Egoboo, TLAPD, Fitness Stuff

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If anyone wants to hear my "Corporate Flunky" voice, now you can! That's right, for the next few weeks, and intermittently after that, I'm the voice of my company's podcasts. Which works well, considering I've got, as the saying goes, a face made for radio. ;-)

I need to try and remember to engage my inner salty sea-dog when the phone rings, if for no other reason than to confuse and amuse my coworkers (I am currently 0-for-1 on this front; however, more importantly, 1-for-1 on getting the user's problem fixed).

In a shocking display of lameness, I went to bed at 9:00 last night, and woke up with a scratchy throat.

Trying to be more proactive about health stuff (instant oatmeal for breakfast, lots and lots of water, refilled my herbal supplement stores) leading up to the weight loss thing at work. Also overdid it slightly at the gym yesterday on the hip abductor/adductor exercises, so the ol' hips/inner thighs are a mite tender today. Waiting on a small canister of creatine monohydrate to arrive in an attempt to kick-start my metabolism via something other than stimulants (Hydroxycut, Stacker, etc and their ilk are all heavily caffeine-infused, which is a minus in my book).

Comments

[tylorael.livejournal.com]

what supplements, etc, do you use, where do you get them, and what are they supposed to do?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I get mine from greenbush.net - good customer service, good prices, pretty good variety. As far as my capsule regimen:

1x - generic multivitamin
2x - Saw Palmetto berries (for Little Man 'tate)
2x2 - Milk Thistle seed (liver health/cleansing)
2x2 - Psyllium husk (fiber)
2x2 - St. John's Wort (brains)

I've also intermittently used Dandelion Root 2x2, which is also a cleanser/liver benefit.

[tylorael.livejournal.com]

What's the one you just mentioned as a metabolism boost up there?

Ah. me + st. john's wort = bad!

[etcet.livejournal.com]

SJW = bad for anyone on prescribed brainmeds, pretty much

Creatine Monohydrate isn't a metabolic booster per se, it's an aid for muscle development (which, indirectly, raises your base metabolic rate, because you've got more muscle mass burning calories when you're sitting on your ass, as well as making you stronger and whatnot). Given my relative plateau-ness in the results I've been seeing after nearly two years at the gym fairly regularly, it seemed like a sensible avenue to explore.

I've got nice things to say about the System Six line of products (they make a "general" flavor, as well as one tailored for men specifically, and there may be a women's variant too) for thermogenic metabolic enhancement ... the main catalyst there is green tea extract and xenedrol, among other things. I found it at Smoothie King, but I think you can probably lay hands on it at GNC or someplace similar.

[tomakins.livejournal.com]

Another good source of fiber is All Bran (bran buds). I mix it in with my No Sugar Added Publix Yogurt. The meal gives 190 calories and about 16g (roughly 62% rda) of fiber.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

We picked up some of that probiotic Kashi, which I think is darn tasty.

Between the oatmeal and my penchant for snacking on carrots at the office, the psyllium is mostly for weekends when I'm less apt to graze well, or if I've got an upset stomach (take it in conjunction with a couple of ginger capsules) to absorb & migrate whatever might be giving me issues downstream, so to speak.

[fenixinthedark.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, dood... you work for a Credit Union? I had no idea.

Got any positions that do not involve Saturday hours? Might be worth a move to Eff El Ay...

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Why not peruse http://www.macdillfcucareers.org/ and see for yourself?

Besides, I get a nice bonus if you survive 90 days... critus got the headhunter bonus once I cleared that hurdle, as a matter of fact...

[mpeace.livejournal.com]

"Corporate Flunky" voice

*coffee applied generously to monitor*

Sounds so different from your usual conversational voice.

[mpeace.livejournal.com]

I've got nice things to say about the System Six line of products

Hrm... I might look that up...

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Well, the guy doing the intro isn't me, that's critus' boss... the main body of chitchat is all me, bay-bee.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Your general blend of thermogenics (green tea, whatever xenedrol is, cayenne, some other stuff). Plus, they're colorful and taste decent, which always helps.

[rick-sec41.livejournal.com]

What are your fitness goals?
Have you ever tried something like http://www.prosource.net/cytodyne-aac/6430-1/44/ ? FWIW, When I was lifting regularly I saw good results with this stuff. It's not cheap at all but it really helped with recovery time from workouts and over all muscle gains. sigh...I really need to get rid of my damn pool table and set up my gym again.

[mpeace.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I was awake enough to figure that out at least. ;)

[etcet.livejournal.com]

*poke* GMess. *poke*

[etcet.livejournal.com]

That looks a little bit more aggressive than what I'm after. I don't want to put on a lot of muscle mass (a little bit, yes, and some mild definition); I'd like to reclaim a waist measurement in the 32" range.

[mighty-man.livejournal.com]

Vitamin: good.
Saw Palmetto: Not bad.
Milk Thistle: Haven't seen enough material to formulate an opinion on it.
Psyllium Husk: Uh...there's better forms of fiber out there.
St John's Wort: Bad. And I mean that in a not good kind of way.

To elaborate on SJW, you're better off and safer to take Prozac, Paxil, Celexa (pharmacist's choice), Lexapro or any of the SSRI's (they're in the same family). It also inhibits the cytochrome p-450 metabolic pathway (that bascially screws up your metabolism, your liver and any other meds you might be on).

Umm...I'd also recommend a calcium supplment. You simply cannot have muscular contraction without a sufficient supply of Ca++. Given that you don't like cheese and choose to drink that soy crap, you should probably tack it on. Also goes doubly for ladies.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

That's good to know; the SJW is going into a dark drawer for the time being, in that case.

And, yes... i'll be making sure to get plenty of protein (the soy milk is 30% RDA per 8oz serving, so that's less of a concern).

[mighty-man.livejournal.com]

Do not quit the SJW cold turkey. You will have the most bizzare feeling (like you're crawling out of your skin). Cut your dose in approx. half now and again in 2 weeks. Even after you stop taking it, it'll take your noggin about 4-6 weeks to recycle the neurotransmitters.

I wasn't worried about protein...you're a meat eater. I was worried about calcium.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Actually, I cold-turkeyed the SJW a couple weeks ago when I ran out, and was never taking much (two capsules once or twice a day).

Picked up some Cranberry w/ Calcium to act as a delivery substrate; that should do the trick. :-)