ITT we motivate eachother to get shredded as fuuuck. Winter cutters gtfih!!

[Ninjazn]

Just got back from the Clinic I volunteer at. I was there starting at 8am and left at 12:30pm. Not a single calorie was consumed. While people had some bagels + cream cheese right next to me.

[mm55]

One of the other engineers actually complained to me cuz it smelled bad by my desk. I had chicken broccoli and rice that I heated up then brought back to my desk. He was like " what's that smell?" and "oh everyone its just Erik" and " that looks gross!"

Wanted to knock him out right there but just swallowed my pride and now I eat all my meals in the cafeteria. Yes mad

brocolli kinda smells but fawk it's not like you're heating up fish or something. Damn what a douchebag.

[SuperSonic88]

Current Supps

[xanderlam]

I get shredded when I'm drunk.

mirin hard brah

[SuperSonic88]

do you have a quick/effective way to cook lentils? cause it seems like they take forever to cook...

Steps

1) Get 20 cups of water
2) Boil water (pinch of sea salt added before boiling)
3) Add 2 cups of Black Lentils, 3 cups of brown lentils
4) Let them cook for 25-30 minutes

Done, You have your carb source for the next 5 days+

[TreyTrey]

fuark brahs. epic day for how i looked to myself yesterday. looked thick solid tight all day muscle's looked juicy, minus bi's but they're always bad

lettuce hope today is the same!

[Swekie]

First day of UD2 cut, depletion workout was tough as hell but I managed to complete it. Took me 2 hours but I forced myself to do it and not to quit.

1500 kcal - 250 P - 37 C - 34 F

Come at me 11 % bf !

[Randomguy1234]

Is there a way to tell if you're losing muscle through IF + 500 calorie deficit? Your body doesn't go into catabolism within 16 hours does it?

So if I'm doing the regular 16/8 Intermittent Fasting schedule and having about 1.5g protein/LBM everyday, along with BCAA's during workout then the chances of me losing any muscle mass is very low or almost zero? I should be losing pure fat right!?

[getbustered]

Any bros with the shredded abs recommend a good routine?Bodyfat is getting low enough, needed to hit them more consistently than I do now.

[mm55]

Is there a way to tell if you're losing muscle through IF + 500 calorie deficit? Your body doesn't go into catabolism within 16 hours does it?

So if I'm doing the regular 16/8 Intermittent Fasting schedule and having about 1.5g protein/LBM everyday, along with BCAA's during workout then the chances of me losing any muscle mass is very low or almost zero? I should be losing pure fat right!?

I remember reading in one of the articles in a study they found with people IFing on a caloric deficit that lost weight, 90% of it or so was pure fat.

[Nate2003]

Feels like I'm getting more noticed by dem females.


Or at least from what I can tell by making eye contact and looking away quickly. :P

[BigSkizzy]

Down another pound this week and just about to eat my PWO meal of pulled chicken, a pound of roasted potatoes, whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and cherry jam, and half a pint of Half Baked. Feels/tastes good man!

[erikscasper]

Any bros with the shredded abs recommend a good routine?Bodyfat is getting low enough, needed to hit them more consistently than I do now.

dunno if ive got dem shredded abs yet, but honestly I rarely did ab exercises. Figured I was hitting them enough doing other exercises. Lately though, now that i've gotten a little leaner, ive enjoyed a few heavy weighted ab exercises. I like decline crunches holding a plate, or use the rope on the cable machine to do kneeling crunches. But still, I don't spend all day doing abs.

[erikscasper]

Feels like I'm getting more noticed by dem females.


Or at least from what I can tell by making eye contact and looking away quickly. :P

Was seriously thinking this lately but figured it was all in my head and didn't want to come out cocky or something. Its prob true brah

[stfaulk89]

Any bros with the shredded abs recommend a good routine?Bodyfat is getting low enough, needed to hit them more consistently than I do now.

The only ab exercises I do are: Ab wheel, Weighted leg raises. Rest is from deadlifts, squats, knees up when benching, etc.. and my core looks very good.

Post 58 on previous page to see my pic.

[BBqChicken1]

guys i have a big problem


i bulked up all the way from 120lbs to 181lbs, then cut to 162lbs and lost 3 inches of my waist and barely looked any different, i know some of it was water weight but I just felt like a skinny ******* and bulked up for the past week, now I'm sitting at 168lbs and around 15% bf(same as when I was 120lbs last year in january) and I am doing fine with eating but I have a hard time with my thoughts, I feel like I am getting skinny and am too small.

One of the main reasons I want to cut is terrible gyno(legit gyno since 12 + chest fat and ****) and some acne which I hope would get better as I cut (anyone improved it when cut?).

I can't get past thinking how small I'm getting, and even though I was getting stronger on my cut I felt like getting smaller every day.

[Scarbarrow]

how's everyone doing?

just a tip I noticed that REALLY helped me, everyone says to consume fruits pre/post workout. I find that if you eat them 20 minutes pre-workout(assuming you eat them on an empty stomach), the fructose will digest really quick and you get a nice burst of energy from the simple carbs. it really helps me when I'm going low carb and have no energy to work out.


here's my 3 weeks progress

The last pic has really good lighting and I'm flexing my abs but whatever I'm on my way :P

Cutting from 160 to whatever it takes to get lean lol in the last pic I'm 150lbs

how tall are you?

[Dexter3000]

400 grams of mixed veggies (100cals) + 30g cheese (100cals) and some ketchup is an awesome, tasty, nutritious low calorie filling plate of food. Just sayin'.

Keep shredding brOscars!

