March 2007 Health Update

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183 lbs

Previously: Stuck at 177

• Read somewhere: "Real food is always going to be better than a protein powder (except before or after a workout)." Makes sense, duh. Trying to eat more real food.
• Like cottage cheese. Right before bed.
• And salmon patties on the weekend. See my salmon cooking video on Vimeo.
• I'm a lot heavier around the face than I intended to be. I know, it looks fat (thank you little sister and parents for reminding me!). But I think I know what I am doing here.
• My goal is to reach 190 lbs before starting to trim down (or "cut up").
• The three supplements that I take on every work-out day are whey protein, CytoGainer (whey and carb and creatine and glutamine dust), and NOexplode.
• Every single athlete has a different opinion about supplements. One thing that did not work for me: CellMass or straight creatine monohydrate. The CellMass did not have any effects whatsoever (45 days in), and the creatine made me sorta jittery for 45 minutes. But it's safe.
• One thing that has also been a goal - never using hormone-enhancing drugs to gain weight. More people than I would have thought use these pre-hormone stimulator things. I don't get into them.

OK. Sorry to bore you - I doubt anybody cares about this health stuff! But I spend a lot of my time acting it out in the gym and cooking simple meals.