Fat Around Button Area?

[MartinBoy]

Thanks for the advice Cassie, it's defintely something i will look into more.

Day 117

Big bowl of porridge - breakfast. Quite milky and porridge oats have some protein but is this enough?

Some quiche from last night, back is aching a little but not too bad, probably from the deadlifts, i really want to focus on gaining some muscle, but still losing the fat for a 6 pack instead of it being faint, however i think i should leave the weights today espicaly if back is aching even a little bit.

Lunch - 3 boiled eggs 2 pices toast with peanut butter.

[cassiegose]

Hi Martin,

Oats have some protein... 5 grams per half cup. Milk also has some protein... i believe 7 or 8 grams per serving (going totally off memory there so could be off). So yes, that breakfast gives you some protein. I would aim for a bit more. Maybe add a little protein powder to the oats or a few eggs. Otherwise its a great, healthy breakfast.

Gaining muscle simply takes time and alot of work. Keep lifting heavy and you'll get there. A great deal of building has to do with diet, you must fuel your body properly so it can build. You've been doing a pretty good job with diet lately. Lifting heavy is also important as it forces your muscles to grow to handle the heavier weights you're working with. Just keep plugging along and you'll get there.

You did weights yesterday, feel free to take today off and do a bit of cardio or just go have some fun and enjoy the day.

Cassie

[MartinBoy]

Hi Martin,

Oats have some protein... 5 grams per half cup. Milk also has some protein... i believe 7 or 8 grams per serving (going totally off memory there so could be off). So yes, that breakfast gives you some protein. I would aim for a bit more. Maybe add a little protein powder to the oats or a few eggs. Otherwise its a great, healthy breakfast.

Gaining muscle simply takes time and alot of work. Keep lifting heavy and you'll get there. A great deal of building has to do with diet, you must fuel your body properly so it can build. You've been doing a pretty good job with diet lately. Lifting heavy is also important as it forces your muscles to grow to handle the heavier weights you're working with. Just keep plugging along and you'll get there.

You did weights yesterday, feel free to take today off and do a bit of cardio or just go have some fun and enjoy the day.

Cassie

Went shopping today and going out in about an hour so possibly leaving the cardio today, dinner was 2 burgers made from mince meat, in 2 homemade rolls.

[MartinBoy]

Last night went out as it was a party, however had about 4-5pints of Carling. I don't drink often not even every weekend for example the night before i was out but didn't drink, also i don't smoke, but i had a cig and even lets say if i was inhaling it wrong, lol it's still the same as smoking it normally right.

Day 117

Breakfast - porridge oats, day off today but wanted to do some cardio to make up for last night but leg that i pulled earlier during the week on tuesday i must of pulled it last night and it's got worse overnight i can hardly walk onit.

Lunch - Grilled bacon sandwich and cup of tea.

3 Boiled eggs

Did a slight workout even though it's day off, put 27kg of weight on a barbell and did 3 sets of 5-6 reps of curls, and rows/reverse curls. Some push ups and pull ups too.

Dinner - Mince meat, onions, couple of baked i think they were yorkshire puddings only small, carrots, some other vegs and gravy.

[Boss Man]

It's not a question of how you inhaled, but the fact you did inhale

Lesson learned maybe?

Yorkshire Puddings. Some people rave about them, but I've never had the urge personally. That's no criticism of you, I'm just speaking mind.

The main thing is you keep persisting with this, which is a good thing. It's about taking it eahc day at a time and trying to learn something when you can, to help make the whole experience better and more productive.

Whatever happens, don't let life get you down, you're better than that.

Oh and stop inhaling stuff, whatever it is, unless it's Oxygen, in which case you're good to go

P.S. do you think any of your hangups or quirks, have anything to do with living in a place called Barking?

[MartinBoy]

Perhaps Boss Man, i really hate this area, but still, nothing i can do about it for now

Last night was out and hungry and they went mc d's, i just bought a sweet deli chicken.

Day 118

Breakfast - bowl of porridge oats
will look into buying some protein powder again.

Lunch - roll (147 calories, 5.3g protein something like 24g carb) and 2 chicken breast slices, buttered roll with peanut butter. Is this a good protein powder, http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/store ... nd+Leisure" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Apple

Today is a monday however if i were to do cardio i think il leave it until legs better, what weights should i do/excercises.

[cassiegose]

Hi Martin,

That protein powder looks good enough. I can't see the nutrition info on it.

As for you hating where you live... I know how that goes. Just make the best of it and try to focus on the positive aspects.

Meals look good.

Workout... if your legs are hurting stick to upper body: bench press, rows, pullups, pushups, military press, dips, abs. Hope your leg starts to feel better soon! Good decision staying off of cardio while your leg is bothering you. Don't want to make it worse if its injured.

Cassie

[MartinBoy]

Thanks Cassie, however i might just go with the brand ive been using before as i can't see the nutrition information on that either.. and some of the reviews say it tastes horrible where the 1 ive been using before hasn't been that bad.

Ok, after lunch had 3 boiled eggs around 4pm.

Workout lasted a while, i was in the room (where was doing weights for almost 1hr 30mins) heres what i did.

Roughly 4 sets of push ups 10-15 reps.

Military press (27kg weight) 3 sets reps of around 5.

And then moved the barbell weight behind neck and lifted in air, about same reps.

31.5KG weight curls, could only do about 3 in a set, so did 6 sets in reps of 3. Then rows/reverse curls, 3 sets reps of 6.

Then 3 sets of deadlifts reps of 10.

Then 6 sets of bench press 1 set rep 12 then other 5 was 10 reps.

Dinner was large haddock fish fillet (in batter i belive) so ate the fish bits without the batter as i could as it has fat in it., Mash and peas.



