May 1st Aug 1st Transformation motivation thread

[steffy456]

Brewery...
and too much free beer.

I work at a bar... I hear ya :/

Last week I celebrated 4 bdays and gained a lovely 8lbs of "water" from it. So today I'm finally back at 152 where I started which still sucks but oh well. Tomorrow I'm going to a baseball game with $2 beers... I'm going to try my best to be good...

[houstonrice]

I work at a bar... I hear ya :/

Last week I celebrated 4 bdays and gained a lovely 8lbs of "water" from it. So today I'm finally back at 152 where I started which still sucks but oh well. Tomorrow I'm going to a baseball game with $2 beers... I'm going to try my best to be good...

Apart from the fat and the high.....any long term studies that you are aware of ?

[Thewix]

First day of intermediate fasting today, feeling fine, only 45 minutes until my feeding window starts, woo hoo!

PS 5 lbs down from start, woop!

[NitrogenWidget]

171 even!

No parties this weekend & lots of work to do outside.
I'm thinking 169's come next weigh in.
I really wanted 165 my memorial day weekend but I took too long settling into my cut & figuring out my cals.
Maybe 166's by month end if I can actually manage to circuit train my body twice a week or get regular dog walks in.

[thjones3]

This weekend is going to be interesting. I've got 3 birthday parties on saturday alone.

[branden73]

Well I am beginning to realize my goal of 185 by August 1 is a bit ....well impossible. I am really struggling with diet. I don't have a problem getting in the workouts but being hungry all the time leads to binges. The IF diet just doesn't work with my graveyard work schedule. I change eating and sleeping times during my weekends and it makes dieting that much more of a challenge for me. I have been reading up on the keto diet. Seems a little more suited to my eating and sleeping habits. Any thoughts anyone?

[JaxLifter]

229 this am. Down 1lb from yesterday. I consumed a large quantity of protein yesterday via a double-meat subway subfor 80g, a 45g shake, .75lb of chicken breast for 81g and another 52g shake for a nice total of 252g! LOL! Also had 2 scoops of Xtend amino acids in the AM. DOMS down significantly from yesterday (go figure! fed my muscles!). Looking forward to my lunch (.75lb chicken left-overs from last night) but dinner may be a bit sloppy. I'm also hitting a baseball game with $2 beers so we'll see how that goes. Might get rained on. Looking forward to a nice light lift tomorrow morning. I'll up the intensity to compensate for the lower weight and try to get in a few minutes of cardio after my lifting session. Cheers!

[limepickle]

Well I am beginning to realize my goal of 185 by August 1 is a bit ....well impossible. I am really struggling with diet. I don't have a problem getting in the workouts but being hungry all the time leads to binges. The IF diet just doesn't work with my graveyard work schedule. I change eating and sleeping times during my weekends and it makes dieting that much more of a challenge for me. I have been reading up on the keto diet. Seems a little more suited to my eating and sleeping habits. Any thoughts anyone?

Can you not cardio off the extra cals?

Edit: for a long time I was kinda doing IF by accident (had never heard of it before joining here). I'd skip breakfast and lunch but drink crazy amounts of coffee and coke zero which worked as a pretty good appetite suppressant. Keto definitely sounds more manageable to me

[branden73]

Can you not cardio off the extra cals?

Edit: for a long time I was kinda doing IF by accident (had never heard of it before joining here). I'd skip breakfast and lunch but drink crazy amounts of coffee and coke zero which worked as a pretty good appetite suppressant. Keto definitely sounds more manageable to me

There is no way I can cardio off the "extra" cals I have been eating.... If I was on a regular schedule like the rest of the world then the fasting diet would be perfect for me. But being that my sleeping and eating times vary so much its hard to commit. I hate jumping from diet to diet but I may just give the keto plan a try. I mean c'mon, bacon in a meal-plan? Count me in!

[Shane502]

Well I am beginning to realize my goal of 185 by August 1 is a bit ....well impossible. I am really struggling with diet. I don't have a problem getting in the workouts but being hungry all the time leads to binges. The IF diet just doesn't work with my graveyard work schedule. I change eating and sleeping times during my weekends and it makes dieting that much more of a challenge for me. I have been reading up on the keto diet. Seems a little more suited to my eating and sleeping habits. Any thoughts anyone?

You might have already posted it earlier in the thread, but what is your current diet? Calories and Macros?

I assume you understand meal timing is irrelevant as long as you meet your calories/macros daily.

What are you currently eating? Possibly try to eat some filling foods to help curb your hunger?

I personally am never hungry in the morning and I wake up around 630am. I eat when I feel hungry, which varies between 11am to 5pm, depending on how I feel. I just make sure I meet my macros and I am fine.

[branden73]

Yea I think maybe I need to up my calorie intake. I have been hanging around 1800 thinking of going up to 2000-2100. I use Livestrong My Plate to keep track of calories. At least I try to. Its hard to do it everyday. But I do have a good idea of what going on and portion size.

[Shane502]

Yea I think maybe I need to up my calorie intake. I have been hanging around 1800 thinking of going up to 2000-2100. I use Livestrong My Plate to keep track of calories. At least I try to. Its hard to do it everyday. But I do have a good idea of what going on and portion size.

I think you should take another look at some of the stickies in the nutrition and losing fat section and recalculate your calories/macros. Keep in mind you may need to adjust after a few weeks.

Keep the motivation!

[MatTheCur]

There is no way I can cardio off the "extra" cals I have been eating.... If I was on a regular schedule like the rest of the world then the fasting diet would be perfect for me. But being that my sleeping and eating times vary so much its hard to commit. I hate jumping from diet to diet but I may just give the keto plan a try. I mean c'mon, bacon in a meal-plan? Count me in!

