meal 5 - 11:00pm (slept 7pm-10:45pm. came home exhausted)
Meal 6 - 1:45pm Shake before bed.

NOTES: Nothing day. Tired. Busted ass at work. Crashed as soon as I got home (couldn't stay awake). Woke at 11ish hungry. Ate pretzels throughout the day and salted lunch & eggs. Realized that I don't really like salt sprinkled on my food too much (if at all!), but still... gotta have it. Tomorrow is G-Day! Back to the gym. I'm hoping for no headache. Otherwise it's back to the doc and off for a fucking MRI/brain-scan to see what's up. And with it goes any hopes of packing on some serious pounds here over the next few years.

Fingers crossed. Fuck. Fingers, toes, arms and legs crossed! Come onnnn brain! No weakspots allowed! No pussy-ass weakspot brains at this party!

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
Took w/meals 2, 4 & 5 and again before bed becuase I forgot to take pill#1 w/meal#1. Not far off the mark though.
SIDE EFFECTS: Definitely spots. On my forehead. Not loads of them, but they hurt. They're down deep ones. Squeezing 'em only seems to piss 'em off and they just swell up and look bigger 'n' meaner. Whatever. I'll just walk the fuck around with spots on my head, I suppose.

08-10-2007, 09:47 PM	#187
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/3/07 FRIDAY SLEPT (last night): 11:15pm-1:00am (woke up hungry. drank ½ of 1st-ever home-made PWO shake - not too bad. not exactly "good" but anyway...). WEIGHT (before breakfast):171.8lb. Meal 1 - 7:30am Meal 2 - 10:20am (Got hungry at 9:30am! WTF!?) Meal 3 - 1:30pm (Home-made PWO shake - See notes below). Meal 4 - 3:30pm (Even home-made shakes only last 2hrs!) Meal 5 - 7:30pm (PP shake @6:45p. couldn't wait for food) Meal 6 - 9:30pm (rehersal dinner, eating early. boredom!). LUNCHTIME WORKOUT (Pull/Tri): (1) Wide Grip Pullups (BW) - 3x6 (full extension all reps. All completed for 1st time! Woohoo! Do same again next week. Hopefully less effort required for final reps each set) [Me-52lb:1x10 warmup]. (2) Bent-over BB rows (knees bent, back straight) - w/bar:1x10(warmup), 65lb:1x10(cake!), 75lb:1x10(still cake!), 85lb:1x10 (All reps fully to abs. 1st time. Woohoo! Up the weight! Next time try 75, 85 & 95lb sets) (3) Dips w/30lb DB - 1x8 (struggled last rep, but not too bad) w/15lb DB - 1x8 (easy), BW:1x8 (Too easy! Next time try all three sets w/30lb DB!). (4) Cable Row w/narrow handle - 110lb:3x10(all reps fully to abs. 1st time. I'm an animal today! ). (5) Bent over lateral raise (rear delts) w/25lb DBs: 3x10(No problem! Next time use 30lb for 1st and possibly 2nd sets). (6) DB Pullover w/40lb DB - 3x10 (NOTE: Right shoulder felt tight, but loosened up as sets progressed. good extension on all reps - keep this the same for next time) (7) Skull-Crushers - 25lb:3x5 (faied r3, s3. triceps apparently fried!). WORKOUT NOTES: Awesome! Smashed last weeks #s. Felt like a power house. NEXT TIME: Up the weights, up the weights, up the weights!!! PWO SHAKE NOTES: I made my first home-made PWO shake last night. It had ½cup fat free yogurt, ½cup milk, ½cup ground rolled oats and a banana all blended up togther. It looked like asphalt sealant when I got it out of the fridge this morning (to take to work - i.e. transfer to office fridge) and it was it was still pretty thick when I took my first sip, but adding a little water made it actually OK. It's kind-of weird but not too bad. I might add some dried cherries to see if it sweetens it up a bit. All in all though, not too bad. Thanks to all IM members that recommended cessation of Cytogainer. I'd rather be on whole-food any day. AFTER WORK: Family hell! Wife's sister's son is getting married tomorrow. Rehersal dinner tonight (since when is it necessary to "reherse" eating fucking dinner!?). Sat around bored while wife caught up with family members. ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** ** May not have them all in food log but I took everything perfectly.
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-10-2007, 09:47 PM	#188
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/4/07 SATURDAY SLEPT (last night): 11:30pm-7:00am WEIGHT (before breakfast):not measured. Meal 1 - 7:30am Meal 2 - 11:30am Meal 3 - 2:30pm Meal 4 - 5:30pm Meal 5 - 7:30pm Meal 6 - 8:30pm MORNING: Painted freshly built handrail recently built by back door. ATERNOON-->NIGHT: Wedding & reception for wife's sister's son. Went on for ages. I was soooo bored. I couldn't wait to leave. They served food at 7:30pm. I ate again before they put it away, plus took a whole bunch of chicken and beef home. It was crazy good food! Not worth going through 9-10 hours of reception but still... ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** ** Even remembered to take ActvaTe to wedding. All taken timely.
