Official Feb 1st to May 1st Transformation Motivation Thread

[scatterzoom]

I weighed in at 179.9 lbs. I'm 5'9" at 19.5 % BF - looking to hit 165lbs or 10%BF.

I've been on a cutting diet for a month now and have not lost any weight. I've calculated my BMR to be ~2300 cals/day and am only eating ~1800 cals + exercising. Am I not eating enough? Kind of discouraging.

[anthonyUTM]

Count me in 297 right now I've lost almost 20 pounds so far. Doing IF

[PhilosophyCas]

I weighed in at 179.9 lbs. I'm 5'9" at 19.5 % BF - looking to hit 165lbs or 10%BF.

I've been on a cutting diet for a month now and have not lost any weight. I've calculated my BMR to be ~2300 cals/day and am only eating ~1800 cals + exercising. Am I not eating enough? Kind of discouraging.

Don't be discouraged, especially if the 'weight' is not dropping. The body does not necessarily lose weight when calories are under maintenance as long as you are lifting. Generally speaking the weight should go down, however not by much as muscle is being gained and hence body recomposition is occurring. Don't worry just stick with it and the results will come, if you feel it is taking time then lower the calories by 100 each week until progress is made. Over the past year I have kept calories low and have lifted heavy/moderate cardio, my body has recomposed dramatically even though I have lost at the most 3kgs...so there is light at the end of the road. Never give up and keep training/eating right, together we will lean out.

[StrongMeat]

I weighed in at 179.9 lbs. I'm 5'9" at 19.5 % BF - looking to hit 165lbs or 10%BF.

I've been on a cutting diet for a month now and have not lost any weight. I've calculated my BMR to be ~2300 cals/day and am only eating ~1800 cals + exercising. Am I not eating enough? Kind of discouraging.

According to my calculator your maintenance is ~2000 I'd cut at 1500-1600

We're different ages but about the same specs, fwiw I eat two 750 cal meals a day and its working for the most part

-StrongMeat-

[S.Brar]

In on this, 289 lbs

[musclel2efl3x]

In my best Mr.Chow voice: " Oh its on motha f****as!" Brb eating my fat gainer

[robjanice]

In!

Take a look at my personal log >>> http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...#post824802351

Support much appreciated!

[moosejuice16]

Afternoon everyone. Hopefully nobody has fallen off the wagon yet!!!

Had about an hour looking through my progress photo's last night. Great for reminding yourself how far you've come but also how far there still is to go.

[Striation]

Feb 1st.
Intake 2740 Fat(g)111.54 Carbs(g)350.64 Prot(g)84.94
Burn 4157
Deficit 1417
Total Deficit since Jan. 18th 18925/3500=5.4 lbs

[ssedha]

I'm in on this. Just looked at this thread yesterday. Need all the motivation I can get...

[NitrogenWidget]

So let's see, eat about 2700 cals for a few days & I weigh 176.
drop down to this for a day.

cals 2,245
carbs 241
fats 62
prot 196

and I weight 173.5

LOL!
also calipered out at about 12.6% BF at the start of this. Not sure if I believe that measurement but i'm cool with rounding up to 13%

Working on the spreadsheet. Give me a day or two everyone there are a lot of you.

[MatTheCur]

So let's see, eat about 2700 cals for a few days & I weigh 176.
drop down to this for a day.

cals 2,245
carbs 241
fats 62
prot 196

and I weight 173.5

LOL!
also calipered out at about 12.6% BF at the start of this. Not sure if I believe that measurement but i'm cool with rounding up to 13%

Working on the spreadsheet. Give me a day or two everyone there are a lot of you.

I ate just about 2k calories yesterday. I was sitting at 1509cals until it was suggested I hit 2k. Thank god for Cadbury candy eggs being sold all year.

[Gilly28]

my favorite part about losing weight so far... nothing jiggling when I brush my teeth.. lol.

[moosejuice16]

my favorite part about losing weight so far... nothing jiggling when I brush my teeth.. lol.

So true. I completely forgot about the twice a day jiggle!!!!

[drkpassenger]

I'm in 236 lbs.

[TelusLob]

I slept last night for a good solid 8 hours. First time in weeks I think. Woke up today, 2 lbs lighter than yesterday. So that's 5.8 lb gain in 2 weeks.

[caprica6]

Ahahahahahahaaa! New Rule. Nitro is threatening to take pics of your username written on his body if you drop out next week.






Just kidding , but if you want I volunteer to hound you if you need me to. I might not have regular internet access between mid-Feb and mid-March, however. Check the spreadsheet in Nitro's sig - lots of people drop out early. It's no big deal if you're trying to lose fat and you gain 5 or 10 lbs (pls no) next week. The bigger deal is you giving up altogether./PSA

[jinda628]

First day on a deficit yesterday after 3 months on surplus.
I was so hungry last night

[wings_unhinged]

I'm not sure when the official weigh-in day is, but I started my new eating habits about three days ago.

After a ****ty dream where I had my pockets stuffed with candies, I woke up and weighed myself. I haven't even gone to the gym yet and my weight went from 238 to 231!! Never underestimate the power of making small changes.

[creepa200]

173.2 same as last weeks lowest. I steered away from my 1600 calories this whole week . Took 3 days off cause I was feeling ill and drained after like 4 weeks of no rest days. Either way I'll take at least being the same as last week since I had days I went up to 2500 and a few 2000 days. Going to try to stay around 1600 every day again this week and see if I still lose 2-3 pounds.

Also hoping that it's not the low calories taking a toll on me. Cause anything higher than 1600 and I just don't lose.

[NitrogenWidget]

Ahahahahahahaaa! New Rule. Nitro is threatening to take pics of your username written on his body if you drop out next week.

I don't even........

[JaxLifter]

Ok, this is a repost from a question I posted on the main Workout Programs board (no responses yet), but I am really looking for opinions from folks who have cut using the Gethin 12 Hardcore program along with the LeanGains IF eating protocol.

I'm looking for opinions, thoughts, heartburns, etc., concerning Kris Gethins 12 Week Hardcore training program and the implementation of the Intermittent Fasting (IF) eating protocol from LeanGains. Who's doing/done it? What was your experience? Any recommendations? Any gripes? What LeanGain protocol did you use? Thanks in advance for your input! I'm sure I'm not the only one considering implementing this regimen.

[chanty475]

im in !! Im at 154 and I started jan. 17th. at 156 so i lost 2 lbs. I want to get down to 140

[GregZee]

238.6 yesterday morning. Short term goal is 230 by the end of this month and to 200 by June. Thanks for the motivation.

[lgraham9]

Ahahahahahahaaa! New Rule. Nitro is threatening to take pics of your username written on his body if you drop out next week.

In on this.... or should I say... out

[MusclesGlasses]

In on feb second.. If thats allowed.

[NitrogenWidget]

In on this.... or should I say... out

[NitrogenWidget]

In on feb second.. If thats allowed.

I'll take anyone, anytime.

[jphillips33]

So after my bad case of the munchies yesterday (I had an orange), I felt much better all night and today. No bad carb cravings or anything. And it's kind of nice having a support group at work, no matter how silly that sounds.

I'm starting to look into supps now that I think I'm getting past the "this is hard, I want to stop" phase. I already have some good whey at home, from when I was lifting over the summer, so I'm thinking casein and a creatine product. Any thoughts on supps?

[ajm422]

Hey, everyone. Just wanted to point everyone to this thread: http://goo.gl/D6Bbs



I'm going to be making that tonight, which means it'll be ready tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes! I'm expecting great things. Also, I'm going with the candied bacon topping.