Bulking again --- Evo's Journal

[EvoLuTioN]

Well its after midnight so i guess im officially on a cut now. Time for a shake with no milk before bed.

[EvoLuTioN]

The first day of my cut is going fine, no cheating. I've had over a gallon of water already today.

[EvoLuTioN]

Ok i went up in several weights and/or reps on my Chest routine (same as last time otherwise) and took even a little less time between sets. Anyway today my chest is actually sore, yaygome. I was worried my chest needed more sets since the first time it didnt get sore at all, but turns out not the case, i think i lacked some intensity the first time (for example the weight on Incline DB presses wasnt enough)

and a note on my cut, doing great so far. have to go to the grocery store tho cuz i have like NO good carbs in the house and man cannot live on protein and fat alone lol [img]graemlins/bluelaugh.gif[/img]

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[EvoLuTioN]

Found something out that i did not know. Store brand (or generic) oatmeal is just not as good as quaker oatmeal, and with a little bit of sugar free syrup i can eat an entire cup of oatmeal [img]images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]

Also if you cook sweet potatoes in the microwave wrap them up so they dont dry out.

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Ok this is what i ate today (so far and what i plan to eat tonight also)

Meal #1 - 1 cup oatmeal (slow cooking)
2 tbsp Sugar free syrup
1/2 banana
Protein shake (in water with safflower)

Meal #2 - Tuna (1 can)
Cheddar Cheese 1oz

Meal #3 - Two grilled chicken breast patties
(should have been some fat and carbs
here i know or at least fat)

Meal #4 - Tuna (1 can)
1 tbsp dill relish
1 tbsp salad dressing (fake miracle whip
Cheddar cheese 1oz.

Meal #5 - 1 whole egg 5 whites (scrambled in
safflower oil with 1/2 oz cheddar cheese
1 cup oatmeal (not enough fat i know)

Meal #6 - (planned)
Protein Shake (post workout)
safflower oil in shake
2 frozen strawberries in shake

UPDATE: didnt get meal #7 i fell asleep

Meal #7 - grilled beef
and a salad of
lettuce
safflower oil and a hint of dressing
(no cheese i guess [img]graemlins/mecry.gif[/img] )

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[EvoLuTioN]

NOTES:

Ok Its been 4 days NO CHEATING! clean diet all the way.... Not sure if i dropped too many calories too fast or not. I feel fine and my lifting hasnt suffered so maybe i didnt drop too fast.

I know im going to do fine, so far no real cravings for sugar (the devil) or breads or anything. Everything in the store looks good but not that tempting to actually cheat which is good.

Im holding out with some cheese, salad dressing in my tuna and the sugar free syrup, maybe i wont have to drop them until im almost done. I have no milk what so ever now. I can really play with the carbs later if need be, i could eat just protein and fat and be happy (i know my body wouldnt be) so later when i start cycling carbs it wont be a problem (i say that now lol)

Outlook is very optimistic, i have the knowledge to do this and i've been awaiting my time to put it to use for quite some time. There is no way in hell im going to blow it. DIE FAT DIE spare the muscle [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

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[EvoLuTioN]

I forgot to mention what supps i take

Multi-vitamin with herbs - (daily)

Chromium Picolinate - 400mcg (daily not at same time as multi because it has 200mcg in it)

VITAMIN C - 3g per day (divided in 3 doses)
(sometimes more like 4 or 5g and even more if i think im getting sick)

Whey protein - at least 2 shakes with 40g Protein each

Creatine - every once in a while (for some reason i cant remember to take this even tho i take everything else with no problem)

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Mental note to anyone cutting:

If you lift heavy and kick *** in the gym you can trick your mind into feeling like its growing even tho your dropping weight not putting it on. Who knows the mind is powerful maybe i'll actually put on some LBM during my cut. So far i've kept progressing in my training even on my cut (higher weights and/or more reps)

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[EvoLuTioN]

Oh i forgot to mention i weighed Wednesday and was at 162, during the week it went as low as 160 1/2 but 162 is the recorded # for the week.

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[EvoLuTioN]

Ok diet is going great, im starting to see that im losing fat. Pretty cool, i was noticing in the gym that i could see alot more definition in my shoulders, chest, arms and back. Very happy with that, BUT i didnt get all of my weights or reps tonight. Im going to assume its one of two things. My carbs are too low (at least for today) and/or i just had an off day. Time for a carb-up i think (tomorrow)


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