Mutt's Becoming Journal

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/08/28, 02:17 PM Ok so a few of you have super slow computers and my old journal was taking a long time to bring up. So I thought I would start a new one. I am closer but not quite to my overall goal. SO this journal is all about reaching my goals of 14% bf and a waist of 38-40. That said, I am also planning to compete in a powerlifting comp sometime in the future. So not only will this be a differnt journal in that it will focus on my Bf loss goal, but it will also focus on my powerlifting goals. Look for updates soon, I plan to push the reality of my lifts beyond my current ability to comprhend!!! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!

mtlong33 Posts: 114 Joined: 2003/01/28	2003/08/28, 02:29 PM It's good to see the new journal. Good luck, and keep us updated on your progress. -------------- Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/08/28, 03:11 PM Thats the Mutt we all know and luv! Go Mutt go! :)
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/08/28, 06:08 PM You go mutt, we love hearing about your workouts and new PR's! Grrrrrrr... -------------- ~Victoria~ ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2003/08/29, 10:06 PM Sweet, Mutt!!! Can't wait to read the powerlifting entries in the new journal. Positive inspiration for all of the strength training freaks on FT!!! Don't forget -- we're all here for you! -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/02, 10:06 AM Ok thanks for the votes of confidence! Here is the first offical post: Mainly diet for the day is what this on is about. I started off with a pop tart! Ok Ok I know not the best but hey it is not often that I get a chance for one. MMnnn MMnnn good. For 1st real meal will be 3 egg white one whole egg and 7 cherry tomatoes mixed in with a quart of skimm milk. 2nd meal is a 1lb split chicken breast (grilled) and 1 cup rice and beans. 3rd meal same as 2nd except I have fresh green beans with it. 4th meal will be pasta. 5th and last will be 4egg whites and skim milk. I also hope to lift tonight will pst that if I can tonight! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/03, 09:52 AM Last night did back and Biceps. Bent rows 114x10 134x10 182x10 202x9 deadlifts 162x10 182x10 198x10 BB curls 85x 10 90x10 105x5 Db curls 30x10 35x10 40x10 ez curls 70x9 75x8 85x8 palm up DB wrist curls 15x20 20x12 -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/03, 09:53 AM Opps for got Highlights: ate rather well for me though the poptart will not be a regualr addition to my eating. Lowlights Gout is back in my left foot! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/09, 04:21 PM Well after a number of days with extreme pain in my foot it seems to be fading. I want to plan out my attack for the next 3 months or os. No gym limited weights and well a dwindleing supply of get-up-and-go. SO I need to step in get back to something regardless what level it is. Since I have only about 200lbs I can use at one time lifting heavy for bent rows and deadlifts is nigh impossible. So here is the plan: Day one- Chest and Biceps, here I can get a great if somewhat stale bicep workout, I will try to add some flies and try chair dips. Day two- Back and Triceps, again I will be able to get a great tri workout but can only do bent rows, deadlifts and upright rows. PLUS I am adding cleans to this day as well. Day three- Shoulders and legs, Heavy shrugs and Squats are out so I will do front squats and lunges for legs and do a lot of sllloooowwwww reps for shrugs. Day four- will be forearm and calves day. Any thoughts and suggestions are very welcome. Along with this I plan on attepmting to hit running walking and or tae bo 3-4 times as well. Will update as I can. -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/15, 12:13 PM Ok I had a touch of vertigo last week but last night felt much better so I tried a little bice/forearm workout. I started with Ez curl bar curls 70x10, 86x10, 96x10. These were done witha wider grip and elbows kept back. Alt DB curls Supersetted with hammer curls I did 3sets of 10 reps at 30lbs. Nice slow perfect form. Barbell curls 58x10, 78x10, 98x10 all good form and nice and slow. For forearms I did 3 sets each at 15 reps with 20 and 25lbs of wrist curls both palm up and palm downs. Highlights: Good pump! Feel it today! Lowlights: Felt a little dizzy during it but will try for another day tonight... -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/09/15, 12:26 PM :o) Keep working at it Mutt - Your perseverance in the face of medical complications is admirable. I could take a page from your book and not let personal issues cloud my path....thanks Mutt for showing us how.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/15, 12:36 PM Well I look at it like this..I made huge gains over the past year, I could just let them go or fight and keeping it going..... -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/09/15, 12:44 PM You're right; absolutely positively correct. I apologize-you've probably mentioned it somewhere on the message boards, but I didn't catch it... Do you have an inner ear infection which is causing the vertigo?? Or a permanent condition like Meniere's?
