PES Summer Shred! --- AnaBeta Elite/Erase Pro/AlphaT2/DAA --- w/extras!
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Natestreo
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Today was a rest day, nothing to report in the way of training. Legs are a bit sore today, definitely know that I did a leg workout yesterday.
Diet:
Meal 1 (60%): Homemade Protein Cheesecake
Calories: 981, Carbs 49, Fat 39, Protein 85
Meal 2 (40%): Moe's!
Calories: 559, Carbs 24, Fat 26, Protein 62
Daily Total: Calories 1540, Carbs 73, Fat 64, Protein 147
Opted for two meals today rather than 3. Partially because I was out and about during most of the day and partially because two meals is more satisfying. This was by far the easiest non-training day I've had. 1500 calories is usually a big struggle for me.
OEP really shines when it comes to appetite suppression. I've used it extensively in the past and know what to expect from it, it always delivers. I opted for a 1am and 2pm dose today, knowing the appetite suppressant would help me through the day.
Alpha T2 did not perform as well as the OEP in the last time that I used it, but I'm eager to see how the newly formulated Alpha T2 compares once I get to it later in this log. If it is to surpass the OEP, it's gonna have to be good! Of all of the PES products I've used, Alpha T2 has the most to prove.
Just a little side note about the fat burning supplements in already taking and will be taking later.
Chest day tomorrow. Can't wait!
Diet:
Meal 1 (60%): Homemade Protein Cheesecake
Calories: 981, Carbs 49, Fat 39, Protein 85
Meal 2 (40%): Moe's!
Calories: 559, Carbs 24, Fat 26, Protein 62
Daily Total: Calories 1540, Carbs 73, Fat 64, Protein 147
Opted for two meals today rather than 3. Partially because I was out and about during most of the day and partially because two meals is more satisfying. This was by far the easiest non-training day I've had. 1500 calories is usually a big struggle for me.
OEP really shines when it comes to appetite suppression. I've used it extensively in the past and know what to expect from it, it always delivers. I opted for a 1am and 2pm dose today, knowing the appetite suppressant would help me through the day.
Alpha T2 did not perform as well as the OEP in the last time that I used it, but I'm eager to see how the newly formulated Alpha T2 compares once I get to it later in this log. If it is to surpass the OEP, it's gonna have to be good! Of all of the PES products I've used, Alpha T2 has the most to prove.
Just a little side note about the fat burning supplements in already taking and will be taking later.
Chest day tomorrow. Can't wait!
Natestreo
Active member
I'm going to make a trip to the BodPod lab in-between finals today. Hopefully, I can have a test done to compare to the test that was done 2 days into my AnaBeta Elite start. Although this would be a measurement of approximately 3-3.5 weeks of usage rather than the full bottle.... It should still show whether or not AnaBeta Elite is delivering on its promises!
In the past, when using the original AnaBeta, the only measurement of AnaBeta working was a small reduction of bodyfat percentage while maintaining/slightly increasing lean muscle mass. I would expect the AnaBeta elite to at least do this much. If it has preserved, at the least, my lean muscle mass during this calorie deficiency I will consider AnaBeta Elite to have played its part in this extended stack.
While I'm on the topic: my thirst is still up at all times. I have not felt the hunger at any level of consistency. Probably only 2 or 3 times during this cycle (still time left) did I feel increasing hunger after using the AnaBeta Elite, just as I had experienced when using the original AnaBeta. Vascularity is still up at all times. Muscle pump/fullness seems to be on point after workouts.
Just a little mini review of the AE so far. BodPod doesn't lie, though. Crossing My fingers that I'll be able to utilize it despite this week being finals week! Much of the college is shutting down or is on very different scheduling. So, keep your fingers crossed!
In the past, when using the original AnaBeta, the only measurement of AnaBeta working was a small reduction of bodyfat percentage while maintaining/slightly increasing lean muscle mass. I would expect the AnaBeta elite to at least do this much. If it has preserved, at the least, my lean muscle mass during this calorie deficiency I will consider AnaBeta Elite to have played its part in this extended stack.
While I'm on the topic: my thirst is still up at all times. I have not felt the hunger at any level of consistency. Probably only 2 or 3 times during this cycle (still time left) did I feel increasing hunger after using the AnaBeta Elite, just as I had experienced when using the original AnaBeta. Vascularity is still up at all times. Muscle pump/fullness seems to be on point after workouts.
Just a little mini review of the AE so far. BodPod doesn't lie, though. Crossing My fingers that I'll be able to utilize it despite this week being finals week! Much of the college is shutting down or is on very different scheduling. So, keep your fingers crossed!
kevinhy
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I hope we get to see some numbers!
Natestreo
Active member
Thanks for following! Glad to hear that this log is inspiring to you, I hope to inspire as many people as possible while still being inspired by others, myself!
Natestreo
Active member
Okay, time to update the log for today! Today was a great day, this is finals week at EKU and as a result my daily obligations are almost nothing. Woke up early, well rested, was pumped to hit the gym! Got to the gym and weighed in at 184.8 this morning, a new low for this log! Good signs, progress continues to come, just have to continue to work hard!
Training:
Incline DB Press: 40x12, 55x10, 65x8, 75x8, 85x8
Decline DB Press: 60x12, 70x10, 80x8, **
Barbell Bench: 135x12, 205x7
Barbell Bench (Wide Grip): 135x12, 155x10, 135x8
Flat DB Press: 50x12**
DB Fly:30x12 **
Cable Crossover: 30x12, 40x10, 50x8, 60x8, 70x8*
Dips (Failure): 20
Pushups (Failure): 21
Cardio: 22minutes, 300 calories, elliptical
Training went really well today. Had to improvise a bit, but no big deal. I broke my left humerus completely in two during my early highschool years. After breaking the humerus, I did not have surgery, but rather, I was in a pillow type thing for a month or more. Long story short, my left arm has limited movement to an extent because the callus that formed around the break. If i were to do a double bicep flex, my left arm would angle slightly towards my front (in front of my chest/eyes) while my right arm would be in line with the rest of my body. I hope this makes sense? You can see this a bit from one of my past photos that I posted of my back double bicep pose, notice how much smaller my left arm is than my right and also the angle of the left arm. I mention this because at times I have trouble with the limited mobility and reduced strength of my left arm. Today this happened when using dumbbells. Stabilizing heavy weight somtimes becomes a challenge, especially with dumbbells. After I was fatigued from the first two sets of DB exercises, I was unable to stabilize and weight to continue to the third DB set. I improvised and went straight to the BB exercises. Afterwards, I returned and attempted to do the last DB exercise again, just wasnt going to happen. Ive injured myself way too many times trying to do an exercise after I knew my left arm was giving me trouble, it just isnt worth it. Thats why you see the (**) beside some exercises, to note that some level of improvision was given due to theis arm/shoulder situation. To sum it up, or at least make it easier to understand, hopefully.... I didnt finish two sets of the DB exercises. I substituted DB Fly for Cable Crossover.
