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mtnhike08 · 03-17-2008, 01:15 PM

I just (yesterday) squatted 95#!! 95!!! May not seem like a lot, but for me it is. The most I've ever squatted in my life before I started this program was 70. And I've gone from squatting 50# in my first workout to 95# only 2 weeks later. Next week I'm going for the 100+ mark. My DH pointed out that in a couple of weeks, I could be squatting my own body weight (120#). How scary is that?!

I used to workout A LOT a few years back. Back then I weighed around 140, having come down from 195# at my highest. I was definitely what I considered "in shape" at 140 pounds. Being heavier then, I had more lean mass than I do now, and even then, I never got past a 70# squat. I also did a 70# lat pulldown in those days. 2 weeks ago, I could only do 50#, and then a week after that (last Wednesday), 70#. Just one week later! I can't believe it. Before I started this, I could do maybe 5 standard pushups. Yesterday I did 24! Whohoo!!

I really think the protein is a big part of it. Back in the day, I'd follow a weight training program, but I'd never do the diet part of it, mostly because the diet-pigout cycle is what helped me get to 195 lbs. But this didn't seem restrictive at all, so I decided to give it a try. I didn't want to go back to what I was doing, spending 4-6 hours a week lifting weights and have very little to show for it. So I decided to take on the diet portion, and what a difference it has made! (I did a 2-day food journal before beginning this and found out I was only getting roughly 12-13% protein). I admit I'm not counting calories to the letter, but I have a general idea of how much I'm eating--still just under the 30% mark on the protein--more like 28%--but I'm working on it. And I'm monitoring my weight as well just to make sure I'm not eating too much or too little. So far, so good. On the weekdays, I have to leave the house pretty early, so if I don't have time to make an omelette, I just throw milk, a banana, PB, whey PP, and some ice into my blender and I have breakfast.

I love this program!

karenmc6 · 03-17-2008, 01:23 PM

way to go!!

karen

LWilson212 · 03-17-2008, 01:31 PM

Congratulations! That's awesome! I am in the same boat as you. I've been lifting weights for years, but it never occured to me before NROL that eating protein or eating right after lifting was important. I definitely agree that it helps on increasing strength and on soreness / recovery.

Nikster · 03-17-2008, 03:37 PM

do you have a whey protein that you recommend? I am so lost looking for these. I don't really know what I am looking for to be in it....any additional things that are good? Which ones taste good but affordable? I have been using a protein shake for about 2 years now but it has been from a vegetable protein and not whey....so I have not bought whey pro. since I did BFL about 6 yrs ago and I got EAS....I heard that EAS was not as good as it used to be so just thought I would ask you all

thanks!
Nikki

marygrace · 03-17-2008, 03:41 PM

Congratulations on your progress =D

I lifted weights for only a short time before starting NROL4W, but paid very little attention to protein and never bothered to have a PWO shake or anything like that. I couldn't say if my progress was what it should have been because I had only been lifting for about a month. But needless to say, I was always painstakingly sore the day after lifting. Once I started this program and started eating enough protein and having a PWO shake, the soreness is almost nonexistent.

mtnhike08 · 03-17-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikster

do you have a whey protein that you recommend? I am so lost looking for these. I don't really know what I am looking for to be in it....any additional things that are good? Which ones taste good but affordable? I have been using a protein shake for about 2 years now but it has been from a vegetable protein and not whey....so I have not bought whey pro. since I did BFL about 6 yrs ago and I got EAS....I heard that EAS was not as good as it used to be so just thought I would ask you all

thanks!
Nikki

I use Designer brand whey. I chose it for one reason--because it was the only one I could find in stores that didn't contain artificial sweeteners and wasn't outrageously priced. It's actually sweetened with Stevia. It tastes good to me, although I don't have anything to compare it to since this is the first time I've used whey protein. Now, I have had Jamba Juice's whey protein and according to their website, it only contains two ingredients: whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate. And it tastes good to me as well. So, I'm actually planning on buying a small pail of unflavored NutroBio brand whey protein isolate to try out, since I'd prefer to use a powder with no additives at all.

It really does make a difference as far as preventing soreness. I was very sore the first week, and since then, almost none. Whereas years ago when I would lift weights, it took weeks, sometimes months, for my body to adjust.

Nikster · 03-18-2008, 12:32 PM

So mtnhike, that Nutro Bio is from Jamba Juice? You can just buy the protein powder from them? I would like to have one with less additives as well....unless they are necessary for recovery? Thanks for the input on Designer Brand Whey!!! I know some people don't like Stevia but I am used to the taste now (really don't even notice a taste anymore haha) and don't like art. sweetners.

mtnhike08 · 03-18-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikster

So mtnhike, that Nutro Bio is from Jamba Juice? You can just buy the protein powder from them? I would like to have one with less additives as well....unless they are necessary for recovery? Thanks for the input on Designer Brand Whey!!! I know some people don't like Stevia but I am used to the taste now (really don't even notice a taste anymore haha) and don't like art. sweetners.

No, it's not from Jamba Juice. I don't know what brand they use (although now I'll have to ask). I just know that Jamba Juice's whey powder only has whey protein concentrate & isolate in it. NutraBio (the unflavored) is also only concentrate and/or isolate; that's why I'm going to try it.

Nikster · 03-18-2008, 02:16 PM

ohhh ok, thanks! I will look for it too. Let me know what you think of it since I have a few weeks to get through this tub first.