.day 7 of 30

Body Fat: Missed
Goal: 6.5%

Food: .5 Sub + little bit of rice and seaweed
Cost: $2.65

Sub of the Day: Oven Roast Chicken Breast & Ham HYBRID (the other half)
-Due to dance I couldn't get subway for dinner before it closed, ate the rice for sustenance.

Workout: 0 mins
-Lack of sleep = exhaustion


NOTICE: I won't be doing daily updates anymore as it is exhausting to do so. Instead i'll periodically put up reviews whenever I feel like it.

PS - November is here, it's crunch time.

.day 6 of 30 review

Body Fat: 8.6
Goal: 6.5%

Food: 1 sub + cream of broccoli soup
Cost: $7.09

Sub of the Day: Oven Roast Chicken Breast & Ham HYBRID
-So in lieu of the extra protein I'd normally get from steaks and protein shakes, I've decided to add the "extra meat" option onto all my subs for the extra $2.

Workout: ~60 mins
-Ran around campus
-Pullups on trees and monkey bars
-Incline/decline/flat pushups
-Dips on playgrounds
-Squat jumps on park benches
-Back extensions on picnic tables
-Various upper abdominal crunches


-Video-
Don't get it twisted, feel healthy as a whistle.




-OffTopicNotReally-
ADVICE OF THE DAY : Please READ the PREMISE/OBJECTIVE of the project before suggesting, interjecting, debating, ranting, and or hating, etc. (most of this applies, obviously to people that don't read the blog, which makes it pointless for me to then write this here in the first place)

Thank You.


With that aside I've gotten to know some of the guys at subway and got hooked up with today's sub.

HOW NICE :D

.day 5 of 30 review

Body Fat: 8.6 (after losing 2-3 lbs body fat has gone up despite the increase in exercise, clearly the majority if not all of that weight loss was muscle)
Goal: 6.5%

Food: 0.5 sub + Minestrone Soup + hand full of cereal
Cost: $4.80

Sub of the Day: Oven Roast Chicken Breast
-Back to the classics after eating all that high fatty tuna (which has tons of mayo in it)


Workout:
-Ran around campus returning peoples' dvds
-Ran to blockbuster on north campus and back (to return a video and pay a fee)
-Assortment of pushups and pullups on random objects as I ran around (video to come in the future)


-Video-
Losing weight and body fat increasing AHHHHHHHH
(Too much cardio, not enough weight training/protein)




-OffTopicNotReally-
-As many of you may know by now, I'm conducting a mini project involving active undergrad students at U of M. The project will take absolutely no time or effort out of the individuals schedule and is completely harmless. Please contact me if you wish to help.

.day 4 of 30 review

Body Fat: missed the morning measurement but stay tuned
Goal: 6.5%

Food: 1.5 sub
Cost: $7.95

Sub of the Day: Tuna
-My personal favorite sub, but I think it may have the most body fat. It's hard to keep in the fridge though because it gets soggier faster than other subs, so I ended up just eating the whole thing (which sucks).


Workout: Was super exhausted today after my "clopen" (sunday close, monday open) that I passed out until dance then passed out right after that. So DAMN I missed one day, looks like no rest day this Sunday.



-Video-
-OffTopicNotReally-
Today my OffTopicNotReally and Video will be combined into one as I present this projects motivational song, or should I say genre of songs. Basically, since I'm kicking it old school using random junk as exercise equipment I was reminded of all the 80's fighting movies where there was a training montage (ie - Rocky, Best of the Best, Karate Kid, etc). So I will be kickin' it to the montage song of the 80's. Here is a sample of what I warm up in the mirror to.

"WayoftheSub" Theme Song


Typical 80's Training Montage

.day 3 of 30 review

Body Fat: 8.5
Goal: 6.5%

Food: 1 sub + bowl of cereal
Cost: $5.83

Sub of the Day: Sweet Onion Teriyaki
-Yet another sub on the 6g of fat and under menu. Absolutely delicious, this kind of sub makes it seem like this project so much more rewarding.
-Yes, I portioned incorrectly at work today and ended up hungry late at night, and I didn't want to make a subway run. The nutrition in a bowl of almond honey bunches of oats shouldn't do much to gain or lose "healthiness" so yea I have to make sure to eat more during my peak activity times, and less towards when I need to sleep.