Nonetheless, the chest pump that I had today was incredible. My chest was so exhausted after the first two DB exercises that benching 135 was slightly straining. Due to my extended period of dieting, my strength is down. But usually I can rep 135 out on the BB Bench for 30+ reps without an issue. Hopefully this puts in perspective how fatigued/sore my chest was, 12 reps was excrutiating!
Definitely noticing nice muscle fullness from the AE, liking it alot!
Diet:
Meal 1(60%): 2 mini bagels, 5 stalks celery, 2x servings homemade protein dip, 2 slices Ezekiel bread, 1tblspoon Natural peanut butter, 15oz tilapia. Calories: 1167, Carbs 76, Fat 29, Protein 138
Meal 2 (30%): 2 scoops protein, 12oz skim milk, 1 mini bagel, 1 medium banana. Calories: 628, Carb 82, Fat 4g, Protein 65
Meal 3 (10%): 4oz Tilapia. Calories: 121, Carb 1, Fat 2g, Protein 23
Snack: Ghiradelli Intense Dark Chocolate (Twilight Revere) x 1 cube. Calories: 52, Carb 4, Fat 4, Protein 0
Daily Total: Calories 1968, Carb 162, Fat 39, Protein 226
Had a good day with the diet today. Almost nailed the macros, feels good to have a couple days of hitting the diet pretty accurately, especially after having an aggravating few days of going over one way or another. I had an inbalance in my eating from meals 2 and 3 due to the extreme hunger that AE was giving me AFTER I had already eaten my planned meal for meal 2. I went ahead and ate my carbs for meal 3 during meal 2 because I felt like I was going to eat my own hand if I didnt go ahead and have more calories. I guess this means its working! Or perhaps the AE saw that I commented earlier about how I hadnt been experiencing the extreme hunger as some people do, at least not as frequently as others, and decided to fight back.
From trying to empty out my mini fridge before I move out of my college dorm on Wednesday, I had to pack food from home and bring it to my dorm in order to have food for today, tomorrow and wednesday. As a result, I will primarily consume tilapia as my protein source, as this is what was most readily available at home. I might have one more meal at the EKU cafeteria, perhaps they will have something that is decent *fingers crosssed* during that day that will let me mix it up a bit.
Conclusion: Everything is going well. I continue to slowly lose weight, just as I had planned. The goal was established to lose only fat, no lean muscle mass. Too many people get obsessed with seeing the scale move quickly and end up losing muscle mass during their dieting, I too have done this in the past, but not this time! Ive learned from the mistakes and it's pleasing to me to see everything going as planned.
Bonus: Some of you may have saw a few of the BodPod results that I shared during my run of Erase Pro earlier this year. I purposely had one of the tests done in very cloe proximity, 2 days to be exact, of when I started my AnaBeta Elite bottle that I am currently on. As a result, I have a very good and very reliable threshold to compare a future BodPod test to that will show a "before" and "after" of the AnaBeta Elite. Catching on, yet? As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I will have a BodPod test done tomorrow @ 2pm and will post the results on here for everyone to see. Share the word, I know there is a lot of speculation on AnaBeta Elite and similar products, this is a good opportunity to see results or not see results, as proven by a very accurate machine. My diet and training have been exactly what you see in this log during the entire run of this AnaBeta Elite bottle, so no reason that bad training or bad diet can be to blame if results do not come. I do expect to see results, though! It is worth nothing, I will have 5 days of AnaBeta left in my bottle after tomorrow (I have 6 in the bottle right now). So, the AnaBeta Elite has not technically been ran for the length of one bottle yet, but I think that enough time has passed to show results. Most people saw the best results from the orignial Anabeta when running it for 8 weeks. So, I say this ahead of time so that everyone knows I did not run the entire 30 days yet, so AnaBeta could have had a bit more in the tank that it was waiting to deliver (assuming results are going to be shown) that I will have robbed it of, during tomorrows measurement.
Stay posted!
Training:
Incline DB Press: 40x12, 55x10, 65x8, 75x8, 85x8
Decline DB Press: 60x12, 70x10, 80x8, **
Barbell Bench: 135x12, 205x7
Barbell Bench (Wide Grip): 135x12, 155x10, 135x8
Flat DB Press: 50x12**
DB Fly:30x12 **
Cable Crossover: 30x12, 40x10, 50x8, 60x8, 70x8*
Dips (Failure): 20
Pushups (Failure): 21
Cardio: 22minutes, 300 calories, elliptical
Training went really well today. Had to improvise a bit, but no big deal. I broke my left humerus completely in two during my early highschool years. After breaking the humerus, I did not have surgery, but rather, I was in a pillow type thing for a month or more. Long story short, my left arm has limited movement to an extent because the callus that formed around the break. If i were to do a double bicep flex, my left arm would angle slightly towards my front (in front of my chest/eyes) while my right arm would be in line with the rest of my body. I hope this makes sense? You can see this a bit from one of my past photos that I posted of my back double bicep pose, notice how much smaller my left arm is than my right and also the angle of the left arm. I mention this because at times I have trouble with the limited mobility and reduced strength of my left arm. Today this happened when using dumbbells. Stabilizing heavy weight somtimes becomes a challenge, especially with dumbbells. After I was fatigued from the first two sets of DB exercises, I was unable to stabilize and weight to continue to the third DB set. I improvised and went straight to the BB exercises. Afterwards, I returned and attempted to do the last DB exercise again, just wasnt going to happen. Ive injured myself way too many times trying to do an exercise after I knew my left arm was giving me trouble, it just isnt worth it. Thats why you see the (**) beside some exercises, to note that some level of improvision was given due to theis arm/shoulder situation. To sum it up, or at least make it easier to understand, hopefully.... I didnt finish two sets of the DB exercises. I substituted DB Fly for Cable Crossover.
Nonetheless, the chest pump that I had today was incredible. My chest was so exhausted after the first two DB exercises that benching 135 was slightly straining. Due to my extended period of dieting, my strength is down. But usually I can rep 135 out on the BB Bench for 30+ reps without an issue. Hopefully this puts in perspective how fatigued/sore my chest was, 12 reps was excrutiating!
Definitely noticing nice muscle fullness from the AE, liking it alot!
