FadeawayJ23 & Wolf8278: 300 lbs and dropping

FadeawayJ23 · 07-09-2008, 08:35 AM

We both were on Team Extreme for the cutting contest and wanted to keep the momentum going by teaming up and trying to help each other continue with our progress. Right now, we are both almost the same exact weight.

FadeawayJ23 · 07-09-2008, 09:06 AM

Current Routine:

14 Day Cycle (Abs twice a week on random days, random routines)

Wednesday- Upper
Thursday- Plyometrics (Vertical Jump Bible Beginner)
Friday- Lower
Saturday- Cardio
Sunday- Upper
Monday- Plyometrics (Vertical Jump Bible Beginner)
Tuesday- OFF
Wednesday- Lower
Thursday- Plyometrics (Vertical Jump Bible Beginner)
Friday- Upper
Saturday- Cardio
Sunday- Lower
Monday- Plyometrics (Vertical Jump Bible Beginner)
Tuesday- OFF

Current Eating Plan (200 grams protein daily, 20-25% calories from fat, rest from carbs):

Upper Body Day- 2750 calories
Lower Body Day- 3000 calories
Cardio/Plyo Day- 2500 calories
Off Day- 2250 calories
Cheat Meal- Once a week between 1000-1500 calories, mostly protein and fats consisting of sushi, shrimp and crab.

Current Supplements:
Controlled Labs Reduction
Controlled Labs Green Mag
Controlled Labs Purple Wraath
Universal Animal Pak
Universal Animal Flex
AST Micronized Creatine
NOW Flax Seed Oil

FadeawayJ23 · 07-10-2008, 12:34 PM

Current Pics:

Lift247 · 07-10-2008, 01:30 PM

Great stuff Fade and to you too Wolf. Keep pounding brothas. Definitely coming in here to check up on yall.

izaktj · 07-10-2008, 01:46 PM

Good luck mate!

Frankie75 · 07-11-2008, 04:01 PM

Good luck FadeawayJ, definetly be stopping by to see how your progress goes. especially your long term goals.

Pumpkin431 · 07-11-2008, 09:02 PM

damn dude, amazing!

FadeawayJ23 · 07-12-2008, 11:14 AM

Yesterdays Menu:

Wootball · 07-12-2008, 01:01 PM

What's that calculator from man? Gonna use that myself

FadeawayJ23 · 07-12-2008, 01:09 PM

It is Fitday.com. They have ones that are more fancy with some extra options, but this one works for me and it is free.

wolf8278 · 07-14-2008, 04:08 AM

Thanks for getting us started Fade. I had surgery on my foot Friday so cardio will probably be out for a few months. I'm going to try to start lifting with my upper body at the first of the month. My best option for losing weight right now is to keep my food intake super clean.

FadeawayJ23 · 07-14-2008, 07:11 AM

Very true- even if you can't hit the gym hard, you can always control your food intake. Just eat good so when you can get back in the gym, you are prepared to work.

When I weighed myself at 304 two weeks ago, I cycled off creatine for one week before the weigh-in. Now that I started back up for the last 2 weeks, I weighed in at 307 today, but I feel thinner. Go figure.

wolf8278 · 07-15-2008, 04:02 AM

My foot actually felt a lot better yesterday than I expected. Hopefully, I might be able to get back into the gym even quicker than I thought.

FadeawayJ23 · 07-15-2008, 06:47 PM

Good to hear, Wolf. What routine are you going to try? I had some blood work and urine tests done for my yearly. Will be nice to see the positive changes from my profile.

wolf8278 · 07-16-2008, 04:01 AM

I think I'm going to try and do a 4 day split. This will give me some activity 4 days a week and keep my workouts shorter so I will not be on my foot as much at one time.

Let me know how the test results go. It is a great feeling and very encouraging to see how your changes have helped your health out.

FadeawayJ23 · 07-17-2008, 07:25 AM

Post your split if you can, Wolf. Curious to see what you are doing. I may go to a 5x5 routine to shorten the time per session, but go more days. Playing basketball has been a rarity since the gym court is always packed. I may need to start playing outdoors to get in the court time.

As much cardio and plyometrics as I do, NOTHING gets you in basketball shape more than playing basketball.

FadeawayJ23 · 07-17-2008, 12:47 PM

I got my preliminary results from my blood test- to my total shock, the doctor said my thyroid was slightly lower than normal but they want to re-evaluate it in 6-8 weeks. I never thought that would be an issue.

mike0556 · 07-17-2008, 01:16 PM

Don't sweat about your foot bud. At your size eating right will get the job done too! Work that upper body hard!