Workout: Rest day



-Video-
Cause of yesterday's massive body fat drop




-OffTopicNotReally-
This is a typical graph I found online of the fluctuations in body fat readings throughout the day. Other graphs may have peaks in different places, the thing to take away from this is that measurements should be around the same time of day.

.day 2 of 30 review

Body Fat: 7.5%
Goal: 6.5%

Food: 1 sub + bowl of broccoli soup
Cost: $7.09

Sub of the Day: Black Forest Ham
-Another sub on the 6g of fat and under menu. Eating something cold with the warm soup was delicious.

Workout: ~50 mins
-Upside down pushups
-Pushups
-"Bag o' Textbooks" Bicep curls
-"Vacuum Cleaner" Shoulder press
-All different types of oblique exercises
-Jumping Jacks



-Video-
There must be some scientific explanation for this...

(I said body weight, this is incorrect I am still the same weight since I started)



-OffTopicNotReally-
So people have been mentioning Jared and his endeavors lately. Let me just clarify Jared did lose a lot of weight and body fat, but just eating less had more to do with his weight loss than just eating subway.

Can you gain weight by overeating subway? Yes, of course. If you overeat anything with calories, which is ANYTHING and you will gain.

Jared could have just eaten less of anything, as long as he wasn't overeating he would have eventually beat obesity.

Now after the 10% Body Fat benchmark, eating just enough is not as effective. Many may argue this, but you must eat PERFECT. Essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, and carbohydrates must be consumed to fine tune your body into the single digits of body fat percentage. This is where the effects of Subway are really put to the test and is the focal point of this project along with not spending money on fitness.

In the end
weight loss =/= fat loss
2 weeks prior to "Way of the Sub" when I wasn't working out at all I actually LOST weight and GAINED body fat (about 1.5%). When this trend continues it is known as the "skinny-fat trap", meaning someone who looks skinny but is really unhealthy due to a very HIGH body fat percentage.

Lawl

.day 1 of 30 review

Body Fat: 8.6%
Goal: 6.5%

Food: 1.5 subs
Cost: $7.95

Sub of the Day: Oven Roast Chicken Breast
-Only 5g fat in a 6" tastes pretty good but I didn't put in any dressing. Can taste sing water in some of the vegetables though, which was kind of unappetizing.

Workout: ~55 mins
-Chest - All different types of pushups
-Abs - All different types of upper ab crunches
-Cardio - Short circuits of cariocas and running

-Today was exhausting. The sleep schedule did not go according to plan. Portioning went well until night, I definitely over ate by eating an entire foot-long in one sitting after the haunted house. And it's HELLA COLD outside.




-Video-
Starting the day





-OffTopicNotReally-
Not getting to eat samples while working at Whole Foods was the hardest thing today. Ironically, on the day I couldn't eat them new never before presented samples were put out including pulled pork bbq, spicy salmon sushi, strawberries with sweet cream, and the 7 layer dip. WTF?!?!? Everyday so far they had just regular taco dip and the 4 layer dip, why did they suddenly decide to up it on D-Day. :(

Here are some pictures of the meals I ate. (may not have looked exactly as pictured)

Breakfast



Lunch (ZOMG! CHIPOTLE GASP!?!!!11!1!)



Dinner

.so it begins

-Bought my first foot long oven roast chicken breast today in preparation for tomorrow. I would have more to write but I'm just too tired right now... starting this thing off on an exhausting foot.







ps - maybe I shouldn't have eaten NoThai one last time before this started, but man it was good.

.2wo days left

*reminder "Way of the Sub" starts Oct 24th and will end in 1 month unless I attain the goal earlier. For details please read the first post.

