CSC Gets Back into Shape 10/1/11

[bulldog]

Energy drinks don't effect me. I can have a Monster and then go to bed with no issues.

You should love Jack3d then. I say start with that one since I feel it is the weakest and will let you test if you like the feeling. First few times you may get a bit jittery but that goes away after a few uses; well did for me.

[Keyser Soze]

Energy drinks don't effect me. I can have a Monster and then go to bed with no issues.

With Jack3d, when your fingers start to tingle you know it's working.

[dragos13]

+1 for pre-workout drinks. Helps with muscle build, motivation, and energy needed to push yourself to the limits.

Just remember, a good diet is just as important as exercise. Wether you are trying to cut weight or build muscle, eating right will make all the difference. Also, this needs to be a 24/7 commitment. Don't slack or you are just setting yourself back.

[Keyser Soze]

+1

Todays food...

5:30AM Protein Shake with flax oil within 10 minutes of waking up
7:30AM 1/2 dozen old fashioned dunkin dough nuts with some coffee
9:00AM 3 greek yogurts followed by vitamins and salmon oil
10:30AM 2 bagels, 1 plain, 1 with cream cheese
12:30PM 1 Carls Junior Famous star Cheeseburger
2:30 PM 1 grilled chicken breast with a cup of brown rice
3:30PM Protein Shake
4:45PM 1/2 Sweet potato blended with peanut butter and milk
5:45PM Train so preworkout only
7:00PM Post work out protein shake and some fruit juice
8:30PM Baked potato with cottage cheese, maybe some eggs
Whenver before bed I have a casein shake

[bulldog]

+1

Todays food...

5:30AM Protein Shake with flax oil within 10 minutes of waking up
7:30AM 1/2 dozen old fashioned dunkin dough nuts with some coffee
9:00AM 3 greek yogurts followed by vitamins and salmon oil
10:30AM 2 bagels, 1 plain, 1 with cream cheese
12:30PM 1 Carls Junior Famous star Cheeseburger
2:30 PM 1 grilled chicken breast with a cup of brown rice
3:30PM Protein Shake
4:45PM 1/2 Sweet potato blended with peanut butter and milk
5:45PM Train so preworkout only
7:00PM Post work out protein shake and some fruit juice
8:30PM Baked potato with cottage cheese, maybe some eggs
Whenver before bed I have a casein shake

Dang this is a "bulk up" diet! Don't forget man, big is out and lean is in JK...but you planning to lean up after this bulk phase or are you just going for size?

[Keyser Soze]

Believe it or not, I stay pretty lean with this diet It's hard as hell for me to put weight on. My metabolism has yet to slow down. Last time I checked I was around 8%

[Mother Goose]

+1 for pre-workout drinks. Helps with muscle build, motivation, and energy needed to push yourself to the limits.

Just remember, a good diet is just as important as exercise. Wether you are trying to cut weight or build muscle, eating right will make all the difference. Also, this needs to be a 24/7 commitment. Don't slack or you are just setting yourself back.

I think that's something I need the most. It takes me a while to get into the workout, and I feel lazy for the first 5 or so minutes of it. I want to be excited to do it, and go all out for it. I think that's why I lose interest in working out so easily.

+1

Todays food...

5:30AM Protein Shake with flax oil within 10 minutes of waking up
7:30AM 1/2 dozen old fashioned dunkin dough nuts with some coffee
9:00AM 3 greek yogurts followed by vitamins and salmon oil
10:30AM 2 bagels, 1 plain, 1 with cream cheese
12:30PM 1 Carls Junior Famous star Cheeseburger
2:30 PM 1 grilled chicken breast with a cup of brown rice
3:30PM Protein Shake
4:45PM 1/2 Sweet potato blended with peanut butter and milk
5:45PM Train so preworkout only
7:00PM Post work out protein shake and some fruit juice
8:30PM Baked potato with cottage cheese, maybe some eggs
Whenver before bed I have a casein shake

Sweet Jesus, that's a lot of food! How much is your grocery bill each week?!

[Keyser Soze]

I think that's something I need the most. It takes me a while to get into the workout, and I feel lazy for the first 5 or so minutes of it. I want to be excited to do it, and go all out for it. I think that's why I lose interest in working out so easily.


Sweet Jesus, that's a lot of food! How much is your grocery bill each week?!

I must be addicted to the endorphins cause I cant wait to work out. Preworkouts make it even better. As my friend calls it "swole patrol!"