Diet:
Meal 1(60%): 2 mini bagels, 5 stalks celery, 2x servings homemade protein dip, 2 slices Ezekiel bread, 1tblspoon Natural peanut butter, 15oz tilapia. Calories: 1167, Carbs 76, Fat 29, Protein 138
Meal 2 (30%): 2 scoops protein, 12oz skim milk, 1 mini bagel, 1 medium banana. Calories: 628, Carb 82, Fat 4g, Protein 65
Meal 3 (10%): 4oz Tilapia. Calories: 121, Carb 1, Fat 2g, Protein 23
Snack: Ghiradelli Intense Dark Chocolate (Twilight Revere) x 1 cube. Calories: 52, Carb 4, Fat 4, Protein 0
Daily Total: Calories 1968, Carb 162, Fat 39, Protein 226
Had a good day with the diet today. Almost nailed the macros, feels good to have a couple days of hitting the diet pretty accurately, especially after having an aggravating few days of going over one way or another. I had an inbalance in my eating from meals 2 and 3 due to the extreme hunger that AE was giving me AFTER I had already eaten my planned meal for meal 2. I went ahead and ate my carbs for meal 3 during meal 2 because I felt like I was going to eat my own hand if I didnt go ahead and have more calories. I guess this means its working! Or perhaps the AE saw that I commented earlier about how I hadnt been experiencing the extreme hunger as some people do, at least not as frequently as others, and decided to fight back.
From trying to empty out my mini fridge before I move out of my college dorm on Wednesday, I had to pack food from home and bring it to my dorm in order to have food for today, tomorrow and wednesday. As a result, I will primarily consume tilapia as my protein source, as this is what was most readily available at home. I might have one more meal at the EKU cafeteria, perhaps they will have something that is decent *fingers crosssed* during that day that will let me mix it up a bit.
Conclusion: Everything is going well. I continue to slowly lose weight, just as I had planned. The goal was established to lose only fat, no lean muscle mass. Too many people get obsessed with seeing the scale move quickly and end up losing muscle mass during their dieting, I too have done this in the past, but not this time! Ive learned from the mistakes and it's pleasing to me to see everything going as planned.
Bonus: Some of you may have saw a few of the BodPod results that I shared during my run of Erase Pro earlier this year. I purposely had one of the tests done in very cloe proximity, 2 days to be exact, of when I started my AnaBeta Elite bottle that I am currently on. As a result, I have a very good and very reliable threshold to compare a future BodPod test to that will show a "before" and "after" of the AnaBeta Elite. Catching on, yet? As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I will have a BodPod test done tomorrow @ 2pm and will post the results on here for everyone to see. Share the word, I know there is a lot of speculation on AnaBeta Elite and similar products, this is a good opportunity to see results or not see results, as proven by a very accurate machine. My diet and training have been exactly what you see in this log during the entire run of this AnaBeta Elite bottle, so no reason that bad training or bad diet can be to blame if results do not come. I do expect to see results, though! It is worth nothing, I will have 5 days of AnaBeta left in my bottle after tomorrow (I have 6 in the bottle right now). So, the AnaBeta Elite has not technically been ran for the length of one bottle yet, but I think that enough time has passed to show results. Most people saw the best results from the orignial Anabeta when running it for 8 weeks. So, I say this ahead of time so that everyone knows I did not run the entire 30 days yet, so AnaBeta could have had a bit more in the tank that it was waiting to deliver (assuming results are going to be shown) that I will have robbed it of, during tomorrows measurement.
Stay posted!
Natestreo
Active member
Okay, everyone...lots of goodies to update everyone on! I weighed in this morning at 182.8 .... lowest i've been so far this log. I love having good weigh-ins....expecially on the day of the BodPod test! However, due to today being the date of the BodPod I also had to be careful with my training, I had to be careful to make sure not to do anything that would skew the test. Specifically, doing a lot of activity tht would cause dehydration would skew the test slightly. Im an experienced BodPodder...I know how this works, no worries!
Training:
Military Press: 35'sx12, 70'sx10, 80'sx8, 90'sx8
Leverage Shoulder Press: 45'sx12, 70'sx10
Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows: 60x12, 85x10, 115x8, 145x8
Smith Machine Upright Row: Bar x12, 50x10, 50x10, 50x10
DB Front Raise: 25x12, 30x10, 40x8
DB Side Raise: 15x12, 20x10
Cardio: 10minutes, 130calories, stairmaster intervals
Training went well. I stopped after two sets of the "leverage shoulder press" because it kept making my shoulder pop, I figured that I would stop after two sets this week and see if it does it again next week, since this is a new exercise to me I wasnt sure how it was going to go. I will likely throw this exercise out of my shoulder workout if it causes my shoulder troubles again next week. Also went very light on cardio, did not want to effect the BodPod measurement by dehydrating myself.
Diet:
Meal 1 (100%): 2x special K cereal bar, 2 scoops protein powder, 2 mini bagels, 2 medium bananas, 6 stalks celey, 4 nature valley bars (2 per package), 2 servings homemade protein dip, 2tblspoon natural peanut butter, 12oz skim milk, 15oz tilapia.
Calories: 2437, Carb 267, Fat 58, Protein 206
Snack: Reeses Cups x 5 small, 25 reeses pieces.
Calories: 297, Carb 32, Fat 15, Protein 5
Daily Total: Calories 2734 , Carb 299, Fat 73, Protein 211
Diet was really different today. The BodPod has to be done on a nearly empty stomach. I had a final for spanish this morning at 8am which prevented me from getting to the gym at my normal 6am ... this meant that I had to train after the final and finished somewhere around 9:30 with my training (quick final). I packed some of my things up in my dorm and waited until the 11am feeding window to begin, knowing that I couldnt have my 60% daily calories post workout as I am accustomed because this would skew the BodPod pretty significantly. Instead, I had 2 special K cereal bars so that I would still be close to an empty stomach when I had the bodpod measurement at 2pm. Having the BodPod at 2pm meant that I was going to have 80% of my calories at one time, since I usually eat at 11, 3 and 6. I began eating at 3 and had all of my daily calories instead of waiting and having another 20% later, as a result of having my fridge packed up and hearing from word of mouth that the EKU cafeteria basically had no food prepared since lots of people have already left for this semester. I hope this makes sense to everyone, I know its a bit confusing. I had some snacks to celebrate my BodPod measurement, as is customary. I love chocolate. And after having over 100% of my daily calories I knew that it was a good time to have a little garbage food, as the absorption would be slowed down significantly and the results on insulin would be minimal at best. In total, I had more calories than I am supposed to have. Partially due to celebration and partially because of food availability (I wont be able to eat again today!)
