6/30/13

Crazy weekend. More sex, no stack today, diet was a bowl of fruity pebbles so I wouldn't puke from exhaustion
1 square
and 1 subway footlong grilled chicken

6/29/2013

10:45 AM
    ECF stack

2:15 pm
    Subway grilled chicken footlong buffalo. Doing dishes later

6/28/2013

1:30 AM
    1 square

8:30 AM
    ECF stack

2:30 PM
    1 square

5:00 PM
    90 minute nap. Skipping my EC tonight, will just hit the fish oil, not sure if I'll need to eat, probably. Just weighed in at 188.3 lbs, pretty empty but still feels good.

11:00 PM
   Calzone, prob idk, 1,000 calories worst case scenario? Meatballs and sausage. Skipped the gym, had sex. No brainer there. No ECF stack meant I was asleep by midnight and forced myself out of bed around 9:45 AM. So, so good.

6/27/2013
Stop! My ass is on fire!

12:30 AM
I shaved my butt earlier, only with clippers, and mother of god it itches like crazy. Just the cheeks, luckily, but holy hell. I tripled up on coca butter but to no avail.  Going to be a longggg day.

10:30 AM
Butt no longer itchy. ECF stack
Found a site that reviews fish oil. http://www.ifosprogram.com/consumer-reports.aspx Looks like mine is pretty bad for you. Oh well, when this 3 month supply runs out I'll get whatever's cheapest off that list.

5:00 PM
1 square and I got some dermadoctor picture perfect pore minimizer.  I don't know how they fit so many words on such a small bottle. According to the net it takes around a month to see results, but I took some before pictures to get some good data for myself.

5:30 PM
ECF stack

7:30 PM
Gym: biceps/back

• Treadmill : 20:00 min 4.3mph, 1.1 incline. 164bpm. Wtf!  Treadmill has a usb port and a headphone jack, I'm excited to play with this tomorrow.
• pullups: 11,6,5
• db curls 3x10@20 lbs/side with reverse grip. 10 more with 15 lbs and standard grip.
• db shrugs 3x10@50 lbs/side

That's it. Feeling a little dead, probably due to lack of sleep, food, being all hopped up on caffeine and busting my ass at 88% of max heart rate. In fact, how am I alive?

I have a Friend who told me he can get me gear at any time. So tempting.

Mascara has held up reasonably well which honestly for a man isn't good enough. It isn't running but it's sticking to my upper eyelids.. Maybe I'm using too much, will try again tomorrow.

6/26/2013

Wednesday: rest day

     1:00 AM:
Rough night, abnormally rough, this isn't a blog about personal stuff, and nobody died, so who really cares, but I went to Taco Bell and ended up eating 1800 calories in one sitting. Sadly, there is still some Taco Bell in my fridge which I won't throw away on principle. That'll be another 1,750 calories(!!)  since nachos are brutal. I will probably not eat all the tortilla chips since that's really the worst part of all of it.  Please don't stop reading this blog because of this. If you see another cheat day like this in the next few weeks I'll stop the fucking blog myself. To give you an idea of my general discipline I went on two dates this week with a model and drank water with lime both times and ate nothing. I was also at a birthday party at a nightclub and all the alcohol I consumed was a celebratory half-shot.

     11:00 AM:
ECF stack Decent amount of sleep, given that I got ~2 hours the night before, it's only fair.

    12:30 PM:
45 minutes of tanning. Picked up some tanning goggles but it was too cloudy to tell how good they work against direct sunlight annoying the crap out of me, but I'm sure they'll be fine.

Tons of my muscles are sore. Chest flies are so great for hypertrophy, way better than bench press. My legs feel like I went for a 1rm on squat and DL in the same day, and my abs feel like I did a 10 minute plank with Kevin Smith on my back.

    4:30 PM:
Nachos all gone. ECF stack


    11:30 PM:
No more food, go me. Only a 3,600 calorie day!
Random

• Want to get Retinol. Supposedly this actually does work, and its job is to reduce pore size
• Get some pore hiding crap. I don't know the universal name but "Porefessional" was recommended on a YouTube video.
• Manscaped hardcore. Trimmed asscrack hair pretty short which is really, really nice; highly recommended. Shaved fuzz off of upper arms

That's exactly how your junk should look manscaped. With a #2 or #3 guard on what you keep. You don't want to end up looking like a nine-year-old Asian boy.