-A lot of people have been telling me how impossible this task is going to be and I love it. I live to accomplish the impossible, but I'm not going to lie... this will be near impossible. HATERS PLEASE KEEP DOUBTING ME, YOU FEED THE FIRE!

-I found my motivational person for the duration of the project, however finding the right motivational song has proven difficult. Through the many years of training I've depleted way too many songs of their motivational factor. If you guys have any recommendations please feel free to holler.

-Without further ado I present Shannyn Sossamon, and before I go further please refrain from exclaiming random purity jargon at me. No, this is not a vain, superficial, testosterone filled infatuation. Simply put her appearance, chic yet subtle style, voice, and character persona in The Rules of Attraction (not the floosy-ness obviously) invigorate something in my mind and allows me to tap into hidden energy sources, which when coupled with the right song will energize me to super saiyan-like proportions.





-I'm definitely making things harder by eating everything in sight prior to D-day. Last night I ate a personal medium Cottage Inn pizza and a Quickie Burger in one sitting. I think I got 2-3 pimples this morning because of it. I'm also slowing starting to feel the jiggle factor when I jump around or run up some stairs. I will definitely regret this...

.introduction

*Disclaimer - This blogumentary is blunt and to the point. Weak, sensitive, easily offended people, serious people who can't take jokes, people who never watched cartoons as a kid, people who liked "Frasier" as a kid, people whose wardrobes contain over 50% abercrombie and fitch products, player haters, hater players, the self-righteous religious people, the overly political, people who don't know at least 60% of the star spangled banner, people who ABSOLUTELY HATE certain things (jeez please lighten up), and title hungry whores should look no further.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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THE PREMISE
-Recently in the midst of a motivational pitfall many skeptics have put questions in my head, questions that I could not answer nor find answers to, questions that required testing. So now out of boredom or curiosity or a combination of both, for the next month starting Oct 24th I'll be conducting project "Way of the Sub".



These are the questions that this project will seek to answer in a strange yet subtly comical way.


1. Is only eating subway healthy?



2. If subway is indeed healthy, isn't eating healthy or subway all the time way more expensive in general?



3. I would get back into shape but I can't afford a gym membership, is it possible to still bulk up and get fit without spending ANY money?
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THE DATA
-After my most recent checkup I've come up healthy.
-After analyzing my budget for this past month I've been averaging ~$13 on food per day.
-I've been going to the gym on and off, lifting weights and doing minor cardio for the past month and a half.
-Body fat was lowered to high 6% this month, but recently due to a lot of NoThai crab cheese, China Gate general T's, and 16" personal pizzas, this number has increased to 9.5%


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THE BACKGROUND INFO
-So what I set to do essentially is lower my body fat to 6.5% or less by Nov 24th
-It took me a little over 6 months to get from 18% to 10%
-It took me ~2 years to get from 10% to high 6%
-Obviously it's easier to lower body fat when you have higher a higher body fat %. As it took me 1/4 the time to lose 2 times the body fat, when I was in the prime of my "freshman 30"

Crappy Graph of "how easy it is to lose fat" vs "how fat you are"



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THE PROJECT

1 . I will only eat subway brand products for 1 month, and only drink water and black coffee. NOTHING else will go down my throat (No protein whey, No juice, No milk, no whole foods samples, no excuses)



2. I will eat subway subs when I am hungry UNTIL I am no longer hungry (ie-not until i'm full or exploding) and see if the daily expendeture on food comes up under $13



3. For exercise I will NOT go to the gym and use no exercise equipment that costs money. I will only be using common items that an average person can find around his home or community (no jump ropes, no rubberbands, no exercise balls, just hills, trees, stairs, backpacks, and textbooks).


Goal: While maintaining these 3 rules, I will attempt to reach 6.5% bodyfat.

SUCCESS = Wah Wah pedal and Boss adapter for Ashley
FAILURE = No turkey on Thanksgiving. (WTF ARE YOU SERIOUS?!)


*According to my background data this should take a little under 2 years WITH gym access and I only have 1 month to do it using gravity.....can it be done?