Conclusion: Good day! I'm excited to share my progress with everyone from the BodPod. AnaBeta Elite exceeded my wildest expectations...
Training:
Military Press: 35'sx12, 70'sx10, 80'sx8, 90'sx8
Leverage Shoulder Press: 45'sx12, 70'sx10
Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows: 60x12, 85x10, 115x8, 145x8
Smith Machine Upright Row: Bar x12, 50x10, 50x10, 50x10
DB Front Raise: 25x12, 30x10, 40x8
DB Side Raise: 15x12, 20x10
Cardio: 10minutes, 130calories, stairmaster intervals
Training went well. I stopped after two sets of the "leverage shoulder press" because it kept making my shoulder pop, I figured that I would stop after two sets this week and see if it does it again next week, since this is a new exercise to me I wasnt sure how it was going to go. I will likely throw this exercise out of my shoulder workout if it causes my shoulder troubles again next week. Also went very light on cardio, did not want to effect the BodPod measurement by dehydrating myself.
Diet:
Meal 1 (100%): 2x special K cereal bar, 2 scoops protein powder, 2 mini bagels, 2 medium bananas, 6 stalks celey, 4 nature valley bars (2 per package), 2 servings homemade protein dip, 2tblspoon natural peanut butter, 12oz skim milk, 15oz tilapia.
Calories: 2437, Carb 267, Fat 58, Protein 206
Snack: Reeses Cups x 5 small, 25 reeses pieces.
Calories: 297, Carb 32, Fat 15, Protein 5
Daily Total: Calories 2734 , Carb 299, Fat 73, Protein 211
Diet was really different today. The BodPod has to be done on a nearly empty stomach. I had a final for spanish this morning at 8am which prevented me from getting to the gym at my normal 6am ... this meant that I had to train after the final and finished somewhere around 9:30 with my training (quick final). I packed some of my things up in my dorm and waited until the 11am feeding window to begin, knowing that I couldnt have my 60% daily calories post workout as I am accustomed because this would skew the BodPod pretty significantly. Instead, I had 2 special K cereal bars so that I would still be close to an empty stomach when I had the bodpod measurement at 2pm. Having the BodPod at 2pm meant that I was going to have 80% of my calories at one time, since I usually eat at 11, 3 and 6. I began eating at 3 and had all of my daily calories instead of waiting and having another 20% later, as a result of having my fridge packed up and hearing from word of mouth that the EKU cafeteria basically had no food prepared since lots of people have already left for this semester. I hope this makes sense to everyone, I know its a bit confusing. I had some snacks to celebrate my BodPod measurement, as is customary. I love chocolate. And after having over 100% of my daily calories I knew that it was a good time to have a little garbage food, as the absorption would be slowed down significantly and the results on insulin would be minimal at best. In total, I had more calories than I am supposed to have. Partially due to celebration and partially because of food availability (I wont be able to eat again today!)
Conclusion: Good day! I'm excited to share my progress with everyone from the BodPod. AnaBeta Elite exceeded my wildest expectations...
Natestreo
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Attached is today's BodPod measurement shown under the last BodPod measurement.
The last BodPod measurement was performed on 4/12/12 (shown on top) and the other BodPod was taken today 5/1/12. Less than 30 days has surpassed since beginning my AnaBeta Elite bottle, but due to the school semester ending I was unable to run the entire bottle before having this BodPod measurement done so that it can be compared. The 4/12/12 measurement was recorded 2 days into AE and the 5/1/12 was performed with 5 days of AE left in bottle. In addition to the AE during this period of time, I also used OEP during the past 5 days approximately. The second day of this log was the day that I began the OEP. In all fairness to the test this must also be considered, although the effects of OEP after only 5 days are minimal when compared to the effects of AE over the multiple week period. Still, it must be noted.
My goals while using the AE were to retain my muscle mass while reducing my bodyfat level and percentage. My idea was that AE would provide the opportunity to stay anabolic or prevent me from being catabolic while under a calorie deficiency. I did not expect to gain muscle mass, although this would have been a plus.
Results:
Bodyfat Percentage: -1.9%
Percentage of Fat Free Mass: +1.9%
Fat Mass: -3.906 lb
Fat Free Mass: -1.057 lb ***
Body Mass: -4.963 lb *
Overall the results blew my wildest expectation.
I was having BodPod measurements performed about every 3 weeks, a similar time frame, multiple times before the 4/12/12 test and never had these type of results. Typical results before were about a reduction of bodyfat percentage of -.7% , never actually a reduction of an entire percentage point. This was relative to a typical reduction of fat mass of -2lb during those past tests....
The addition of AE has allowed me to reduce my bodyfat percentage by a much higher rate than without using it. Also, fat mass reduction was increased. This is exactly what anyone who is looking to drop the fat would want... a product that accelerates fat loss! Keep in mind, the AE was used as my bodyfat was becoming increasingly lower, which is typically the type of weight that it harder to lose.
The slight (barely over 1lb) reduction of fat free mass may be viewed as a loss of muscle by some people, but these people would be incorrect. The amount of water that is being stored in my muscles will affect this measurement quite a bit, as I have learned in the past. This measurement was done when I had consumed very little water outside of the 16oz or so that I consumed during my morning workout, about 5 hours before the BodPod test. As a result, my muscles were visually flat and I was on the verge of being dehydrated. This was not a typical day of eating and drinking, due to finals and the schedule conflictions that were caused by both the finals, workout and the BodPod measurement. In conclusion, dont be fooled to think that I have lost a pound of muscle while using AE. While it is not at all unlikely, or uncommon, to lose a bit of muscle mass while dieting, I do not believe that this has actually happened. My conclusions would be that the reduced amount of hydration has assisted in the reduction of this number. Still, this is interprative depending on who you are...
With that being said, even going ahead and accepting the reduction of fat free mass as muscle loss, which we already established that I would refute, AE has served its purpose very well. It allowed me to lose a minimal amount of fat free mass (again, assuming any was lost at all) while dieting.
I noticed also on this test, although it is not shown, that my RMR is at 1985 per day. I am currently consuming 1900-2000 calories per day (1900 is the plan, but I go over occasionally, more than I go under) which is just at or under my RMR. This is interesting to note because it shows that my calorie intake is at its bare minimum even before activity is considered, which from my log you can see the amount of activity I have on a typical training day. What this tell me is this: AE was used in an environment of a heavy calorie deficiency and prevented significant fat free mass loss while allowing for significant fat mass loss (again, assuming that any fat free mass was even lost). This is pretty impressive to me.