• more cocoa butter lotion
• I found a place that'll do unlimited spray tans for $41/month which seems pretty reasonable. I'd have to sign a one-year contract and my biggest concern would be them going under and me not getting part of my $500 reimbursed. Plus, it's far. Still, it'd be great; tanning is terrible for your skin. If I decide to go that route I'd probably go every 5-6 days and dress like a Middle Eastern woman any time I leave my house. The more I think about this the more I like it.  

6/25/2013

     This is a good time to state that I "start my day" at 12:01 AM. It's just easier if I'm up late and eating or something.

12:01: One square, water, a spoonful of Greek yogurt(good for the mouth) and a sleep aid, because I suck at sleeping. Dose: 400mg ibuprofen + 76mg diphenhydramine citrate. I'll try and pick some sleep-aid without anything else added later on this week. The Yang to my caffeine tablets' Yin.

5:00 AM:  ECF stack

I told you my sleep sucks. After tossing and turning for a while I just gave up, birds and sunlight are starting to creep in to my room anyways.  Going to try like hell to at least make it to 8:00 PM before crashing.

Also, I now know why people take 5-Hour Energy instead of caffeine pills. That was, without question, the most difficult pill I've ever had to swallow. They begin to dissolve instantly on your tongue, which means they stick like hell. I actually had to throw the first one away because it was just a lost cause. That sucks because instead of the ideal 200mg+25ephedrine(actually 20mg would be even better) I know have 200mg + whatever got in my system. Not much, but still. Definitely looking in to a higher quality caffeine tablet for the future.

7:00 am gym
I'm awake so why not.
Cardio: treadmill. 1.1% incline 4.3 mph, and 20 minutes. Final heart rate 162. I did this exact exercise two days ago with no drugs in system and my heart rate was 157. I know ephedrine raises heart rate but it still would have been nice to see the number drop. The good news is I didn't die. I don't feel great but it's definitely not as bad as when I go way too hard. I just feel a little dizzy.

Lying db chest fly: 4x10@25s. So 50lbs total. Kinda light, definitely jumping to 30s next. Almost no rc pain.

Tricep extension machine: 3x10@65/side
Really hard. Definitely not a 4th set in me.

Wide bench machine. This is like bench pressing but worse in every way. 4x10@140 lbs.

Now just sitting in sauna sweating out dome cocoa butter. Very pleased with how my body feels right now. No massive fatigue, and I'm on very little sleep.

12:00 Lunch. Crappy lunch, someone threw a party and I attended and ate. No idea on calories but probably not good. 2 diet Ginger Ales(call the fucking paleoice) something called stuffed bread which seemed like fried dough loaded with greasy stuff, a piece of quiche, and lots of fruit. Honestly not a ton of food and I wasn't even close to stuffed after eating, so whatever.

3:00 PM: ECF stack.

Some other stuff:
30 minutes outdoor tanning,
two showers today,
lots of cocoa butter. Going to see if regular showering will actually reduce my bacne. Let's hope so!

-Found a good way to eat those horrid caffeine tablets. Stuff it in a scoop of plain Greek yogurt and just swallow it whole. Too easy.
-I don't have blackheads on my nose, they're called sebacous glands, natural, healthy, kinda ugly. Sucks but whatever.
-This mascara is pretty good.

Start:
Today is my first time in my life using Ephedrine Sulfate. I'm currently cutting and want to lose as much fat as quickly as possible without incurring any unnecessary risks. I took it with a single bottle of extra strength 5-hour Energy after coming home from the gym. On that note, what a bunch of shit that 5-Hour Energy stuff is. They go out of their way to list everything except the caffeine content, and give you some twelve word description instead. "About as much caffeine as a big cup of coffee" or something equally stupid. Is it a secret? No. It took until April of this year for the makers of 5-Hour Energy to actually release the caffeine content, which they still don't put on the bottle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-hour_Energy#Caffeine
http://5hourenergy.com/facts/
I still can't find anything on their site about the Extra Strength but whatever, once this 6 pack runs out I'm getting some cheapass Walgreens $.10/dose caffeine found here which is a hell of a lot better than the $2.xx I just paid for the volume discount on disgusting 5-Hour Energy.

