Surviving Summer

[agent86]

Being a male bodybuilder over 100kg and with a fast metabolism I suffer in summer. I suffer all day and find it hard to keep eating enough during the summer months. At work people around me are wearing long sleeved shirts and are quite comfortable with the temperature at 28 degrees.I have my own office and keep the door shut and air-conditioning on 18 degrees.

I eat lunch in my car with the air conditioning on full and the engine running. Sometimes I will take a nap with the engine running and aircon on. Have had people knock on my car window to see if I was ok.

It is a relief when April arrives and I can put some weight on. Am I alone with this problem and if not how do people keep their appetite going.

[nicksmith3]

Being a male bodybuilder over 100kg and with a fast metabolism I suffer in summer. I suffer all day and find it hard to keep eating enough during the summer months. At work people around me are wearing long sleeved shirts and are quite comfortable with the temperature at 28 degrees.I have my own office and keep the door shut and air-conditioning on 18 degrees.

I eat lunch in my car with the air conditioning on full and the engine running. Sometimes I will take a nap with the engine running and aircon on. Have had people knock on my car window to see if I was ok.

It is a relief when April arrives and I can put some weight on. Am I alone with this problem and if not how do people keep their appetite going.

I feel ya bro. I can imagine what that must be like. A right mission!

But hey maybe you could try a variety of cold foods, ie. potato salad, pasta salad, caesar salad..

[agent86]

I do eat cold rice and cold beans but I think it comes down to making the food more interesting rather than eating the same old stuff. The problem is my appetite increases when it's cold and that's when I start dieting. It would be better to diet in the summer.

One thing I have done is make my protein shakes with frozen rasperries and vanilla protein powder which is quite refreshing.

Pasta salad sounds quite nice.

[nicksmith3]

I do eat cold rice and cold beans but I think it comes down to making the food more interesting rather than eating the same old stuff. The problem is my appetite increases when it's cold and that's when I start dieting. It would be better to diet in the summer.

One thing I have done is make my protein shakes with frozen rasperries and vanilla protein powder which is quite refreshing.

Pasta salad sounds quite nice.

Hmm.. maybe just buying a good recipe book could be the next step then, yeah?

[agent86]

New recipes are a little help but the appetite just gets suppressed when it is hot. During the last cool summer I put on quite a few kg's. My metabolism is like a furnace. I will just pray for a cool southerly

[biggurl27]

Rock around in some speedos... may be not. Cool showers as often as you can, chill your water and have some mass gain shakes like 2-3 per day

[thatwaslight]

yeah mate i feel ya! i find it the most challenging to fit the carbs in during summer. and much like yourself my metabolisim it going at a million miles an hour what to do!

[nicksmith3]

Rock around in some speedos... may be not. Cool showers as often as you can, chill your water and have some mass gain shakes like 2-3 per day

Yeah, go with the speedo idea.. Leopard skin.. :pfft:

[bigmd]

Being a male bodybuilder over 100kg and with a fast metabolism I suffer in summer. I suffer all day and find it hard to keep eating enough during the summer months. At work people around me are wearing long sleeved shirts and are quite comfortable with the temperature at 28 degrees.I have my own office and keep the door shut and air-conditioning on 18 degrees.

I eat lunch in my car with the air conditioning on full and the engine running. Sometimes I will take a nap with the engine running and aircon on. Have had people knock on my car window to see if I was ok.

It is a relief when April arrives and I can put some weight on. Am I alone with this problem and if not how do people keep their appetite going.

I feel your pain!!

I must say i just keep pumping myself with powerade or the alike, its hard at work to strip off and cool down but making sure you keep your fluids and electrolites up definalty helps how you feel by the end of the day.

[keats]

Yea bro, know exactly where your coming from. I have had air con put in my house and as I get to drive while working or work from home try to be in an air con evnronment at all times at the moment. Diet sucks too as its just too hot to eat

[bigred8]

Rock around in some speedos... may be not.

LOL.....go on "DO IT" man :pfft:

[bigred8]

Yea bro, know exactly where your coming from. I have had air con put in my house and as I get to drive while working or work from home try to be in an air con evnronment at all times at the moment. Diet sucks too as its just too hot to eat

Too hot to eat! Call yourself a bodybuilder? Oh you big poof! :pfft:

[bigred8]

Being a male bodybuilder over 100kg and with a fast metabolism I suffer in summer. I suffer all day

Er poor Agent86...but come on...where are the violins dude "I...suffer....all day..." :wink:

I have my own office and keep the door shut and air-conditioning on 18 degrees. I eat lunch in my car with the air conditioning on full and the engine running.

Can't you eat in your office if aircon is at 18 degrees?

Am I alone with this problem and if not how do people keep their appetite going.

By eating.....MORE :wink:

Seriously though; you guys gotta harden up!

[Gym rat]

I mange ok during the summer but at work with the sun coming through the windows it can get very hot we have the windows open the fans going at full speed it is still hot .I keep my fluilds up when it is hot.

[bigred8]

Rock around in some speedos... may be not. Cool showers as often as you can, chill your water and have some mass gain shakes like 2-3 per day

Yeah, go with the speedo idea.. Leopard skin.. :pfft:

:pfft:

[frogie2001]

mate it is a god send over here in the UK. temps struggle above 5c and I walk around in a light shirt. still working up a sweat easily.

[2guns]

Being a male bodybuilder over 100kg and with a fast metabolism I suffer in summer. I suffer all day and find it hard to keep eating enough during the summer months. At work people around me are wearing long sleeved shirts and are quite comfortable with the temperature at 28 degrees.I have my own office and keep the door shut and air-conditioning on 18 degrees.

I eat lunch in my car with the air conditioning on full and the engine running. Sometimes I will take a nap with the engine running and aircon on. Have had people knock on my car window to see if I was ok.

It is a relief when April arrives and I can put some weight on. Am I alone with this problem and if not how do people keep their appetite going.

I feel your pain!!

I must say i just keep pumping myself with powerade or the alike, its hard at work to strip off and cool down but making sure you keep your fluids and electrolites up definalty helps how you feel by the end of the day.

sugar, so thats the secret...!