Conclusion: I was a bit skeptical of the AE, as I am almost any supplement before I have rigirously tested it, but I would now consider the AE to be a proven product. I am very excited to continue my usage of AE into the next bottle along with Alpha T2 in my log, I cant wait to see what results I am going to have! AE has already contributed towards reaching my original goals MUCH quicker than anticipated. Im a happy camper!
Attached is today's BodPod measurement shown under the last BodPod measurement.
The last BodPod measurement was performed on 4/12/12 (shown on top) and the other BodPod was taken today 5/1/12. Less than 30 days has surpassed since beginning my AnaBeta Elite bottle, but due to the school semester ending I was unable to run the entire bottle before having this BodPod measurement done so that it can be compared. The 4/12/12 measurement was recorded 2 days into AE and the 5/1/12 was performed with 5 days of AE left in bottle. In addition to the AE during this period of time, I also used OEP during the past 5 days approximately. The second day of this log was the day that I began the OEP. In all fairness to the test this must also be considered, although the effects of OEP after only 5 days are minimal when compared to the effects of AE over the multiple week period. Still, it must be noted.
My goals while using the AE were to retain my muscle mass while reducing my bodyfat level and percentage. My idea was that AE would provide the opportunity to stay anabolic or prevent me from being catabolic while under a calorie deficiency. I did not expect to gain muscle mass, although this would have been a plus.
Results:
Bodyfat Percentage: -1.9%
Percentage of Fat Free Mass: +1.9%
Fat Mass: -3.906 lb
Fat Free Mass: -1.057 lb ***
Body Mass: -4.963 lb *
Overall the results blew my wildest expectation.
I was having BodPod measurements performed about every 3 weeks, a similar time frame, multiple times before the 4/12/12 test and never had these type of results. Typical results before were about a reduction of bodyfat percentage of -.7% , never actually a reduction of an entire percentage point. This was relative to a typical reduction of fat mass of -2lb during those past tests....
The addition of AE has allowed me to reduce my bodyfat percentage by a much higher rate than without using it. Also, fat mass reduction was increased. This is exactly what anyone who is looking to drop the fat would want... a product that accelerates fat loss! Keep in mind, the AE was used as my bodyfat was becoming increasingly lower, which is typically the type of weight that it harder to lose.
The slight (barely over 1lb) reduction of fat free mass may be viewed as a loss of muscle by some people, but these people would be incorrect. The amount of water that is being stored in my muscles will affect this measurement quite a bit, as I have learned in the past. This measurement was done when I had consumed very little water outside of the 16oz or so that I consumed during my morning workout, about 5 hours before the BodPod test. As a result, my muscles were visually flat and I was on the verge of being dehydrated. This was not a typical day of eating and drinking, due to finals and the schedule conflictions that were caused by both the finals, workout and the BodPod measurement. In conclusion, dont be fooled to think that I have lost a pound of muscle while using AE. While it is not at all unlikely, or uncommon, to lose a bit of muscle mass while dieting, I do not believe that this has actually happened. My conclusions would be that the reduced amount of hydration has assisted in the reduction of this number. Still, this is interprative depending on who you are...
With that being said, even going ahead and accepting the reduction of fat free mass as muscle loss, which we already established that I would refute, AE has served its purpose very well. It allowed me to lose a minimal amount of fat free mass (again, assuming any was lost at all) while dieting.
I noticed also on this test, although it is not shown, that my RMR is at 1985 per day. I am currently consuming 1900-2000 calories per day (1900 is the plan, but I go over occasionally, more than I go under) which is just at or under my RMR. This is interesting to note because it shows that my calorie intake is at its bare minimum even before activity is considered, which from my log you can see the amount of activity I have on a typical training day. What this tell me is this: AE was used in an environment of a heavy calorie deficiency and prevented significant fat free mass loss while allowing for significant fat mass loss (again, assuming that any fat free mass was even lost). This is pretty impressive to me.
Conclusion: I was a bit skeptical of the AE, as I am almost any supplement before I have rigirously tested it, but I would now consider the AE to be a proven product. I am very excited to continue my usage of AE into the next bottle along with Alpha T2 in my log, I cant wait to see what results I am going to have! AE has already contributed towards reaching my original goals MUCH quicker than anticipated. Im a happy camper!
Natestreo
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Here are a couple of photos showing one of the biggest things that I notice from using AE and something that I noticed from the orignial AnaBeta. Increased vascularity, especially after eating. Thought I would share this with yall. This was taken today, with my large meal!
Here are a couple of photos showing one of the biggest things that I notice from using AE and something that I noticed from the orignial AnaBeta. Increased vascularity, especially after eating. Thought I would share this with yall. This was taken today, with my large meal!
BPjohn123
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I enjoy the increased vascularity with anabeta
Natestreo
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Getting ready to mix up some Flashover as my pre-workout this morning. Little brother insists that I try it. I won't turn down a free pre workout!
As soon as I'm finished I'll be updating everything from yesterday. Had a crazy day, I moved back everything from college to my home. Computer and gym stuff was packed up, couldn't get to it until really late!
As soon as I'm finished I'll be updating everything from yesterday. Had a crazy day, I moved back everything from college to my home. Computer and gym stuff was packed up, couldn't get to it until really late!
Natestreo
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Okay everyone. Sorry for the late update. I had a hard time getting everything organized yesterday. This first update is for yesterday.
Training:
Deadlift: 135x12, 225x10, 315x8, 405x1
Wide grip pull up: 12, 10, 8, 5
Chin ups: 10, 8, 3
Reverse grip bent over rows: 50x12, 50x12, 70x10
Wide grip lat pull down: 120x12, 120x10, 140x8, 160x8
V-bar pull down: ----
Cardio: 9 minutes, 130 calories, stair master intervals
Training was a bit rushed today. This was my last workout at the school gym, sad day. I was hurried today due to having to move out of my dorm at a certain times as well as having to attend a meeting before I left. I cut the cardio short and skipped the last exercise to save time. Bummed that I had to cut cardio, especially.
Diet:
Daily total: 5114 calories, 742 carb, 100 fat, 291 protein
Not going to post each food individually as I normally do. I did a refeed partially to celebrate the good body fat measurement and also because my body felt like it could be used. Took the advice that I was given on the refeeds, reduced fat and protein intake with concentration on carbs. These were almost entirely clean calories, minus about 20g of fat from some dark chocolate I had as a treat (I'm celebrating, after all). Carbs came from fruits and grains. Felt really good after eating this much food. No bloat, dry and solid!