My grocery bill is steep. Milk...actually all dairy is expensive as hell right now. 1 to 2 chicken breasts a day also adds up. Hit the right stores and the right sales tho and you can do alright. It's made me more sale savy for sure.

[Mother Goose]

We get our chicken, milk and eggs at Costco, so it helps a little with stuff like that.

[bulldog]

I must be addicted to the endorphins cause I cant wait to work out. Preworkouts make it even better. As my friend calls it "swole patrol!"

My grocery bill is steep. Milk...actually all dairy is expensive as hell right now. 1 to 2 chicken breasts a day also adds up. Hit the right stores and the right sales tho and you can do alright. It's made me more sale savy for sure.

Yup, I feel the exact same way about getting to the gym. Hell right now I get off in 30 minutes and can't wait because within 1 hour I will be in the gym...think after a while that endorhins rush is addicting...plus I love making gains and just feel better after a good workout.

When I did the 5000 calories a day it got so expensive, even just the protein powder alone was costing me over $100 a month; went through at least 2 fiive pound jugs a month...

Fine Rob, ignore my question on if you will lean out or are just going for size!

[Keyser Soze]

I'm goin for size right now. I wanna hit 225 and stay at the same BF % I'm at right now. Doing the Rugged Maniac in Nov. So we've been doing trail runs and long hikes to prepare, tough putting on any weight doing that shit.

[green_zx7r]

Have lost 69 pounds since February...

Work out six days a week... Weight lifting on MonWedFri, Cardio/Planks on TueThuSat. Rest up and no exercise on Sun.

Eat eggs/chicken for breakfast, salad for lunch, and basically skip dinner... Not recommending this to anyone. It just works for me and my weak slow digesting stomach.

Feeling DAMN good!!!

Downside? Going from size 42 to 32 pants and keep buying and wasting clothes as I shrink... Happy, but costly...

[Mother Goose]

That's awesome Yusuke!!

[green_zx7r]

That's awesome Yusuke!!

Thanks John, but honestly, if you start off as a serious FAT ASS like me, it's not hard to go down in weight... The good news is that I'm enjoying the workouts so I should be able to keep this going long term, not just a short term and rebound back to fatness...

Yusuke

[Mother Goose]

I've seen bigger. But I'm glad you put your mind to it and kept with it. It's better in the long run. You have a beautiful daughter that probably wants her dad around for a long time.

[Zach929rr]

Got my re-up of supplements coming at the beginning of next week. Back in the gym!

I'm already down ~15lbs since I started this at the beginning of August, and have been about 50/50 on sticking to the workout/eating regimen.

If I can get down to ~230, I'll just start hustling kids for their milk money instead of working.

[green_zx7r]

...You have a beautiful daughter that probably wants her dad around for a long time.

Or at least until she's in the teens when she'll hate my guts and wishes I were dead!

I was around 270 lbs at the beginning of the year, always out of breath and lazy/tired... Got sick of being out of shape and eating bad, so one day I just started busting my ass every day. As of today, I'm down to 201 lbs. Since I'm only 5'10", I'd like to get to 185 lbs, but we'll see how far I can go...

[FZRguy]

That's great Yusuke! Def addicted to endorphins, off to Bally's now. Things change for me Oct 28....ACL reconstruction surgery. It will be hard lying on the couch for a couple weeks.

[Suki]

+1

Todays food...

5:30AM Protein Shake with flax oil within 10 minutes of waking up
7:30AM 1/2 dozen old fashioned dunkin dough nuts with some coffee
9:00AM 3 greek yogurts followed by vitamins and salmon oil
10:30AM 2 bagels, 1 plain, 1 with cream cheese
12:30PM 1 Carls Junior Famous star Cheeseburger
2:30 PM 1 grilled chicken breast with a cup of brown rice
3:30PM Protein Shake
4:45PM 1/2 Sweet potato blended with peanut butter and milk
5:45PM Train so preworkout only
7:00PM Post work out protein shake and some fruit juice
8:30PM Baked potato with cottage cheese, maybe some eggs
Whenver before bed I have a casein shake

HOLY SHIT that's a lot of chow!

[Sean]

Week 2, of Insanity

For me, it's getting easier. They are just starting to recycle workouts (Saturday's and today's was a repeat) and I already feel pretty good about it. To keep up at the exact pace, does really push you, and I can't keep it up all of the time, but it's not as hard as the first week. It was nice to have Sunday off, but the workouts are so short that I don't know if it's even necessary? After last Wednesday, my body never really felt too fatigued. The only thing that I've been doing outside of Insanity, is stretching more. I feel like they rush through stretching, and it's too important to rush through. So at night, when we are reading or watching TV, I'll do some extra stretches and it really helps out.

