May 1st Aug 1st Transformation motivation thread

[chudude]

looks like you and I are ina similar place in terms out weight. Don't know about you but I'm pushing for single digit bf and it seems such along way off. My progress is so slow compared to before (when I had much more to lose, of course)

Yeah same, progress has pretty much stopped entirely. I've been bouncing 160-165 lbs for 10 weeks now. I'd like to hit 10% BF and have abs show, not just shape of abs, but I feel like I haven't had as much motivation in the recent weeks.

What's your calorie intake at?

[limepickle]

Yeah same, progress has pretty much stopped entirely. I've been bouncing 160-165 lbs for 10 weeks now. I'd like to hit 10% BF and have abs show, not just shape of abs, but I feel like I haven't had as much motivation in the recent weeks.

What's your calorie intake at?

Just moved to 2000 from 2200. Maint. is 2800-3000 but booze binging at the weekend is killing/slowing progress. Think I'm going to stop drinking for a few weeks.

Where's your bf now? Mine is 17-19% on my scales depending on time of day etc

[Javid_Shanghai]

yesterday ive been doing giant sets, 4 exercises back to back with no rest, but with lighter weight what i usually lift. Guy next to me just looked at me and said, the hell is this, chick's weight? yeah, he was bigger and stronger than me, but.. i couldnt explain what im doing.. lol.. ive learned to keep my ego out of the gym )
btw, anyone drink green tea? how many times a day? when? what kind of?

[jehutyzone123]

this sums up my weekend. i had to do 10 miles on the treadmill between yesterday and today in order to see any movement on the scale.


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I was shocked I came in under 172 this morning since I mowed of s'more's Sat.
However sunday I spent the better part of the day outside doing manual labor & chugging water while eating at maint. so that probably had something to do with it.

So instead of running.... This hot yoga place has 5 sessions for 5 bucks. Went in room.. I AM THE ONLY GUY THERE. At that point it was $5 well spent. lol The added bonus is the 105 degree room will help get rid of that water weight

[limepickle]

yesterday ive been doing giant sets, 4 exercises back to back with no rest, but with lighter weight what i usually lift. Guy next to me just looked at me and said, the hell is this, chick's weight? yeah, he was bigger and stronger than me, but.. i couldnt explain what im doing.. lol.. ive learned to keep my ego out of the gym )
btw, anyone drink green tea? how many times a day? when? what kind of?

I used to move the weights back up to something I thought respectable after I used a machine so the person after me would think I was lifting more than I was. So sad

[Javid_Shanghai]

I used to move the weights back up to something I thought respectable after I used a machine so the person after me would think I was lifting more than I was. So sad

lol. I used to be like u when just started to lift weights) phuck yeah)

[mom2e3]

Hello, all! I'm not sure what tomorrow will bring.

Some post workout weights:
129 last Wednesday and Thursday
131 yesterday and today

My waking weight today:
133

You crazy, girl! I will admit, I weigh am upon arising and pm right before I go to bed. I do like seeing the difference that happens during sleep.

YES! Order your ab crunch chair today and flush your belly fat away. Alcohol not included.

hah!

So instead of running.... This hot yoga place has 5 sessions for 5 bucks. Went in room.. I AM THE ONLY GUY THERE. At that point it was $5 well spent. lol The added bonus is the 105 degree room will help get rid of that water weight

Work it, baby!

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Outrigger canoe on Monday. We didn't go far, but stayed out long. The ocean was gorgeous. Super calm, no wind--like a huge swimming pool. We jumped into the deep blue and it was so entirely refreshing. The weather could not be more gorgeous. I've still not lifted. My cold/laryngitis is getting better. Dealing with some family issues in the process. I am down 0.5 to 133.5, so yay for a low. Gotta keep in the game to meet the goals!

[houstonrice]

caprica...

why is your weight yo-yoing?

[random_guy]

Wth, I've been posting up a 5 lbs loss in 2 weeks, and I'm still listed at 275(I'm 270).

[NitrogenWidget]

I had my day all planned out and then.... some people at work ordered all sorts of BBQ.... tri-tip, ribs, brisket, plus potato salad, beans, cole slaw. dang. I have a hard time resisting FREE food. This was after I ate my PWO meal. I wish I knew before and it wouldn't have been a big deal. Also, I got really thirsty for some beer too and had to have a few. At least the weigh in was today. LOL.

Free food & beer?
I like where you work.

[NitrogenWidget]

Calculated a little over 2 cals yesterday so about maint. didn't workout or anything.
woke up 172 even.

Figured i'd be around 175 or something after that many carbs.

I'll get the spreadsheet updated tonight.

[thjones3]

I hear you guys on the beer and free food! I've cut down on my beer consumption ALOT. I was drinking around 2500 cals per week in beer alone. Now I'm down to 5-6 beers on the weekend. My boss brought in a bunch of chickfila minis and cinnabuns earlier this week for breakfast. It was SO hard to resist, but I did it! Currently eating 1900 cals/day, 190g protien, 55g fat, the rest carbs.

