Month: March 2022

Post #7

Let’s start discussing a little bit more into the basics or how our body works and dive deeper into nutrition. (for diet purposes obviously) What’s the appropriate way to fuel our bodies after lifting some heavy weights you may ask? Well look no further than here! Protein!

Most food experts recommends a daily intake of 1 .1 grams of protein per pound of body weight if you’re looking to gain muscle efficiently. (which I struggle to accomplish, I’m working on it…) For example, I weigh around 161 lbs. so if we do some calculations, I should be consuming about 176 grams daily. Now for me, I’m not necessarily looking to see results as efficiently as possible. For me it’s more about as long as I get there, then I’LL GET THERE, so I’m not always too hard on myself when I weigh out every ounce of food or constantly check every nutrition label to make sure I’m getting the right amount of protein in. For the most part I’m already aware of how much protein is in most of my meals, considering I do eat the same things everyday. You can still see results without intaking the recommended amount every day, which for me I’d say I average around 120-130 grams everyday. So as long as I’m working out consistently, I can still manage on my diet. Protein powder definitely helps though, since you can turn it into a milkshake and just drink it within a few seconds and BOOM! That’s 30+ grams of protein in just one scoop!

Now lets not purely rely on just protein powder to get all of our protein in, eat other foods high in protein throughout the day to reach the recommended daily intake. It can be difficult, but once you start planning out your meals and get a hang of it, it’ll all be as easy as slicing through some butter.

 

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Post #6

Join me my lads! On this incredible journey I call a diet! Yes! Finally, with the help of drinking water, we can conquer all the lands and destroy any enemies that come across us!

Alright lets get a little serious here, a couple years ago before I decided to change my major to Fine Arts, I was actually studying to be a Nutritionist. (I know right, ME? a NUTRITIONIST??? Please) But really, I was always just interested by how our foods are processed and made. Therefore,  as a Non-certified, Dietary Nutritionist,  I can say that the best way to start your diet is with this stuff right here in this photo. Yup, an essential to all life on our beautiful planet. Water! If you begin by just consuming only water as your beverage throughout the day, try it for say, a week, you’ll realize how easy it can be to diet. You’ll set your mindset to where you’re only going to want to drink just pure water, and when you actually try and drink like a soda again, it’ll make you feel uneased about doing so. You can then build from here, starting to eat better and healthier. The whole diet thing is really just a mindset thing rather than a physical one!

This is how I managed to begin my diet, start simple just pure water and work your way up. You don’t got to instantly feel pressured to eat better right off the rip, rather take it one step at a time and slowly but surely you’ll see yourself making progress with your health.

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Post #5

When I took a picture of this parking spot, it reminded me of a, interaction I had with some random salesman. He was selling crippled signs, like these, that people use to hang inside their cars so they can park in these parking spaces. I was just walking by and he stops me, tried to sell me one for $15. (a whole $15 for one?!?!?) I tell him, “Oh no, I’m not crippled.” He then explains to me, “Well don’t worry, non-crippled people buy these all the time off of me, so they can park in the handicap spots!” Of course, I still refused, and just continued on.

It’s kind of crazy to think what people sell nowadays to make money. I mean really? Handicap signs? I’ve got to give it to that guy, he’s pretty creative. But what really saddens me is how people actually do stuff like this.  They’ll do something as simple as buying these signs for their cars so they can get easy parking and then what for the actual handicapped? Yup, forget about them right.  Now every time I see someone parked in these spaces, it’ll have me questioning if they’re handicapped or not. But whatever, that’s just the way of life.

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Post #4

Ahh yes, I remember when I took this photo, had to flex on Snapchat that I was eating good after long days work at Walmart. (A reference from one of my previous blog posts) A steamy, hot and fresh gordita with some sweet tea. The perfect combo.

This photo reminded me of simpler times, an era in my life where I just ate whatever I wanted to and didn’t even think about going a diet within a few months after this picture.  A lot of people say to me, ‘Now Abe, why in the world would YOU go on a diet?!? You literally got such a nice, healthy body!’ Although people can tell us this, our conscious tells us otherwise when we look at ourselves in the mirror. For the most part, yes, I do agree that I do have a pretty nice body, but its far from perfect. I want to stay toned, but also lean while looking more muscular. I realized that the only way to achieve this starts with what you put into your body, therefore I’m not on this diet necessarily to lose weight (god, I’ve been trying for years to gain the weight I have, you think I’d want to lose it?!?) therefore I’m on this diet for what some may consider a summer body. I have to explain this to people, that pretty much my diet consists of me actually sustaining my weight, while progressing towards a leaner and more toned physique.

My entire family has diabetes, from my mom, dad, grandmothers/fathers and even my younger brother. Fortunately though I’m clean from it. This actually inspires me more to stay on this diet, for me to be the only in the family without diabetes? I must be the chosen one! Therefore I think this whole diet thing can have a bigger purpose in the long run, to prevent this generational curse being passed down to my descendants. (assuming I’ll have some…)

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