Also i get a bit more motivated for things like working out if i know im eating well.

3/4 can of tuna.

Mum made some small sized choclate muffins. However where ive eaten pretty well today i said i may have one tomorow if theres any left, very hard temptation

[cassiegose]

I know what you mean about feeling more motivated when you've been eating well. I also feel better physically and have more energy when i eat better... which makes it easier to get in a good workout.

Protein powder... Id stick to the powder you've been getting since you know it tastes good.

Good job on resisting the muffins! I know how hard that can be. Meals today look great Martin! Great job!

[MartinBoy]

I know what you mean about feeling more motivated when you've been eating well. I also feel better physically and have more energy when i eat better... which makes it easier to get in a good workout.

Protein powder... Id stick to the powder you've been getting since you know it tastes good.

Good job on resisting the muffins! I know how hard that can be. Meals today look great Martin! Great job!

Yes i will probably order the same protein powder even though it's £12 more expensive because i know what it contains and isn't too bad. Yep not bad meals today

Oh and cassie something i have to mention, earlier i was eating 3 boiled eggs and mum said, how many eggs do u eat a day and i said roughly 3 and she said thats 21 eggs a week, i'll get high colestral but then i said some people eat 5 and she said thats not me.

[cassiegose]

Yes, you could be more careful with eggs. This is why I've always suggested eggwhites. If you look back you'll see that (numerous time) I've suggested 1 whole egg and eggwhites each day. When you finally started doing the eggs and increasing your protein I didn't want to discourage you by telling you you were doing it wrong so i bit tounge and was just thankful that you were increasing your protein. I don't think doing 3 eggs a day is necessarily horrible, however you could definitely scale it back to 1 whole egg with 4 eggwhites.

[MartinBoy]

Yes, you could be more careful with eggs. This is why I've always suggested eggwhites. If you look back you'll see that (numerous time) I've suggested 1 whole egg and eggwhites each day. When you finally started doing the eggs and increasing your protein I didn't want to discourage you by telling you you were doing it wrong so i bit tounge and was just thankful that you were increasing your protein. I don't think doing 3 eggs a day is necessarily horrible, however you could definitely scale it back to 1 whole egg with 4 eggwhites.

But eggs whites, it would be like im wasting the yolk and wasting the egg, this could annoy mum and dad seeing as they pay for it, and what's so bad about the yolk?

[cassiegose]

Yolks could have an effect on cholestrol levels. Honestly, as long as your cholestrol levels are in a healthy range you're probably fine.. however if you wish to be on the safe side you could go to whites. I do whites because I eat a TON of eggs each day and dont want all the fat that comes from the yolks. So its really your call. If you're worried about cholestrol levels, cut back on the yolks. If you're not concerned then keep eating the yolks. There was alot of hype a few years back about eggs being bad for you.. this could be why your mom made the comment. I don't think eggs are that bad for you, in fact I think they are an awesome source of protein. biggest thing against them is that 1 whole egg has 75 calories, 5 grams of fat and 6 grams of protein. If I'm wanting 20-30 grams of protein, then that means that i'm getting 15-25 grams of fat if i'm eating whole eggs. If i'm just eating the whites, then i can do 6-7 and get in enough protein with limited fat. There are some meals where I don't want that much fat or I'd rather get fat from other sources (nuts, fish, flax) so its best for me to do eggwhites instead of whole eggs.

Make sense?

[Boss Man]

I agree. Small Egss contain 6g Protein, 3.5g White, 2.5g Yolk, Large Eggs are 8g protein.

Yolsk in a normal Egg, contain Lutein, (good for the eyes), and Fat soluable Vitamins as well, so Yolk is good, but as is teh way, the fat content is around 5g , and 9 calories per gram.

You could try Omega 3 Eggs, (Chickens fed some Flax), as the Omega 3 would help reduce Cholesterol, but as stated if Cholesterol in general was not in a high range, then eating the Yolks from normal Eggs, wouldn't be a bad thing, but normally I'd prefer not to bother with them.

Fat Soluable Vitamins are found in most Fat sources including Soy products, Nuts, Peanuts, Omega Eggs, Flax, Fish, Avocado, Oils, Seeds, Coconut and Almond / Nut Butter, and Almond, Coconut Soy and Rice Milk. in some cases A is found in Fruit and E in lettuce, so no need to be concerned aobut those regarding Yolks.

Lutein comes in things like Corn, Spinach and Kale as well, as well as in supplemental form, so no need to be too hung up on Yolks for that reason eihter.

As stated if Cholesterol is good, the Yolks aren't a biggie, but if you're concerned or don't want to consume quite a bit of Fat, in Yolk form, limit to 1 Yolk a day. You get roughly 1.1mg's of Lutien per Yolk anyway, from a reccomended 4.4mg's, (approx), RDA, so getting any would be better than none, which 1 yolk would provide.

[MartinBoy]

Thanks for clearing that up guys, but doesn't it seem a waste to you guys to throw away part of the egg.

Day 119

Ill

head feels like it's going to explode, people in family have been ill, i have a swore throat, feel weak and head feels like it will explode. Ive taken paracetamol and drunk 3/4 a cup of honey and lemon although i hate honey it has helped a bit.

Breakfast i made a bowl of porridge oats but couldn't eat it all as i felt quite ill, i know none of you guys are doctors but if there's anything i can do to help myself recover quicker than i will, because i feel so drained at the moment

Ate a muffin mum made yesterday, possibly shouldn't though as im most likely not going to be able to excercise today.

Lunch 2 slices of toast put peanut butter on, maybe not the best idea but wanted to get some protein. Also i don't fee hungry that i needed to have lunch?