8/30/09

it's been almost a year. currently in a financial crisis that i'm working my way out of. not eating often due to lack of food.constantly have to remind myself that i have to workout. and i have nothing to lift. it's all bodyweight. regardless, i shall start blogging again and recording my goals, etc.

grits
turkey bacon
peanut butter bar

fruit smoothie w/ protien
chili
orange (whole)

kashi go lean cereal
an orange
1/2 cup 2% milk
multivitamin

pineapple juice
2 bread rolls
kashi go-lean cereal
bites of grits
2 cups 2% milk

pasta w/ 3 chicken legs

cookies, an egg, 2 slices of turkey

a chicken wing, rice and black beans.

almonds w/ milk

2 small cookies

cooked veggies w/ mixed seafood

4 pieces chicken ravioli w/ pesto

almonds, chicken burger w/ a little bit of shredded cheese + mustard

workoutshake

bag of sun chips + a fortune cookie

vegetables (kale, spinach,broccoli) + chicken burger

an orange 3 slices of turkey

chex mix bar

Now that i've enabled mobile blogging, this will be MUCH easier! The shake is in now just news to log food + workouts.

shake w/ protien berries oats milk

Change Gon' Come

Priorities right now:

1. Finding Gainful Employment - prefereably in something with hospitality

234: Vehicle, DJ equipment. All of these will come with the job.

5. Getting into athletic condition = the whole reason behind this blog lol. I'm playing rugby now and even if I don't make some money out of it, I'd still like to be able to compete with professional athletes. I also want to do freerunning and tricking though my current conditioning is severely limiting that.

How I'm going to do that:

1. Keep an eye out for any nearby opportunities. Network often. Go to websites. Start selling junk items I have.

234: I'm gonna have to be cheeeeeeeeeap. But all things will be worth it.

5. I have to get organized. Too much time pon di computer being wasted. Fitting in workouts will have to be what it is. Training for speed, strength and everything nice is what it is. I can feel myself getting old sitting down all the time. No Bueno!

A daily schedule would seriously help my cause, because my cause is the only one I can help lol.

boohoo

I'll get better about posting on here. as soon as i can find a mobile blogging client lol.

got the blood test/physical done, gotta cut out the red meat and add more veggies, fruits, etc.

today

orange
spinach omlettes 6-7 eggs, 2 servings
some almonds
handful of blueberries
Pomegranite peach passion

Past few days it's been a steady intake of broccoli, black beans, chicken and steak.

this morning:

wendy's 3/4 burger
straw berry shake

broccoli + black beans + chicken.

look like i'm back, gotta get right for conference. gotta get right for everything, including life.

1/22/09

damn i fell off! should've never stopped blogging this. i felt like i couldn't cuz i had no money and was eating whatever i could get my hands on. fuggit. here's today.

yogurt

cheese sticks

frozen veg + chicken quarter

chicken quarter

and after reading t-nation i know i've got to make time to get in shape for spring break/ conference. so here goes nothing. happy new year.

12/28/08

2 small square pieces of Carrot Cake

Grapes

6 McDonalds cheeseburgers

12/22/08

so i'm like 90% recovered minus getting the excess cold out. was sick for like 3 days, ate alot of liquid stuff.

not eating as much lately. not intentionally just don't feel as hungry upon waking up. fucking weiiiiiiiiird.

it's too easy to skip this

i'm considering de-activating this blog. haven't used it in damn near a week due to pure laziness. and finals. but mostly laziness. i don't know anymore. i'm in a weird place right now.

12/3/08

oatmeal
cheese slice

rice
roti
potato
curry
shrimp

noodles
nutrigran bar

Pizza
garlic bread

12/2/08

I'm back... after a hiatus.

pineapple juice
frosted flakes

brown rice
beans
tuna

brown rice
beans
tuna

slice of sweet potato pie.

took my first mma class today. that shit is NO joke. i'm gonna feel this in the morning. i know it. but i'm sooooo gonna do this for the whole 30 days.