Or just clean up what you eat, and prep meals for the week. Not too much harder than that!

[WittleBigGuy]

Well I am beginning to realize my goal of 185 by August 1 is a bit ....well impossible. I am really struggling with diet. I don't have a problem getting in the workouts but being hungry all the time leads to binges. The IF diet just doesn't work with my graveyard work schedule. I change eating and sleeping times during my weekends and it makes dieting that much more of a challenge for me. I have been reading up on the keto diet. Seems a little more suited to my eating and sleeping habits. Any thoughts anyone?

Do it. Ive lost 20 lbs since april 1 on keto. I don't even lift. I referee lacrosse every day and call that the workout.

[realdeal23]

ive been eating clean and last night i had the most RIDICULOUS urge to hit up Burger king......muscled through that ****...sacked up...went to my fridge popped open some strawberries and a couple thin slices of oven baked turkey breast and some sleeping pills and fought it off.

Gettin there' ..been going hard this week cant wait to see what scale says sunday.

[thjones3]

Yea I think maybe I need to up my calorie intake. I have been hanging around 1800 thinking of going up to 2000-2100. I use Livestrong My Plate to keep track of calories. At least I try to. Its hard to do it everyday. But I do have a good idea of what going on and portion size.

You and I seem to be pretty close in size. I've been doing 1900 per day, but I'm only down about 1.5 lbs from the start. I am beginning to wonder if I shouldn't drop another 100-200 calories. I do try to eat at or below maintenance (~2400 I think) on the weekends.

[jehutyzone123]

Had my second session of hot yoga today lol. STILL the only guy in there, was digging it hahahahaha

[MatTheCur]

Had my second session of hot yoga today lol. STILL the only guy in there, was digging it hahahahaha

How're you finding it?

[limepickle]

There is no way I can cardio off the "extra" cals I have been eating.... If I was on a regular schedule like the rest of the world then the fasting diet would be perfect for me. But being that my sleeping and eating times vary so much its hard to commit. I hate jumping from diet to diet but I may just give the keto plan a try. I mean c'mon, bacon in a meal-plan? Count me in!

I know what you mean. I've always been drawn to the Atkins style diet because it seems you can eat an awful lot of food that I really like - cheese, fatty meat, etc etc. but I've never gone ahead with it because I can't get my brain around the idea of eating lots of food that I've always been conditioned to believe is unhealthy. Let me know how you get on with it

[scatterzoom]

Apart from the fat and the high.....any long term studies that you are aware of ?

Alcohol has no fat.

Here is a good read:
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...e_to_alcohol_1

[scatterzoom]

Had my second session of hot yoga today lol. STILL the only guy in there, was digging it hahahahaha

I really want to try it. I like sitting in a sauna. And i like doing yoga. And I like being surrounded by woman. Lol.

[limepickle]

Another good food day yesterday. 2000 cals on the nose (F65, C183, P181). 30 mins skipping was a bit of a chore - I felt tired and my arms were sore from lifting the day before. But, knowing that I'm out for Italian food tonight I also dragged myself up this morning for a 5k run - and after the run (before taking on fluids) I weighed in at 163 and 17.5% bf. Now, I realise it's just water weightloss and my bf always reads lowest after training (I think it's to do with body temp) but hitting these new lows (elbeit temporarily) is something of a psychological boost for me. Lifting tonight before the resto.

Need to keep drinking in check - max half a bottle of wine and three beers (yeah right)!

[limepickle]

I really want to try it. I like sitting in a sauna. And i like doing yoga. And I like being surrounded by woman. Lol.

@jehutyzone123 doesn't it really smell?

[chudude]

Ugh, past two days have been badly adjusting to new living situation. Guy who's letting me stay at his place for the next few has the biggest cheese stash and it's been so awful trying to fight the craving.

Still perusing 162-163 lbs. Looks like this cut will take longer than I thought.

[stingray72]

all this talk about drinking made me thirsty for wine coolers so i got me a 4 pack of seagrams peach fuzzy navel.

[branden73]

all this talk about drinking made me thirsty for wine coolers so i got me a 4 pack of seagrams peach fuzzy navel.

you need to hand over your "Man" card! haha

[stingray72]

you need to hand over your "Man" card! haha

Sorry i generally find im not a beer man haha. except maybe a coors light or a corona with lime.

[scatterzoom]

Ugh, past two days have been badly adjusting to new living situation. Guy who's letting me stay at his place for the next few has the biggest cheese stash and it's been so awful trying to fight the craving.

Still perusing 162-163 lbs. Looks like this cut will take longer than I thought.

Me too. I'm struggling to get to 160. Keep straying off my cut. Last night I had a lot of pizza and tonight I had sushi, beers and a lot of pop corn seeing the Avengers. Great movie! Actually, best I've seen in a long time. 2 thumbs up in my book.

[scatterzoom]

I work at a bar... I hear ya :/

Last week I celebrated 4 bdays and gained a lovely 8lbs of "water" from it. So today I'm finally back at 152 where I started which still sucks but oh well. Tomorrow I'm going to a baseball game with $2 beers... I'm going to try my best to be good...

It's tough while cutting... too easy to drink away your deficit. I'm better off not drinking at all...

Not. I have cases of beer waiting to be consumed. Lol.

[thjones3]

Pretty well jacked-up my nutrition yesterday. Drank 5 beers while hanging out with some friends and watching hockey. Ended up at 2800 cal, 230C, 111F, and 137P. Funny thing is, today I'm really motivated to hit my numbers! I don't know if it's guilt or just that I needed the mental break, but I'm back for today at least!