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-10-2007, 09:48 PM	#189
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/5/07 SUNDAY SLEPT (last night): 12:30pm-7:00am (up early, someone arrived to clear topsoil from back WEIGHT (before breakfast): Meal 1 - 7:45am Meal 2 - 11:50am (trip to H.Depot took too long. hungry!) Meal 3 - 4:00pm (slept 12-2. took 'til 4 to feel hungry) Meal 4 - 9:15pm (grocery shop 6-9pm. lived on cherries!) NOTE: Forgot to add Meal 4 marker in food log. Can't be bothered to fix it. "Bad day for food and water" - That's what I wrote in my little carry-around leather day-log/journal. Look what happened tomorrow! Related to today's water intake, or or bigger/different issue? Surely the latter, right? ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** ** "Took ActivaTe perfectly" - That's what little book says. It's Fri 8/10 as I type this. I fell behind updating this due to tomorrow's events.
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-10-2007, 09:49 PM	#191
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/7/07 TUESDAY SLEPT (last night): 4:15am-11:00am (In hospital on IVs for dehydration 8p-3:30a - Actually it was more like 7 hours in pain in the waiting room and 40 minutes getting 2 litres of IV fluids! But anyway...) WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):176.8lb (NOTE: Spent night in hospital getting re-hydrated - see yesterday's notes. Recorded 175.8lb in weight-log to offset coffee, toast & egg breakfast). Up from 161lb in March and still have abs! Woohoo! Meal 1 - 11:00am Meal 2 - 2:00pm Meal 3 - 5:00pm Meal 4 - 8:00pm Meal 5 - 11:00pm NOTE: Bad headache, like a really nasty hangover, all day long! Progressed into blinding migraine by 4pm, Couldn't see anything but flashing colors 4:30-6pm. Had to stay a little late at work just to be able to drive home. Got home at 6:30pm and fell alseep in LA-Boy until 7:30pm. Identified 500mg of methylxanthine matrix (incl. caffeine) in Animal Pump. I'm hoping that avoiding caffeine will stop dehydration issues. Time will tell. ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** **
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-10-2007, 09:50 PM	#192
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/8/07 WEDNESDAY SLEPT (last night): 6pm-7pm, then 12:15am-7am WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):174.8lb (Down 1lb from yesterday, after being re-hydrated via IV Tuesday night). Meal 1 - 7:30am Meal 2 - 10:30am Meal 3 - 1:30pm Meal 4 - 4:30pm Meal 5 - 8:15pm (couldn't stop listing Craigslist items) Meal 6 - 11:00pm Meal 7 - 3:00am (Woke up. Had pee, PP shake & back to bed). NOTE: Crappy day. Had miserable breakdown at work with boss (after finding out that wife had wracked up another almost $400 on the credit card I've already banned her from using). Told him about my suicidal thoughts and debt-related depression. Left work determined to something about it. Namely, to sell anything (and damned near everything!) I own on Craigslist (incl. golf cart, trailer, home gym , pressure washer, kitchenaid etc). Anything worth over $100 is outahere. $25k credit card debt has to go away (and will, dammit). Photographed items for sale and listed craigslist ads for 5hours 6pm-11pm. Read replies to my dehydration/hospitalization thread on IM and posted response. Got to bed at about 12:30am. Late again, but I just wasn't tired at 11pm. Never enough sleep. Still need to order ZMA and whatever else was recommended in this jrnl (above). ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** ** Took everthing perfectly.
