Current progress and other shit I wanna talk about

Woke up on Thursday and was pretty shocked… although I got leaner, I actually gained 2.5 more lbs. I’m at 195.5 lbs at the moment (weighed Friday morning too to see the effects of a shit ton of carbs… woke up weighing 199 lbs.. but that doesn’t count. Only Thursday morning counts). My waist got a bit bigger and I blame it on the ab training. Although I only do 1 set of 50-80 reps with as little weight as possible, still, my abs respond extremely fast (growth) and that’s a fucking bad thing. Especially when you have flat, narrow pecs. Anyway, strength is up, got a bit bigger… all is good
I got some bad/good news… it depends on how you look at it. I went to the ittifag team coach to get the schedule and he told me that he got a call from the saudi bodybuilding federation. They told him that they have postponed all the competitions til Muharram (beginning of January). This gives me A LOT more time to get read (10 weeks or more), but it fucks up my plans for the year. Basically, the competitions are gonna start in January. That means they’ll end at roughly the end of February or so. So, I will have to push the start of my 20 week mass gaining period to March and end in late July. Meaning I only have about 4 weeks til the start of ramadhan to lose any kind of fat after that. So, basically the whole year plan got fucked up.

The plan right now… I will continue doing what I’m doing for another 2 weeks. I will then switch to 370 grams of protein, 120 grams of fat and only trace amounts of carbs for the rest of the 8 weeks leading to contest. I’m now 10 weeks out. So, I’ll start the no carb diet when I’m 8 weeks out. Then, add ephedrine or clenbuterol when I’m 6 weeks out. Then, I’ll add another cardio session 3 times per week when I’m 4 weeks out.
1 weeks out, I’ll stop training on Monday, and start shitloading on tuesday, mostly donuts, ice cream, and pizza. Then go back on low/no carb on Wednesday and Thursday. I will continue drinking water (8-10 liters) until the day of the contest. At 12 pm on Thursday (day of the contest) I will only drink water when I’m thirsty.
In my experience with no carb diets, my best day when I have massive pumps and look my best are Saturdays at the gym. Last cheat meal would be on Thursday, with Friday and Saturday being no carb days. So, if I just shift that and not fuck around with my water intake, things would be fine (I guess). We’ll see how it works out.


Two kinds of dieters who fail miserably

1- The guy who takes it too seriously from the get go (30% fat, never worked out or dieted before… you know who)… never even wants a cheat day, wants to make the food as complicated as possible and buys food that tastes like absolute crap when it’s not needed. This person usually quits within a week or two, max! The basic reason why this shit doesn’t work is:

A- No experience whatsoever in dieting for a long time and/or dieting strictly
B- Not knowing what the hell a diet is or how it works.

2- Those who take it too lightly and always say “I’m sure this won’t hurt”, or always wants to add something he heard “wouldn’t hurt”. These people are usually the ones who turn a meal that consists of 200 grams of tuna and ½ cup of rice to 100 grams of tuna, 2 tbsp low fat mayo, lettuce, cucumbers, corn, 2 potatoes, 1 glass of cranberry juice, and some bread. You asked them why? And they say “well, I figured that decreasing the tuna won’t affect the protein content that much. Lettuce, cucumber and corn don’t have calories, so I can eat as much as I like. Low fat mayo is low fat, so it’s ok. My doctor told me cranberry juice is healthy, so I wanted to drink some with this meal. And since rice is like bread, I decided to use bread.” … The majority of people I know fall under this category. These are the people who usually call me at 10 pm and say “what can I eat instead of grilled chicken and olive oil?” being the nice person I am, I just say “first of all, don’t call me this late, and I’ve told you this before. And if you don’t want chicken, use tuna with olive oil. Same weight… other than that, you can have a whey shake with nuts or peanut butter…”… the reply I get: “well, you see, I passed by subway five minutes ago and got me a foot long club sandwich. It had slices of turkey and roast beef. It was a lot. And brown bread should be good for me, right? And I used low fat mayo and low fat cheese. That’s healthy, right?” … Pisses me the fuck off. I really don’t know why the fuck people pay me all that money, just to go by what they want and not listed to a damn word I say?

Those who are too serious about their diets and don’t know shit about it… epic fail
Those who eat whatever they want… epic fail
Those who diet without working out… epic fail
Those who workout without dieting… epic fail
Those who believe diet advice in emails and on the news… epic fail
Those who are waiting for the magic pill… epic fail
Boobs FTW!!!
Those who think cardio is the answer… epic fail
Those who think lifting weights isn’t important… epic fail
Those who train smart, diet strictly but know what they’re doing, rest accordingly, and follow a long term (reasonable and sane) plan FTW!!!!


Well well well…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_he_me/med_obesity_brain;_ylt=Ao5zH42icx8kTnLDwt_5KSrVJRIF

“I like to enjoy food, unlike you.”

I told you before, anyone who diets seriously and is very strict enjoys food more than anyone else. And this shit proves it (although I don’t believe in 99% of the crap research they come up with these days, but you do… so here you go).

Basically, what this article is saying makes a bit of sense. You are desensitized to the “joy of food” if you’re a fat ass. And if you are lean, you will enjoy it more and more. The leaner you are, the more you’ll enjoy it.

Here are some excerpts…

"The more blunted your response to the milkshake taste, the more likely you are to gain weight,"

This is bullshit… I believe it’s the opposite. The fatter you are, the less it’ll taste good.

“A healthy diet and plenty of exercise are the main factors in whether someone is overweight”

No shit, Sherlock!

“Yet that brain region was far less active in overweight people than in lean people, and in those who carry that A1 gene variant, the researchers reported. Moreover, women with that gene version were more likely to gain weight over the coming year.”

Again, they have it backwards.
It’s like drugs… you take some coke til you fry your brain, you will eventually need a lot more to give you the same feeling the more you use it. it’s not the other way around. It would be stupid to say “if you are stupid, you will need a lot of coke to get high and you are more likely to develop an addiction if you are stupid.”

My point being that if you resist the temptation of eating crap food and go on a diet and exercise frequently, eating 1/10 of the quantity of crap once a week will taste a million times better and will feel a lot better than if you ate it on a regular basis. And the whole point of eating crap is because it tastes good… why not make it taste better and not suffer the consequences?