2018 Health and Fitness Thread

jrock645- Sounds like that split was a good idea :D Maybe it`s your Brachialis you`re feeling in part, thinking about those Reverse Curls.

When I do stuff in the Supinated Pulldown position I`m not doing pulldowns/ups but rather Bicep Curls..but still, similar enough that maybe you did hit your Bis doing those Pulldowns. Despite the reasonable-sounding arguments for doing them for back, they just don`t do it for me somehow...but I do use such positioning for my "elbows high and in front of body" Bi movement, roughly every second/third Bi workout.

This is the *first* day I haven`t really felt my Lats from Friday
 
Frustrated today.

Had my physical Monday, labs came back. Elevated liver enzymes, and not just by a little bit. Supposed to be at 52 or less, and mine is at 92. Never had an issue before, and I`ve eliminated alcohol in the past month. I`ve been eating healthy, not just by macros but eating healthy stuff. No junk whatsoever aside from on Monday`s. Good news is my cholesterol was the best it`s ever been. But this liver enzyme thing makes me mad. How do I have drastically raised liver enzymes after eliminating alcohol? Makes no sense.

I`m hoping it`s related to a very recent dietary change that was causing some acute issues. I started drinking milk again last week, to boost my calories. Half a gallon a day. Probably pretty aggressive to do that much right out of the gate, but that tends to be how I do things. Body didn`t react well, though I think another factor was a meat marinade I was using. I cut milk as of today. I was having major GI issues late last week. Took a break from the milk over the weekend, labs first thing Monday, resumed milk on Tuesday. Had major, violent issues Tuesday and Wednesday.

Either way, gotta get an ultrasound on my liver to find out whats going on. Hopefully it`s not too serious. Frustrating, though.
 
jrock645- Glad your cholesterol is so much better!

But yeah...huh, that *is* something about the liver enzymes. Hope they get to the bottom of it and it`s not serious. Maybe all you need is some...oh what is it?...St. John`s Wort maybe? Eh, no point getting/being angry about it IMO since that anger can`t be channeled into productive action.

You get your labs done during/after your Physical? I like to get mine done beforehand so my MD and I can go over the results both independently (well before my appointment, so I can do some research and have my Qs ready) and together (during). I always found it hard to have a good conversation right off-the-cuff, goes a lot better when I`ve prepared for it. And he started preparing better once he found out I`d be expecting a seriously in-depth conversation ;)

In one fell swoop you added ?!?Half a GALLON of milk?!? Gee..that`s *1,200 calories* with a [crap]-ton of lactose! (I assume everybody`s drinking whole milk given the recent studies.) I dunno..I take in a *LOT* of calories, and I`m not very lactose-sensitive, but that`d still be one mighty big addition. What`s the idea there? Sounds like you must be adding maybe 25-33% to your caloric intake right there, or am I off?

..that tends to be how I do things..
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Heh heh, oh man would I be reconsidering that ;) But then I`m all about *very* incremental changes/progress/everything and you know how often I step on a scale ;)

Eh, sorry...who am I to lecture you? But then...that "violent issues" you mentioned, I mean...that sounds..seriously not good. IMO people oughta feel like physical perfection personified pretty much all the time.
 
I think the liver issue may have been caused by the niacin ive been taking lately. Id forgotten about it being hard on the liver. And i read into liver enzyme values. Mine is borderline mild, so its not severe at all. If it was hepatitis or something, its be over 500.

Ill call and ask next week, but Im treating this as a false alarm at this point. Just lay off the niacin.

As for the calories... gotta do what you have to to push the scale. Training has been going well, scale and image are progressing, so im motivated by success to do more. Obviously, milk isnt the answer. Maybe i dont need to be so aggressive with the calories. Ill keep shooting for 3500 and not 4000+.
 
jrock645- Ah, glad it`s not *that* alarming after all, see what you`re told next week.

Huh, interesting about the niacin..I`d either never heard that or I`d forgotten it :o

How much are you taking? I do 1g daily even though the opinions vary regarding whether tweaking cholesterol that way *really* accomplishes anything beneficial.

Glad I (apparently) haven`t given offense regarding the milk..that just threw me for a loop.

Heh heh..[INSERT my usual lecture about long-term goals and throwing away the scale HERE]. But seriously, noting that I was *all* about "getting bigger" for decades, there can come a day when size/weight for its own sake isn`t a good thing even for ectomorphic guys like us. Carry around a few 10# plates for a week at my age and see if you really want to be heavier!

Eh, I`d just endeavor to look good, feel good, and remain capable of doing stuff..forget about increasing the numbers on the plates and the scale :D I honestly believe that I`m more satisfied with my results than *anybody* I know IRL who concentrates of those numbers and I`d pose down with any of those people any time.
 
