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Still eating junk, and no more supplements

Although I have switched to leaning phase, I still have the very bad habit of eating unhealthy food. I eat anything and everything. I should be more disciplined but it never seems to happen anyway. Most recently I have eaten at least 3 chicken sandwiches with fries. Add to it 3 more desserts and 2 cokes. And a marathon of greasy indian food such as chicken and egg biriyani and you get a bunch of unnecessary calories. It is not even like I have a sweet tooth or something. I just like to eat what I can get. This does not mean I am not eating anything healthy at all. I do eat cottage cheese 5 times a week and yogurt or oatmeals once in a while. I wonder if I keep eating junk like this then if I will ever be able to acheive 7% body fat. I decided to continue the junk as long as I am losing fat.


One more important change is that I stopped taking supplements of any kind. Yay! That is a big acheivement. No more protien shakes for me. I really question the use of the supplements in helping me gain muscle. I am gaining as much muscle without them as when I was taking the supplements. It feels great to not be forcing chemicals into my body. Eat natural food and be happy. I decided to not take any supplements unless I cannot get anything good to eat.

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  1. SS GuyFebruary 13, 2010 at 7:30 PM

    I am really curious to know how your progress goes without the supplements Chandan because I have found myself questioning my use of protein supplements and will happily go without them if I can get the same kind of progress. Please keep up the update and good luck!

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  2. Re-yndFebruary 14, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Sure I will keep posting my progress. I think I am getting about the same results without the supplements.

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