ChrisVick - Cutting Journal

[ChrisVick]

My pic thread can be found here.

When I started a few weeks ago, I used flavouring but now I don't bother anymore, there isn't anything out there which can really mask the taste of flax seed/bcaa/oats. >_< I just put up with the taste and drink now.

I prefer to eat the same meals, same times, everyday. I find it works best for me that way and easier to stick with. My mates find it horrible that I eat boiled chicken and oats all day now but I never really found eating pleasurable in the first place... a drink of water, and the taste is gone anyway. I think I've gained weight due to not being active enough to burn off my carbs, than eating things which are unhealthy. I'm going to do the Push Pull Leg routine for my weights with 30-60 seconds between each set (or however long it takes me to change the weights ).



07:00 AM
Drink:
40g Impact Whey Isolate
10g Dextrose
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels

07:30 AM
20 Minute Run (walk, jog, run, walk, jog, run etc)

09:00 AM
40g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Multi-Vit
w/water (and my usual meds)

11:00 AM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
5g Flax Seed Powder
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

02:00 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Wholemeal Bread
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder
w/water

05:30 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
2g BCAA
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

07:45 PM
This is my main exercise, look below for more details.

08:45 PM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Broccoli
Drink:
60g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Maltodextrin
2g BCAA
w/water

10:30 PM
50g Impact Whey Isolate
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder





Between 07:54 - 08:45 PM
(SM -Smith Machine)

Monday

BB Bench Press
20 x Bar
5 sets of 6 reps

DB Incline Bench Press
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps

DB Seated Shoulder Press
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps

BB Bench Pree Close Grip
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps


Tuesday

Hour of cardio, rowing machine/cycling/walking


Wednesday

SM Deadlift
20 x Bar
5 sets of 6 reps

BB Bent-over Row
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps

DB Bent-over Row
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps

DB Incline Curl
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps

BB Shrugs
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps


Thursday

Hour of cardio, rowing machine/cycling/walking


Friday

BB Squats
20 x Bar
5 sets of 6 reps

SM Straight-back/leg Deadlift
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps

SM Standing Calf Raise
20 x Bar
3 sets of 8 reps


Saturday

I will having my diet as usual, but only a walk for that hour


Sunday

Free day to eat/do whatever, I will have a few snacks if I want but won't go overboard.





As the first 3 weeks have been a learning curve, I will start writing my journal on Monday. I won't be writing everything I eat, but I will say if I missed bits or had it all etc.

[ChrisVick]

I think this is going to be easier to just say what I've had and what I haven't, so it isn't so confusing.

My mother boils 2 days worth of chicken for me as she doesn't want anyone using her kitchen (hah). But today, she hasn't done anything so far, so I have to improvise.

Also I was out cycling/walking for 7 hours yesterday... It was my off day but as the weather was really nice, I didn't want to miss the opportunity. Because of this I slept for ten hours and didn't rise until 2pm, this won't be happening again though.


07:00 AM
Drink:
40g Impact Whey Isolate
10g Dextrose
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels

07:30 AM
20 Minute Run (walk, jog, run, walk, jog, run etc)

09:00 AM
40g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Multi-Vit
w/water (and my usual meds)

11:00 AM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
5g Flax Seed Powder
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

02:00 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight) Had to make do with 2 cans of mackeral in tomato sauce
2 x Wholemeal Bread
2 x Tomatoes Just the one
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder
w/water
(also had a bowl of shreddies when I woke up)

05:30 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight) No chicken, so I had 60g Impact Whey Isolate in my shake
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
2g BCAA
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

07:45 PM - Chest and tri's (bar weight included)
BB Bench Press
20 x Bar
6 x 30kg
6 x 40
6 x 42.5
5 x 45
3 x 45

DB Incline Bench Press
20 x Bar
8 x 16kg (combined weight)
8 x 24
7 x 36

DB Seated Shoulder Press
20 x Bar
8 x 14kg (combined weight)
8 x 20
6 x 24

BB Bench Press Close Grip
20 x Bar
8 x 20kg
8 x 20
3 x 30

08:45 PM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Broccoli
Drink:
60g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Maltodextrin
2g BCAA
w/water

10:30 PM
Drink:
50g Impact Whey Isolate
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder
w/milk


Notes:
I like to push myself to fail, anything less and it feels like I haven't tried enough. I'm not planning on adding more weight as I'm cutting, but any weight I do manage to add is a plus.

[ChrisVick]

07:00 AM
Drink:
40g Impact Whey Isolate
10g Dextrose
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels

07:30 AM
20 Minute Run (walk, jog, run, walk, jog, run etc)

09:00 AM
40g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Multi-Vit
w/water (and my usual meds)

11:00 AM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
5g Flax Seed Powder
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

02:00 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Wholemeal Bread
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder
w/water

05:30 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
2g BCAA
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

07:45 PM
8.5 miles on my bike with a bit of walking (watched the brass band in the park for ten mins, was great). This was 30 mins over my hour allocated but felt great afterwards!

09:15 PM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Broccoli
Drink:
60g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Maltodextrin
2g BCAA
w/water

10:30 PM
50g Impact Whey Isolate
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder


Notes:
In all a very good day, I was chuffed that even though my cousin was trying to stuff cookies and pringles in my mouth, I refused and waited until I got back home to have my shake on time. Also I feel pretty alert right now, hopefully I'll be able to hit the hay in half an hour after my last shake. As always, I had my hour power nap at 1pm, I need it to get me through the day.