The good thing is that I can tell that I've lost weight already. I don't have a scale, but my clothes are fitting much looser and I'm starting to see some muscle. I have yet to locate my abdominal muscles, but I have faith that there in there...somewhere.

Also, Angela yelled at me when I told her I was reviewing my workouts the way I was. Just to add a disclaimer, the cardio aspect of these workouts isn't that hard for me. For the past couple of years I have done some very long cardio workouts and so endurance isn't an aspect that I had /have to work on. I'm not saying I'm great at it, I've just done a bunch. So if you try these workouts and think that I'm full of crap, you're right. I probably am.

+1

Todays food...

5:30AM Protein Shake with flax oil within 10 minutes of waking up
7:30AM 1/2 dozen old fashioned dunkin dough nuts with some coffee
9:00AM 3 greek yogurts followed by vitamins and salmon oil
10:30AM 2 bagels, 1 plain, 1 with cream cheese
12:30PM 1 Carls Junior Famous star Cheeseburger
2:30 PM 1 grilled chicken breast with a cup of brown rice
3:30PM Protein Shake
4:45PM 1/2 Sweet potato blended with peanut butter and milk
5:45PM Train so preworkout only
7:00PM Post work out protein shake and some fruit juice
8:30PM Baked potato with cottage cheese, maybe some eggs
Whenver before bed I have a casein shake

Holy mother f'ing food. I would be pushing 300 lbs if I ate that shit! I have pretty much the same food everyday.

6:30- 1/2 bagal w/cream cheese
9:00- Yogurt (we mix our own with greek yogurt, blue berries and a little agave) plus a banana.
12:00- Turkey sandwich on whole wheat w/mustard/cheese and some pretzels.
2:00- mixed nuts and an apple
6:30- meat/veggie/side

Besides coffee in the morning and the occasional beer, I only drink water.

Have lost 69 pounds since February...

Damn Yusuke! That's awesome!!!! Way to go, I hope you keep it up.

[Keyser Soze]

Holy mother f'ing food. I would be pushing 300 lbs if I ate that shit! I have pretty much the same food everyday.

6:30- 1/2 bagal w/cream cheese
9:00- Yogurt (we mix our own with greek yogurt, blue berries and a little agave) plus a banana.
12:00- Turkey sandwich on whole wheat w/mustard/cheese and some pretzels.
2:00- mixed nuts and an apple
6:30- meat/veggie/side

Besides coffee in the morning and the occasional beer, I only drink water.

And I'd disappear if I ate that much. There's no way I could have a decent workout with that little fuel.

[dragos13]

My normal diet (for gaining weight)

5:30 Corn flakes with Whey Protein mix and berries
8:30 3 scrambled eggs with ham or sausage
11:00 Turkey or chicken sandwich
1:30 Greek yogurt with fruit along with almonds
3:30 Pre-workout drink Muscletech naNO Vapor
5:30 Post workout drink GNC Beyond Raw Rebuilt-MASS
7:30 Dinner - meat and veggies. Usually chicken or fish
9:00 Cottage cheese

This includes daily vitamins (GNC Mega-Men Sport), fish oil, and Creatine Hydrochloride. Also about 80-120oz of water.

[bulldog]

My normal diet (for gaining weight)

5:30 Corn flakes with Whey Protein mix and berries
8:30 3 scrambled eggs with ham or sausage
11:00 Turkey or chicken sandwich
1:30 Greek yogurt with fruit along with almonds
3:30 Pre-workout drink Muscletech naNO Vapor
5:30 Post workout drink GNC Beyond Raw Rebuilt-MASS
7:30 Dinner - meat and veggies. Usually chicken or fish
9:00 Cottage cheese

This includes daily vitamins (GNC Mega-Men Sport), fish oil, and Creatine Hydrochloride. Also about 80-120oz of water.

Do you know how many calories this is? Rob, how many calories on what you posted? Just wondering if it even came to the 5,000 I had to do.

[dragos13]

Do you know how many calories this is? Rob, how many calories on what you posted? Just wondering if it even came to the 5,000 I had to do.

I'm at about 2,500-3,000 calories and 180-200 grams protein.