Posts by jasontarin

yeah if you drink a diet soda you might as well of had that cookie you were craving in the first place... because now your gonna go back and two of those witches.

I got an idea, tell me if this sounds good.

Take celery, diet soda, sugar free gum, hoodia, coffee, green tea, and a cucumber. Put them all in a blender and puree that beast. Sound like a good idea?

no really, if you get hungry your supposed to eat something. Thats why you get hungry. Just eat something that has just enough calories to ebb your hunger. This is why we have calorie count is it not?

i got a suggestion. Actually, this is the suggestion of 90% of bodybuilders I compete with. To assess the amount of calories necessary to gain weight( bulk is a very horrible word.. it implies fat gain and that is not the goal) you want to first find out how many calories you burn each day. For a weightlifter/bodybuilder this calorie burner on this site is VERY incorrect because intense weightlifting drastically alters your metabolism and hormone levels. To assess the amount of calories you need to maintain every day you will want to start with a diet that consists of 2000 calories (average daily caloric intake). You want to do this for a week, eatting the same foods everyday to see whether or not you lose or gain weight. If you lose weight, add 100 calories per day per week until you maintain weight. The extra calories should come from high quality protein sources and green vegetables. When you have established your maintainance caloric intake, add 300 calories of quality protein and green vegetable per day. This should insure muscle growth with minimum fat gain. Realistically you can read anything you want too, but this is the only sure fire way to find out EXACTLY what YOU need. As for when you should consume your macronutrients follow the below schedule.

Breakfast
High carbohydrates >40/<20 (wheat bread, oatmeal, cream of wheat, brown rice)
Mid protein >30/<20 (Eggs, Cottage cheese.... no meat for breakfast)
Low Fat >5

Lunch
High carbohydrate >40/<20 (wheat bread, oatmeal, cream of wheat, brown rice)
Mid protein >50/<30 (Chicken breast, Fish, Eggs, Turkey breast)
Low Fat >5

Dinner
Low carbohydrate >20 (Vegetables only, preferably green)
High Protein >70/<40 (chicken breast, fish)
Mid Fat >10

Post Workout
High Carbohydrate >50/<30 (Fruit juice only.. take with creatine)
High protein >55/<40 (Whey protein shake)

Snacks (each one, once a day, whenever hungry)
1.Protein Shake containing low fat/carbs/>230 calories/<40 protein
2.Raw/Steamed vegetables with salsa as dressing
3.Baked chicken breast 6oz. or baked Tilapia 6oz. with 1 cup brown rice

This should provide RIGHT around 2000 calories. It also keeps your blood glucose levels down around bed time to help prevent the storage of fat. Good luck.

good job bro. I had a friend who was of similar height and weight and went through the same exact things; ive seen it first hand. I know what kind of dedication it takes to get off of the couch and do better for yourself. Dieting especially. Keep up the good work man.

good points melkor. Also, remember that you have to walk/run one mile to burn around one hundred calories. Some other benefits of walking are the developement of lower abdomminals (although slight), hip flexors, and gluteals. It also helps strengthen the bones in the legs. 

i agree. it sounds like a problem that might stem from over pronation. I have had similar problems and have found that buying a shoe that is specifically designed from runners that over pronate helped. You can find more information about the type of running shoe you might need at www.runnersworld.com

dont buy the one from the infomercial. just go to wal-mart and buy a cheap $2 rubber ball. there is ABSOLUTELY no differance.

correct. you body doesnt know why your muscles are contracting just the intensity they are contacting at. whether you are flexing your abs or doing a crunch it is the same thing but just to a differant degree of intensity.

yeah does seem a bit rediculous doesnt it.

you burn around 100 calories per mile regardless of how fast you run or walk. Obvioulsy the higher your heart rate is the more calories per mile you burn but that increase is not significant. This is why speed walking has become such a hot topic.

unassisted smith machine bars are still 45 pounds. The bar is 35 pounds and mechanisms that hold it to the rack are 5 pounds each. I helped put together some gym equiptment when a golds gym opened here in town and read it straight off the box. Hope this helps.

<----- One of those genetically gifted individuals Melkor was talking about.

This is totally misunderstood. You dont need "Calories" to build muscle. You need complete proteins. Without adequate calories however, you do not consume enough food to make enough complete proteins for muscle growth. Make sense? Its actually very simple. You could eat 1200 calories a day and gain muscle if all you ate were whole eggs and fish but nobody wants to do that. See, proteins are made from amino acids but when a label says it has 10 grams of protein it actually doesnt, it has 10,000mg of various amino acids and this mean absolutely diddly squat unless you pair that food up with another protein based food to complete the amino acid chains. These complete amino acid chains ( proteins ) are what build muscle.

Arnold Schwarzenegger won Mr. Olympia after 10 years of eatting only 2000 calories a day. This of course was before science proved he could have been much bigger if he had just eatten more.

HAHAHAHA Melkor and your cited websites. You could have just told her a mile is a damn mile and no matter how fast you do it your body still burns close to the same amount of calories, although HIIT would slightly be higher per mile than jogging. Why you always gotta be so complicated ROFL.

unfortunately not. this is just something you will have to deal with until your skin elasticity returns ( which it never fully does ) or get a tummy tuck. Sorry, I couldnt give you the magic answer but there is none. Just use cocoa butter lotion twice daily to reduce stretch marks. I struggled with this problem after losing 60 pounds and eight years later my skin is just now starting to heal itself.

Please do not listen to GI-Jane. She is saying the equivalent of "If you stop smoking, you should never go into a gas station because it might trigger old habits". This is totally incorrect, and you have to decide within yourself whether or not you want to take this seriously or not. What i recommend is that you have a basis. What i mean by this is that you need to go out and find a diet that is healthy and buy a book on it... not atkins, not south beach, and nothing else that deprives your body of any nutrients. Then follow that book. Read it front to back... Make sure it includes an eatting plan that is laid out with what you eat and when you eat it. Then all the you have to do is stick to a book.... its easy. As for telling you to exercise less, we all know thats stupid. Obviously people do not know what it means to be healthy anymore.