Hahaha, right? Some of have other things to do like spend time with our wife's, our awesome kid, bill another $xxK this month
Well, some of us aren't actually dealing with snow .... <snicker>
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Hahaha, right? Some of have other things to do like spend time with our wife's, our awesome kid, bill another $xxK this month
Well, some of us aren't actually dealing with snow .... <snicker>
I figured the weather called for Chili. [18°]
Ingredients:
2lbs ground hamburger (90% lean/10% fat)
Black/pinto/red beans
One onion
One tomato
One Pepper
Celery
2 cups of Beef broth
Seasonings: [I’m a fanatic about this]-
Cumin/Garlic powder/sea salt/paprika/black peppercorn/red pepper. (I Also season every thirty minutes per the three hour cook time.)
Loaded with protein, enough to last the week. [3lbs total]. 😁
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Ingredients:
2lbs ground hamburger (90% lean/10% fat)
Black/pinto/red beans
One onion
One tomato
One Pepper
Celery
2 cups of Beef broth
Seasonings: [I’m a fanatic about this]-
Cumin/Garlic powder/sea salt/paprika/black peppercorn/red pepper. (I Also season every thirty minutes per the three hour cook time.)
Loaded with protein, enough to last the week. [3lbs total]. 😁
82 outside today. I'm in shorts with a t-shirt. So sorry for all of you in winter.
Not me. I was poking fun at what Relentless finds fun. We got some snow last year in a fast and short flurry. The region hasn't had snow since the 40s, IIRC.
Dude, I don’t find shoveling snow......well....Ok, maybe I do find it fun.😁 I won’t lie, it’s oddly fun, but it’s not like I’m making snowing Angels or something....(The Next morning, I admire the snow angel from my living room Window I made😁...)
Tomorrow is day one of project cleanup. Not liking some of the water weight I've gained in the last month. Finally broke in some new trainers and I'll be heading up @D.T.'s recommendations. We've got some rain coming our way so I'll have to do some indoor work. Vegetable and chicken soup sounds ideal. Some grated ginger, too.
Each to his own, man. I endured brutal cold winters when I was a lad. Never again! But I'll admit making snow angels even as an adult is fun...
‘Shadow posing’, it’s a bit gratuitous, but it’s just for fun. The photo doesn’t give the depth of detail, just for mass.
[Anyways, this is just from the moonlight coming through my living room window.]
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[Anyways, this is just from the moonlight coming through my living room window.]
Fun fact, back in the days when I was assigned oversees we'd sometimes sit out on top of embassy rooftops and use a spotting scope or binoculars to view people in the dark and guess their features, height, build/weight and what they were wearing.
Your post brings back a flood of memories. Solid traps.
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There in Twin Cities? The rain was sporadic. It's cold with a chill factor now. Think we've got a few days of rain next week. I knew rain was abound a while back and did some checks. We're not going to get that awesome rain we've gotten the last few years, but I suspect it'll be colder. We've had some terribly cold years with temps dipping down to 28-32. With the way weather patterns are changing, I wouldn't be surprised if this area begins to get snow in the future. The last time it snowed, as in proper snow, was a half century ago according to history books. We got some light drift last year or earlier this year which was incredibly bizarre. I don't remember what I was doing but I know I dropped a few F bombs that day.
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In the desert, actually. I loaned the house to some friends and their family for Thanksgiving and trying to get it opened up and the yard in better order. Sun yesterday so I’m hoping some progress was made.
I'm guessing about 5' 8" ?
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Went to a hot yoga practice the other day, it's sort of been missing from my curriculum (weight work, HIIT, etc.), it was intense, semi-painful, fun to get back into it, this is slightly more compressed, it's very intense, seriously, it's not easy for people who are in spectacular condition.
Plus, surrounded by hot (literally), sweating, sexy womenz ....
(including my wife, obviously)
I don’t. Funny you ask, because the GM of the gym where I attend asked me the same question about a week back. My theory is, if someone wants to know an estimate (Or guesstimate) of much energy you’re exerting, Along with heart rate/calories, I would just invest in a heart rate monitor/smart watch personally.
The only way I train for maximum muscle stimulation, is I go to failure on everything. That’s what I find works best for me. Lately my training has been where I’m not going ridiculously heavy, but more of a moderate weight and pushing for the full contraction and stretch to really burn the muscles, and I find this works optimally for me, Plus, it helps avoid The potential of an injury from going ‘too heavy’.
Started my first B.B.diet ‘Cut’....
Just a quick recap—> started bodybuilding July 2018 and progressively put on muscle/bulk over the course of 18 months.
My average calorie consumption per day during my bulking phase was approximately ~4500, on weekends when I was not in the gym, it was approximately~5000. (Now my calorie intake Will be between ~1500 to ~2000 a day max.)
I currently weighed in at 216 as of last Thursday/ my starting weight in July 2018 was 198. My ‘end goal’ weight/body fat percentage will be approximately 185 to 190 and shooting for 11% body fat.
For me, I want to shred as much as possible, yet retain as much muscle as I can. That’s the name of the game. Now, I realize you will lose some muscle during a cutting phase, but I think one of the advantages that I mentioned before in this thread, is genetically I can bulk really easily and I can also shred really quick. As matter fact, I’m already down 5 pounds since I started almost a week ago. If I can hit between 185/190, it will give the illusion that I’m a lot bigger than I am with a smaller waist line.
So what’s my diet moving forward:
- A Gallon of water per day
- No sugars whatsoever, that includes any alcohol/sodas or protein-based powders.
