safethusfar
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I’ve always been skinny. In high school, I literally ate three lunches and came home and ate a rice bowl with sesame oil and sugar in it for a snack before dinner. My metabolism slowed down a bit growing older and in college (2011-2015) I was at my heaviest at around 135-138 lbs. Very skinny fat. I didn’t exercise and ate what I wanted.
Post-college, I didn’t like the way I looked so cut my calories to 1300 and did some cardio/bodypump. Weighed in around 123 lbs, however I had very little definition.
Starting in 2016 I did more actual weight-lifting and ate more. I gained more mass, however I didn’t eat enough protein.
Mid-2017 is when I felt like I started becoming satisfied with my body. The most important thing I did was up my protein intake!! I bought my first protein powder and drank it every day I went to the gym (about 4x a week).
This year, I’m focusing on my upper body and I’m maintaining at around 127 lbs. I’m suffering from a hamstring tendon injury from overdoing myself at yoga, but my goal previously was my flexibility and yoga practice.
Diet
Nowadays, I’m honestly not too sure what my calorie consumption is. I basically try to aim for an average of 100g of protein a day and eat more fats and avoid simple carbs which make me feel bloated. Typical days diet:
Breakfast:
2 eggs fried in coconut oil
1 japanese sweet potato or chia seed pudding (1 scoop soy protein, 3 tbsp chia seeds, ½ cup plant milk, ½ cup water, ½ tbsp of blueberry jam, 2 tbsp of dried blueberries)
Lunch:
½ large bag of flaming hot puff cheetos
1 cup of watermelon
Dinner:
Typical family-style chinese meal which consists of 1 broth soup, two-three stir-fried or pickled vegetable dishes, 1 meat dish maybe. I usually don’t eat rice.
Snacks:
I like to eat chinese style dried fruits, like candied kumquat or salted sour plum, and typically eat 2-3 japanese hard candies throughout the day. I drink a lot of unsweetened chinese and japanese tea throughout the day.
Protein Shake:
2 servings of MyProtein soy protein isolate, ½ cup of unsweetened flax milk, 1 cup of water, 1 scoop of Great Lakes Collagen powder, 1 serving of Bulk Supplements BCAAs. ~ 300 calories/60g protein.
This pretty much tastes like crap, but I’m used to it now. I had originally bought the brown rice powder from MyProtein which TASTES LIKE ABSOLUTE SH*T, so comparatively this is way better.
Exercise
I typically do a combination of cardio, yoga, and lifting. Last month I stopped all weight-lifting and did hot yoga 6x a week and although my upper body and shoulders look BOMB, I got hamstring tendonitis from that because I wasn’t resting adequately and was overstretching. Now I’m just doing weight-lifting and cardio because of my injury. I don’t follow a program. I’ve seen templates, but honestly I”m not about structured workouts. I just go to the gym and do what I want to do and try to keep it challenging. I generally aim for high-volume exercises over heavy weight. I try to do weight-lifting 2-3 days a week and LISS cardio 3-5 days a week. I usually start with LISS and pick out 3-4 exercises from the list below:
Romanian deadlift 110 lbs 4 x 8
Single-leg romanian deadlift 50 lbs 4 x 8
Bulgarian split-squat 45 lbs 4 x 8
Skullcrushers 35 lbs 4 x 8
Lat pull-downs 80 lbs 4 x 10
Lateral raises 5 x 8
Seated cable row 90 lbs 4 x 10
Benchpress 75 lbs 5 x5
Incline dumbell benchpress 25 lbs each 4 x 8
Seated band hip abduction 3 x 30 reps
Lateral band walk 3 x 30 reps
Hip thrusts 125lbs 4 x 8
Then I usually finish off a session with a simple vinyasa flow and 20 min of light stretching and some yoga inversions I’m practicing like headstands or side crow.
Goals
My goals are performance based rather than aesthetics since I’ve pretty much achieved my aesthetic goals. I don’t really care for weightlifting that much, but it’s what I can do while I heal from my hamstring injury. I want to get back to yoga and I’m really sad because I just got my splits and was working on my standing splits right before the injury. Hopefully I’m able to get back in this by the end of the year!