11/25/08

cheddar cheese noodles

big buffet breakfast (eggs, egg white omelet, potatoes, oatmeal, egg + cheese taco)

berries

chicken, steak, shrimp meal + fries

11/24/08

2 egg whites

ultimate omelet @ Denny's w/ biscuit and hash brown
mozzarella cheese sticks

meatball w/ pasta by stouffers

spent all my money on some bullshit online service i'm addicted to. luckily it's thanksgiving weekend so food won't be a problem. but the following week will be hell.

fall into the trap 11/23/08

been off track lately but i shall get back to it.

11/19/08

Mashed potato
chicken thigh
swedish meatball (4)

ham + cheese croissant
slice of cake

both brought on by some weird strike of hunger during a workout

some weird thing made with rice krispies

mashed potatoes
chicken
cornbread
turkey

11/18/08

cereal
some sort of breakfast wrap from Einstein

yogurt

pineapple and kiwi

mac and cheese
a candied yam
2 chicken legs

11/16/08

strawbs
cinnamon toast crunch

slice of cake
beans

vanilla milk
wrap w/ chicken, turkey, provolone, tomato, green pepper, mustard

big box meal (taco bell)

11/17/08

Some cereal
strawbs

chicken kebab
protein shake w/ berries
mixed veg

pineapple chunks
chicken pieces

mixed veg
chicken

Life Note - 11/16/08

So I come back from a DB3 meeting/get-together and find the apartment i live in cleaner than a mothrfucker SON. And I was thinking about it; conclusion being that I have to take some sort of control of my life and steer the ship in order to get what I want.

This requires me taking charge and making sure of little things like eating the right stuff, making sure my place is clean to bring girls through and the like. My room/suite mate always makes sure of this before he brings company through and I've been told that following his example wouldn't be the worst thing I've ever done. I also need to learn something about interior design because the extra re-arrangements done, I would not have thought about myself. Maybe its the emotional detachment I feel towards houses and homes in general. My thought process is akin to a traveler in a hotel; I'll be in and out and I'll take care of the other shit when I feel it's convenient.

Obviously, this can't work. No matter how temporary, I have to learn to clean up my living space. That and discard past stuff. You see, I have a lot of old clothes and junk I've acquired over my lifetime which hasn't been that long in certain senses. Seeing as money is usually tight and goes towards the cell bill and feeding myself, clothing's usually been a low priority right above the cleaning thing. But now I feel like in order to change for the better like I've said I'd be doing, the past must be discarded. So lemme see what I can pull up.

11/15/08

grilled cheese sandwich
hardboiled eggs

4 cheese slices
1 sausage slice
3 chicken wings

1 cheese slice
1 pineapple slice

another slice of something and juice

11/14/08

strawbs
grapes

apple
cinnamon toast crunch

choc./vanilla organic milk

2 wraps (veggies, sliced turkey, hummus & bean dip)

turkey slices
some shredded mozzarella
4 pineapple chinks and a slice of strawberry

11/13/08

grapes
yogurt
orange juice

fruit

overcooked veg
quarter-chicken

curry potato and beef

11/12/08

grapes
strawberries
yogurt w/ granola

breyers vanilla with kiwi, strawbs, pineapple
chicken leg quarter
mixed veg

strawberry sundae
chicken leg quarter

grapes

11/11/08

cheese sticks
t-bone steak
fries
biscuit

grapes
chicken
salsa
strawbs

11/9/08 - week in review

it's safe to say i've had a poor eating week with no nutritional value
it's also been a strange.... 24 hr period personally.
i need to get back on the wagon. badly.

11/8/08

2 brownies

11/6/08

2 donuts

yogurt

i can't remember! the last few days have been a blur :(

11/4/08

2 chicken breasts

::wakeup::

egg whites

protein smoothie w/ berries

kfc box meal

omelette w/ hash browns

11/3/08

yogurt w/ granola and raisins

zesty bowl from taco bell

chicken, tomatoes, rice, shrimp, steak

paella

11/2/08

plate of pasta

::wakeup::

some mini sandwiches with cheese, some meat
3 bowls cinnamon toast crunch
macaroni??

couple of deadlifts, just didn't feel up to it today for some reason

starbucks caramel frap, extra caramel no whip

big box meal from taco bell

i'm gonna try something new this week.

