MonStar's Journal: Getting Back On Track!

[M.J.H.]

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.]

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.]

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]

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]

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]

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.]

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]

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]

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]

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

BTW.. Hi

 

[M.J.H.]

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.]

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]

nice stuff monStar...no deads??

 

[soxmuscle]

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]

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

?

 

[Mudge]

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.]

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.]

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]

I thought that you broke up?

 

[M.J.H.]

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]

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

 

[BigDyl]

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.]

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]

Nice Ba Donk A Donk.

 

[BigDyl]

Damn, nice.

 

[Mudge]

BTW, I attached a pic so now you can kind of put a face with the name.

I think you pointed the camera at the wrong end

@ badonk a donk

 

[M.J.H.]

Jake: LOL.

BTW, nice friggin' avatar!

BigDyl: Thanks bud.

Mudge: Nah man, that picture was taken from the right angle, lol.

 

[M.J.H.]

Wednesday; 12-29-2004

• Training:
  
  Seated Alternating DB Curls
  4 sets of 5 with the 55's
  
  Supersetted With:
  
  Skullcrushers
  4 sets of 5 with 115
  
  One-Arm DB French Presses
  3 sets of 12 with the 40's
  
  Supersetted With:
  
  One-Arm DB Preacher Curls
  3 sets of 8 with the 40's
  
  Reverse Cable Curls
  2 sets of 10 with 140
  
  Supersetted With:
  
  Cable Pressdowns
  2 sets of 10 with 200
  
  Arms were pumped as hell today! Really surprised at how well my arms swelled up. Great workout. No complaints at all.

• Diet:
  
  Meal 1: chicken salad sandwich, banana
  Meal 2: 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
  Preworkout: 1 scoop of Swole preworkout
  Postworkout: whey protein + 2% milk
  Meal 4: 1/2 tuna salad sandwich
  Meal 5: turkey & cheese melt, chicken noodle soup, dried cranberry

• Sleep: 6 hours. Also a short nap this afternoon.

 

[soxmuscle]

I second the "nice badonk a donk" comments.

 

[M.J.H.]

soxmuscle: LOL, thanks man. Yeah, her "badonka donk" is definitely hot.