- Lots of greens (Broccoli/spinach) /mainly now just chicken/eggs for the protein source, [No Red-meat]
- White rice/Basmati rice
- Raw oatmeal
- Grilled various fish sources
- Potatoes/mushrooms for various add-ons to the protein sources.
Side note:
I’ve actually been dreading starting this, but it’s not as bad as I thought it would be, I’m still eating a lot of the same foods, with the exception of eliminating certain products/red-meat.
Oh, and there are no cheat meals involved in this. This is very strict, I chose probably the worst time during the holidays, but it’s mind over matter for the most part. Bulking is one Phase, but a true bodybuilder can also cut for a physique competition/personal goals.
Just a quick recap—> started bodybuilding July 2018 and progressively put on muscle/bulk over the course of 18 months.
My average calorie consumption per day during my bulking phase was approximately ~4500, on weekends when I was not in the gym, it was approximately~5000. (Now my calorie intake Will be between ~1500 to ~2000 a day max.)
I currently weighed in at 216 as of last Thursday/ my starting weight in July 2018 was 198. My ‘end goal’ weight/body fat percentage will be approximately 185 to 190 and shooting for 11% body fat.
For me, I want to shred as much as possible, yet retain as much muscle as I can. That’s the name of the game. Now, I realize you will lose some muscle during a cutting phase, but I think one of the advantages that I mentioned before in this thread, is genetically I can bulk really easily and I can also shred really quick. As matter fact, I’m already down 5 pounds since I started almost a week ago. If I can hit between 185/190, it will give the illusion that I’m a lot bigger than I am with a smaller waist line.
So what’s my diet moving forward:
- A Gallon of water per day
- No sugars whatsoever, that includes any alcohol/sodas or protein-based powders.
- Lots of greens (Broccoli/spinach) /mainly now just chicken/eggs for the protein source, [No Red-meat]
- White rice/Basmati rice
- Raw oatmeal
- Grilled various fish sources
- Potatoes/mushrooms for various add-ons to the protein sources.
Side note:
I’ve actually been dreading starting this, but it’s not as bad as I thought it would be, I’m still eating a lot of the same foods, with the exception of eliminating certain products/red-meat.
Oh, and there are no cheat meals involved in this. This is very strict, I chose probably the worst time during the holidays, but it’s mind over matter for the most part. Bulking is one Phase, but a true bodybuilder can also cut for a physique competition/personal goals.
Mainly it’s just personal, just because I want the leanest form of protein possible, which is chicken/fish. Redmeat still has plenty of nutrition, but it’s a little bit higher in fat. Plus, I love redmeat, and I think it will help keep the craving down for like hamburger and other red meat products if I completely cut it out.
I’m really trying to up my game a little bit in the kitchen with being diverse and how I cook chicken, add lots of seasonings, now I’m sautéing the chicken (With Mushrooms/potatoes) in a pan v.s. grilling it.
This is a new favorite dry seasoning of ours, it's a touch zippy, has a decent amount of complexity (so it's not just "hot"). Works great on everything (doesn't have a particularly Asian flavor profile):
Of course, it's effectively zero calories.
Ok it makes sense. Don't discount Turkey prepared in a crockpot as it remains somewhat juicy and it's easy to prepare.
However, I am surprised by:
1) No beans
2) No lentils
3) WHITE rice?!?!?!??!
Ok it makes sense. Don't discount Turkey prepared in a crockpot as it remains somewhat juicy and it's easy to prepare.
However, I am surprised by:
1) No beans
2) No lentils
3) WHITE rice?!?!?!??!
Beans are a good suggestion, good source of protein (I made an outstanding chili last month with a variety of beans added, photoed on previous page). I do have white rice on my list, alongside some basmati rice. Yes, I love turkey, there’s no reason why I couldn’t add that into my diet as well, I was just listing the primary ingredients of what I’m using so far.
It’s funny, because I didn’t realize when you diet so hard, that it does challenge you to be more complex in the kitchen with what you have to work with. I’m thinking with this diet if I stay on track, I should have my end goal bodyweight dropped where I want it during the first week of January. (Which might entail more cardio to reach that goal in that timeframe.)
Today is gym day at the Y, the one day a week I do an extensive workout not in the pool, stretches, mat exercises, free and machine weights. One of the mat exercises I do besides things like sit-ups, pushups, leg lifts, is the plank. I hate the plank. It’s when you support yourself on you elbows and toes horizontal with a straight back. I stated at 3 at 30 sec and am now at 3@90 seconds. It’s like torture. I get to that point in my workout and think about a rational to talk myself out of it. But so far I have failed.
I mean I do 60 pushups which is plank like. I’m looking for someone to tell me why doing the plank is bad for me.
I mean I do 60 pushups which is plank like. I’m looking for someone to tell me why doing the plank is bad for me.
Yeah...so....remember how I said above I only shovel snow for the cardio, and I didn’t use a snowblower? Yeah, well this winter is posing to be a pretty big challenge (One of the highest snowfalls forecasted) and another 19 inches on the way. I picked up this little machine [Rated high/quality brand, and scored it at $600, which is somewhat cheaper than MSRP].
I mean, it still counts as cardio if I’m walking up and down a 40 foot driveway, doesn’t it? 😁
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I mean, it still counts as cardio if I’m walking up and down a 40 foot driveway, doesn’t it? 😁
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They said the winter forecast this year would be mild, slightly warm and dry due to shifting weather patterns, so we wouldn't see the rain we've had in recent years. Bull.
I haven't seen the sun in over a week. The roads have been damp forever, so much so I've spotted moss or whatever it's called growing on the roads while out for runs.
I haven't seen the sun in over a week. The roads have been damp forever, so much so I've spotted moss or whatever it's called growing on the roads while out for runs.