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Yeah I updated my pic about a month ago, and I need to post a new up. I'm far from ripped myself. Let alone ripped to shreds. Then again I'm 243lb with 25% bf last I checked. So I have lots of fat to lose.
Took a few shots tonight and loaded them in my gallery, took a double bi shot real quick too. Nothing impressive, but I want to catalog each month so I can see visual progress.
From the profile I see more differences than the front. Any input, negative or positive is of course always welcome.
From the profile I see more differences than the front. Any input, negative or positive is of course always welcome.
Thank You !!
I shaved for a comparision to a few other shots I had from a party in the middle of last year where I was clean shaven. Heres a link to the shot, DSC04445 pictures from cars photos on webshots . Comparing that to my shots I took today, you can see a big difference in my face.
Keep up the good work. 
Keep up the good work.
Thank You...I've got a long road yet. This is just the begining.
I'm having a bitch of time sleeping this past few days. Not good for the program at all. I've worked to hard on diet and everything don't wanna see progress halt. I've mentally got myself dizzy of things trying to figure out why my weight loss has slowed. It took off like a rocket at first, I've changed programs in the gym. So I'm keeping the body guessing and all. I do appreciate all of the comments above, and I do see a change. Its just not happening fast enough for me to feel like I'm doing it right. I feel like I've missed something somewhere, or the fact that I've never worked this hard in my life and personal health and fitness and still look like a sack of shit. It took four years to trash, so yeah it can't be fixed in eight weeks. This I realize, I just feel like my energy throughout the day is very peaky, and perhaps the way I'm taking in my food could be to blame for the slow loss.
I'm just not dumping the fat as fast as I expected. Body weight is rock solid and not moving at 243lb, that doesn't concern me in the least just for mention. I am taking in 2200kcal on non-training days and 2400kcal on training days. I use fitday.com so I record everything. At the end of the day my meals are balanced in total, but taking them in I just don't think the calories are spread evenly. What I mean is my first four meals make up about 1000-1200kcal, then I go work out (about 5pm) and eat the other 1000kcal in the last two meals. I have to eat carbs to get the calories there. Its either carbs or fat to go with the protein which is usually chicken, turkey, or fish for meal five then cottage cheese with meal six. Of course there are two schools that argue this, some say complex carbs after the workout are neccesary and then the other school says no way NO CARBS post workout. Well if thats the case I don't stand a snow balls chance in hell of hitting much more than 1800kcal.
Everyone and their drummer is telling me, no no eat more. Eating clean I struggle to get to 2400kcal, I'd have to jack up carbs substantially, but then un-used carbs turn to shit as does surplus protein and the body stores it as fat. So what the hell? I could easily get my meals to 500kcal a piece but I'd take in 12oz of chicken breast which would be 80-90g of protein, which I have been told and read here and you can't metablolize much more than 50g per meal. I take in 250g for non training days and 300g for training days. I hit that no problem, and I try to keep the fat for the day at 15% or lower if possible. Carbs I really don't keep too harsh an eye on. They are lower than the protein gram wise, and make up the rest of my diet. I started this new journal thread posting about a high carb diet and I'm yet to sit down with my buddy to explain it further as its his plan. So I haven't started it yet. I just need to do something to shock my system and kick it in the ass. I don' want to drop my calories all the way down to like 1800 or so, because then muscle mass will fade with fat. That we don't want. I don't have much muscle mass to start with.
I know full well at 2200kcal doing a split routine, and doing things my way used too work. Hell thats where the first twenty pounds went, but then I hit a wall. I lost a few more on the push/pull/legs thing, bit it just doesn't do it for me. I feel tired and exhausted when I leave, but just don't get pumped too often. I'm going to stay the course though and then when I get done with this routine in six weeks, I'll change back to a split and see how that fairs. Biggest deal now for me is to shed the gut for summer and look somewhat human.
I'm honestly eight weeks into this looking back. So I think you can see I'm losing weight and doing reasonably well for the time invested, but hell I still have a 41" waist. Nothing seems to be coming off the middle, but my face is slimming and such. I know there is no such thing as target fat loss, but man I wish there was a way to accelerate the process. I'm eager to get the fat off so I can see what the hell I have for muscle under all this crap and where to start piling the lead on.
I need my rest to have any success and right now its 4:20am and I'm online, damn it!!!!! I am in this terrible bout with insomnia right now, so hell that may be the reason right there that I'm having issues with my development or lack there of. I get 4-5hrs right now if I'm lucky. Tonight I fell asleep at 10pm and slept until 3am, woke up and got on here after laying there struggling to get comfortable for a half hour, been here for an hour. Then I'll go back to bed in about 10 minutes since now I'm yawning. Wake up at 5:30 becuase I didn't make my food last night so I have to get up early.
