But I did. These guys have been a great help and encouragement through some tough times for me and they probably don't even realize it. - Pagangoddess
Typically I was eating twice a day, I woke up every morning at 5, and I didn't eat till 11:30 a.m. My second meal was before class, usually around 6 p.m. Durring those 2 meals I was eating a lot, but typically I was still eating less than 2000 calories a day... ive heard that could be considered near starvation. I really thought for a long time that I was a "hardgainer" but the truth was that I just wasn't eating.
I am 27 currently. When I started working out 2 months ago I weighed 160 pounds, I am now up to 190 pounds and still growing. I do the stronglifts workout 3 times a week, and I just eat as much as possible. Working out wasn't the biggest challenge for me, it was training myself to eat, getting beyond that full feeling, and ignoring the desire to not eat or skip a meal because it wasn't "conveniant".
Typically on a workout day
6 a.m. - 1/4 gal milk + protien
9 a.m. - Lots of Fruit and nuts
12 p.m. - Lunch - anything I want
3 p.m. - Workout
post workout - 1/4 gal milk + Protien
6 p.m. - Class
8 p.m. Dinner - Anything I want
This usually nets me 4 to 5 thousand calories a day.
It isn't always the healthiest diet, but due to habbits I picked up from my mother I don't like sweets, fast food, and other things generally considered unhealthy. The hardest part of my diet to give up was diet coke. But I dropped it cold turkey and now only drink Milk, Water, and occasionally fruit juice.
Body fat wise, I don't know how to measure percentages, I can still see my upper abdominals (barely), but ive developed a bit of pudge down toward the lower part of my stomach, around the belly button. Though my girlfriend says that I am insane and that I am the only one who can see it. I guess we are our own worst critics. Honestly though, I like it, it is genuinely a good feeling to not see my ribs poking out. I feel healthy.
Current weight I am lifting after 2 months: Squat: 190 lbs 5x5 (lower back injury slowed me down) Deadlift: 205 lbs 5x5, Bench: 150 lbs 5x5, Bent over Rows 150 lbs 5x5, Shoulder Press: 115 lbs 5x5.
I wanted to post my thanks to Mehdi for the great site and all the wonderful information he has provided, and also to the stronglifts community for the valuable information they've provided me through their experiences and questions on the forums.
first one taken about 15 days in @ 165 or so
second one taken about 2 days ago @ 192
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