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/15, 12:47 PM They told me it was like a inner ear infection but not quite. It is caused by a virus this the first ever time I have ahd it, my wife gets it occasionaly. I seem to be past it but it coudl take 3 weeks....not sure what it all means...just know I hate it. -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/09/15, 12:59 PM :o) Yeah, I bet... You'll get over it in no time :o) ...Kev has Meniere's....the vertigo came pretty violently for him /couldn't maintain his balance...For about 4 months, I was helping him around the house...He became very depressed...Walking like a drunk all the time (funny but not funny)...He was taking gentamycin injections in the eardrum to kill the nerves. The condition has lessened in ferocity but still usually lands him in the bed for about 1 or 2 days about every 6 weeks..I'm just happy that he's feeling better again. I don't have to go to the grocery alone anymore - LOL - and to think we used to get in each other's way at the checkout lane :o)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/15, 01:03 PM I feel for him!!!!! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/09/15, 01:11 PM He'll be all right - he's not the type to stay down for long. That's part of the reason I love him. And you have the same trait it seems :o) So where's that training manual by you and the saxman? LOL Are you serious about writing a book about your fitness experience?
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/15, 01:22 PM I have kinda started one just got overwhelmed with it...everytime I get done explaining something I realize how much more I want to add. I am really doing it to make money plain and simple tho I really need something else to help out if it gets published great if not at least I tried. -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/09/15, 02:12 PM Don't get discouraged. Just choose one subtopic (equipment, proper form, stretches etc.) and write down your thoughts. From there, you can write up paragraphs on the topic. You can always plant last minute ideas into the body of the paragraph where logical....footnotes work too. You can complete the rough draft and let someone copy-edit for you.. As far as $$, LOL - our client is moving their risk management and servicing operations to Buffalo, NY in December....Since I have elected not to relocate, my termination date is December 1st....Found this out a few months ago - really has me bummed out because I've worked with this company for 7 years and have good relations with both the client, my superiors and my coworkers..Had me so wrapped that I landed myself in a car accident the day after learning about it with an older model corvette...blah...Lucky I have full coverage and no one was seriously injured... I don't mind change when I'm the one who initiates it...LOL Guess that is just the way the wind blows, and I should endeavor to hold on.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/15, 02:17 PM Buffalo is right down the road from me. Too bad about the job change maybe now ya can find that dream job! Good luck in that hang in there you will find something better -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/16, 12:32 PM Today is my real start in reaching my goal of 14% bf. I plan to insert HIIT training tonight and here is the first four meals of the day: Meal one-2 cups oatmeal one cup coffee Meal two-4oz steak 3eggs 3eggwhite half quart skim milk Meal three-one chicken breast 1 cup br rice and half can stewed tomatos Meal four-same as above. One gallon of water as well. -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/09/16, 02:18 PM Hmmmmm, no poptarts on that list? Good for you mutt! Now your 'meal plan' sounds as boring as mine, and everyone elses come to think of it. Good luck big guy. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
mtlong33 Posts: 114 Joined: 2003/01/28	2003/09/16, 02:21 PM Hey, I know it probably shouldn't go here, but how much would a 3.5 oz chicken breast be. Size of a palm, hand?? what?? -------------- Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/16, 02:23 PM Um about that poptart! It got me! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
mtlong33 Posts: 114 Joined: 2003/01/28	2003/09/16, 02:26 PM NOOOOOOO!!!!! Darn poptarts -------------- Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/16, 02:32 PM I mean I tried guys and gals I really did but it was there, sitting in my "just in case drawer" calling me, Mutt...Muttt MUUUTTTT you know you want us come and get us!..So I did it was yummy but now I feel bad.....oh well there is always tomorrow! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/17, 12:03 PM Ok today is better eating wise 2 cups pat meal 1 quart skimm milk 2eggs 2egg whites one slice meatloaf 1 chicken breast 1 cup brown rice 1 half can diced tomatos 1 chicken breast 1 cup brown rice 1 half can diced tomatos NO POPTARTS i repeat NO POPTARTS!!!!!! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/09/17, 12:10 PM good for you mutt! way to pick it up after the trip. :) -------------- Bettia.... The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/17, 12:13 PM But I did not fall -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/09/17, 04:20 PM Hey mutt, I thought about you last night when I saw an Oreos ad. I guess if you get an Oreo that turns your milk blue, you will win a million dollars. Would that make it ok to eat a few once in a while? (I'm such a sucker!) Just think mutt, you could be getting paid to eat Oreos...lol. Sort of? -------------- ~Victoria~ ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/09/17, 04:22 PM STOOOPPPPPPPPPPP!! oh no now ya did it! LOL I try no to buy them as they last about a minute at my home!!!! -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!