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Originally Posted by Speedy1975
Interesting. I'll drop the bars, didn't like them much anyway. I've always avoided Gatorade like the plague due to it's sugar content. I'll look in to some options there. I was using an Ultramet Packet by Champion Nutrition after working out over the winter. They offer a "lite" version I can check in to.
It takes me about an hour to finish weight lifting. I don't stretch and I don't warm up (I know I know) and just get right to it. If I start getting in to heavier weights I will warm up my shoulders since I've had problems there but other than that none. I'll do a set and try to only rest 30 seconds between the 5 rep sets. When I switch workouts to a more standard 3 sets of 8-10 reps I rest about 2 minutes between sets, but that's on down the road.
I then hit the cardio for 30 minutes, so total time in the gym is about 1.5 hours 3x a week. If the weather's not bad I may do another 30-45 minutes of cardio (brisk walk) on Saturdays just to get a bit extra.
I was having another scoop of the ON Whey and 2tbsp of peanut butter at 6pm when I got home from work, but eliminated that as well to cut down.
I'm trying to stay around 1800 cals / day. I have a desk job so I'm sitting on my butt all day.
I forgot to add in the flaxseed 2gr/day, red yeast rice 1.2gr/day and the multivitamin.
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If you want to stay away from the gatorade try getting some carbo gain or any similar product, it is maltidextrose yes it's high GI but post workout it is good.
Even with the scoop of protein powder you eliminated your protein intake is much to low and macro-nutrients are way off. Look at the basics, you should be consuming at least 1 gram of protein for every lb of body weight, so in your case roughly 175 grams at a minimum, if you're training hard which it looks like you are levels should be higher. Your lucky to be eating half of that. Your working out in the morning, you have been fasting for about 8 hrs (sleep time) and then working out, what are you burning for fuel, this may be desireable for fat loss but not muscle building, I know you said you're cutting but your trying to do two things at once and you cannot. Have you ever acuratelly figured out what you cal requirement actually is, do you know your BMR. A few pages back I posted a formular to figure this out accurately. If you can find it try it, if your not sure of the math you can post your stats here, I will calculate it for you, then I can give you a break down of your carbs, proteins and fat for each meal, it can then be adjusted for cutting or bulking. I think that from what I see here better nutrition will be advantageous. Just for fun scroll back and look at what some of us that work out regularily are eating for cals (even while cutting)and the food combinations and you will see that yours are out of whack.