Its the diary of a madman I tell ya. I will find a balance here and I will find a series of plans that work. I need several options, so when one stops working I can change it up to another and keep things fresh and the body guessing.
In workout news, its Leg day tomorrow. I missed it on Sunday. So I only had two days in the gym last week again. I've determined that I need to get all three days in M-F because my weekend schedule is just too hectic. My buddy sean's wedding is this weekend as well, and I'm the best man so theres a little more added stress. I need a good massage and two sleep for a day solid, then I'll be mint.
OK off my soapbox and too my pillow. I feel better now, I need to rant my crazyness more often. God I'm tired......ZZZZZZZZ
I'm just not dumping the fat as fast as I expected. Body weight is rock solid and not moving at 243lb, that doesn't concern me in the least just for mention. I am taking in 2200kcal on non-training days and 2400kcal on training days. I use fitday.com so I record everything. At the end of the day my meals are balanced in total, but taking them in I just don't think the calories are spread evenly. What I mean is my first four meals make up about 1000-1200kcal, then I go work out (about 5pm) and eat the other 1000kcal in the last two meals. I have to eat carbs to get the calories there. Its either carbs or fat to go with the protein which is usually chicken, turkey, or fish for meal five then cottage cheese with meal six. Of course there are two schools that argue this, some say complex carbs after the workout are neccesary and then the other school says no way NO CARBS post workout. Well if thats the case I don't stand a snow balls chance in hell of hitting much more than 1800kcal.
Everyone and their drummer is telling me, no no eat more. Eating clean I struggle to get to 2400kcal, I'd have to jack up carbs substantially, but then un-used carbs turn to shit as does surplus protein and the body stores it as fat. So what the hell? I could easily get my meals to 500kcal a piece but I'd take in 12oz of chicken breast which would be 80-90g of protein, which I have been told and read here and you can't metablolize much more than 50g per meal. I take in 250g for non training days and 300g for training days. I hit that no problem, and I try to keep the fat for the day at 15% or lower if possible. Carbs I really don't keep too harsh an eye on. They are lower than the protein gram wise, and make up the rest of my diet. I started this new journal thread posting about a high carb diet and I'm yet to sit down with my buddy to explain it further as its his plan. So I haven't started it yet. I just need to do something to shock my system and kick it in the ass. I don' want to drop my calories all the way down to like 1800 or so, because then muscle mass will fade with fat. That we don't want. I don't have much muscle mass to start with.
I know full well at 2200kcal doing a split routine, and doing things my way used too work. Hell thats where the first twenty pounds went, but then I hit a wall. I lost a few more on the push/pull/legs thing, bit it just doesn't do it for me. I feel tired and exhausted when I leave, but just don't get pumped too often. I'm going to stay the course though and then when I get done with this routine in six weeks, I'll change back to a split and see how that fairs. Biggest deal now for me is to shed the gut for summer and look somewhat human.
I'm honestly eight weeks into this looking back. So I think you can see I'm losing weight and doing reasonably well for the time invested, but hell I still have a 41" waist. Nothing seems to be coming off the middle, but my face is slimming and such. I know there is no such thing as target fat loss, but man I wish there was a way to accelerate the process. I'm eager to get the fat off so I can see what the hell I have for muscle under all this crap and where to start piling the lead on.
I need my rest to have any success and right now its 4:20am and I'm online, damn it!!!!! I am in this terrible bout with insomnia right now, so hell that may be the reason right there that I'm having issues with my development or lack there of. I get 4-5hrs right now if I'm lucky. Tonight I fell asleep at 10pm and slept until 3am, woke up and got on here after laying there struggling to get comfortable for a half hour, been here for an hour. Then I'll go back to bed in about 10 minutes since now I'm yawning. Wake up at 5:30 becuase I didn't make my food last night so I have to get up early.
Its the diary of a madman I tell ya. I will find a balance here and I will find a series of plans that work. I need several options, so when one stops working I can change it up to another and keep things fresh and the body guessing.
In workout news, its Leg day tomorrow. I missed it on Sunday. So I only had two days in the gym last week again. I've determined that I need to get all three days in M-F because my weekend schedule is just too hectic. My buddy sean's wedding is this weekend as well, and I'm the best man so theres a little more added stress. I need a good massage and two sleep for a day solid, then I'll be mint.
OK off my soapbox and too my pillow. I feel better now, I need to rant my crazyness more often. God I'm tired......ZZZZZZZZ
Did legs today, felt good monster pump and even got straightened out on my deads by one of the gyms trainers. Apparently I was doing more of a stiff legged dead lift and using more back than legs which was my intent. As soon as he sorted me out on that, I dropped 125lb in weight that I was moving. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'll take great form and low weight any day over bad form and injury.
So heres how things looked
5min bike warm-up
Squats
95lb x12 (warm-up)
135lbx12
185lbx8
225lbx6
225lbx4
I was stoked here, I told myself I was going to try 225lb today and was strict to form. I could have thrown form away and easily gotten a few more reps.
Leg Press/calf raise superset
two plates x12 press/x12 raise
two platesx12 press/ x12 raise
three platex10 press/x10 raise
three platesx8 press/ x10 raise
(kept the weight moderate, no hands on knees and got a great burn out in the calfs)
Deadlifts
135x12
135x12
185x8
185x8
(at this point my legs were pretty smoked by the second set, I could see a huge difference and my back never felt them at all. It was all quad really and man did it hurt. It felt good because I wasn't just grabbing a heavy bar and seeing how many times I could pick it up and vertically lock out. I was using form and training my quads in a hell storm of deads. I'm learning to like leg day but have a long way to go with these chicken legs.)
Leg Extensions
70x10
70x10
70x10
(I eas pretty spent, but this was just to burn out the quads. I normally will do ham curls as well and in hind sight probably would have been a better choice here. The quads were wasted enough)
No cardio as I could barely put one foot in front of the other, but I do cardio four other days of the week, so the cardio gods will have to forgive me.
Good day, not much I'd change really and a good pump. Made sure to stretch out good and the diet was good too. I had 1575kcal 160g protein in at this point and I felt strong and no real fatigue before it was do.
I also stretched out the rest interval from a minute to 2-3 miniutes. I found this to be very helpful but still maintained intensity, as witnessed by the river of sweat pouring from my body.
So heres how things looked
5min bike warm-up
Squats
95lb x12 (warm-up)
135lbx12
185lbx8
225lbx6
225lbx4
I was stoked here, I told myself I was going to try 225lb today and was strict to form. I could have thrown form away and easily gotten a few more reps.
Leg Press/calf raise superset
two plates x12 press/x12 raise
two platesx12 press/ x12 raise
three platex10 press/x10 raise
three platesx8 press/ x10 raise
(kept the weight moderate, no hands on knees and got a great burn out in the calfs)
Deadlifts
135x12
135x12
185x8
185x8
(at this point my legs were pretty smoked by the second set, I could see a huge difference and my back never felt them at all. It was all quad really and man did it hurt. It felt good because I wasn't just grabbing a heavy bar and seeing how many times I could pick it up and vertically lock out. I was using form and training my quads in a hell storm of deads. I'm learning to like leg day but have a long way to go with these chicken legs.)
Leg Extensions
70x10
70x10
70x10
(I eas pretty spent, but this was just to burn out the quads. I normally will do ham curls as well and in hind sight probably would have been a better choice here. The quads were wasted enough)
No cardio as I could barely put one foot in front of the other, but I do cardio four other days of the week, so the cardio gods will have to forgive me.
Good day, not much I'd change really and a good pump. Made sure to stretch out good and the diet was good too. I had 1575kcal 160g protein in at this point and I felt strong and no real fatigue before it was do.
I also stretched out the rest interval from a minute to 2-3 miniutes. I found this to be very helpful but still maintained intensity, as witnessed by the river of sweat pouring from my body.
Well as much as I don't like scales, I do step on one every time I go to the gym just to see where I'm at. Well sure enough I got out of the 240 group and hit 239lb yesterday. It was a small victory but remember I entered the gym ten weeks ago at 257lb. I'm pumped.
Pull day went like this:
Preacher Curl
10lb plate on each side of ez curl bar 2 sets x12
25lb plates " " 2 sets x10
35lb plates " " 2 sets x6
Lat Pull Down
120x12
130x10
140x10
140x8
Single DB Rows
35x12
40x12
45x10
45x10
Shrugs
135x12
225x10
225x10
(not sure I like this at all, been giving them a shot though)
Seated Row
140x12
160x10
180x8
200x8
Some weighted crunches and then hit 20 min of HIIT and out the door.
Pull day went like this:
Preacher Curl
10lb plate on each side of ez curl bar 2 sets x12
25lb plates " " 2 sets x10
35lb plates " " 2 sets x6
Lat Pull Down
120x12
130x10
140x10
140x8
Single DB Rows
35x12
40x12
45x10
45x10
Shrugs
135x12
225x10
225x10
(not sure I like this at all, been giving them a shot though)
Seated Row
140x12
160x10
180x8
200x8
Some weighted crunches and then hit 20 min of HIIT and out the door.