Training:
Deadlift: 135x12, 225x10, 315x8, 405x1
Wide grip pull up: 12, 10, 8, 5
Chin ups: 10, 8, 3
Reverse grip bent over rows: 50x12, 50x12, 70x10
Wide grip lat pull down: 120x12, 120x10, 140x8, 160x8
V-bar pull down: ----
Cardio: 9 minutes, 130 calories, stair master intervals
Training was a bit rushed today. This was my last workout at the school gym, sad day. I was hurried today due to having to move out of my dorm at a certain times as well as having to attend a meeting before I left. I cut the cardio short and skipped the last exercise to save time. Bummed that I had to cut cardio, especially.
Diet:
Daily total: 5114 calories, 742 carb, 100 fat, 291 protein
Not going to post each food individually as I normally do. I did a refeed partially to celebrate the good body fat measurement and also because my body felt like it could be used. Took the advice that I was given on the refeeds, reduced fat and protein intake with concentration on carbs. These were almost entirely clean calories, minus about 20g of fat from some dark chocolate I had as a treat (I'm celebrating, after all). Carbs came from fruits and grains. Felt really good after eating this much food. No bloat, dry and solid!
Natestreo
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Today was arm day. I felt really good this morning when I woke up. Definitely some intense muscle fullness from the carbs yesterday, no jiggle in the stomach from excessive water holding, although I was obviously well saturated. Looked like I was " built like a brick **** house" as my friend says. Haha
Training:
EZ bar curls: 70x8, 70x8, 90x2
Close grip barbell bench press: 95x12, 115x10, 135x8, 185x8
Incline DB curl: 20x12, 25x10, 30x8, 35x7, 40x4
Skull crushers: ---
Hammer curl: 20x12, 10, 8, 8, 8
Chin ups (failure): 14
Dips (failure): 22
Cardio: ***
Pumped outta my mind today during this workout. Measured my arms at 16in about 45 minutes after the workout, definitely still full of blood. The combo of the increased carbs yesterday and AE made for an awesome pump. I used flashover as a presort out today, didn't care for it. Couldn't feel anything from it whatsoever, I took 2 scoops. I'm also pretty tolerant to stims, so this could have been why. Some douche at the gym seemed to be trying to do his entire workout on the EZ bar, I couldn't get it for skull crushers. I substituted and did a burnout starting at 80lb and going to 10lb on the tricep rope. Also, I planned on ding cardio at my home today, a little different than normal. I have a black lab that loves to run with me, my sub division is exactly one mile around, perfect for running. I planned on running 3 miles to get my 300 calories. I made it about 1/8 mile and had incredibly sharp pain in my knee, couldn't run if I wanted to. This happens when I don't do machine cardio, sometimes. Sometimes it's fine. Either way, I didn't get any cardio done besides 5 minutes of jumping jacks. Really disappointed in this. I'll likely do some cardio tomorrow during my off day to make up for this.
Diet:
Meal 1 (60%): 1 medium banana, 3x turkey burger, 2 large sweet potato, 1 scoop protein powder, 8oz milk
Calories: 1125, carb 119, fat 17, protein 128
Meal 2 (20%): 2 slices Ezekiel bread, 6oz tilapia
Meal 3 (20%): 2 slices Ezekiel bread, 6oz tilapia
Daily total: calories 1855, carb 179, fat 29, protein 228
Great diet today. Haven't had my second or third meal as I am typing this, but they have been prepared ahead of time and are packed in my lunchbag. I know that this is what I will be consuming. Keeps me extra disciplined not to consume extra when I post ahead of time!
Conclusion: solid day. I'm sitting here typing all of this on my new iPad 2 courtesy of EKU PGM program. Loving it!
Training:
EZ bar curls: 70x8, 70x8, 90x2
Close grip barbell bench press: 95x12, 115x10, 135x8, 185x8
Incline DB curl: 20x12, 25x10, 30x8, 35x7, 40x4
Skull crushers: ---
Hammer curl: 20x12, 10, 8, 8, 8
Chin ups (failure): 14
Dips (failure): 22
Cardio: ***
Pumped outta my mind today during this workout. Measured my arms at 16in about 45 minutes after the workout, definitely still full of blood. The combo of the increased carbs yesterday and AE made for an awesome pump. I used flashover as a presort out today, didn't care for it. Couldn't feel anything from it whatsoever, I took 2 scoops. I'm also pretty tolerant to stims, so this could have been why. Some douche at the gym seemed to be trying to do his entire workout on the EZ bar, I couldn't get it for skull crushers. I substituted and did a burnout starting at 80lb and going to 10lb on the tricep rope. Also, I planned on ding cardio at my home today, a little different than normal. I have a black lab that loves to run with me, my sub division is exactly one mile around, perfect for running. I planned on running 3 miles to get my 300 calories. I made it about 1/8 mile and had incredibly sharp pain in my knee, couldn't run if I wanted to. This happens when I don't do machine cardio, sometimes. Sometimes it's fine. Either way, I didn't get any cardio done besides 5 minutes of jumping jacks. Really disappointed in this. I'll likely do some cardio tomorrow during my off day to make up for this.
Diet:
Meal 1 (60%): 1 medium banana, 3x turkey burger, 2 large sweet potato, 1 scoop protein powder, 8oz milk
Calories: 1125, carb 119, fat 17, protein 128
Meal 2 (20%): 2 slices Ezekiel bread, 6oz tilapia
Meal 3 (20%): 2 slices Ezekiel bread, 6oz tilapia
Daily total: calories 1855, carb 179, fat 29, protein 228
Great diet today. Haven't had my second or third meal as I am typing this, but they have been prepared ahead of time and are packed in my lunchbag. I know that this is what I will be consuming. Keeps me extra disciplined not to consume extra when I post ahead of time!
Conclusion: solid day. I'm sitting here typing all of this on my new iPad 2 courtesy of EKU PGM program. Loving it!
thestein1016
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Wanna see road maps, drop the carbs super low (50g or less) for a few days and limit carbs to either pre or post. Then either carb up on sugar or have some wine and see what happens! haha
thestein1016
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OR, drop carbs super low, then pop 4 anabetas and some agmatine then pump up
Celorza
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I have done this lol my shoulders go insane and the veins on my obliques just look extreme!!! Don't get me started on the forearms...but I carb depleted for 3 days and then drank tequila
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Celorza
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And i posted this in the wrong thread!! EPIC FAIL! hahahahaha
Celorza
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Hahahaha oh NO you didnt! How could you xD Cannucks are the way to go dog! even cobie smulders says so!!
Natestreo
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Est1969 said:
I will probably take photos tomorrow when I'm at the gym. Or Sunday. Haven't decided yet. I'm gonna wait and see where I weigh in tomorrow, make sure it isn't a big weight fluctuation one way or the other.
