However, Chris Hemsworth's pectorals made me want to shoot myself (Date Night reference). The guy was incredibly fit for this movie. Unbelievably so, which I guess makes sense, since he was playing, you know, a Norse god.
Luckily there are better solutions to shooting oneself if you don't feel that you actually have pectorals. The best solution would be. . .drum roll please?. . .going to the gym!!! Which I have been doing for a year now. . .minus a four month break to go make money in Alaska. No I don't have pectorals like Chris Hemsworth, but I'm getting closer. A year ago I weighed maybe 165 pounds. Today I measured at 182. Yay! I have big(er) muscles now. But, I want more. I want to look like a Norse god.
So, how does one achieve such a goal? According to Mr. Hemsworth, the trick (besides working out like an animal) is a proper diet. A healthy diet. And, a BIG diet. Here is his formula (thank-you Men's Health): Target Weight x (Workout Hours + 10) = Total Calories a day. So, in my case the formula would look like this: 190 x 17.5 = 3325. That's how many calories I need to be eating a day to get bigger. On top of that I should be eating 1 gram of protein for every pound I want to weigh. . .190g.
Today I tried to measure my caloric intake, and the results are depressing. I ate with as much effort as I possibly could, to the point where my stomach has been bloated since lunch.
Breakfast: 1 boiled Egg (65 calories, 6 grams protein).
1 cup sliced strawberries (50 calories, 0 protein).
Protein drink (140 calories, 27 grams protein).
Total: 255 calories, 33 grams protein.
Lunch: 3 helpings garlic chicken (almost half a Costco bag with added chicken and broccoli)
Total: 1120 calories, 95 grams protein.
Dinner: Carl's Jr. Chicken Fillet + protein drink
Total: 790 calories, 60 grams protein
Daily Total: 2175 calories, 190 grams protein.
So, I hit my protein goal for the day (but only by supreme effort), but I was over 1000 calories short! I barely hit the 2000 calorie average American diet! I still can't believe it. That means on the average day I'm not eating enough for a normal person. This probably has to do with my schedule because my first meal of the day comes after I work out, usually around 11am. That puts a big lunch at 3-ish, and then I'm not really hungry until I'm about to go to bed.
Gah! What sacrifices must I make to achieve this (see right)? I think I might actually have to start getting up an hour earlier just to eat a pre-workout breakfast!
And on top of all this, the food I'm eating needs to be healthy food. Which just adds a whole other dimension and level of difficulty to this process, because the food I am eating isn't. Not at all. I'm partaking in way too many carbs and sugars, and that equals bad.
I need a healthy food cook. Any takers?
The really funny thing, though, is watching my sisters try to avoid calories. Hahah!
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An acquaintance of mine who gains weight once revealed to me a secret strategy of his:
Set an alarm clock for around midnight, (or maybe two hours after you go to bed, whenever that is) get up, and eat a yoghurt.
Which kind of makes sense, if you think about it. You'll digest it all right away, and won't burn hardly any of it.
I'm thinking I need to set my alarm at midnight and then eat a whole meal!
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