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I’ve always been skinny. In high school, I literally ate three lunches and came home and ate a rice bowl with sesame oil and sugar in it for a snack before dinner. My metabolism slowed down a bit growing older and in college (2011-2015) I was at my heaviest at around 135-138 lbs. Very skinny fat. I didn’t exercise and ate what I wanted.
Post-college, I didn’t like the way I looked so cut my calories to 1300 and did some cardio/bodypump. Weighed in around 123 lbs, however I had very little definition.
Starting in 2016 I did more actual weight-lifting and ate more. I gained more mass, however I didn’t eat enough protein.
Mid-2017 is when I felt like I started becoming satisfied with my body. The most important thing I did was up my protein intake!! I bought my first protein powder and drank it every day I went to the gym (about 4x a week).
This year, I’m focusing on my upper body and I’m maintaining at around 127 lbs. I’m suffering from a hamstring tendon injury from overdoing myself at yoga, but my goal previously was my flexibility and yoga practice.
Diet
Nowadays, I’m honestly not too sure what my calorie consumption is. I basically try to aim for an average of 100g of protein a day and eat more fats and avoid simple carbs which make me feel bloated. Typical days diet:
Breakfast:
2 eggs fried in coconut oil
1 japanese sweet potato or chia seed pudding (1 scoop soy protein, 3 tbsp chia seeds, ½ cup plant milk, ½ cup water, ½ tbsp of blueberry jam, 2 tbsp of dried blueberries)
Lunch:
½ large bag of flaming hot puff cheetos
1 cup of watermelon
Dinner:
Typical family-style chinese meal which consists of 1 broth soup, two-three stir-fried or pickled vegetable dishes, 1 meat dish maybe. I usually don’t eat rice.
Snacks:
I like to eat chinese style dried fruits, like candied kumquat or salted sour plum, and typically eat 2-3 japanese hard candies throughout the day. I drink a lot of unsweetened chinese and japanese tea throughout the day.
Protein Shake:
2 servings of MyProtein soy protein isolate, ½ cup of unsweetened flax milk, 1 cup of water, 1 scoop of Great Lakes Collagen powder, 1 serving of Bulk Supplements BCAAs. ~ 300 calories/60g protein.
This pretty much tastes like crap, but I’m used to it now. I had originally bought the brown rice powder from MyProtein which TASTES LIKE ABSOLUTE SH*T, so comparatively this is way better.
Exercise
I typically do a combination of cardio, yoga, and lifting. Last month I stopped all weight-lifting and did hot yoga 6x a week and although my upper body and shoulders look BOMB, I got hamstring tendonitis from that because I wasn’t resting adequately and was overstretching. Now I’m just doing weight-lifting and cardio because of my injury. I don’t follow a program. I’ve seen templates, but honestly I”m not about structured workouts. I just go to the gym and do what I want to do and try to keep it challenging. I generally aim for high-volume exercises over heavy weight. I try to do weight-lifting 2-3 days a week and LISS cardio 3-5 days a week. I usually start with LISS and pick out 3-4 exercises from the list below:
Romanian deadlift 110 lbs 4 x 8
Single-leg romanian deadlift 50 lbs 4 x 8
Bulgarian split-squat 45 lbs 4 x 8
Skullcrushers 35 lbs 4 x 8
Lat pull-downs 80 lbs 4 x 10
Lateral raises 5 x 8
Seated cable row 90 lbs 4 x 10
Benchpress 75 lbs 5 x5
Incline dumbell benchpress 25 lbs each 4 x 8
Seated band hip abduction 3 x 30 reps
Lateral band walk 3 x 30 reps
Hip thrusts 125lbs 4 x 8
Then I usually finish off a session with a simple vinyasa flow and 20 min of light stretching and some yoga inversions I’m practicing like headstands or side crow.
Goals
My goals are performance based rather than aesthetics since I’ve pretty much achieved my aesthetic goals. I don’t really care for weightlifting that much, but it’s what I can do while I heal from my hamstring injury. I want to get back to yoga and I’m really sad because I just got my splits and was working on my standing splits right before the injury. Hopefully I’m able to get back in this by the end of the year!
so it's nice to see I'm not the only one!