My abs are my focus. I'm not satisfied in them yet, but I'm told they're decent
Natestreo
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Okay everyone. Time to update for today! Sadly, the week off starts tomorrow. Just s little extra information about that: I'm traveling across country from Ohio to california. I'm living in California for the summer as part of my college internship. As a result, I won't be able to train. I'm going to try and follow my diet as best as possible during the travel. I bought a lunch bag and lots of tupperware to prepare, no excuses for me.
Suggestions how to follow my diet would be appreciated!
Also, I'm glad to have a few more people following along. It's encouraging to know I'm not typing all of this for my own satisfaction! Today was a rest day, no training to report.
Diet:
Meal 1 (80%): Protein cupcakes: 1 scoop protein powder, 1 egg white, 12oz Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup oats, 3tbl spoons peanut butter, 16oz milk (gotta have milk with cupcakes)
Calories: 1225, carb 84, fat 42, protein 125
Meal 2 (20%): 2 chicken breast, 2 cup steamed broccoli, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
Calories: 442, carb 10, fat 11, protein 70
Total: 1667 Calories, carb 94, fat 53, protein 195
Diet wasn't terrible today. I managed to at the least cycle the carbs from the normal intake, even though I went over the 1500 mark. In addition to this, today was my best friends birthday. I saved him a protein cupcake and ate one with him at 8:30pm....an hour and a half after my fast had started. So, technically I have messed up my fast, but some things are more important than being spot on my diet for the day, my best friend being one of them.
Conclusion: Not a bad day. Looking forward to driving across country, for sure! It's going to be a long, but life changing experience.
Suggestions how to follow my diet would be appreciated!
Also, I'm glad to have a few more people following along. It's encouraging to know I'm not typing all of this for my own satisfaction! Today was a rest day, no training to report.
Diet:
Meal 1 (80%): Protein cupcakes: 1 scoop protein powder, 1 egg white, 12oz Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup oats, 3tbl spoons peanut butter, 16oz milk (gotta have milk with cupcakes)
Calories: 1225, carb 84, fat 42, protein 125
Meal 2 (20%): 2 chicken breast, 2 cup steamed broccoli, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
Calories: 442, carb 10, fat 11, protein 70
Total: 1667 Calories, carb 94, fat 53, protein 195
Diet wasn't terrible today. I managed to at the least cycle the carbs from the normal intake, even though I went over the 1500 mark. In addition to this, today was my best friends birthday. I saved him a protein cupcake and ate one with him at 8:30pm....an hour and a half after my fast had started. So, technically I have messed up my fast, but some things are more important than being spot on my diet for the day, my best friend being one of them.
Conclusion: Not a bad day. Looking forward to driving across country, for sure! It's going to be a long, but life changing experience.
Natestreo
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freezito said:
It's been a while since I've had a week off. I haven't decided what calorie level I'm going to eat at. Should I eat at training day levels or off day levels? Both levels are below maintenance. I was thinking 1500 calories for a week straight would be too hard on my body. Thoughts??
Best advice ever, I never thought of that! Maybe my hotels will have pools, too!?
Good looking out, homie!
Natestreo
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As promised earlier, here are some pics that I took today. Pics with black shorts on are the pics that were taken this morning on an empty stomach and before training. The last pic, in the grey sweats, is a pic that was taken after my post workout meal.
I weighed in at 186 this morning, definitely a weight fluctuation upwards. Ive been consuming a ridiculous amount of water the past few days, could be holding some extra. Especially since my cardio was reduced from several circumstances and I dont sweat a lot without cardio. Whatever the reason, these pics were taken on a large weigh fluctuation. I will take some more pics once the week off training is complete and I get ready to begin the AnaBeta Elite and Alpha T2 aspect of this stack.
Im disappointed with my abs, especially since im at 8.3%. The ab definition fluctuates an awfully lot from day to day, especially depending on how much water im holding, I hold most of my water in my stomach. Everywhere else I have good definition and vascularity, not especially visible from some of the pics I feel like, though.
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I weighed in at 186 this morning, definitely a weight fluctuation upwards. Ive been consuming a ridiculous amount of water the past few days, could be holding some extra. Especially since my cardio was reduced from several circumstances and I dont sweat a lot without cardio. Whatever the reason, these pics were taken on a large weigh fluctuation. I will take some more pics once the week off training is complete and I get ready to begin the AnaBeta Elite and Alpha T2 aspect of this stack.
Im disappointed with my abs, especially since im at 8.3%. The ab definition fluctuates an awfully lot from day to day, especially depending on how much water im holding, I hold most of my water in my stomach. Everywhere else I have good definition and vascularity, not especially visible from some of the pics I feel like, though.
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Natestreo
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Today was legs day, always a treat! Squats make me cringe, even after 3 years of training. I dont enjoy squats or deadlifts one single bit! I weighed in at 186 this morning. This scale usually weighs me a little heavier than the gym at EKU measures me, but this was still an upard fluctuating weigh in.
Training:
Squats: 135x12, 225x7, 315x3
DB Split Squat: 15x12, 25x10, 35x8 (Each leg)
Leg Press: N/A
Lying (Seated) Leg Curls: 70x12, 90x10, 110x8, 130x8
Leg Extensions: 70x12, 90x10, 110x8, 130x8
Standing DB Calf Raise: 30 x burnout
Cardio: 10:30, 200 calories, stationary bike
Training went well. My legs were really fatigued before I even began the training, though. This is due to playing full court basketball the other evening. As a result, volume, especially on squats, was reduced. As I have mentioned before, the gym I am forced to train at currently does not have a leg press machine or a lying curl machine. Im looking forward to checking out my gym in Santa Barbara that I signed up for to see what they have! I went ahead and added some cardio at the end to get my legs hit a little harder, I dont always do cardio on leg days, but I felt like I could do a bit. I did as much as I could do without fatiguing myself too much.
Diet:
Meal 1 (60%): 1/4 protein cheesecake, 3 cups egg whites, 1 medium banana, 1 cup greek yogurt, 2 slices ezekiel bread
Calories: 1014, Carb 100, Fat 14, Protein 122
Meal 2 (30%): 2 scoop protein powder, 1 medium banana, 2 cups greek yogurt, 1/2 cup oats
Calories: 740, Carb 80, Fat 7, Protein 92
Daily Total: Calories: 1754, Carb 180, Fat 21, Protein 214
Diet was a little diffirent today. I had a fourth of the protein cheesecake I made my best friend for his birthday, which had a lot of greek yogurt in the ingredients. I then traveled most of the day preparing for my california trip, was unable to eat during the middle part of the day. However, I was not really hungry during the middle part of the day, which was different than usual. Even after eating my large post workout meal I am usually hungry and will eat at 3pm. I eventually made it home and consumed meal 2 at around 6pm. I had to add the 2 scoops of protein powder in water against my own wishes, I was sitting at 1500 calories approximately without the protein and was full. Knowing that I needed the extra calories, even though I didnt feel hungry, I made myself down the protein shake. Still finished the day under calories, which isnt necessarily a bad thing!
