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Cerebralbore101 on 16 September 2017
aLkaLiNE said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Oatmeal, Eggs, Sweet Potatoes, Milk, Chicken, Apples, Bannanas, Raisin Toast, Brown Rice, and all natural Whey. No Creatine or "Proprietary mystery blend" whey for me. 

I would cut out milk, bread, oatmeal (is this steel cut or that Insta stuff? Are you adding things to it such as honey or blueberries or strawberries? Does the oatmeal have any of the fake flavoring stuff?) You also shouldn't need any kind of whey if you're getting your protein from meat/poultry/fish. I guess anything with gluten in it can make people feel tired, and milk had naturally occurring chemicals in it that also help induce sleep. That's why it blows my mind that cereal (milk+gluten) is a breakfast item. It's like you're handicapping yourself right from the start of the day.

I'm cutting out milk in a few weeks, because I'm mildly lactose intolerant. I can only have two glasses of milk a day before indigestion sets in. That's a pretty common thing though. The oatmeal is simple unflavored oatmeal that you buy in a big cardboard cylinder. I don't even add sugar or maple syrup to it. Whey isn't needed, but you have to buy a lot more meat otherwise, and that can get expensive. There's almost no lactose in whey so it's ok. It's also convienent, and helps repair muscle faster after a workout, since it is digested quicker than lean meats. I don't believe that gluten is bad for you. 



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Cerebralbore101 on 16 September 2017
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
KLAMarine said:

Look into resistance bands then. They take up very little room.

Why spend money at all. Use the body you have. Just do these for 30 minutes and you'll be fine:

link

You wil need a space to lay down though .

Dumbell and barbell exercises are better for gaining strength though. I'm not going to go into the details because I'd just be plagarising Mike Mathews. But if you want a good education on why bodyweight exercises aren't nearly as good as free weights hit up his website, or read his book. 



Cerebralbore101 on 16 September 2017
Mr Puggsly said:
Heavenly_King said:

Use taxi/uber so you can sleep more.

Yeah, I was thinking this. Sacrifice some money for nights you need a little more sleep. Fuck taxis, but Uber and Lyft are pretty cheap.

Honestly though, the schedule doesn't sound that bad. I also suggest taking some melatonin if you have trouble sleeping early.

Yeah that is a good idea. It's kind of annoying having to blow close to $80 a month just to sleep though. But I think I might have to just bite the bullet and shell out the money. Edit: On second thought I'm just going to do this. Screw it. I can't keep on throwing my sleep schedule for a massive loop every week. Hours are wasted just trying to catch up on sleep. 



Cerebralbore101 on 16 September 2017
monocle_layton said:
So your diet is fine, you exercise, and I assume you don't spent all of your freetime on technology.

I think you can't change anything besides either getting better transportation, moving closer to your job, or changing the schedule. Regardless of what you do, I hope you find something that improves your situation

Thanks man. :)



Cerebralbore101 on 16 September 2017
bonzobanana said:
I used to work a nightshift 60hrs a week, 5 x 12 hr shifts and used to cycle to work which was about 7 miles each way with a very steep 1km long hill going to work. The job was physically demanding as well as mentally demanding. I was running multiple machines, sometimes up to about 12 machines as well as lifting and rewiring them and doing frequent quality checks. I did this for many years without a single day off sick. I felt fantastic at the time and was super fit and actually did enjoy the job which counts for a lot and loved the cycling commute most of the time.

Sadly the company closed and I ended up sat down all day in an office writing power tool manuals hardly moving from the spot in a bad environment for stress with people around me with their own agenda and issues which I won't go into. My weight went up and my health went down.

At first with the night shift I would keep forcing myself back into a normal sleep pattern for the weekend but found working with the night shift and even following the same sleep pattern over the weekend was necessary to be successful at doing that shift pattern. I guess my point is adapt as much as possible to your routine and do everything you can to make it better. If that means sleeping in a dark room with ear plugs in so you can catch up with all your sleep so be it.

Yeah, do what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. I wouldn't do that sort of a schedule forever, but it would be good money while it lasted. 