11/1/08

chinese rice
wendy's frosty
dr. pepper
some sandwich
cinnamon toast crunch
chicken
pasta
chicken

10/31/08

Missed yesterday due to me working for 12hrs and then doing a bunch of other life things.
But I'm back on track today!

Pineapple slice

10/29/08

Chicken and vegetables
Steak
cupcake

pasta, chicken, vegetables

sweetbread slices
chicken legs

chicken
pasta
bread slice
oreos

i'm starting to notice a trend here lol

10/28/08

Banana
Orange
Chips
BIG ASS BREAKFAST (Scrambled eggs, egg omlette with mushroom, onion, peppers, potato)
Apple
Chicken wrap
Chicken Sandwich
Vanilla Organic Milk

Snatch Pull: 245/7 255/5 255/4 255/4
Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift: 20/5 20/7 20/7
Bent-Over Row: 85/8 + 85/10 85/10
Single-Arm Lat Pulldown: 60/10 60/10 60/11
4-point plank

10/27/08

1 banana

1/4 chicken, steak, 4 shrimp,balsamic tomatoes, rice, black beans
1 orange

1 reses mini

2-3 of those lil cinnamon twists from taco bell pilfered from my roommate who would let it sit in the fridge forever anyway

chicken,steak,shrimp,tomatoes, rice, black beans (same serving size as last time)

protein shake (mixed berries and kiwi, pineapple and mango((?)) + 2 scoops isopure no-card protein (1 strawberry, 1 mango)

couple of chips

followed the 1A wirkout from Power training, feel good about it.

10/26/08

eats

rice w/ meat thing my grandparents stole from a church
OJ
leftover pasta
yogurt w/ granola, pb
volcano taco
other rice w/ meat thing
burger


workout

one-legged deadlift
pullup
but i decided to focus more on joint mobility due to my lifts being hindered by the lack thereof.

10/25/08

orange juice
apple juice
leftover pasta
chips
string cheese w/ dip
banana
rice w/ corn, chicken
pasta concoction
some kfc thing for the weekend

actually did some of the hip mobility stretches. not getting back on the weights for a few weeks, all exercises will be bodyweight.

10/24/08

Eats (in chronological order from wake up)

Apple Juice
Orange Juice
Pumpernickel slices
egg whites w/ salsa
orange

Rice, beans, chicken tropichop
orange juice
apple juice
pineapple slice

cheese stick
couple of pringles
chicken breasts
some pasta w/ cheese and sauce thingie i devised in a fit of hunger

10/24/08 - Weekly Training Thoughts

So I'm now going to review the past 7 days of eating/training/life.

- I should give the pizzas and social eating a bit of an ease up. On average I think I did alright but could've gone way harder with it. But trying to slim the waistline and keep a social life is a balancing act.

- My mom keeps asking if I'm eating well. I can tell her "yes" with a clear consicence due to the fact that bad eats are getting fewer and farther in between.

- I should probably be training more even though a proper diet of foods is essential. But I refuse to eat carrot sticks and celery for life.

- I really like Olympic lifts even though I haven't completely grasped all of the movements.

- After talking to a friend of mine, it's clear that I have much potential to do what I want (mainly get alot of female attention and horizontal action) but I'm going about it the wrong way. Even though I was under the impression that it was the right way. So now the quest begins to find out how do it the right way and start getting people where I'd like them to be.... and if that happens to lead to my bed then so be it. Yes, I know I'm not supposed to think it but everyone else is being loose and I'd like to try my hand @ that for a moment. Shiiiiet I got desires and wants too!

- I need to do a new workout plan from Dos' book. I'm off today so that's on the agenda as well as laundry, assignments and seeing wtf is up with my schedule.