Well had a shitty leg work out today. (see squat thread in training forum), and still got a good pump but lost my concentration. In that loss of concentration I missed deads entirely.
Diet has been good, although I started another thread on it. After reading a post by jodi saying she takes in 30% fat during a cut. Got me thinking, and I've really been trying to clean up the diet and get under 20%, so I average between 12-15%.
Diet has been good, although I started another thread on it. After reading a post by jodi saying she takes in 30% fat during a cut. Got me thinking, and I've really been trying to clean up the diet and get under 20%, so I average between 12-15%.
Push day tomorrow, going to do the same order as last week and see what my results are.
Also working on the diet and adding more fat to it, I was eating less than 10% fat for the day. I've been doing some reading and consulting with Jodi about a proper diet for my cut. So I'm changing stuff around, here is what it looks like now.
Meal 1-7am
¾???cup oatmeal (Dry)
1 cup cottage cheese
multivitamin
One tbsp natural peanut butter
Meal 2-11:30am
8-10oz Chicken breast
1cup mixed veggies w/ half tbsp EVOO
1 cup brown rice
Meal 3-2:30pm
6oz chicken breast
3/4 brown rice
two fish oil caps
Meal 4-4:30pm (usually driving on way to gym T-Th-F. Otherwise I won't eat until 5:30 or 6pm.
2 pieces sprouted wheat
1 6.5oz can of tuna in water
1tbsp safflower mayo
or
same as meal 3
Work out at gym push/pull/legs with 20-30 min HIIT on T-Th-Fr, on M-W-S I do the HIIT at home.
Meal 5-7-8:00pm
Egg Whites
Veggies
1/2 C. Oats or Brown Rice
Yogurt
1 pc of fruit
Meal 6-10-11pm
1 cup cottage cheese
10 almonds or two fish oil caps
Also working on the diet and adding more fat to it, I was eating less than 10% fat for the day. I've been doing some reading and consulting with Jodi about a proper diet for my cut. So I'm changing stuff around, here is what it looks like now.
Meal 1-7am
¾???cup oatmeal (Dry)
1 cup cottage cheese
multivitamin
One tbsp natural peanut butter
Meal 2-11:30am
8-10oz Chicken breast
1cup mixed veggies w/ half tbsp EVOO
1 cup brown rice
Meal 3-2:30pm
6oz chicken breast
3/4 brown rice
two fish oil caps
Meal 4-4:30pm (usually driving on way to gym T-Th-F. Otherwise I won't eat until 5:30 or 6pm.
2 pieces sprouted wheat
1 6.5oz can of tuna in water
1tbsp safflower mayo
or
same as meal 3
Work out at gym push/pull/legs with 20-30 min HIIT on T-Th-Fr, on M-W-S I do the HIIT at home.
Meal 5-7-8:00pm
Egg Whites
Veggies
1/2 C. Oats or Brown Rice
Yogurt
1 pc of fruit
Meal 6-10-11pm
1 cup cottage cheese
10 almonds or two fish oil caps
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I might have missed an explanation a page or so ago, but why are you doing bicep curls before your big pulls? And 6 sets of them!
This entry looks reversed. however, your last leg entry is almost perfect, Id say. Leg press could go in after Deadlift, but it doesnt need to.
For your pull day, I think curls and shrugs need to go to the end. Again, there may be an explanation I havent read.
Glad youre making progress though, with the dieting and the strength!
No you didn't miss anything, but that is a damn good point. I'm doing pull today in fact, so I'll move that around and see if it doesn't make things flow better and get my weights up on the pull downs.
Diet has me on the ropes right now, and begging for mercy. Just when I think I have it nailed, I read another thread that tells me I'm all wrong. Protein is the only thing I KNOW I have down. The rest is suspect. Jodi was helping me tweak things and now I'll try this for a month and see if I notice a change at all.
Diet has me on the ropes right now, and begging for mercy. Just when I think I have it nailed, I read another thread that tells me I'm all wrong. Protein is the only thing I KNOW I have down. The rest is suspect. Jodi was helping me tweak things and now I'll try this for a month and see if I notice a change at all.
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My friend was talkign about some shit on Oprah about wearing a bracelet. The person on the show had to wear this bracelet for as long as she could without complaining about something. Once she got to 21 days without complaining, she can stop the game.
The point of the segment was USUALLY the average person needs around 21 days to make or break a habit. And usually....an average person will ditch a diet or exercise program just after 2 weeks.
