New Meal Plan

As I twittered the other day, I’m actively trying to gain weight. My goal is to hit 265 on October 5th and then cut to a lean 235-240 before January 4th. I think it is possible, but I have to be super strict with what and when I eat so that I make sure I get all the right calories and as many as I need to hit my goal (which is a lot).

Here’s what I’m eating:

Meal Food Calories Proteins Carbs Fats
4:00 Animal Stack
4:30 Animal Nitro
8 oz. grape juice 160 0 40 0
7:00 8 oz grape juice 160 0 40 0
Animal Nitro
7:30 Animal Pack
Animal Flex
Animal Omega
3 scoops protein 390 72 12 4.5
12 oz. skim milk 120 12 12 0
2 tbsp peanut butter 146 7 10 10
9:30 12 oz. ground beef lean 556 88 0 20
1 cup lettuce 10 1 2 0
2 tbsp. sour cream 38 1 1 3
2 oz cheddar cheese 96 14 2 4
2 tbsp salsa 8 0 2 0
11:30 6 whole eggs 462 36 6 30
4 egg whites 64 16 0 0
1 cup wild rice 166 7 35 1
1 apple 77 0 21 0
1:30 2 cup whole grain pasta 350 14 74 2
1/2 cup pasta sauce 112 2.5 17.5 3.5
12 oz ground turkey 792 96 0 48
3:30 12 oz sirloin steak 708 96 0 36
baked potato 278 7 63 0
2 tbsp. sour cream 38 1 1 3
2 oz cheddar cheese 96 14 2 4
5:30 2 scoops protein 260 48 8 3
12 oz. skim milk 120 12 12 0
1 cup banana nut cheerios 133 1 30 1
7:30 12 oz. tilapia 432 84 0 12
can of green beans 52 3 12 0
TOTALS 5824 632.5 402.5 185

That’s a lot of food, but I can do it. I’ll keep everyone updated on my progress.


Computer Pictures

I realized today that I haven’t posted any pictures of my rig in development. Here are some images. This thing rocks. It has increased my productivity 200-300%.


My New Computer

I took the dive today and purchased the components for my first PC build. I can’t really explain how excited I am for these parts to come. I’ve never built a PC before and this thing is going to be a monster. I’m super stoked. This is mostly to improve my productivity since I sit at my desk and program all day and I’ve found my laptop just can’t keep up with my pace anymore. I don’t think this desktop will have any problems doing so.

Here’s the highlights, followed by a detailed parts list:

Highlights

  • Intel Core i7 Processor
  • 12 GB of Ram
  • Sweet Video Card
  • Dual 23.6″ Monitors
  • Super Fast Hard Drive

Details

Suffice it to say, I’m super duper excited.


Still Going Strong

It has certainly been a while since I updated this blog. I’ve been busy lately, and things have been going really well. There are some things worth noting that have happened or are happening, though, and I wanted to point them out.

Fitness

My workouts have been going really well lately. I just finished up a 4 week period of hard work and better nutrition. While I haven’t been eating super clean, I’m a relatively lean 230 pounds at 5′11″ and that’s nothing to be ashamed about. The amount of weight I lift has been consistently going up, also. I’m pretty happy when I’m doing deep squats with 365 for sets of 8. I’ve also been doing front squats with pretty heavy weights (255 pounds) for sets of 8.

These last 4 weeks I’ve been concentrating on getting my chest a little bit bigger and that has gone pretty well. I’ve gotten stronger so I’m hitting out 255 pounds for sets of 8 on flat barbell bench press. That’s nothing to sneeze at, I suppose. More importantly, my chest has increased in volume, which was my real goal.

I’m about to switch up my exercise regimen to concentrate on my biceps because I find that they’re lagging behind the rest of my body. Unlike most people, I don’t generally do a dedicated biceps workout because I’m not too concerned about those muscles as far as strength goes. Now, though, I need to get them bigger because they look out of place compared to the rest of my body. I’ll be hitting them twice a week for the next four weeks.

In addition, I’ll be going with a different rep scheme over the next four weeks. These past four weeks, I generally went four sets of eight repetitions. Now, I’ll be going with five sets of 5, 5, 10, 20, 20. It should be interesting, that’s for sure. I’m going to try to not back off on the weight but will mostly keep the same exercises. We’ll see what happens, though.

Business

I don’t even remember the last time I posted about business here, but things have been going great. My biggest client and I have a great working relationship and I’ve been working on some interesting projects lately. I still love doing what I’m doing and I love the new challenges that I face everyday.

I’m looking at buying a new computer for development. I’ll be building the computer myself and I’ve pretty much picked out all the components. I’ll make a post when I actually order all the parts about what exactly I went with. I’m buying the computer to speed up my development speed and efficiency. I find that my current development computer slows me down a little bit and I hope to be more productive with my new tool.

There is some exciting things that I’m not sure if I can talk about yet, but I will announce them soon if I can.

Personal

Angela and I continue to do great out in Seattle. We went out yesterday and walked around downtown Seattle and it was a blast. We also saw the new X-Men movie, and it was awesome. I am a huge comic book fan, so I might be a little biased, but I definitely recommend it.

Unfortunately, there are some things that aren’t so great right now. My mom has lung cancer, and we’re still not sure what kind of treatment she’ll be receiving. This is especially hard because my grandpa just went through a long struggle with cancer before he died. Also, my grandmother had the same type of cancer as my mom has before she died. It sucks, but things will hopefully be OK.

So that’s it for now. I’m doing well, making a lot of friends at the gym, a lot of connections online, and things couldn’t be better.


Please Vote

The field has been narrowed, and I have a chance!  In an earlier post, I mentioned that I was entering a design competition with this blog.  I entered in the Clean & Minimalist category and I was chosen to make the shortlist!  You can see the list here: WP Web Host Top WordPress Designs. Please vote for me if you like this design. I would really appreciate it.


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