William Wallace of Weightlifting

[bigpapa2126]

Adjusted Diet Plan:

6 a.m.
1 scoop of whey

7:30 a.m.
2 scoop of whey
1 spoon of honey

10 a.m.
4 egg omelete (1 yellow)
2 pieces wheat bread
1 spoon olive oil

1 p.m.
Chicken Sandwich/Chicken Salad

3 p.m.
1 scoop whey
1/2 cup oatmeal

6 p.m.
2 scoops whey
2 spoons of honey
2 spoons of glutamine

7:30 p.m.
Cup of spinach
2 pieces of chicken (leg quarts)
1 spoon olive oil

9:30 p.m.
1 cup cottage cheese
1 sugar free jello
Little fat free whip cream

Macros:
2500 calories
71 g fat
170 g carbs
300 g protein

The only supplements I take are two multivitamins a day, glutamine post workout, whey of course, and fish oil a few times a day. I generally do cardio as soon as I wake up and lift in the afternoon. Again special thanks to venom. He suggested I lower my protein to the 200-250 g range, but I would need amino acids instead of whey to do that, and I can't afford them for now.

[bigpapa2126]

I was lifting chest the other day and my tricep was pretty strained. I hope its nothing serious, but it first showed up a few days ago. I think its due to working shoulders after triceps...i've changed my routine to incorporate it all in one day, but I don't want to take any chances so i've taken a few days off. Tomorrow i'll be back at it though.

[bigpapa2126]

Afternoon: Biceps/Forearms/Back

t-bar rows 3 plates 4x8
deadlifts 225 5x5
barbell rows 135 3x10

plate pinches 3x 30 seconds
seated dumbbell concentration shrug 50 3x30

good mornings 155 lbs 5x8

Notes: I threw out my arm the other day in football, so I stayed away from biceps. They actually started to hurt when I tried one arm rows, so I scrapped those. All in all, it was good to get back to the routine.

[bigpapa2126]

Monday: Chest/Tris

barbell bench 225 5, 5, 4, 4
incline barbell bench 185 3x10
dumbbell bench 70s 3x12
dumbbell incline bench 70s 3x12

Tris
Skull crushers 35s ez 3x8
superset with incline bench 10, 9, 8
weight plate extensions 45 3x15

Notes: first workout in a long time, took it easy

[bigpapa2126]

Wednesday:
Ran sprints for about 15 minutes
jump roped, boxed, speed bag

total time: 45 minutes

[bigpapa2126]

I've begun lifting again...roughly 3 weeks ago and working myself back into cardio as well. Weight is the same: 352. I'm staying off the journal for a bit. As i've had limited success, i'm trying to keep things simple (occam's razor). The workouts have come after being out of the country for over a month, in which I did gain a few lbs, but I already lost those. The workouts i've had and will continue to have for a few weeks are mostly building back up my muscle foundation and stamina. So far it's been going well. I'll update as necessary.

[bigpapa2126]

Continue to work hard, but no progress with my weight. I know that someone as heavy as me, initially burns a lot of weight off before they begin to stabilize. It has happened everytime i've worked hard at dieting. The lack of any results, tells me there is something very wrong with what i'm doing. I'm pretty discouraged, and i'm considering trying to find the money for a nutritionist.

[bigpapa2126]

still not much progress, i'm trying out a no weights, all cardio regimen for a few weeks...maybe 2 or 3 depending on how it goes. It pains me to say no weights, but we'll see if it can maybe jump start me so I can get back to weight training along with cardio.