- I also need to take certain exams already so that I can progress with this college shit. I'd really like to graduate already.

- Really, I just wanna smash. Alot. I think it's the fact that I'm seeing alot of people randomly (or maybe not) gettin' theirs and i'm playing the sideline like some of these footballers. whatever. i hope it passes, thinking about sex all day is hazardous.

- Yeah I'm really re-evaluating some things in my life right now. But it seems that everyday i do that. and it gets me one step closer to the nowhere that i've always feared.

- don't get it twisted. there are alot more things to life than being fly and getting laid. the 2 truths i've found is that life is short and i should do everything in my power to rock that shit to the fullest. but the day-to-day prohibits that.

-3rd truth. i have alot of potential. Potential is my life's story. but yet when it comes to meeting it, i see myself falling way short of expectations. every. time. so i must ask myself what it is that's holding me back or i'm holding back from myself. i'd like to actualize it from last week. matter of fact, i should've spent my life doing that shit.

- i think i just need some clarity. like HD quality though. like i'd like to know just WHAT it is that holds the key to me becoming my ultimate self. when i say ultimate i mean the best version of myself i can be.

10/24/08 - Conversation with Nate Green

Spoke with super-trainer Nate Green on what I need to do to get where I want to get.
Goes something like this:

Good job on the Men's Health Power Training. Dos is a bad ass and it's a very good program. Just make sure you're not slacking! Every set should be tough, but doable.

- I like how you're keeping yourself accountable by writing down your food intake. It's a great start.

- Physical changes are usually some of the last to come. A lot of things are going to be happening internally that will eventually (if you've worked your ass off and been on point) manifest on the outside. HOWEVER, I'd suggest not going just by the scale but also how your clothes fit, what you look like in the mirror, and basic girth measurements like waist, hips, chest, etc. The more you measure, the better off you'll be and the more progress you'll see.

A few more critical notes:

- No more chocolate milk, bagels with honey in the morning, or other types of simple sugars and basic carbohydrates. Dos' book has a fantastic chapter by a good friend of mine and a brilliant nutritionist, Mike Roussell. I highly recommend following his strategies outlined in the chapter. (You can also head to http://www.nakednutritionguide.com.)

You need good quality protein, not a lot of processed carbs, and you need to be eating frequently. (Like, at least 4-5 times per day.)

- Your hips are probably bothering you on the squats because you're a bit tight in your hip flexors and internal/external rotators.

Check out this article and start incorporating these movements into your warm ups.

http://stronglifts.com/7-dynamic-stretches-to-improve-your-hip-mobility/


That should do ya for now. Make those changes, wait a few weeks, and see what happens.

10/23/08

Eats

2 cups choc milk
orange
banana

sausage
breakfast taco (eggs, salsa, cheese)

scrambled eggs
egg white omlette with tomato, pepper, mushroom
potatoes

yogurt w/ granola on the top & bottom

leftover sauce w/ chicken
cooked vegetables

chicken w/ bean dip (don't ask, life gets crzy sometimes)
more chicken

10/22/08

Eats

Cereal w/ berries (rasp, blue, black)
pineapple slice
orange juice

vegetables w/ chicken

orange juice
chocolate milk
honey roasted peanuts
string cheese

orange
2 slices cheese pizza

10/21/08

Eats

Banana
Apple
String Cheese

Scrambled Eggs
Potatoes
Egg white omlette w/ cheese
biscuits
choc milk

pasta w/ chicken, Parmesan cheese
spaghetti w/ bratwurst and some special sauce
mini-slice of bread w/ sauce

Workout

alot of punches and kicks thrown
squat
pullups
bent-over rows
some stretches because when I squat I get this feeling of discomfort in the hip area and i still don't know what that's about besides a lack of conditioning
tested how many pushups I can do now to see what exactly is slowing up my progress (sticking point) I stopped @ 20

basically noticed that i've looked the same way for years AND i work out on a mostly regular basis, so i'm wondering why I see no progress. at the 7th post i'll figure out the eating/workout trends and make some adjustments