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-10-2007, 09:51 PM	#193
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/9/07 THURSDAY. SLEPT (last night): 12:30am-7am (again, not enough!) Was listing damned near everything I own (incl. home gym) for sale on craigslist) in an effort to stop mounting interest on $25k credit card debt (wife's gasitric bypass $20k + mastectomy $5k). Using Psycho-cybernetics techniques to drive self to acheive debt-free goal. It can't hurt! WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):174.0lb (Down .8lb from yesterday and 1.8lb from Tuesday morning - after being re-hydrated in hospital via IV Monday night). Meal 1 - 7:30am Meal 2 - 10:35am Meal 3 - 1:25pm Meal 4 - 4:30pm (No food. No milk. Muesli w/PP = Gross!) Meal 5 - 7:30pm Meal 6 - 10:30pm NOTE: I've decided to sell anything and everything we own to try and get out from under our $25k of credit card debt ($20k wife gastric bypass + $5k wife's mastectomy). Someone was supposed to be coming round to look at my pullup/dip station so I went to the garage to dust it off and make it look nice. As a fairwell Goodbye I decided to do a quick half-dozen pullups. As soon as I hit #6, I felt that old familiar pressure head-pain that i'd felt in the gym on Monday. It wasn't as bad as Monday (by a long way) but, if it's solely dehydrated related, then why am I still getting this pain after being re-hydrated and rested for 3days? It only happens when I do some kind of strenuous physical activity. DOCTORS: I made an appt to see my doctor this morning, but they phoned me back and cancelled me. Actually they didn't call me, they called my wife, and I didn;t even know they'd rescheduled until I went to bed last night. Fuckers! I've only been to see them three times and twice they've done this to me. I guess head-splitting headaches, dehydration and hospitalization is no big deal to them. Rescheduled to Monday 8:15am anyway. ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** Missed cap 1 w/breakfast. Took it at 10:35am w/meal 2 & supplements. All other pills taken perfectly. SIDE EFFECTS - I don't know really. Nothing much. Maybe a few extra spots on my forehead but they might've happened anyway. I don't know. My libido's been fucked since I started working out 9months ago (never had any libido issues before) and there's been no change there. I don't know really. Nothing particular to mention anyway. ******* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** ** Took everthing perfectly.
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-10-2007, 10:41 PM	#194
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/10/07 FRIDAY. SLEPT (last night): 12:30am-7am (as always, not enough!) Wide awake at 11:30pm talking to Dad in UK. Haven't spoken for a month or more, so stayed up chatting. Gotta get more sleep. Need to order ZMA and whatever else was recommended in my IM journal to see if it helps. I never sleep enough. No wonder my libidos fucked! I never sleep enough to produce hormones! WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):174.0lb (Same as yesterday. Down .8lb from Wednesday and 1.8lb from Tuesday morning - after being re-hydrated in hospital via IV Monday night). FYI - I drank 13pints of water yesterday and didn't gain an ounce. Surely 174lb is a true weight. WATER - I drank water like a madman today. 2.9gal to be exact! It was nuts! I had to pee 16 times! I counted! I drank all day long (as usual) but just drank more. I'm interested to see my weight tomorrow morning. Assuming I don't sweat an unusually large amount overnight I should be able to tell if 174lb is where I'm at, or whether I should be closer to 176, like I was after being re-hydrated in hospital. Anyway... drinking that much water and peeing that many times is defintely not practical for a daily routine! 16x! Sheesh! I WONDER... how long it takes the body to rehydrate without IVs. I mean, if it took 2 litres of IVs to rehydrate me in hospital, how much water would I need to drink (and for how long) to rehydrate myself. Would one day of three gallons do it, or does it take the body a couple of days (or more) to osmosis whatever it needed to replenish itself. I wonder. Meal 1 - 7:30am Meal 2 - 10:50-11:20am(busy at work. bite here, bite there) Meal 3 - 1:30pm (hungry already) Meal 4 - 4:30pm Meal 5 - 8:00pm Meal 6 - 12:00pm (after updating this journal, Sat-Fri). ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** **
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-30-2007, 08:50 PM	#196
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	Geez. Thanks. The bloodwork said elctrolytes were fine, but I have been trying to find something that'll do better than just water, especially for workout days. Thanksfor the links (and reminding me of the word ISOTONIC - I'd been trying to remember it. Trying to explain to a moron in a sports store what you're looking for when you can't remember what it's called is a pain giant pain in the wahzoo! Anyway.. It's 8/30 as I write this. Almost 3 weeks since I last updated (what a slacker!). The road of life got p-r-e-t-t-y bumpy from for a few days. I hate it when life beats me down into a worthless rambling pulp. Here's the journal logs from 8/10 until now. Some of the food-log stuff is missing, but who the hell looks at that anyway (except me - when I'm going back through shit, researching). Anyway... here goes...
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-30-2007, 08:53 PM	#197
katt Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,050 Photos: 37	Hey G! Nice to see you're back in it! What are you talking about???? I look at the food logs....but, then again,,, I'm the anal type

08-30-2007, 08:54 PM	#198
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/11/07 FRIDAY. SLEPT (last night): 12:30am-8:30am - Got woken up by someone calling to buy golfcart (already sold yesterday - I'm very sad to see it go, but gotta get out of debt). WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):172.6lb WTF!!? I was 172lb when admittd to hospital dehydrated. I was 176lb when I came out. I drank 2.9gal of water yesteday and dropped from 174lb yesterday morning to 172.6lb this morning. If I was 172lb when admitted to hospital dehydrated and 176lb when I came out rehydrated then surely being 172.6lb 3 days later means I'm dehydrated again! This just isn't making any sense. Something's up. Meal 1 - 8:45am Meal 2 - not updated. Meal 3 - kept records on paper. Meal 4 - but, as of 8/30 Meal 5 - I can't be f&^%ed to go Meal 6 - back and enter it. Ate OK though. ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** **
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-30-2007, 08:57 PM	#199
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/12/07 I don't know. I probably took notes of the food, but I never updated this day. As of 8/30 I can't be f*&^ed!