Hopefully that rant burned a few calories.

All out of fish oil but picking some up later, I'm sure I'll tell myself to do fish oil 4x a day but realistically I'll end up doing it twice a day when I do my EC stack because I'm dumb.

Today looked like:
 3:30 AM: 1 square
12:00 PM: Gym: Legs & abs:
hamstring curls: 3x10@110
quad curls or whatever: 3x10@140
Seated calf push: 3x10@275
Standing ab wheel: 3x10

I can't go all the way out on the ab wheel without my knees hitting the floor but I'm getting closer every time. This is still incredibly difficult and even coming back from moderate extension is damn-near impossible. I keep a mat under my knees and come back up on the knees. I will probably start adding weighted planks because that is definitely more of a strength issue than any kind of endurance issue.

 3:00 PM: EC stack: 1 Bronk-Aid tablet(25mg of Ephedrine Sulfate + ~260mg of caffeine)
 My heart rate is definitely picking up and I'm feeling... different. This is all new to me, maybe it's euphoria? I feel kind of spaced out but very focused at the same time. It's pretty great to be perfectly honest. I also rarely ingest caffeine so I'm sure my body is in full-on ninja mode.

These images are less than one week old and I weighed in around 188 pretty light(very little food in body, pretty thirsty)

I hate everything about my body and am working to change a lot of it. I have stretch marks where my shoulder meets my pecs that run down my biceps, as well as where my thigh meets my crotch and some on my lovehandles, too. Lucky me! I also have some bacne that I believe I Photoshopped out in these pictures. Other than that I just tweaked the brightness and contrast so you can see my curves a little better. 

5:00 PM:

Just got back from shopping. Picked up some caffeine tablets from CVS. They weren't as cheap as the Walgreen's one I linked to earlier, at 80 tablets for $13.50 or whatever, they're actually around 60% more but at $.16/dose this is still a ton cheaper than the $2.50/dose 5-Hour Energy, AND I don't have to chug some nasty fluid.  Plus the benefit of knowing exactly how much caffeine is in each tablet without having to fucking Google it. 

I also picked up some cocoa butter. I don't think this stuff will work for my stretch marks but a 32 ounce bottle was less than $5 and at worst I'll smell like a stripper. I might even add some glitter that never comes off to the bottle to get the full effect.  They had some stuff next to it at Wal-Mart that was in an anti-theft box that was like $40. Mederma is what I believe it was called. No idea if this works but will look in to it. Wasn't going to risk it for $40, and will see how the cocoa butter works first.

Next on the list: Nature Made Fish Oil 200 tablets at 1200mg each, this bottle is huge and I definitely felt like a meathead carrying out. Was awesome. I have no idea what's good, or what to look for, but this said burp-free, though 35 calories a tablet kind of sucks. Will definitely stick with two a day.  If anyone has recommendations on what to look for in a fish oil tablet I'd greatly appreciate it.

Next:  I picked up some Crest Whitening Strips. The maximum strength ones. Everything I've read said that the only real difference between OTC whitening and a dentist setup is that a dentist setup will give you a mold so that it will really get in to the corners of your teeth, where the two teeth meet. Surprisingly, this doesn't have much of an impact on the look of a smile, so I said screw it. Plus, instant gratification! 

Last: I bought mascara. Yes, the kind that goes on your eyelashes. No, it isn't for some alternative use. I bought it to put on my eyelashes. It's called Cover Girl Clump Crusher. I wanted something that didn't look fake, like I am some insecure weirdo who uses eye makeup(even though that's precisely who I am) and this got pretty good reviews after some brief Googling.

Mine is "830 black" which means nothing, as the website seems to suggest that 800 is a true black and the higher the number, the browner it goes, yet it stops at 815 which is brown. That would suggest that 830 would be some sort of light brown. Also, what does the 830 even mean? Hexadecimal that shit please. Mine looks like #0F0F0F but I can't say for certain.