10/20/08

Eats

Bananna
Yogurt w/ granola
Last mini slices of toast (they're smaller than my palm)

2 cheese sticks
Wrap w/ chicken and salsa

Cup of choc. milk
cheese stick
mini-slice of bread w/ salsa
small apple

wrap w/ pre-chopped chicken and salsa
little bit of pasta

10/19/08

Woke up late due to festivities @ Parkwest

Eats

Bread, bagel, all w/ honey butter
mouthful of cereal
yogurt and black berries
blueberries
scraps of chicken
Fried chicken breast and thigh
veggies (grean beans, peas, corn)
mashed potato (no gravy)
rice
curry chicken
veggies
fried plantains (platanos)
pina colada
pepsi

training

clean + jerk - 145
clean pull - 145(?)
pullup - i know i did some and the # was around 3+ per set
every time i train, it's like my body doesn't want to. wtf? like i'll look @ my training sheet thing and be like "damn it's too much". which really doesn't help things. i worry about my form too much i think, but i don't want to end up fucking up my body just because i disregarded some easy shit nahmeen? every rep feels like too much, not sure where that comes from but i aim to find out and correct it.
- i know there's alot of shit to be corrected with my body other than the fat loss, like stability, flexibility, agility, anything that ends with -ility really.


-my grocery bill is 101.70. that's not good. i need to figure out what the spending trends are. Rich says I'm buying too many snack-type foods like yogurt and string cheese. i know it's too much of SOMETHING. srsly. i'm not THAT high maintenance.

possible causes - buying too much and running through it too fast. yeah, i think that's really the problem theere.

10/18/08

b-fst
Bread
Leftover pasta
yougrt con granola

More leftover lasanga
Lotta water

2 slice cheese pizza
coke
sprite

yougrt con granola

Got to the gym late so I busted out a few pullups and clean+jerks in the 10mins before closing.

Life note
- this man need to stop trippin'. end of the day it's not that serious.
- go clubbing more often
- more happy endings after the club is a must

10/17/08

No training due to DJing and a speech I had to give.
Ate pretty well minus the lasanga they fed us and the fact that I once again have no food in my house.

10/16/08

I'm semi-concerned about my form on deadlifts. It's keeping it up repetitively that's bothering me. That and the fact that I might've been cheating my weight up by improperly lifting has me thinking.
3 sets DL's - 225 - 245
2 sets front squats @ 135-155

why oh why oh WHY can I not squat my bodyweight? could I really be that weak? jumping from a mostly sedentary lifestyle into the warrior shit i'm doing now might have something to do with it perhaps.

The eats were not so good today
- sugar-free yogurt with some granola thingie thing mixed in by me.
- instant mac + cheese
- 2 week old leftover checkers burger which was mostly re-heated
- finished the white castle burgers.
- smoothie filled with alot of frozen fruit and protein powder.
-I need to stop listening to my roommate who does track and can eat whatever he wants anyway. 2 different sets of needs. But the dilemma of having food with staying power still exists.
-Example: Most college kids grab up frozen everything and all the pizza one can eat. Freshman 15 just got bumped up to 35. But the fridge stays packed. No one goes hungry.
-This is compunded once you factor in the drinking and guests every weekend. Would that mean that I have to stock up on extra natural (fruit, nonfattening foods) to keep myself sane and not look like a health freak to my peers? Why am I worried about peers anyway, it's been proven that @ the end of the day your fate is in your hands and no one else's!
- This just in... the fridge part is dead. MORT. Like this shit is GONE GONE. The Never-Ending Battle continues.

Yes, I know... I must do better.

Side Note: My room is not going to pick up itself either.

Day 1

I'm gonna put down the training/eating stuff here.

GOALS:

Learn this freerunning/parkour shit
Reduce bodyfat to 12%
Become stronger in my squat (front/back), deadlift and other endeavors of strength


follow if you choose, not gonna put any crazy layouts or anything. Probably strength training/parkour links, notes, commentary, blahblahblah.

Holla.