Yeah ive def read about it being hard on the liver. I did 1g 3-4x’s a week. Bef ore that, i was doing the slo niacin daily for a couppe months. But yeah, niacin can def cause liver damage. Like you said though, it varies and is debateable as far as how much and for how long.
 
jrock645- Well, it *did* do what it was supposed to do for me and my wife, no question about that.

She later dropped the niacin and her HDL stayed elevated (lower 80s) but her trigs went back up. I could do fine dropping it and presumably reverting to my previous stats, but I kinda like the "oh wow, those numbers are great" so we`ll see. Eh, my Trigs were never high even when I was living on fast food, maybe because of the fish oil.
 
Scale read 220.4 this morning. Officially up 20lbs from may. Picking up a bit of bloat, but eating 4k calories a day will do that. Have some thickness to my chest that ive never had before. Probably lifting less weight than i dis years ago, by a large margin, but entirely differwnt methodology.
 
jrock645- That`s interesting to me how you get the bloat...doesn`t seem to bug you all that much but it sounds like something I wouldn`t like.

Glad you recognized the change in methodology factoring in with regard to the poundages. "Did I get the targeted muscles sore?" is pretty much my only concern and IMO even that is probably making a mountain out of a molehill.

IMO most people oughta max out their potential within a few years and more or less be in maintenance mode for most of their lives. Maintaining that DOMS effect at each workout is enough of a long-term challenge for me, figure it`s overkill but indicative of maintaining sufficient intensity.

I gather that some people get so discouraged by a perception of "no progress :( " that they actually quit exercising! Sounds utterly irrational to me, but I know at least two people like that IRL. So far they`ve always resumed exercising eventually, but they`re sure making it hard on themselves IMO.
 
Eh i dont like the bloat, but im an unfinished product at this point. I simply dont put on muscle without eating enough to risk some bloat and a tad bit of fat gain. Doesnt mean go hog wild and be reckless, but you have to take the good with the bad sometimes.
 
OK..you and I are at, uhm...different points on Life`s timeline :D

Heh heh, by the time you`re my age, just having muscle and being lean enough to see abs is an unusual accomplishment (at least it seems that way, judging by the people I know).
 
Week 2 on the Keto diet and it`s getting harder and harder to avoid carbs. I`ve lost weight but miss those donuts :(
 
RaysWay- Heh heh, eating a donut sounds so....foreign...to me that for a moment there I thought you must be joking! I *do* recall what some from Dunkin` taste like even after...gee, must be 40-some years and/but you have me wondering whether I`ve eaten once since then...keep thinking I must have but I can`t recall it.
Yeah, I`m weird about food all right :o Gather people think that "makes the whole leanness thing easy" for me..but gee, I do like a lot of the stuff I`d never eat regularly, just don`t see the point in eating it instead of something better.

I`ve dialed back my disdain for the Keto diet quite a bit...but I still question whether it`s the Right Answer for everybody who tries it.

What makes me wonder is that folks don`t seem to be truly *comfortable* with some of these approaches. If somebody doesn`t like their diet (and I don`t like using the word "diet" due to all the baggage that comes with it) then I wonder how long they`ll stick with it.

After ten/more years, you guys gonna still be OK with eating that way?
 
Im actually looking forwars to being on keto again. My body just works better in ketosis. Feeling better is sustainable imo
 
RaysWay- It occurred to me later that my wife can crave a certain type of carbs if she eats them for a while. If somebody is used to eating donuts/etc. then I bet going without much in the way of carbs period would indeed be a shock to the system.

Maybe you`ll acclimate to it the way jrock645 has, seems like plenty of people do.

I gather you`re losing the right kind of weight in the right places on the keto, got a specific goal in mind?

jrock645 said:
Im actually looking forwars to being on keto again. My body just works better in ketosis. Feeling better is sustainable imo
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Ah, OK! That sounds good then after all...wasn`t sure which approach was/wasn`t something you could stick with.
 
Oh I don`t really care for donuts, I should`ve said nachos lol. But the first week of Keto was a struggle to keep the carb cravings at bay. I think I`m past the "craving stage" now and the diet is ok. Mixing up some of the meals has helped as I was getting tired of eggs, bacon and burgers. We tried a new stuffed pepper recipe (poblano peppers and chorizo) and fell in love with it. So every few days we`ve committed to trying new recipes which keeps things exciting in the kitchen.

My goal was really to break the plateau I was stuck at and it worked. I`m down 10 lbs so far. 225 is the short term goal, 200 is the long term goal. I want to get the body fat % down as much as possible until I work on gaining strength again.
 
Had the nerves burned off in my spine today. Sore. Gotta do the other side next Monday. Hope it doesn’t interrupt training too much.
 
RaysWay said:
Oh I don`t really care for donuts, I should`ve said nachos lol...
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Heh heh, OK..id wondered if the donuts were a specific craving. Now...?nachos?....

Sounds like you`re finding ways to kee the diet acceptable to you, bet that`ll be a big help.

Interesting that you`re not trying to gain strength while still heavy! I`d have thought it easier that way..
 
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