I’ve said it before, but never on my blog, so this time I’m serious. I am giving up alcohol, indefinitely. I am starting to think I may be allergic to alcohol somehow…. And here’s why. I get super bad hangovers from even small amounts of alcohol. Whether it be one margarita, a couple beers with dinner…
Here’s how the night that made me quite went: I went out to the bars with my buddies on a Saturday night last weekend. I knew I didn’t want to drink much because I know I get hungover easily, so I paced myself reasonably well. Over the course of 4 hours I had 4 beers, that’s all. The resulting hangover was torture and its effects lasted for 3 days. Sunday morning I was completely crippled and confined to locations where I could lay down and pull my knees to my chest. I was dry heaving for hours. My appetite had completely gone for the entire day, and I _maybe_ got down 500 calories total. My appetite still had not returned for Monday or even Tuesday, It was impossible to force myself to eat enough to gain weight.
Finally today, Wednesday, I am feeling relatively normal. I finally got back into the gym, but I was barely able to repeat the sets:weight amount I had done my previous workout. After I checked my weight on the scale and found I had lost 2lbs!…. And for hard gainers, getting those two pounds back doesn’t come easily. It has set me back, probably 2 whole weeks.This isn’t the first time something like this has happened either.
I do stay hydrated, I’ve tried the oldest tricks in the books to avoid getting a hangover, my only explanation now is that maybe I’m somehow allergic to it? Maybe my great great grandparents hooked up with some Inuits a long time ago and I inherited the alcohol intolerance gene.
And that’s how I decided that enough was enough. If I want to continue making bodybuilding progress as fast as I want, I’d need to completely give up alcohol… Not that I particularly enjoyed drinking that much in the first place.
And so I move on. Have you ever given up anything in order to pursue fitness goals?
As part of the health care bill, large restaurant chains will be required to display calorie information right on their menus and drive-through displays. I know when I go to a restaurant I ask for the “nutrition menu” just so I can select the item that has a lot of calories… I mean if I’m paying ~$15-20 to go out to eat, I want more than 600 calories, you know?
I work at Romano’s Macaroni Grill part time and our dishes vary hugely in their amount of calories. Some are as little as 500 calories, some are over 1500 calories, usually with little price difference.
It will be much more convenient to have the calories listed right in the normal menu rather than having to hunt down a nutrition menu or just guess how many calories I’m eating. Some restaurants don’t even have nutrition menu’s which makes calorie counting very aggravating!
Everyone who counts calories should be in favor of this right?
One of the dishes at the Macaroni Grill, the “Parmigiana Crusted Sole” has 1700 calories in it, and its not very filling… Its a mid-priced dish too. I wonder how it will effect consumer behavior / the amount of people that order it once they see they are consuming 85% of their daily calories in one sitting!
So I’ve been kicking things into gear pretty hard the past few weeks, and today at the gym I weighed myself and was pleasantly surprised that I pushed the needle up just past 136lbs. 
Eating has been going good too, Almost every day I’ve been hitting my 3000 calorie goal, which has been imperative to my progress.
New Progress Pictures will be up tonight.
So i’ve really kicked things into gear… I was stuck at around 134lbs a while ago, looking back at my workout tracking sheets, I had only been to the gym 4 times in the last month (HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN!!!)… But during the past 2 weeks I’ve really kicked my diet into gear and have been hitting the gym 3-4 times a week.
I’ve broken the 135lb barrier, finally! I think I’ll be ready for updated progress pictures pretty soon. Once I hit 136lbs I’ll definitely post an updated picture.
I’ve also definitely settled into my new routine. Its taken about 5 complete rounds of the 4 day routine to completely get the hang of everything. With the new exercises I had to find the right weights to hit failure at the right number of reps… And honestly it takes a while… But I’m definitely on track now. I’m hitting muscle failure right around where I should be and slowly increasing the weights with each exercise.
Good things, good things. I think I’ve definitely got a good summer beach body on the way. I hope to look amazing by June. There’s no room left for any more slacking!
Where can you get 800 calories for just 40 cents? Right at your grocery store. Maruchan Ramen Noodles are cheap, delicious, and CHEAP!
Each packet contains 400 calories and 5 grams of protein. I like to make mine as the instructions say, and then strain all the juice out and just eat the noodles. Ramen Noodles are really quick to make and are a great non-filling high calorie snack. You can get this stuff even cheaper if you check out your local Sam’s Club or Costco and buy it in bulk.
This is definitely a great calorie booster to eat during the day. Two of these packets leave me able to keep eating more, they definitely have low fullness factor. My personal favorite is Chicken Flavor.