Here's an image I just took showing the difference. It's not a great image, hard to take a selfie and tell your camera to focus on your eyelashes but you can see a difference. This is with eyeliner applies to both upper and lower eyelashes, and the "top" and "bottom" both got the treatment. Not a huge difference but it's there, which is exactly what I want. Zero clumping, too. It says water resistant, well it certainly isn't water proof, I tried to wash it off and there was definitely ink around my eyes. Will have to be aware of it, that's for sure. I'm going to experiment with showers and stuff to see how far I can push this, would be nice if I didn't have to think about it except for rubbing my eyes.

Whitening strips applied, no big deal here at all, really. Going to follow instructions rigorously.

9:00 PM

• End of the day stuff: floss, Sonicare, mouthwash, ACT
• Lip balm
• Trim nosehairs
• Eyebrow maintenance(light tweezing)
• Shower
• Cocoa butter all over my body
• Biore pore strips.  These do nothing and I feel like I'm doing them right. The best I get is a few hairs getting ripped out. This time I shaved my face where pubic hair doesn't grow first(exterior of nose, upper cheeks, forehead) and I got no better blackhead removal, and I managed to still see some hairs on the strip. I'm definitely shaving my whole face from now on, it feels good and it removes the subtle peach fuzz.
• Shaved ears. My ears are pretty fuzzy and it's gross. I am going to be looking in to giving myself a Turkish shave (click for video) to see how that goes. Looking in to the hot pine resin, too, as it looks like an alternative to a Biore Pore Strip. Anyways, the shaving does a decent job for sure but it isn't 100%. 
• Cut and filed nails. Short, rounded nails are important for certain activities. I might get a buff block and start buffing the tops of my nails, too. 
• Trimmed armpit hair. I keep it real short, it helps deodorant go on way better and I think the Don King look is gross. Some hair is fine but when it gets long, yuck. No girl that's noticed has seemed to care and it's more hygenic. 

Introduction:

    Hello, readers. I have started this blog to record my adventures with weightlifting and will be largely based around that. Moreso, though, this log is about aesthetics so you'll occasionally see things about skin care, hair care, and the like. I'm going to keep the focus on my body itself so things like fashion will not be written about.

    I was born with a hole in my heart which still affects me to this day. Occasionally my heart will beat irregularly, and during intense physical activity(like sex) my heart will beat so hard I feel like it's going to explode out of my chest. I know from past experiences that regular cardio completely fixed this, so I'll be adding some of that to my routine.

    My goal with all of this is to be the best sexual partner I can be, and I will be doing what it takes  to be more attractive and better at sex. I am currently lifetime natural but I think when I get lean enough that will change. I'm not sure. If you'd like to write to me about gear, that's fine, I will NEVER out anyone who doesn't want to be. Please keep all comments at least reasonably-well written.

    What else: My diet consists mostly of chicken breast, broccoli, spinach, Good Seasons dressing packets with more vinegar and water, and less olive oil(about half the oil) and bottled water. My tap water is awful here so I won't be consuming it. I'm definitely not against diet soda or anything, but water is just fine and it's cheaper and better for my teeth than diet soda.

Some stats about me:
 I can do 11 slow, deadhang pullups(palms away) to full lockout. I started out with Rippetoe's Starting Strength which I am very thankful for, unfortunately squatting was very hard on my knees  even though everyone said my form was fine when I posted videos on YouTube. I am probably done squatting forever, so if you're a diehard powerlifter, this log will not be something you're interested in.
My best numbers were
Standing overhead press with zero BS cheating: 165x5
Deadlift: 5x1@340lbs
Squat: 265x5
Bench: 245x5
Weight: 190 lbs
Height: 5'10.5"
Age: 27

My squat was seriously hindered by the pain it gave me, hence the relatively low number.

None of this is me bragging, I'm just establishing a baseline, this log will be very data intensive.

I am now doing a 4-day split. Legs, push, pull, abs. I'll be adding abs and traps whenever I feel like it, probably twice a week.




Glossary:

• ECF stack: 25mg Ephedrine Sulfate + 200mg Caffeine + 1200mg fish oil
• Square: A meal. a mixture of brown rice(1/5th cup raw), steamed broccoli(130g frozen) and chicken breast(260g worth), with homemade light Italian dressing drizzled over it. About 600 calories and 56g protein
• Dressing: Good season packet, 5 oz vinegar, 2 oz EVOO California Olive Ranch, 1 oz water