[BanZeh]

Good effort here Chris. I would consider dropping the dextrose first thing in the morning unless you really feel this helps you go for your run.

[ChrisVick]

Do you think I can add the dextrose anywhere else? I have a tub of it. Thanks for the comment as well.

[BanZeh]

Id only ever use dextrose immediately Post workout if at all to be honest, its not something I'd personally ever buy. Good to have someone else from Dorset on the boards btw, not nearly enough!

[ChrisVick]

Might split the malto with half that and dextrose but for now, I'll let it sit in the cupboard and see how everything goes. And yep, big up the Dorset massive!

[ChrisVick]

I've been too tired to do much exercise in the past two days, had an issue with my jones machine yesterday, so I ended up taking it apart, taking some bits off (so I can get the weights lower down for deadlifts) and put it back together. At least that was 2 hours of exercise as the machine weights a ton. As for my food, I had a bowl of shreddies today and yesterday, and had some grapes as well. Apart from that I haven't had anything different to what I should be having. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be up awake at the usual time to go for my run.

[ChrisVick]

07:00 AM
Drink:
40g Impact Whey Isolate
10g Dextrose
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels

07:30 AM
20 Minute Run (walk, jog, run, walk, jog, run etc)

09:00 AM
40g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Multi-Vit <- Had this later
w/water

11:00 AM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
5g Flax Seed Powder
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

02:00 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Wholemeal Bread <- didn't have this, explained below
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder
w/water

05:30 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
2g BCAA
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

07:45 PM - Legs
BB Squats
20 x Bar
5 x 30 KG
5 x 40 KG
5 x 50 KG
5 x 60 KG
5 x 70 KG

SM Straight-back/leg Deadlift
20 x Bar
8 x 20 KG
8 x 40 KG
8 x 50 KG

SM Standing Calf Raise
20 x Bar
8 x 30 KG
8 x 70 KG
8 x 120 KG

08:45 PM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Broccoli
Drink:
60g Impact Whey Isolate
30g Maltodextrin
20g Dextrose
2g BCAA
w/water

10:30 PM
50g Impact Whey Isolate
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder


Notes:
Hasn't been a good day today, after 4 stages of trying to land me an apprentice job, doing exams etc to get to the final interview, I didn't get through. To perk myself up a bit I had a packet of mini eggs (this is why I didn't have the bread), also had a ginger bread biscuit as well.
As for my weights, my lower back killed after doing the straight legged deadlifts, so for the calf raises I could only go up to 120kg (getting the 25kg plates on my bar killed as well lol ). Anyway, going to have my shake in half an hour and maybe get an early night so I can actually do my run tomorrow morning (if my legs will let me!).

[ChrisVick]

Monday 30th June

07:00 AM
Drink:
40g Impact Whey Isolate
10g Dextrose
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels

07:30 AM
20 Minute Run (walk, jog, run, walk, jog, run etc)

09:00 AM
40g Impact Whey Isolate
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Multi-Vit <- Had this later
w/water

11:00 AM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
5g Flax Seed Powder
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

02:00 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
2 x Wholemeal Bread
2 x Tomatoes
Drink:
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder
w/water

Had a little bit of fruit cake around 4pm.

05:30 PM
100g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Ultra Fine Scottish Oats
Drink:
2g BCAA
2 x Omega-3 6 9 Softgels
1 x Sesamin Softgel
w/water

07:45 PM - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps
BB Bench Press
20 x Bar
6 x 30 KG
6 x 40 KG
6 x 42.5 KG
6 x 45 KG (+1 rep!)
4 x 45 KG (+1 rep!)

DB Incline Bench Press
20 x Bar
8 x 16kg
8 x 24
8 x 36 (+1 rep!)

DB Seated Shoulder Press
20 x Bar
8 x 20 KG (+6 KG!)
8 x 24 KG (+4 KG!)
8 x 28 KG (+4 KG!)

BB Bench Press Close Grip
20 x Bar
8 x 20 KG
8 x 20 KG
3 x 30 KG (+5 Reps!)

08:45 PM
50g Chicken Breast (cooked weight)
50g Broccoli
Drink:
60g Impact Whey Isolate
30g Maltodextrin
20g Dextrose
2g BCAA
w/water

As always, this to follow later:

10:30 PM
50g Impact Whey Isolate
5g L-Glutamine
5g Flax Seed Powder


Notes:
Woke up again late... had 11 hours of sleep. I think it may of done something, as I have felt great all day, and starting my weights on a natural high. I managed to get up to my default reps on nearly all of my weights and improved on many of my fails from last week, so I'm pretty happy with myself right now!
As for the weekend, I kept on my diet pretty much on Saturday but had a packet of malteasers (the bigger pack ), I did however do my hour cycle in the morning and my legs were still painful but I wanted to get into town to get SSB: Brawl (would of shut later on when I do my main cardio). As for Sunday, I had a McDonalds and to be honest, after I finished eating, I was looking forward to having my disgusting tasting shakes again. I'm not sure if it's because my food now is good for me, but even though my shakes taste bad, they make me feel good and better than any sugar or takeaway can (even if they taste alright).
My legs should be fine for tomorrow mornings run. Friday's leg weight training was my first, hopefully my legs won't be so painful after this Friday's workout.

Edit - I think I'm content with my colour scheme now!