Hey, last night I looked at my back in the mirror for the first time in forever. I thought I'd cut myself so I used two mirrors to get a good view. I was shocked by what I saw.
In my lower back, I have what appears to be a "four pack" of defined muscles popping out.
WHAT THE HELL?! What is that? Is that what has come of all my deadlifts? If so, NO THANK YOU!
Are my abs just confused? While I have a flat stomach, I don't have defined, visible muscles like the four poppin' fresh bumps on my lower back. Why do I have abs on my back but not on my abs?! This is bullshit!
It has been 2 weeks since I posted to this blog. The reason for being out of touch is that I have been meeting with a personal trainer, as recommended by Lost Dog, and my workouts and diet have been in flux--such that keeping track of them didn't make sense to me. These blog entries have been to mark my progress while I was on my way toward a goal. The last two weeks haven't felt like training toward a goal, per se.
My new program is a 4-day per week program. Two of the days consist of 8 exercise movements, generally for 6 sets each, at 15 reps per set. One of the purposes for these two days is glycogen depletion because the diet has me eating carbohydrates. You know how I feel about those....
The other two days are more intense. Those are the two days where I work with my trainer. Those days are lower in both sets and reps. One of these days is classified as a "tension" workout, the other is classified as a "power" workout.
Now for the diet. THIS IS THE HARD PART.
On the days were I do not train, I have to eat according to these requirements.
Off-Days:
Calories 2541
Fat 154 g
Carbs 100 g
Protein 189 g
Depletion Days
Calories 2286
Fat 126 g
Carbs 100 g
Protein 189 g
Beginning after the Tension workout:
Calories 4482
Fat 50 g
Carbs 882 g
Protein 126 g
Day after the tension workout
Calories 2795.1
Fat 50 g
Carbs 428 g
Protein 158 g
Day after the Power workout:
Calories 2795.1
Fat 157 g
Carbs 189 g
Protein 157.5 g
How on earth do I meet these dietary requirements? It's a complete puzzle. Any suggestions?
Hi Chance...thanks for stopping by my log!! As for nutrition advice, I can only speak for what has worked for me. When I transitioned off of TNT and not tracking anything, I knew that once I began adding in carbs and trying to hit certain macro percentages, I would need to track carefully. I fought this initially, but eventually I had to comply. I began to log and WEIGH and MEASURE everything and log it into Fitday.com. This may be more difficult for you because, as I recall, you eat out a lot. I didn't eat out at all at first so I could accurately measure everything at home and log it appropriately.
In Fitday (and any other calorie tracking website/tool), once you log all of your food for the day, you get the macro breakdowns (Fat, Protein, Carb). What I did/do is log my food for the next day and see what the macro breakdowns look like. If my protein is a little low, I tweak it until I get the calories and macros that I am looking for.
I know this sounds like a lot of work coming from the no tracking mindset of TNT. But, it did work for me. And, it sounds like your new eating plan is going to have to be monitored precisely from what I can see above.
Okay. Today is an offday and I've already screwed up my macronutrients because I didn't pay attention to what I was doing. I better plan tomorrow a little better.
Here's the deal. I was SUPPOSED to eat:
Off-Days: Calories 2541
Fat 154 g
Carbs 100 g
Protein 189 g
This morning, I ate half a box of cereal with whole milk.
My intake has been:
Calories: 1184
Fat: 37g
Protein: 42 g
Carbs: 189g.
So, I've eaten WAY too many carbs and a little less than half of my daily caloric allowance.
Hmmm... Upon further research, my answer might be gatorade. If I keep my meals limited to meat, vegetables, and fats like cheese, I can control my daily carb intake using gatorade.
Didn't the guy/gal who put you on the dietary plan give you some sort of outline or meal plan for these days so you could see what it would look like? Even if you modify it for foods you like and will prepare (and your calorie needs) it would be a template from which to work.
People with opinions on or experience with massdrol might not read the training logs or might not read yours. You might get more responses with a post in Training Discussion forum - and also then your log isn't cluttered with that discussion.
When I did my research on Massdrol, I didn't see much in terms of reviews or side effects. However, I learned that it was a "clone" of superdrol, which actually has quite a great deal of commentary.
One of the side effects *MAY* include hair loss. NO!!!!
Sorry. I'm not doing it. We're going back to all natural and that's going to have to be good enough. Anyway, I'll have better self-respect in the long run if I achieve my goals naturally.
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