Conclusion: It was a good day. Felt good most of the day. Im really looking forward to the coming days when I will be traveling! Not looking forward to being out of the gym, but with some of the advice I was given and some thought I think I will make it work. No days off. The following week is not going to be spent "vacationing" with poor diet and total carelessness to everything I am working towards. I am going to follow my diet to the best of my abilities. And heck, if the hotel has a small gym I will try to workout!
I wanna give a shoutout to Muscle Gauge Nutrition (MGN) for their cinnamon roll flavored protein powder. I have used the MGN protein for my last 15lbs of protein, Im really liking the stuff. The cinnamon roll tasted incredible ith about 8oz of water, 2 scoops of protein powder. I can tell this is a good quality protein, expecially for its price, because it does not give me gas (cheap protein qualities usually make me gassy). Im gonna try the MGN Isolate as my next tub of protein powder. Check them out!
Training:
Squats: 135x12, 225x7, 315x3
DB Split Squat: 15x12, 25x10, 35x8 (Each leg)
Leg Press: N/A
Lying (Seated) Leg Curls: 70x12, 90x10, 110x8, 130x8
Leg Extensions: 70x12, 90x10, 110x8, 130x8
Standing DB Calf Raise: 30 x burnout
Cardio: 10:30, 200 calories, stationary bike
Training went well. My legs were really fatigued before I even began the training, though. This is due to playing full court basketball the other evening. As a result, volume, especially on squats, was reduced. As I have mentioned before, the gym I am forced to train at currently does not have a leg press machine or a lying curl machine. Im looking forward to checking out my gym in Santa Barbara that I signed up for to see what they have! I went ahead and added some cardio at the end to get my legs hit a little harder, I dont always do cardio on leg days, but I felt like I could do a bit. I did as much as I could do without fatiguing myself too much.
Diet:
Meal 1 (60%): 1/4 protein cheesecake, 3 cups egg whites, 1 medium banana, 1 cup greek yogurt, 2 slices ezekiel bread
Calories: 1014, Carb 100, Fat 14, Protein 122
Meal 2 (30%): 2 scoop protein powder, 1 medium banana, 2 cups greek yogurt, 1/2 cup oats
Calories: 740, Carb 80, Fat 7, Protein 92
Daily Total: Calories: 1754, Carb 180, Fat 21, Protein 214
Diet was a little diffirent today. I had a fourth of the protein cheesecake I made my best friend for his birthday, which had a lot of greek yogurt in the ingredients. I then traveled most of the day preparing for my california trip, was unable to eat during the middle part of the day. However, I was not really hungry during the middle part of the day, which was different than usual. Even after eating my large post workout meal I am usually hungry and will eat at 3pm. I eventually made it home and consumed meal 2 at around 6pm. I had to add the 2 scoops of protein powder in water against my own wishes, I was sitting at 1500 calories approximately without the protein and was full. Knowing that I needed the extra calories, even though I didnt feel hungry, I made myself down the protein shake. Still finished the day under calories, which isnt necessarily a bad thing!
Conclusion: It was a good day. Felt good most of the day. Im really looking forward to the coming days when I will be traveling! Not looking forward to being out of the gym, but with some of the advice I was given and some thought I think I will make it work. No days off. The following week is not going to be spent "vacationing" with poor diet and total carelessness to everything I am working towards. I am going to follow my diet to the best of my abilities. And heck, if the hotel has a small gym I will try to workout!
I wanna give a shoutout to Muscle Gauge Nutrition (MGN) for their cinnamon roll flavored protein powder. I have used the MGN protein for my last 15lbs of protein, Im really liking the stuff. The cinnamon roll tasted incredible ith about 8oz of water, 2 scoops of protein powder. I can tell this is a good quality protein, expecially for its price, because it does not give me gas (cheap protein qualities usually make me gassy). Im gonna try the MGN Isolate as my next tub of protein powder. Check them out!
Natestreo
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Today was an off day, sorta. I've been playing full court basketball for the last 3 hours, so I definitely did not rest all day. I had some empty calories late in the evening to let my body chew on during basketball, as you will see. I was afraid to play full court ball on 1500 calorie day, not worth losing muscle tissue. Great excuse for some chocolate!
Meal 1 (60%): protein pancakes, 2 Spanish mackerel fillets (10oz)
Calories: 1084, carb 41, fat 45, protein 128
Meal 2 (20%): 2 scoops protein
Meal 3 (20%): 2 cups broccoli, 2tbsp peanut butter
Snacks total: 1000 calories, 107 carb, 67 fat, 13 protein
Daily total: calories 2569, carb 168, fat 131, protein 199
Terrible day. Absolutely terrible. I kept having thoughts like "I won't have access to much food the next several days, I can have this or that" ... Didn't have a good hold on my macros all day. Had a good amount of chocolate in the evening before playing basketball. I'm not overly worried about the awful macros today, basketball should have used a large portion of my calories. Looking forward to being out of an environment where I'm pressured constantly to have bad food and candy, I hate being pressured constantly. I wish my friends and family would support me rather than think its funny to tempt me constantly. Even someone who has very good discipline gets sick of being harassed.
Packing up all day tomorrow. Leaving for California on Tuesday. I'll go ahead and get a chest workout in tomorrow while I have access to the gym!
Meal 1 (60%): protein pancakes, 2 Spanish mackerel fillets (10oz)
Calories: 1084, carb 41, fat 45, protein 128
Meal 2 (20%): 2 scoops protein
Meal 3 (20%): 2 cups broccoli, 2tbsp peanut butter
Snacks total: 1000 calories, 107 carb, 67 fat, 13 protein
Daily total: calories 2569, carb 168, fat 131, protein 199
Terrible day. Absolutely terrible. I kept having thoughts like "I won't have access to much food the next several days, I can have this or that" ... Didn't have a good hold on my macros all day. Had a good amount of chocolate in the evening before playing basketball. I'm not overly worried about the awful macros today, basketball should have used a large portion of my calories. Looking forward to being out of an environment where I'm pressured constantly to have bad food and candy, I hate being pressured constantly. I wish my friends and family would support me rather than think its funny to tempt me constantly. Even someone who has very good discipline gets sick of being harassed.
Packing up all day tomorrow. Leaving for California on Tuesday. I'll go ahead and get a chest workout in tomorrow while I have access to the gym!