The point of the segment was USUALLY the average person needs around 21 days to make or break a habit. And usually....an average person will ditch a diet or exercise program just after 2 weeks.
Yeah I have to say I agree with that. After seeing what success I have had, my wife is trying to get a program off the ground but she has stopped and started three times during the 10 weeks I've been going at this. i give her credit though, she keeps trying new things to strike her couriosity and keep her interested.
Good workout today, deffinitely a better rhythm for doing things.
Wide Grip Lat Pull Downs
100lbx12 (WU Set)
150x8
140x10
140x10
Single DB Rows
35x10
40x10
45x10
Cable Rows
140x12
170x10
190x10
Standing Barbell Rows
40x12 (WU Set)
60x10
70x10
80x10
Barbell Shrugs
135x10
135x10
135x10
(first time I used the barbell instead of the machine or DB for shrugs. One major thing I noticed was that my left shoulder didn't come up as high as my right at the top of the movement. I hadn't previously noticed this. So next week I will do it with dumbells again to see if its the same.)
Then did 30 minutes of cardio and came home.
Eating the PWO meal now, and I must say after two days of the new diet I don't feel different but I did have good energy working out.
Wide Grip Lat Pull Downs
100lbx12 (WU Set)
150x8
140x10
140x10
Single DB Rows
35x10
40x10
45x10
Cable Rows
140x12
170x10
190x10
Standing Barbell Rows
40x12 (WU Set)
60x10
70x10
80x10
Barbell Shrugs
135x10
135x10
135x10
(first time I used the barbell instead of the machine or DB for shrugs. One major thing I noticed was that my left shoulder didn't come up as high as my right at the top of the movement. I hadn't previously noticed this. So next week I will do it with dumbells again to see if its the same.)
Then did 30 minutes of cardio and came home.
Eating the PWO meal now, and I must say after two days of the new diet I don't feel different but I did have good energy working out.
Wow wow wow....I can tie my shoes without holding my breath when I bend over. For the formerly fat, you know what I'm talking about. I guess the gut is getting smaller after all. SWEET!!!!
Looking good!
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Great going, man! 
Have you been keeping a log of your measurements? It's a great to see quantifiable improvements.
Have you been keeping a log of your measurements? It's a great to see quantifiable improvements.
Great going, man!
Have you been keeping a log of your measurements? It's a great to see quantifiable improvements.
Ya know I really haven't, but I should. When I got my calipers they came with a pretty bad-ass tape measure device. Pretty slick deal.
What are the ideal places to measure. Obviously I should try and measure in the morning on an empty stomach.
Firstly Happy Easter to all those still with me.
Woke up this morning and played with my daughter for a while, she's getting big fast. Eight months old already, man time flys. Then I went downstairs and did HIIT on the treadmill for 30min. Got in three solid meals today before Easter dinner, and then I indulged a bit. Hell its a holiday, if not then, when?
Then I just ate my last meal and finished out the day good. My first holiday test since the eating clean started, and I'd say I passed with flying colors.
Only two weeks of the push/pull/legs routine left before I change up again. Overall I still the most pump, and the most gains came from my split routine. However I am a man of my word, and said that I would try a few different routines. I will grant you this however. The split routine using compounds instead of isolation work, is 100% more effective.
Woke up this morning and played with my daughter for a while, she's getting big fast. Eight months old already, man time flys. Then I went downstairs and did HIIT on the treadmill for 30min. Got in three solid meals today before Easter dinner, and then I indulged a bit. Hell its a holiday, if not then, when?
Then I just ate my last meal and finished out the day good. My first holiday test since the eating clean started, and I'd say I passed with flying colors.
Only two weeks of the push/pull/legs routine left before I change up again. Overall I still the most pump, and the most gains came from my split routine. However I am a man of my word, and said that I would try a few different routines. I will grant you this however. The split routine using compounds instead of isolation work, is 100% more effective.
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Don't worry about the calipers so much, just get a tailor's tape measure. And don't worry about where you're at. Just make sure that everything that needs to get smaller (the gut, mostly) gets smaller and everything else gets bigger.
Yes and you are one of the many I have to thank for that. I know I was a thorn in everyones ass for a while though
Don't worry about the calipers so much, just get a tailor's tape measure. And don't worry about where you're at. Just make sure that everything that needs to get smaller (the gut, mostly) gets smaller and everything else gets bigger.
Yeah a Myotape came with the calipers, so I have that part covered. I just measured across my stomach across my belly button at 44". Now I've eaten four meals today and one as recently as 4:30pm. I'm about to head downstairs for the 30 minute cardio. Weights tomorrow.
I'm going to measure before bed and also first thing in the morning tomorrow to see the variance.
