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Man it's fucking March. Don't tell me we gave up.

So I weigh in at 310 typically now. So that's down from typical weigh ins at 325, 15 lbs loss.

How's your journey?

I felt it was bumped yesterday, I don't know how it went away. I was about to make a report.

cjsdowg posted...

I felt it was bumped yesterday, I don't know how it went away. I was about to make a report.

Ok, what's the report?

Cocytus posted...

Ok, what's the report?

Oh I forgot lol.

I am still hovoring around 260 and I don't know why. However I am eating a lot less. Two times in row i have not been able to get a full sub. And that us to be my go to. So cross my fingers I have turn the next page.

cjsdowg posted...

Oh I forgot lol.

I am still hovoring around 260 and I don't know why. However I am eating a lot less. Two times in row i have not been able to get a full sub. And that us to be my go to. So cross my fingers I have turn the next page.

Sounding good man, congrats! How tall are you? I forget.

5'9 (if that) I was going to lie and be like 5'10 lol. but no need to lie here we are all buddies.

Dang right!

So didn't eat that much today. Still hovering around 260. I am going to start working out on the weekends now. Do a little running and boxing. Maybe that will help me drop

I was looking for it earlier. I'm currently 182 lbs. Goal is low 160s and to get shredded.

I need a lifting routine - assume I'm a beginner but I know how to do every lift and I have access to only free weights.

Calculated my macros: 1600 calories/day for ~1-1.5 lbs loss per week
140g protein
180g carbs
40g fat

Gonna search for a good beginner powerbuilding routine. I genuinely enjoy powerlifting but I care equally as much about aesthetics.

Still the only thing I've really been doing is minding my diet. The only activity I get is from working around the house (which is significant sometimes).

Tracking Topic.

I'm thinking of starting PHUL. I actually enjoy that type of workout, it keeps things mixed up.

Currently 193lbs at 6' and half assing a diet but I've been pretty much stuck at this weight for months now.

Dan_Haren- posted...

Tracking Topic.

I'm thinking of starting PHUL. I actually enjoy that type of workout, it keeps things mixed up.

PHUL's great but I prefer PHAT. I don't do the full PHAT workout because I'm not on juice and can't handle all the volume of the accessory work without crashing lol

DeepFriedSquid posted...

Currently 193lbs at 6' and half assing a diet but I've been pretty much stuck at this weight for months now.

PHUL's great but I prefer PHAT. I don't do the full PHAT workout because I'm not on juice and can't handle all the volume of the accessory work without crashing lol

PHAT is my favorite workout I've ever done and got me the best results but I'm just starting off again so I'm totally fine combining back/chest into 1 upper day. I rather do fewer but longer days right now.

I work out in my garage. Just made my excel sheet:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/3/AAfUr8AAESEh.png

I decided I'm gonna give myself 1.5 hours for each workout, which means:
4:00a - 4:30a - wakeup, brush teeth, drink coffee
4:30a - 5:50a - work out
5:50a-6:20a - Shower, get ready for work
6:20a - leave for work

I can shift that all 1 hour forward on alternating days when I start at 8am.

There is no way I'd have the motivation to do 3x5 - 6x10 RDL after both squat and dl lol. And I'm jealous you have all the necessary equipment to do that in your own garage

I started at 260 lbs January 2022, currently at 198 lbs. I'm at 12" lost in my waist. My overall goal was to get to 185, so just need another 13 lbs to reach it.

I figured it reached 500 or something lol.

DeepFriedSquid posted...

There is no way I'd have the motivation to do 3x5 - 6x10 RDL after both squat and dl lol. And I'm jealous you have all the necessary equipment to do that in your own garage

Ur right I shouldn't do that huh. The official program does extensions and curls. I was trying to find free weight replacements for those, but I actually got that special shoe that you can strap a dumbell to, so I can technically do both extensions and curls 1 leg at a time. Its just time consuming to keep having to take it on and off to switch legs. Since I'm starting I'll do the extensions/curls light weight with my shoe thing.

But I do want a nicer ass, so I'm thinking maybe I'll do lunges on the lower power day also

Just did my first day, I completed everything except incline dumbell, 1 hour total including a 0.5 mile warmup run. I figured as a beginner thats too much benching, I replaced incline dumbell with pushups. Once pushups start to become a joke, I'll replace them with something else.

Ok look guys, we gotta support each other. Whatever we do, we cannot just abandon this. Even if we fail, we want to say we did try at least some. So we gotta support each other until the end of the year. Let not our topics die. If I end up still a fat ass at the end of the year, so be it. But I'm aiming for <300 by December.

So don't fall off the wagon! Even if you do, come talk, we'll figure it out.

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Great news!

Got from 218 down to 201 over about 10 weeks, but have been traveling a lot the past 3 weeks so think Im creeping back up a bit

I'm guessing it got buried. I've been yo-yoing. Last week I was 133, today I'm 127. I'm starting to think I'll never get down to 110 pounds. :(

307 despite a couple days of a road trip where I didn't give a fuck about my eating habits. XD

Bumping this baby up

I'm on week 1 day 3 of a smolov jr bench cycle and holy shit this amount of volume is crazy, and I'm barely getting started lol. Nothing like spending the first 45 minutes of every gym day doing nothing but bench press.

Idk how anyone can run a full smolov on squat or DL, I'd die

I ate it

3rd day of eating clean.

I just need to make this a habit. Don't play to do any cheat days or meals on my own. My cheat meals will come when I'm hanging out with friends or whatever, at which point I'll still go with the healthy options. No soda, chips, deserts, or any other bullshit food. Not strict paleo but trying to go with single ingredient foods with the exception of mission 25g fiber whole wheat tortillas and quinoa.

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I have to take methylprednisone for an infection =/

Been on a weight loss journey since January 15th. Went from 174 to ~156-158

I've stagnated this week on weight loss but I feel it's more like I'm gaining muscle as opposed to maintaining fat.

4th day of eating clean, going strong still

I haven't been this strict in 10 years when I lost 20 lbs in 2 months, doing hardcore cardio every day also, up to 4 miles a day every day

Lost 6 lbs over the weekend due to food poisoning

I got 300 calories left for the day and I'm at goal for protein and fat, but I'm also pretty full and not craving anything..

Prolly will just have a drink of scotch and call it a night

Started meal prepping for the past few weeks like im supposed to. It's been making things much easier. At this point everything tastes like hot sauce and I just shovel it into my mouth. The only exception is my protein shake that's greatly improved since I started using almond milk instead of water.

Keeping steady at losing 1-2lbs a week. Consistently under 200 on my new scale. The old one definitely lied, but it made me feel really good about myself. I miss it

I've been eating REALLY badly. I've set up a little dumb system. I have a tray of stones next to a bottle. For every day I don't eat like a monster, I'll put a stone in the bottle.

My next challenge is meal prepping for work. There's healthy stuff at work but not ideal if I'm being super strict.

I don't have a fridge at work. I can take a lunch box with an ice pack. I have a microwave tho. I just eat quinoa, chicken, and veggies like broccoli. It can be eaten cold too.

My weight is slowly creeping up despite trying to eat somewhat healthier, but I'm going harder in the gym so I'm guessing it's water weight plus strength gains so I don't mind. Still feel like I need to purge all the junk food in my house though lol

Dan_Haren- posted...

My next challenge is meal prepping for work. There's healthy stuff at work but not ideal if I'm being super strict.

I don't have a fridge at work. I can take a lunch box with an ice pack. I have a microwave tho. I just eat quinoa, chicken, and veggies like broccoli. It can be eaten cold too.

Chili is the best, one slow cooker makes a shitload of meals and it freezes well too. I always make this recipe:

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/78299/boilermaker-tailgate-chili/

Has anyone heard of these weight-loss injections?

cjsdowg posted...

Has anyone heard of these weight-loss injections?

I heard of people taking cholesterol medicine that can cause weight loss maybe? Idk if I'm actually remembering it right. All I know is eating fewer calories works well enough

cjsdowg posted...

Has anyone heard of these weight-loss injections?

These meds work really well, side effects are mild and tolerable, and weight loss can be sustained. Alot of people are getting prescriptions and paying out of pocket since insurance isn't covering it if ur not diabetic. Ends up being $1000 per month and I would say it's worth it. Obviously talk to ur doctor about it.

I honestly would do it but I'm gonna try on my own, if I hit a wall and I've truly done everything I could, I would consider it.

Dan_Haren- posted...

These meds work really well, side effects are mild and tolerable, and weight loss can be sustained. Alot of people are getting prescriptions and paying out of pocket since insurance isn't covering it if ur not diabetic. Ends up being $1000 per month and I would say it's worth it. Obviously talk to ur doctor about it.

I honestly would do it but I'm gonna try on my own, if I hit a wall and I've truly done everything I could, I would consider it.

Do you know the name of them. I have gotten a few different thing when I looked them up.

And this bad and I would not do it. But I was thinking get a blood test but right before just sweet like all these sweet rolls and have Doctor Pepper.

My whole deal is still at a cruising pace that keeps me 310 lbs (6' 4", 48 y/o/m)

someone said "not a zombie" so you gave up?

cjsdowg posted...

Do you know the name of them. I have gotten a few different thing when I looked them up.

And this bad and I would not do it. But I was thinking get a blood test but right before just sweet like all these sweet rolls and have Doctor Pepper.

They will check an A1c to test for diabetes so downing a bunch of sugar will make no difference, it tells the average blood sugar over the last 3 months.

Honestly just talk to ur doctor about it. A lot of people are using it off label, some docs are comfortable prescribing it and some arent.

Exactly 1 week ago I was 183, today I'm 179. I think about 2 of those pounds were from actual calorie deficit, the other 2 were probably water weight. The 183 was also immediately after a bachelor party in miami where I ate and drank like crazy. But feels good to break 180, thats my threshold of feeling overweight. Next goal is to break 170 which will actually have me looking pretty decent.

Because my diet has been so strict, I decided I'm not going to do cardio, only lifting. Once I plateau, I'll start cardio.

Again, work is going to be the biggest challenge. Waking up 4am to work out, then eating nothing but clean food all day for 10-15 hour shifts. But mentally I'm going strong.