Lift247 · 07-17-2008, 03:13 PM

Good stuff guys. Glad to see yall still pounding. Do you what you can Wolf...every bit is better than nothing. Staying focused while injured is tough man. I've been through it too bro. One day at a time man. Fade, you gotta post a vid once you start hitting your pullups man. I totally want to see that done bro!!

avsfan · 07-17-2008, 03:14 PM

try the keto diet 1 month ago i was 260lbs now i am 220lbs it is probably the best diet because you get to eat lots of meet but just keep you carb intake under 30g and try to go to the gym or run

FadeawayJ23 · 07-18-2008, 02:43 PM

Lab results:

Cholesterol
Total- 156
Triglycerides- 36
HDL- 54
VLDL- 7
LDL- 95
LDL/HDL Ratio- 1.8

The one minor area of concern was my thyroid, which came back with a TSH of 6.592- the range is .350-5.5.

All in all, a pretty good report!

izaktj · 07-18-2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by FadeawayJ23

Lab results:

Cholesterol
Total- 156
Triglycerides- 36
HDL- 54
VLDL- 7
LDL- 95
LDL/HDL Ratio- 1.8

The one minor area of concern was my thyroid, which came back with a TSH of 6.592- the range is .350-5.5.

All in all, a pretty good report!

Good to hear that man. Keep it up!

wolf8278 · 07-21-2008, 10:52 AM

Good job Fade. Any idea on what your numbers were before you started losing weight?

Pumpkin431 · 07-21-2008, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FadeawayJ23

Lab results:

Cholesterol
Total- 156
Triglycerides- 36
HDL- 54
VLDL- 7
LDL- 95
LDL/HDL Ratio- 1.8

The one minor area of concern was my thyroid, which came back with a TSH of 6.592- the range is .350-5.5.

All in all, a pretty good report!

Great job man, my doctor has me setup for a full diagnostic test too.. wants to check all that.

Poetique · 07-22-2008, 12:15 AM

I'm lookin forward to the results yall get myself... being a 300 pounder (err... 297.6 now to be exact), I'm still trying to pin why I can't eat such a "large" amount of calories and lose any weight.

Even doing cardio AND workouts 5 days a week, my body can apparently do ALOT with whatever I put in it, and for me eating 2000 calories may as well be eating 4000. My weight absolutely won't move one way or the other... unless it's up, lol

FadeawayJ23 · 07-22-2008, 12:15 PM

Have you ever had your thyroid checked, Poetique? After reading up on it, that could be a major reason for your lack of weight loss.

Right now, I am trying to plan out my next lifting routine... 4 day split, Full Body, Layne Norton 5 day routine, 5x5 Starr, etc.

Not sure where to go from here, but I know I want to increase my leg strength to weight ratio to help with my vertical.

Any thoughts?

FadeawayJ23 · 07-28-2008, 07:03 AM

Down to 303 today and I start a new plyometric routine which is the last Phase of the 12 week Beginner VJB. I can't believe it will be 3 months of VJB in 3 more weeks. Time flies.

wolf8278 · 07-29-2008, 07:36 AM

Good to hear Fade. I've been working lots of hours over the past few weeks, so I've not even weighed myself. Luckily, my foot is still healing up good.

FadeawayJ23 · 07-29-2008, 07:41 AM

Here is my new routine starting this week. My weakness is my leg strength to weight ratio. I need to increase my power AND keep losing weight to see gains in my vertical. How has your eating been, Wolf?

Friday-Upper Power

Saturday-Lower Power

Sunday-Plyometrics

Monday-Hyper Chest/Arms

Tuesday-Hyper Shoulder/Traps

Wednesday-Hyper Legs

Thursday OFF

Poetique · 07-29-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by FadeawayJ23

Have you ever had your thyroid checked, Poetique? After reading up on it, that could be a major reason for your lack of weight loss.

Right now, I am trying to plan out my next lifting routine... 4 day split, Full Body, Layne Norton 5 day routine, 5x5 Starr, etc.

Not sure where to go from here, but I know I want to increase my leg strength to weight ratio to help with my vertical.

Any thoughts?

Actually I havn't had it checked, and for good reason... my sister has a Thyroid condition.

If I go in and find out I also have one, I know I'm going to go ape **** over it and probably do something even more drastic (I'm eating ~900 cals now... do believe that I'm willing to try less). For that matter I recently found out that fasting a couple of days on water doesn't bother me, so that's another route I might end up taking. So if I do have one, I personally think it would be best that I don't find out about it. Not to mention I'll have to start buying meds that I'm not going to take anyway... figured I'd just skip the whole ordeal.