One month into summer, with pics

[burkoboy]

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I would be interested in more specifics. especially about calorie consumption, how do u maintain something that will work over multi-month timescale that is not too harsh but still provides basis for fat reduction along with serious exercise?

nice work, btw.

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At the beginning of summer I was eating around 6-7 meals per day, now I'm down around 3-4. Some may argue this is bad, that I should be eating more, but I think it's working perfect. Here is a typical week, and I'll lay out my diet.

Monday- Wake up around 11am-12. Cook 5 egg whites with assorted veggies like peppers, mushrooms, spinach.

around 2-3pm I will go run my 3 miles. Immediately after I will have a protein shake, which is about 100 cals, with 25 grams of protein. Or wait a little, and have something like a sliced chicken sandwich on wheat bread, depending on how I feel

5pm-7pm is submission grappling and muay thai. I get home about 730-745, and I will have the other half of the protein shake, 100 cals, 25g of protein. Then, about exactly an hour after I do the protein shake it's dinner, this monday I had a chicken breast, a whole zucchini, cooked both, and once they were done put some lite pasta sauce on them.

Tuesday wake up around 10 again, 1 cup high protein/high fiber cereal, 1 thing of yogurt.

11am-12 workout. Chest and back.

1230- full protein shake, 200 cals, 50g of protein

around 330. I'll do a sliced chicken sandwich (make sure you get this from a deli, as opposed to the packaged [censored])

430 or so, do my 3 mile run, do some abs, punch a punching bag, jump rope, w/e.

anywhere from 730-830 It's dinner, lets say 2 pieces of tilapia (seasoned) and different veggies.


Those are examples of days where I just either workout, or do MMA. If I happen to both I will end up eating a lot more.

[thirddan]

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Thremp, "dry" muscle tissue. I get big and puffed when I'm on creatine, but most of that is water in the cells.

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yeah, i've heard different ranges for actual muscle tissue increase...but with any non-fat weight gain there will be some combo of muscle, increased glycogen stores, and water...not sure what the common ratios are...

[Thremp]

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Thremp, "dry" muscle tissue. I get big and puffed when I'm on creatine, but most of that is water in the cells.

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WTF does that mean? Like if we turned someone into beef jerky?

[Emperor]

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Thremp, "dry" muscle tissue. I get big and puffed when I'm on creatine, but most of that is water in the cells.

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WTF does that mean? Like if we turned someone into beef jerky?

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Beef Jerky

[Packard]

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Not to be a spoil-sport, but it is essentially impossible to gain lean muscle mass faster than 1-1.5lbs/month. Good work nonetheless.

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Wrong [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Why would 1-1.5 lbs of muscle a month be the limit for muscle gain? Beginners or intermediates especially can surpass that number.

I think that the OP is doing well with his program. The only thing that I would do is to start lifting more times a week and cut down on the jogging.

[mike0292]

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[burkoboy]

8/8/07 Update with some pics

From here on out I've decided not to weigh myself. I think I'm getting frustrated because I'm not losing as much as I thought I would, but as from the pics you can tell I look pretty good.

Still dieting, doing everything the same, and got a full month left of it.

My logic behind not weighing myself is that I don't walk around with the weight listed above my head. If I look good, and feel good, I will be happy, and I don't want to get frustrated, just lose the rest of this gut, and still continue to live a healthier lifestyle, also I think I may have hit a "weight plateau" and not get below 205, but just continue to turn the fat I have into muscle.

Any thoughts comments would be GREAT.....

I'm starting a sprinting routine this week prolly because I'm getting bored with distance. It's becoming to easy. Will update in 2 weeks again.

[maniacut]

I don't see the gut you're talking about but i'm guessing you're sucking it in. good steady progress is evident regardless of what the scale is saying. keep at it, good work

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keep up the good work

[4drugmoney]

Nice work.

There is no need to weigh yourself all the time. When Im trying to drop weight I weigh myself every two weeks, under the exact same conditions. For me this means wake up, run, Sauna. That way there is minimal water weight.

Also I take measurements. I've dropped an inch off my waist before while my weight didn't fluctuate +/- 3 pounds.