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-30-2007, 08:57 PM	#200
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/13/07 MONDAY. SLEPT (last night): 12:45am-7:00am - Up late cooking food for the week (veggies, chicken etc). WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):175.2lb - Entered 174.2lb in weight log to offset bread, PB, eggs & coffee breakfast. Meal 1 - 7:20am Meal 2 - 10:50am (late. after Dr's appt - see below). Meal 3 - 1:45pm Meal 4 - 6:00pm (after wk - hungry!) Meal 5 - 9:15pm Meal 6 - 11:15pm (shake before bed) DOCTORS APPT (8:15am): Good news and bad news... The good news is that my dehydration (and resultant headaches) could be caused simply by a lack of sodium. Not eating any processed foods has eliminated a lot of sources of sodium from my diet. And, while I do put salt in the water I boil veggies in (and add seasoned-salt to most meats/sauces) it's apparently not enough. The doc prescribed me a bag of pretzels! I thought that was pretty funny. He's told me to eat a few servings of them today, tomorrow and Wednesday, drink plenty of water (at least a gallon) then go to the gym for a workout Wednesday night. He also suggested taking a serving of pretzels into the gym and munching on them during the workout (He said it might even make me feel better). I'll be the only MF with a bag of pretzels in the gym, but Hey! Whatever it takes, right? The bad news is that if I get a headache on Wednesday he wants me back in for an MRI of my brain. He was concerned that I got head pain two days after being rehydrated in hospital while doing a few pullups (to say goodbye to my pullup stn, currently for sale). He said I should've got enough sodium from my IV to prevent something like that occuring. He said it could be a weak point in my brain. And, while my blood pressure is currently 115/65 it could go up to as much as 180 or 190 while lifting. There could be somewhere in my head unable to deal with this kind of pressure. I honestly think it's a sodium thing. If it was a head thing then surely it would've been a problem sometime between March (last hospital stay) and now becuase I've been lifting regularly throughout. Also, whenever I get head pain in the gym it always turns out that I'm dehydrated. Coincedence? I don't think so. Time will tell! Fingers crossed. ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** ** #3 & #4 were kind-of close together becuase meal 5 was late and bed was early. Other than that though, all were taken timely. SIDE EFFECTS - Still nothing particular to mention. I do have a number of spots on my forehead and my libido is still non-existant, but other than that, nothing much.
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

08-30-2007, 08:59 PM	#201
Big G Gettin' Diesel. Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cols,OH. It sucks. Posts: 1,212 Photos: 1	8/14/07 TUESDAY. SLEPT (last night): 12:00am-7:00am (Bed at 11:30pm, read Psycho-cybernetics - Interesting stuff!). WEIGHT (AFTER breakfast):173.2lb (up, down, up, down! WTF?) Meal 1 - 7:30am Meal 2 - 10:30am (w/added pretzels. Dr's orders). Meal 3 - 1:15pm (w/salt. Dr's orders.I don't like salt.) Meal 4 - 5:20pm (Benefits Mtg: snacked on 1oz pretzels). Meal 5 - 11:00pm (slept 7pm-10:45pm. came home exhausted) Meal 6 - 1:45pm Shake before bed. NOTES: Nothing day. Tired. Busted ass at work. Crashed as soon as I got home (couldn't stay awake). Woke at 11ish hungry. Ate pretzels throughout the day and salted lunch & eggs. Realized that I don't really like salt sprinkled on my food too much (if at all!), but still... gotta have it. Tomorrow is G-Day! Back to the gym. I'm hoping for no headache. Otherwise it's back to the doc and off for a fucking MRI/brain-scan to see what's up. And with it goes any hopes of packing on some serious pounds here over the next few years. Fingers crossed. Fuck. Fingers, toes, arms and legs crossed! Come onnnn brain! No weakspots allowed! No pussy-ass weakspot brains at this party! ********* NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ************ ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed. Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed. ********************************************** ** Took w/meals 2, 4 & 5 and again before bed becuase I forgot to take pill#1 w/meal#1. Not far off the mark though. SIDE EFFECTS: Definitely spots. On my forehead. Not loads of them, but they hurt. They're down deep ones. Squeezing 'em only seems to piss 'em off and they just swell up and look bigger 'n' meaner. Whatever. I'll just walk the fuck around with spots on my head, I suppose.
	Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal