Galileo Figaro Magnifico!

Welcome to My Journal

Note: I am ripping my intro off from my old journal and rewording it for today's purposes. GoToHell!

In this journal I will include information about my diet, supplementation, training routine, sleep, and daily happenings in my life. I promise to update it every weekday without fail, I promise to never miss a workout and eat properly, and I promise to wash behind my ears.

Before you call this an ordinary journal, realize that I am the weakest person in the universe and I am starting from virtual scratch. My progression should be an inspiration to everyone on this friggen site.

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Current Stats
Age: 22
Weight: 158bs
BF: Too much

Desired Stats
Age: 23
Weight: 175
BF: Holy crap, straitions in my ass!

Short-Term Goals
Age: 23
Weight: 152-155
BF: 8%
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Crappy Routine
My crappy beginning again routine. One set warmup, one set to failure, HIT style. This will be performed 2 times a week, by me.

frontSquats or deadLifts (alternate) x20
trapBarShrugs x8-12
weighedChins x8-12
weightedDips x8-12
lateralRaises x8-12
dB Rows x8-12
inclinePress x8-12
weightedCrunches x8-12
oneLegCalfRaises x8-12
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Crappy Diet
I will post more on my crappy diet soon.

I am going isocaloric mother****ers. This is a cut...cut...cut. I wanna get down to about 8% or so this time. If I lost six pounds of solid fiz-at, I would be at 152 @ 8% I am guessing. We shall see. Then I'll bulk again and take it MUCH SLOWER. I didn't count on my metabolism being so damned slow.

Daily calories are around 1900 (+shake on workout days).

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Crappy Supplements
I use a multiVitamin, 2g's of Vitamin C - yo, a B-100 deal, and a Vit-E Supa-Dupa Complex.

ALA! ALA! ALA! Racemic too! 1-3g daily

I also own whey and some creatine monofriggenhydrate.

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Crappy Sleepy
I beg the Gods of Slumber for 8 hours...PLEASE send me 8 hours a night!

I will begin updating soon.

The End

[Fudomyo]

3 lbs heavier than your fighting weight!? Fat in the head, I say!

Hey, where'd the 3 g's of ALA come from anyway? Still waiting to hear where you got that dosage from.

I look forward to hearing from rant boy.

Fudorifico

[galileo]

...

I missed the 3lbs heavier than fighting weight part...

Anyhow, I've read numerous places of people's reaction to ALA and how many carbs per mg, etc.

30g = 300mg of ALA (racemic, not r-ALA)
6 meals, about 30g of carbs each would be 1.8g of ALA. On workout days I will have a 75g shake which is another 900mg, roughly which will put me at a little under 3g. There is a decent thread by the Fonz on elitefts boards about it. I've talked to some other people who I really trust on the subject and they've given me their input.

Today is the day I start my cutting diet. The more I look at it, the more I think that my calories won't be low enough. I will shoot for 1900 for now and lower as I need. I like starting my new diets on Tuesday's. Why? Because Mondays usually suck for one reason or another and I end up having something go on that screws up the diet. I did train last night and I'll post my results with today's update.

Day 1 of 42

I. Mastication, Deglutition, and Supplementation
Daily Rating: *****
This is the first day of my new cutting diet. So far, breakfast is absolutely horrible. Tuna does not sit right first thing in the morning.

7:00 300mg ALA
7:30 2oz Oatmeal, 2oz milk, 1 can tuna, 1 tbsp flax seed oil
9:30 300mg ALA
10:00 48g FiberOne, 4oz milk, 3 egg whites, 1 whole organic egg, 1/4oz flax oil
10:15 Twinlab Daily One
12:00 300mg ALA
12:30 4oz lettuce, 2oz radishes, 2oz baby carrots, 1oz cucumber, 2tbsp fat-free ranch, 3.5oz turkey, 1oz sunflower seeds
12:45 Twinlab Vitamin E
2:30 300mg ALA
3:00 4oz fat-free cottage cheese, 2oz strawberries, 0.5oz almonds, 0.6oz oatmeal
3:30 Twinlab Vitamin B-100
5:00 300mg ALA
5:30 2oz chicken, 1/2 whole wheat bagel, 16g natural peanut butter
7:30 300mg ALA
8:00 5.2oz cottage cheese, 1oz blueberries, 1 yogurt, 0.45oz flax oil

Daily Totals: 1901 calories, 65 fat, 193 carbs (46 fiber), 152 protein
Daily Split: 33% fat, 33% carbs, 34% protein
Supplements: 1.8g ALA, MultiVitamin, +400IU Vitamin E, +2g Vitamin C, +100 Vitamin B complex

II. Training
Daily Rating: *****
Note: This was from last night's training.
I was sooooo friggen tired last night. I didn't even want to move. It felt like my muscles were doing the work, but I was somewhere else. I was just beat. I didn't get much sleep last night either. The temperature was all messed up in my room because I have to keep my door shut. That needs to get fixed, quick like. If it wasn't for the personal records this workout would've got a much lower rating.

Squats
Goal: 145x10
Warmup: 95x6, 125x6
Workset: 145x10
This was still pretty easy. I'm hoping to work up to about 200 before it gets tough.

trapBarShrugs
Goal: 225x8
Warmup: 140x8, 190x8
Workset: 225x12 Personal Record!
Cake.

parallelGripChinups
Goal: +25x9
Warmup: +0x6
Workset: +25x7
oooouch. My chinup strength sucks! I wish I could try suppinated grip chinups to test my strength difference.

weightedDips
Goal: +50x10
Warmup: +0x6
Workset: +55x9 Personal Record!
I thought I had 50lbs on the belt and was disappointed that I only got 9 reps. Then as I took the weight off, I was like woohoo! My belt weighs 3lbs so technically I can be a weasel and say 58lbs, but I won't.

lateralRaises
Goal: 25x8
Warmup: 15x10
Workset: 25x6
This was tougher than I expected it to be. Taking the week off didn't help me.

oneArmDBRow
Goal: 70x8
Warmup: n/a
Workset: 70x8 Personal Record!
This was a tough set, but I pulled it through. I can't add anymore weight to my dumbells...I am gonna have to buy new ones.

inclineDbPress
Goal: n/a
Warmup: n/a
Workset: n/a
My bench broke so this wasn't happening today.


III. Slumber
Daily Rating: *****
I got in about 11:30 and slept extremely broken the entire night. I must've woke up 10 times.
Total Sleep: 6.5 hours in 5 minute increments.

IV. Daily Rant
People are douche-bags.

V. Goal of the Week
Goal: Don't let douche-bags pišš me off.

The End

Man...no one responds to my journal here. It's funny, the other places I post it gets all kinds of crap feedback.

I see we now are sponsored by Seasilver Liquid Vitamins. After the lame-ass posts they put here I will never purchase them. You hear me Seasilver? Your Nazi scare tactics won't work on this guy! I WILL REVOLT. I WILL NO SUCCUMB TO YOUR EVIL LIQUID DEATH.

[Lee J B]

I for one do read your journal regularly, I will respond in future, its a good journal , btw - I agree about the seasilver .. no offence to them but **** OFF

[Sophos9]

I am with you on the REVOLT. Damn Ironic ain't it, I argue like a beeatch then see the **** being advertised on the board

[Cougar]

I don't have a problem with it. The way I see it, they're paying for a totally useless advertisement, since no one here will buy from them after the "Freedom to Spam" posts.

They pay BigG money for, basically, nothing. And I get entertainment value.

[Sophos9]

Well at least Big G gets paid and this board stays open. Thanks Seasilver

[Cooper]

Gallileo, whats with the broken sleep? is this a one off or does it happen a lot.

just curious m8, why are ya training at home? I used to do this years ago but the variety of equipment took me to a gym but once I'm earning HUGE bucks as a software engineer I may get my own place kitted out LOL.

Cutting Diet: Day 2 of 42

I. Mastication, Deglutition, and Supplementation
Daily Rating: *****
Day two and everything is running Ok. I had to make some adjustments to my diet today because I ran out of cheap eggs for my egg whites. Then I screwed up and had my flax oil late, which is a bigger calorie deficit for the day.

I find that I am not hungry at all right now, so my meals are spaced well. If I don't lose any weight/fat this week though I will lower my calories by 100 next week. I know my metabolism is slower, but I have yet to really find my maintenance calories. I lost fat pretty easy last time, but I went from 1900->1400 calories over the course of six weeks.

07:00 300mg ALA
07:30 2oz Oatmeal, 3oz milk, 1 can tuna
08:00 2g Vitamin C
09:30 300mg ALA
10:00 48g FiberOne, 3oz milk, 1 egg white, 2 whole organic eggs, 1/4oz flax oil
10:15 Twinlab Daily One
12:30 300mg ALA
01:00 4oz lettuce, 2oz radishes, 2oz baby carrots, 1oz cucumber, 2tbsp fat-free ranch, 3.5oz turkey, 1oz sunflower seeds
01:15 Twinlab Vitamin E
03:00 300mg ALA
03:30 4oz fat-free cottage cheese, 2oz strawberries, 0.5oz almonds, 0.6oz oatmeal
04:00 Twinlab Vitamin B-100
05:30 300mg ALA
06:00 2oz chicken, 1/2 whole wheat bagel, 16g natural peanut butter
08:00 300mg ALA
08:30 5.2oz cottage cheese, 1oz blueberries, 1 yogurt, 0.45oz flax oil
09:00 2g Vitamin C

Daily Totals: 1838 calories, 58 fat, 194 carbs (46 fiber), 152 protein
Daily Split: 30% fat, 35% carbs, 35% protein
Supplements: 1.8g ALA, MultiVitamin, +400IU Vitamin E, +4g Vitamin C, +100 Vitamin B complex

II. Training
Daily Rating: n/a

III. Slumber
Daily Rating: *****
I went to bed at 10:00 and didn't fall asleep. I rolled around until 11:30 when I decided to take some Valerian root. Took those, then I laid another half-hour and fell asleep. Woke up a ton of times throughout the night because my girlfriend was tossing and turning and my cats were being stupid. Ordering magnesium today. I can't handle this much longer.
Total Sleep: 7 hours in 10 minute increments, this time.

IV. Stat Whore
Daily Rating: *****
I am a tiny, pathetic, and as ElPietro pointed out, "Marilyn Manson" looking bitch. I don't know how I am so fat, since I puke everytime I look in the ****ing mirror. Why must I be cursed with man-boobs? WHY? God punishes the wicked. Or is that Wiccan? Screeeeeeewwwwwwww me.

Morning stats at what I consider to be the start of my diet. I was down a little bit on water weight this morning, but I am going to use my morning weight yesterday as my start point on that note. (This morning I was 157.5-158).

Age: 23
Height: 5'9"-5'9.5"
Weight: 158.5lbs
Fat: 19.337lbs

Caliper Measurements
These are self-administered and subject to enormous error.
Chest: 6mm
Abs: 18mm
Thigh: 19mm
Estimated BodyFat: 12.2%

If I lose 6lbs I will be at 8.7% bodyfat, assuming I lose no LBM. I'll probably keep going until that point, then do as slow of a bulk as I can stand.

V. Daily Rant
I hate not being able to sleep. My days are miserable and my nights are even worse. Two days in a row in unacceptable for me. I'm so tired that I see monkeys running around in trees that don't exist. Do you know how scary that is? Monkeys? Imaginary trees? It's like a Siberian blizzard out there baby, and I'm the only mah****a with a shovel.

The End

Originally posted by Cooper
Gallileo, whats with the broken sleep? is this a one off or does it happen a lot.

just curious m8, why are ya training at home? I used to do this years ago but the variety of equipment took me to a gym but once I'm earning HUGE bucks as a software engineer I may get my own place kitted out LOL.

I love training at home. I have the equipment I want and I don't have to wait around. I even spent a good deal of $$ to get the exact equipment I want that can be put in my closet if I need to! (http://www.ironmind.com has Vulcan Racks + Dip Handles which cost almost $500, etc) My only problem is growing out of my weights. I don't need machines or any of that mumbo jumbo. I'm a garage-warrior. ROARRRRRRRRRRR! As long as I got some racks to squat in and a trapabar to pick up, I'm a happy dinosaur. I also do a lot of thickbar work, which you can't find at a gym.

The sleep thing...it has happened a lot the past few days. I just took a nap from 6:00 to 8:00 and I feel I could sleep the whole night through tonight. I am going to grab some magnesium or mealtonin or something to try to aid my sleep tonight. I haven't had this problem in years and I'd hate to see it start again.

[Fudomyo]

Could be the light change. Always screws me up in the winter time. It gets dark at 11pm in the summer, and 4:30 in the winter.

Melatonin is great. 2mg time-release works the best imho. If you take 3mg it can stop your natural production, then you just wake up at 2-3am. It's one of those, take just enough, to work well substances.

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