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Cerebralbore101 on 16 September 2017
GoOnKid said:

Thanks. It means a lot to me that you guys care. 



aLkaLiNE on 17 September 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
aLkaLiNE said:

I would cut out milk, bread, oatmeal (is this steel cut or that Insta stuff? Are you adding things to it such as honey or blueberries or strawberries? Does the oatmeal have any of the fake flavoring stuff?) You also shouldn't need any kind of whey if you're getting your protein from meat/poultry/fish. I guess anything with gluten in it can make people feel tired, and milk had naturally occurring chemicals in it that also help induce sleep. That's why it blows my mind that cereal (milk+gluten) is a breakfast item. It's like you're handicapping yourself right from the start of the day.

I'm cutting out milk in a few weeks, because I'm mildly lactose intolerant. I can only have two glasses of milk a day before indigestion sets in. That's a pretty common thing though. The oatmeal is simple unflavored oatmeal that you buy in a big cardboard cylinder. I don't even add sugar or maple syrup to it. Whey isn't needed, but you have to buy a lot more meat otherwise, and that can get expensive. There's almost no lactose in whey so it's ok. It's also convienent, and helps repair muscle faster after a workout, since it is digested quicker than lean meats. I don't believe that gluten is bad for you. 

I wasn't suggesting gluten is bad for you. I'm suggesting it makes you tired. Same with milk. I guess gluten supposedly doesn't make everyone tired, but it does for me and there is a thing such as gluten intolerance. http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/gluten-make-tired-8804.html Or just google "gluten tired" and browse some of the results. I try to stay away from processed foods/drinks and grains largely fall under them for what it's worth. Could be a part of the equation you haven't considered but might start noticing if you look for a correlation and depending on how much of your diet has gluten in it. Also, if you want something protein rich, raw unprocessed nuts such as pumpkin seeds, almonds or walnuts are an absolutely stellar source for that in addition to being superfoods for a variety of other nutrients as well. Also gluten free (-:



Trunkin on 17 September 2017

I feel you, bro. For the past three months I've been working one job Mon-thurs(and sometimes fridays) from 6:00pm-4:30am, and then another day job with varying hours from saturday-monday and sometimes thursday. I've been putting in about 68hrs of actual work time each week. Including break time and commute pushes that number closer to 75+hrs a week.

But, y'know, all that work and exhaustion still beats the levels of misery and loneliness I was feeling spending all my free time every fucking day in front of my computer screen, studying things I don't really care about, talking to people I don't really know, and working as a slave on my dad's god-forsaken farm.



Farsala on 17 September 2017
aLkaLiNE said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

I'm cutting out milk in a few weeks, because I'm mildly lactose intolerant. I can only have two glasses of milk a day before indigestion sets in. That's a pretty common thing though. The oatmeal is simple unflavored oatmeal that you buy in a big cardboard cylinder. I don't even add sugar or maple syrup to it. Whey isn't needed, but you have to buy a lot more meat otherwise, and that can get expensive. There's almost no lactose in whey so it's ok. It's also convienent, and helps repair muscle faster after a workout, since it is digested quicker than lean meats. I don't believe that gluten is bad for you. 

I wasn't suggesting gluten is bad for you. I'm suggesting it makes you tired. Same with milk. I guess gluten supposedly doesn't make everyone tired, but it does for me and there is a thing such as gluten intolerance. http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/gluten-make-tired-8804.html Or just google "gluten tired" and browse some of the results. I try to stay away from processed foods/drinks and grains largely fall under them for what it's worth. Could be a part of the equation you haven't considered but might start noticing if you look for a correlation and depending on how much of your diet has gluten in it. Also, if you want something protein rich, raw unprocessed nuts such as pumpkin seeds, almonds or walnuts are an absolutely stellar source for that in addition to being superfoods for a variety of other nutrients as well. Also gluten free (-:

Nuts suck as protein source, at least mine do. My almonds are 6g protein / 160 calories. I require 180g protein a day so 4800 calories, which is unfeasible of course.

My  ground turkey on the other hand is 22g protein / 160 calories. A much more manageable 1300 calories if I choose. Of course I mix it with a lot of other proteins foods, and the nuts are a good healthy snack. Just not for protein.

Edit: Actually here is an article that will explain it better than me. https://www.heathernicholds.com/nutrition/protein-in-nuts

Be better off eating Peas :).



markodeniro on 17 September 2017

Cut out the energy drinks if you use them.