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04-17-2014, 01:25 PM #2866
Do you mean with two contests and a wife ready to pop you did not have time to rad every word of my "oh so exciting" journal? LOL. Honesty, I expect to hit about 204 to 205 by Saturday and I feel great. Still getting stronger, sick pumps, sleeping well (which is huge for me as you know).....I actually may push down to 200 or so before heading back up....I am thinking I can comfortably hang between 200 and 206 with no issues whatsoever and still make improvements. That will keep me right around 5 pounds of stage weight (if/when I decide to compete again).
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04-17-2014, 01:26 PM #2867
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04-17-2014, 02:33 PM #2868
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04-17-2014, 02:58 PM #2869
It's crazy how everyone is so different. I feel great when I am lighter. Yet last offseason when I hit a fairly lean 220, I felt awful. I was so sick of eating, did not sleep well, and just felt "off". I can drop weight/fat with hardly any effort. Basically right now I am eating perfect during the week, Saturday is my big refeed, and Sunday is clean food with a cheat meal but the clean food is basically whatever I want. For example, this past Sunday I had about 6 ezekial muffins with grass fed butter and a few sandwiches consisting of turkey, ezekial bread, safflower mayo, and raw cheese. I am only doing 3 x 30 minute cardio sessions a week.
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04-19-2014, 06:28 AM #2870
I am down another half pound from last week. Sitting at 205 this morning. Saturday morning is my "official weight" and it is always the low weight of the week for me. My high weight is usually Monday. This past Monday I was 211.
I will be hitting legs in an hour and a half or so. Today is my refeed. This is what part of my day will consist of:
I woke up at 3 hungry and I also wanted to get a head start on all the cooking (we cook for the week on Saturdays and Sundays). Usually my wife does most of the cooking but since she is in prep, I took over to make things easier for her. I got some food started in the oven and ate this:
6 egg whites, 1 cup pf cream of rice with cinnamon and a cup of blueberries mixed in, 2 banana English muffins. After that I went back to sleep, took the food out, and slept some more. I am getting ready to have my next meal which is:
2 scoops of GAT's PB Supertein, 1 cup of oats, 1 banana, and 3 tbs. of raw almond butter.
pre workout and intra (first half of workout): 1 scoop of GAT's Nitraflex, 1 scoop of GAT's Jet Fuse NOX, 1 scoop of GAT's Muscle Martini, 5 grams of BCAAs, 5 grams of Leucine, 5 grams of glutamine.
Intra workout (second half of workout) 1 scoop of GAT's Muscle Martini, 5 grams of BCAAs, 5 grams of Leucine, 5 grams of glutamine, 1 scoop of whey, 40 grams of carbs
Post workout: 2 pop-tarts, 2 English muffins
Next meal: pancakes and a few egg whites
Next meal: 125 grams of carbs from Lucky Charms, 1 scoop of whey
After this meal, I typically switch over to less sweeter carbs such as jasmine rice, cream of rice, pasta, etc.
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04-19-2014, 06:33 AM #2871
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04-23-2014, 08:03 AM #2872
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04-23-2014, 08:06 AM #2873
yea i find when i start getting closer to 210-220 i have trouble getting through the day without feeling sleepy and sluggish. i know im prety damn night right now but the energy i have to get through the day that starts very very early has been awesome now that cals are up. i find the lighter i am i can function on less sleep not that its healthy but its something my life needs right now getting 8 hours a night is simply not in the cards 5-6 is more likely.
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04-23-2014, 08:09 AM #2874
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04-23-2014, 08:53 AM #2875
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04-23-2014, 01:07 PM #2876
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04-23-2014, 01:10 PM #2877
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04-23-2014, 01:12 PM #2878
A little off topic but what is your current set up at this point? Right now I keep cals down/carbs down (100 grams or so) on my off days. I am still having a refeed day and the other "heavy" training days my carbs and cals are up with the bulk of them centered around my workout.
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04-23-2014, 01:19 PM #2879
Hope to hit about 204 this Saturday. I made a couple of small changes. Trimmed 100 cals a day (from fat) and added 15 minutes of cardio per week (not per day). I have my cardio set up so that a couple of sessions are fasted and are LISS sessions. I also do 2 HIIT sessions. These are post workout and on higher carb/cals days. I had a great chest/shoulder/tri workout this morning. Strength still continues to climb and pumps are about as good as they have ever been. Loving this plan so far! I really can see myself pushing to get below 200 before slowly taking things up a bit. Sleep continues to improve. Having vivid dreams every night. It's been quite awhile since that has happened.
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04-23-2014, 02:53 PM #2880
[QUOTE=Extreme One;2013439]Hope to hit about 204 this Saturday. I made a couple of small changes. Trimmed 100 cals a day (from fat) and added 15 minutes of cardio per week (not per day). I have my cardio set up so that a couple of sessions are fasted and are LISS sessions. I also do 2 HIIT sessions. These are post workout and on higher carb/cals days. I had a great chest/shoulder/tri workout this morning. Strength still continues to climb and pumps are about as good as they have ever been. Loving this plan so far! I really can see myself pushing to get below 200 before slowly taking things up a bit. Sleep continues to improve. Having vivid dreams every night. It's been quite awhile since that has happened.[
do you hold your bodyweight responsible for the better sleep or something else kev?
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