BangShift Gym

[tedly]

It does have an effect. Example: The factory i work in is not air conditioned so I sweat my balls off during the summer. The first month I was there I lost 20 pounds. Some of it was from just being active - it wasn't particularly hard work, just constant moving - but a lot of it was just from sweating. I rarely have to piss once during a 10 hour shift, but I am constantly drinking water, Gatorade, and sodas to keep my body temp down.
When I go to the gym I weigh myself before each workout. One day when it was only in the 80's as opposed to over 100 (didn't sweat nearly as much but I had been keeping up the fluid intake during the day) I weighed myself before and after my cardio workout just out of curiosity. I lost 2 1/2 pounds in 20 minutes. The only difference between the before and after was I spent 20 minutes with sweat literally running off of me.
Best I can figure if you're active you really don't retain much water weight. If you're not, you retain a lot more of it. I'm completely talking out of my ass here though, since I have nothing to back it up other than limited personal experience.

[oj]

Ahh, i took up another notch on my belt this morning, getting back to where i should be. It is a little snug and i got a good ways to go but it is nice to see results.
And my taste for fruit is back, todays meal is avacado, white nectaine, banana and an apple. During the winter you'd have to put a gun to my head to eat avacado, i wonder why.

[tedly]

Another talking out my ass moment: Upping my protein intake every day appears to be working. I have more energy the whole day instead of hitting a wall and being exhausted towards the end. I'm noticing a difference if I have a Power Bar or something else high in protein right after a workout too. I bounce back much quicker and it seems like I'm adding more weights to the machines quicker too.

Thanks for the tip guys!

Edit: I've been consistently up about 2 pounds in body weight since monkeying with the diet, but still losing body fat at about the same rate, if not a little faster. Seems a fair trade to me.

[tedly]

Ahh, i took up another notch on my belt this morning, getting back to where i should be. It is a little snug and i got a good ways to go but it is nice to see results.
And my taste for fruit is back, todays meal is avacado, white nectaine, banana and an apple. During the winter you'd have to put a gun to my head to eat avacado, i wonder why.

Sweet! Good to hear it oj! You can have all of my avacados, I never developed a taste for the things.

[JOES66FURY]

How's your back Joe?

I tweeaked the lower last Saturday at the gym but nothing too bad. Just giving me a little limp. the upside is I now know what I can do as far as free weights and most importantly when to STOP!

Yesterday when putting on my pants I had a mid back spasm and its been giving me hell but it did not affect my back and bi workout at lunch yesterday. Some advil and have my little one walk on it for a day or so will work out that knot.

its hard not to just go ape shit crazy in the weight room, I love it. I love lifing big heavy weights, I love the feeling, the high...so sometimes I get a little out of hand and have to reel myself back in to reality lol!

[tedly]

Yup. I'm finally getting to the point where I'm reaching muscle failure before my joints start telling me to stop. The endorphin rushes have started to kick in again, I'd forgotten how awesome that is. Been itching to just go balls out and this is not helping!

[JOES66FURY]

its an additction just like anything else. If it doesnt involve my back I iwll destroy my chest tri's and bi's...I have to take it easy on shoulder and back exercises. I do a lot of seated exercises that help take the strain off the back and really isolate the muscle group. It is not ideal for an overall workout but it keeps me off pain pills and in the gym.

[oj]

[QUOTE=tedly;667344]Another talking out my ass moment: Upping my protein intake every day appears to be working. I have more energy the whole day instead of hitting a wall and being exhausted towards the end. I'm noticing a difference if I have a Power Bar or something else high in protein right after a workout too. I bounce back much quicker and it seems like I'm adding more weights to the machines quicker too.

Thanks for the tip guys!

It is probably just me but when i do a lot of protien i get as mean as a snake, i really have to control myself as i can go into a blind rage. Serious. It took a while to figure out my moods but it seems like if i drink one of the 42gr protien shots on my way to the gym, another after working out and one of those 9gr peanutty protien thing candy bars for beakfast and do that for a couple days i could stomp on a baby panda. well, maybe not, but you get the drift.
Any of you guys have similar concerns?
Gotta love an avacado, i'm originally from Maine and ate hazelnuts from the other side of the bush from the black bears and avacados taste almost as good as hazelnuts - no bears either.

[Chassisman]

Best Protein drink I've ever had...Bolthouse Farms... http://bolthouse.com/our-products/be...ocolate/detail

Loaded with Whey and Soy protein.... I have one every morning....as a gastric bypass patient we have to consume lots of protein to keep muscle mass and burn only fat.....I've lost over 120 lbs since November and this drink is one of the reasons why....showed it to my nutritionist....she is now drinking them and they are on new patients plans.

[DanStokes]

I haven't seen Chassisman's drink around here so I haven't tried it but I've had good luck with Carnation Instant Breakfast. Pretty good protein content and they have sugar free for us diabetics. One of these is my breakfast every morning and it gets me to lunch w/o low blood sugar. Except at Bonneville, where I'll have a second breakfast but I go lightly. They get me up and moving quite a bit earlier than usual.

Dan