Current Events > How are your fitness goals coming along, CE? Part IV

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scorpion41 posted...

Started a new coaching job...workouts are terrible and diet is awful as I settle into a new routine.

I was wondering where you'd been man

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Also... I'm giving up alcohol on July 31 until January 1st.

My diet in August will be salad for lunch and egg whites with turkey sausage and veggies for dinner.

Im looking to lose 60 pounds by January 1st

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Balrog0 posted...

I was wondering where you'd been man

Been awful lol. I couldnt even get through my work sets this week...total wash. Hopefully next week I get back into a routine and get my eating back right.

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I think quitting alcohol was fundamental to my weight loss, I've had a total of maybe 10 drinks since December, mostly on dates, never at home, never alone.

You can do it, I think 60 pounds by January is totally achievable. Be careful of that knee tho man, I'd hate to see you out for any longer.

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Just ate a bowl of beef stew and a handful of club crackers. So i had to work off that extra bit of food.
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Fell off the wagon 2 weeks ago and stopped watching my diet, jogging, and lifting...

Was down 15pds and somehow only gained 2 back so I'm lucky as fuck.

Time to buckle back down.

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DespondentDeity posted...

I think quitting alcohol was fundamental to my weight loss, I've had a total of maybe 10 drinks since December, mostly on dates, never at home, never alone.

You can do it, I think 60 pounds by January is totally achievable. Be careful of that knee tho man, I'd hate to see you out for any longer.

Thanks, my doctor told me that. Told me it was empty calories so I gave it up like 2 years ago but started again.

And my limp is still heavy, but I was just gonna work out upper until I finished physical therapy.

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scorpion41 posted...

Been awful lol. I couldnt even get through my work sets this week...total wash. Hopefully next week I get back into a routine and get my eating back right.

Hey man, no one's on all the time.

DespondentDeity posted...

I think quitting alcohol was fundamental to my weight loss, I've had a total of maybe 10 drinks since December, mostly on dates, never at home, never alone.

You can do it, I think 60 pounds by January is totally achievable. Be careful of that knee tho man, I'd hate to see you out for any longer.

Yeah, alcohol consumption is definitely my biggest struggle. It's not super hard to fit in calorie-wise, but there's an inevitable impact on performance too

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Did some fun sets of bench press today.

95x8
135x8
185x6
205x2

Bench press strength is climbing. I feel silly now cuz I had this whole meltdown on how awful barbell exercises are, yet here I am talking about a barbell exercise.

Why is that? How come no one asks like, how high you can jump on a box but they'll ask how much you deadlift, squat, bench?

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Balrog0 posted...

Yeah, alcohol consumption is definitely my biggest struggle. It's not super hard to fit in calorie-wise, but there's an inevitable impact on performance too

I'm not sure how true it is, the logic of it made enough sense that I was like, "OK", but I had seen in a youtube video that alcohol consumption interferes with your liver's ability to break down and process fat. The biggest thing is my workouts are so difficult to get to and get through even when I only had two drinks the night before tho. My moods are a lot more stable when I maintain abstinence from it too, but I had a huge problem with it, it was really destructive in my life and I'm grateful to have been able to come so far.

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Cutting out alcohol is obviously a great thing but I drink hard every weekend and made this progress over several years: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xVVNDxZoe8E/Xuqz37fM3YI/AAAAAAABl6E/LHL9pD-gbsE9yOcmQ0vKNFpfjRGo--XjQCK4BGAsYHg/w625-h625/IMG_20200611_110258.jpg

Just want to put out that it's possible, but I don't do it throughout the week and I almost always drink clear drinks with organic juice.

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Yeah, I've lost 30 lbs January through June this year and never stopped drinking; I probably drank more days than I didn't. Some weeks I'll drink every night, though not to excess every night

It's honestly a more noticeable problem now that I'm trying to bulk. When I was cutting it was harder to separate the alcohol from the calorie restriction when I had a bad day.

Just my experience though obviously I haven't been dedicated to this like you have

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Last big lift day tomorrow before the deload. Eating pretty big tonight

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Not a great day. Did alright on my main lifts but my accessories killed me today. Couldn't finish em. Next week is a much needed deload

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Realized on Friday that I completely forgot to lift on Wednesday, so I made sure to get a really great workout in. Was sore af all day today on top of food poisoning. I feel like death.

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Was at 195 at the start of quarantine. Now I'm at 170 after 2 months of dieting and light to moderate workout. Trying to hit 160 by Oct.
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That's great progress! I bet you could hit 160 in 5 weeks instead of 8 tho.

I did a weigh in myself last Monday since it'd been almost a month and was at 217. Bringing the weight loss that I can verify to 111 lbs. Before I started, I weighed myself in early November and was at 328, but I definitely gained weight between then and December 27th when I went to the gym for the first time. Seem to be mostly avoiding loose skin, will definitely have some on my stomach when all the belly fat is gone. my entire body is covered in stretch marks but I think it looks badass af, like lightning patterned all over me. I was too afraid to start taking pictures until May, but I'm gonna try to get the picture that Planet Fitness took since it's so wild.

@Balrog0, I feel you man, I just came off my deload this past week, so I tried to make up for it by going as hard as possible, rotating in some new accessories (Svend press yo), and getting pb on everything. However, I kind of lost track of the days and yesterday was my 7th workout in a row and I ended up doing my main lifts at like 60% lmao. Before I even went I kinda felt like I should just take it off, but I couldn't stop myself. I'm gonna cruise around town on my bike today, but I'll take two days off from lifting.

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Holy moly 111lbs is a huge accomplishment. Congrats dude that's bad ass.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Holy moly 111lbs is a huge accomplishment. Congrats dude that's bad ass.

Yeah no shit. She lost almost a whole me. I only weigh like 140.

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@DespondentDeity yeah I pushed myself too much in a way, too. I normally deload every 6 weeks but I pushed another cycle this time because I was feeling pretty good. So that's 9 weeks. I don't feel as bad considering that. Idk though. I'm satisfied with my progress visually but I feel like I should be getting stronger faster. I know it doesn't really help to compare but it seems like most people put up bigger numbers than I do at this point. And don't need to deload as often

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Went to the gym yesterday, had a nice workout, was able to hit 315 twice on the bench press which means I haven't lost much strength since my surgery.

Went today and rode 8 miles on the bike which is the furthest I've ever done. My knee will pay for it tomorrow.

Also day 2 of salad and egg whites only.

Also, I'm awaiting my elbow sleeve and starting my 6 week, add 30 pounds on bench press program. Looking to be at 370ish when its done.

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anyone checked out that healthywager commercial? <__<
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Had a great chest, tris and shoulder workout today.

Remember guys, you gotta have muscles on your muscles... You gotta have muscles on your eyeballs!

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Tested my vertical again, went up about 3 inches which puts me at just shy of 20 inches. Feel pretty good about that considering it's only been a week and I'm heavier now (if only just)

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I weighed in today at 238.6, New lowest weight record. Weights been coming down slow. I pretty much gained weight the whole last week of July for some reason, even though I was eating really well and at a deficit. Good to see I'm finally making some gains weight wise. My measurements are all in the 43 inch markers as well, down from 49 inches stomach and 46 inches waist respectively. I can't wait to be under 40 inches!

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I just purchased an exercise bike for my basement because Im not planning on returning to the gym until theres a vaccine out. And its crazy how much leg muscle Ive lost since March. My legs felt like spaghetti after 5 minutes. I used to be able to get a good 45-60 minute cardio session on the bike before

If I'm on a deload week during a bulk, should I still eat as many calories? Should I eat fewer this week because I'm not lifting as heavy or as much?

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Balrog0 posted...

If I'm on a deload week during a bulk, should I still eat as many calories? Should I eat fewer this week because I'm not lifting as heavy or as much?

You'll use those extra calories to better recover. From what you've posted, your diet isn't full of garbage so you should be good. Worst case scenario, you put on a tiny bit of fat along with muscle. You can undo that pretty quickly. It's just a week, but obviously don't go nuts.

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I agree with the above unless I'm cutting weight. I eat a lot peri-workout even when I'm cutting so I'm not doing that without a training stimulus if weight loss is my aim. Otherwise yeah, keep the calories coming.

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Been in the gym everyday since Saturday with 2 cardio days.

My knee is feeling good, getting the stitches out tomorrow. After a week or 2 of PT, I'm going to incorporate some lower body stuff.

I've also lost 10 pounds since Saturday.

Salad for lunch.
Egg whites for dinner.
Water.

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Thanks guys

Pow Pow Punishment posted...

I agree with the above unless I'm cutting weight. I eat a lot peri-workout even when I'm cutting so I'm not doing that without a training stimulus if weight loss is my aim. Otherwise yeah, keep the calories coming.

How much does peri-workout nutrition matter for body composition? I see mixed responses and don't have any way to discern what true and false

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I took progress pics today and I don't look any different than before I started bulking which tbf it's only been about month.

Weight loss was noticeable after this long, but it makes sense that tacking on mass would take longer

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Alright guys, I know its not healthy at all...maybe my scale's off, but I doubt it, but I've lost about 19 pounds since this past Saturday morning of 8/1.

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Dang bro that's a lot

It took me like three months to lose that much lol

Seems like your lifts are holding up too

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Balrog0 posted...

you badly need a beard trimming

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Maybe if I cared what some rando on ce thought about my beard sure

Let's stick to the topic at hand

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Eat more, like 3200+

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Yeah I've started doing a shake every morning, though it's closer to 600 cals than the 1000+ recipe you gave me (appreciate it btw)

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Balrog0 posted...

Dang bro that's a lot

It took me like three months to lose that much lol

Seems like your lifts are holding up too

I've failed on a few lifts today...lol

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I use PB2 in my version to save 280 calories and a boatload of fat, a little more expensive but I'm still eating in deficit so it's worth it. Since I added the shake my life has been so much easier, easier to count calories and macros and I'm getting more carbs so the energy level has been stable throughout the week.

Have you thought about adding a casein drink right before bed? That was one thing my friend did when he had gotten up to 175. He started at like 118 too. He's at 162 now, cuz he has two kids so he can't really work out as often or eat like he used to.

Honestly, pretty glad I'm coming from the other direction, even tho I have to worry about shit like my nipples ending up in the right spot lol

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1NfamousACE_2 posted...

Alright guys, I know its not healthy at all...maybe my scale's off, but I doubt it, but I've lost about 19 pounds since this past Saturday morning of 8/1.

Uhhh... Dog you might want to call your doctor, that's like 5lbs a day, definitely not normal.

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I'm disappointed in myself a bit, I drank 4 150 calorie drinks today :( they were just so delicious and I hadn't had anything like them in so long.

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DespondentDeity posted...

I use PB2 in my version to save 280 calories and a boatload of fat, a little more expensive but I'm still eating in deficit so it's worth it. Since I added the shake my life has been so much easier, easier to count calories and macros and I'm getting more carbs so the energy level has been stable throughout the week.

Have you thought about adding a casein drink right before bed? That was one thing my friend did when he had gotten up to 175. He started at like 118 too. He's at 162 now, cuz he has two kids so he can't really work out as often or eat like he used to.

Honestly, pretty glad I'm coming from the other direction, even tho I have to worry about shit like my nipples ending up in the right spot lol

I'm planning on getting some next paycheck tbh

Right now I eat Greek yogurt but the extra protein would be good

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Losing and gaining weight, imo, each have their ups and downs.

I have so little muscle mass though... Maybe once I tack on enough solid bulk muscle I'll just want to maintain

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@lincoln002

You deserve a treat every now and then, plus I think about like you lost x amount of weight, one off day isn't gonna have you gain anywhere close to that amount back. Plus, it's not like you reach your target weight then just stop working on fitness, you can't really cause a meaningful delay because it's your entire lifestyle that's different now. Just go harder today, or harder the rest of the week, and don't drink that stuff again for a while.

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DespondentDeity posted...

@lincoln002

You deserve a treat every now and then, plus I think about like you lost x amount of weight, one off day isn't gonna have you gain anywhere close to that amount back. Plus, it's not like you reach your target weight then just stop working on fitness, you can't really cause a meaningful delay because it's your entire lifestyle that's different now. Just go harder today, or harder the rest of the week, and don't drink that stuff again for a while.

True, but 4? I really overdid it, that's like all my carbs for the day lol

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lincoln002 posted...

Uhhh... Dog you might want to call your doctor, that's like 5lbs a day, definitely not normal.

I know. Im a heavy guy that's on an extreme caloric deficit diet.


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