[Buzz_Lightyear]

wow, so youre trying to tell me that if i drink a bottle of artificial sweetener a day and dont eat anything my body is gonna secrete insuline like crazy and eat up all my muscle and not a single gram of fat because thats impossible while insuline is present in your blood?

lol

lol

just lol

No. But there is a positive correlation between artificial sweeteners and weight gain. Here's a published peer reviewed study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/

[AppleCat]

400 grams of mixed veggies (100cals) + 30g cheese (100cals) and some ketchup is an awesome, tasty, nutritious low calorie filling plate of food. Just sayin'.

Keep shredding brOscars!

Veggies and ketchup? (no fries)




I could do veggies with cheese, or cheese with ketchup (burgers...not sure how people do it with grilled cheese/mac and cheese), but the idea of them all three together seems off. Glad you found something you enjoy though. Definitely can understand how that would be filling lulz

[Jizzmo]

400 grams of mixed veggies (100cals) + 30g cheese (100cals) and some ketchup is an awesome, tasty, nutritious low calorie filling plate of food. Just sayin'.

Keep shredding brOscars!

this! mixed veggies are the best thing while cutting...
i eat 500g of veggies, 3 slices low fat cheese and asia sauce nearly every day... less than 400 calories, 20g protein and delicious/filling as hell!

[Buzz_Lightyear]

No. But there is a positive correlation between artificial sweeteners and weight gain. Here's a published peer reviewed study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/

To add... when insulin is present, since it is anabolic (aka brings things together) lipolysis. glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and any other "bond-breaking" reactions (with regard to food metabolism, at least) are impossible, according to current research... at least with what I have been taught and learned up until now. [gluconeogenesis is a synthesis of glucose from amino acids, but I was just using it as an example of what is not possible when insulin is present...)

This is why diets like the ketogenic diet can be so effective.

[otterakl]

For you IF brahs: are you calorie/macro cycling between your rest and workout days or simply keeping a 500 kcal deficit everyday?

[MrOJ]

Consumed 400g of carbs today, got another 100g to go! Hit chest and tris and veins were popping up everywhere!

Can't wait for back and bis tomorrow while my muscles are full and not depleted

Stay shredded.

[BBqChicken1]

There's no pics for motivation, are you guys nuts, where's the motivation?!

[Dexter3000]

No. But there is a positive correlation between artificial sweeteners and weight gain. Here's a published peer reviewed study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/

That's the problem with correlation, brethren.

People that use a lot of artificial sweeteners > drink/eat lot of crap > lead crappy lifestyle > are generally heavier.

There you go.

Veggies and ketchup? (no fries)




I could do veggies with cheese, or cheese with ketchup (burgers...not sure how people do it with grilled cheese/mac and cheese), but the idea of them all three together seems off. Glad you found something you enjoy though. Definitely can understand how that would be filling lulz

Not sure if serious.. !?

this! mixed veggies are the best thing while cutting...
i eat 500g of veggies, 3 slices low fat cheese and asia sauce nearly every day... less than 400 calories, 20g protein and delicious/filling as hell!

You mad I eat 1kg (2.2lbs) veggies a day?

[Buzz_Lightyear]

That's the problem with correlation, brethren.

People that use a lot of artificial sweeteners > drink/eat lot of crap > lead crappy lifestyle > are generally heavier.

There you go.




Not sure if serious.. !?



You mad I eat 1kg (2.2lbs) veggies a day?

True, correleation =/= causation, but keep in mind majority of these studies are done on your average person, who is not health conscious. It would be a whole different ball game if you took a group of athletes who lifted weights on a regular basis, dieted them down using garbage foods and IIFYM with zero regard to health and a separate group who was dieted on only clean, whole foods.

Unfortunately that's all we've got, as far as I know.

[influence]

do you have a quick/effective way to cook lentils? cause it seems like they take forever to cook...

Simmer them gently, don't do a hard boil or else the lentils will split and that's no good. Start earlier on the cooking

[mm55]

For you IF brahs: are you calorie/macro cycling between your rest and workout days or simply keeping a 500 kcal deficit everyday?

macro/calorie cycling. I posted a link to an IF calc above, I'm using that.

[Jizzmo]

No. But there is a positive correlation between artificial sweeteners and weight gain. Here's a published peer reviewed study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/

excerpt:
"When matched for initial body mass index (BMI), gender, ethnicity, and diet, drinkers of artificially sweetened beverages consistently had higher BMIs at the follow-up, with dose dependence on the amount of consumption."
this means that people who drink diet soda have higher BMIs than non-diet-soda-drinkers.
but there are several possibilites to explain this.

-there is no actual correlation between weight GAIN and diet soda, just BMI (WEIGHT) and diet soda
by the way, BMI doesnt mean sh*t. according to BMI most jacked people here are considered overweight or obese (my BMI is 26, according to that im overweight)

additionally most people drinking diet soda are probably somehow involved in physical activities or fitness, because drinking diet soda indicates that you care about your physical appearance. or theyre simply fat people trying to lose weight, which could also be an explanation, because those people are mostly the "one maxi menu with diet coke"-fatties who are obese and drink diet soda to make up for their junk food "diets" (these guys: "Conversely, knowingly ingesting aspartame was associated with increased overall energy intake, suggesting overcompensation for the expected caloric reduction [30]")

cliffs:
there is no link between FAT gain and artificial sweeteners, just BMI and - at best - weight gain (2 to 7% more diet soda drinkers gained weight compared to non diet soda drinkers, this doesnt mean sh*t - additionally the difference was less than 2 pounds)

diet soda does NOT hinder weight loss:
"A double blind study subjected 55 overweight youth to 13 weeks of a 1,000 Kcal diet accompanied by daily capsules of aspartame or lactose placebo. Both groups lost weight, and the difference was not significant. Weight loss was attributed to caloric restriction [27]"