Today was a struggle for me at the gym. I just couldn't get motivated and my Prewo didn't seem to do squat. I forced myself thru all the exercises and ended up with a decent workout, but I think I will take tomorrow off to recover. I started back supplementing with ZMA (as recommended by Ryan of 2020wellness), which is def working because I was having some crazy dreams last night...lol.

[chudude]

Just moved to 2000 from 2200. Maint. is 2800-3000 but booze binging at the weekend is killing/slowing progress. Think I'm going to stop drinking for a few weeks.

Where's your bf now? Mine is 17-19% on my scales depending on time of day etc

Feel ya, past weekend was a lotta drinking for me as well. Tried to fit it in the numbers but it was tough.

Oh yeah? I actually place BF around 11-12%, still look like my pic. If you look like your prof pic shouldn't you be around lower BF%?

[limepickle]

Today was a struggle for me at the gym. I just couldn't get motivated and my Prewo didn't seem to do squat. I forced myself thru all the exercises and ended up with a decent workout, but I think I will take tomorrow off to recover. I started back supplementing with ZMA (as recommended by Ryan of 2020wellness), which is def working because I was having some crazy dreams last night...lol.

Had a killer workout today and hit my macros almost poifectly (F65, C179, P180, Cals 1900). Pretty pleased with myself - so I uploaded a progress shot a week early

If you look like your prof pic shouldn't you be around lower BF%?

Profile pic is about a week ago but scales say 18%. I know they're not super accurate but seems about right. I can grab handfuls of fat around my stomach still ...

I'm actually quite excited about hitting 160. Last time I was that light I was 16! I got from 210 to 161 when I was about 23/24 (but less muscle mass) and gradually put it all back on after getting married and having kids - I got sloppy.

[bigpercountry]

Thanks to those who responded to my last post. Yeah it was a carb heavy weekend...

[dawkplex]

Guy next to me just looked at me and said, the hell is this, chick's weight? yeah, he was bigger and stronger than me, but.. i couldnt explain what im doing.. lol.. ive learned to keep my ego out of the gym
btw, anyone drink green tea? how many times a day? when? what kind of?

just use that as motivation for your next lift, or whenever you're tired as hell. i drink lipton diet citrus green tea, its not as effective as extract or non-diet, but with 0 cals, i'll take it.

Thanks man its been a long journey but easily the best decision of my life. My goals where to be as strong as humanly possible at 10% bodyfat, therefore I lift heavy weight (80% and up of my 1rm) and I shot for high volume. All the routines I construct are based on progressive overload, with and emphasis on the big three lifts.

As far as diet goes, at the beginning it was mostly Spaghettios and pb& j with milk. Calories in vs out. Once I hit about 18-17%bf I started struggling with the diet, I hadbeen cutting for so long I just needed a break but I'm stubborn and kept tying to diet. Some days I would be in a deficit then some days I would be over maintenance. Basically I was unintentionally calorie cycling but I kept lifting to get stronger and the result was added lbm and a reduced bf% at the same weight. I have been keeping carbs at 100 grams a day and protein around 180-200. I ran a 1500 deficit the first 60lbs then 1000 for the last 10 coupled with IF. I can't really think of anything else I hope I answered your question.

Sounds good man. I'm been yo-yo'ing between 210 and 220 for a while, mainly because of diet. I've got that in check now, but I havent been able to lift the last month because of a shoulder impingement. Hoping to start back up next week to increase cals out. Whats your goal now? Are you gonna keep cutting or clean bulk?

[TelusLob]

Had a decent back workout today. I admit, I was tired. I skipped chin ups and all bicep work. I did do t-bar rows, seated rows, deadlifts, lat pull downs, 1 arm db rows, though. Probably just going to stick with Sunday being bicep day since they need a lot of work.

[stewart262]

who here makes room in there diet for a DQ blizzard once a week. I'm always crave those things haha. Sugar free jello does an ok job of diverting my craving for it though

[Brodaddy]

Lost 2.5 lbs since last weigh in on friday . 275.4 lbs atm (280 starting), and 2 more days to go.
Decided to have a treatment, small 1 scoop ice cream from baskin robbins. Still within my calorie goals so its all good.

[scatterzoom]

Free food & beer?
I like where you work.

Brewery...
and too much free beer.

[Obrero]

Weighted today and the scale showed 205... It was 207.5 on Monday, anyone knows why this happened? The two times I had already emptied my intestines XD

[limepickle]

who here makes room in there diet for a DQ blizzard once a week. I'm always crave those things haha. Sugar free jello does an ok job of diverting my craving for it though

Had to google DQ Blizzard! I'm quite lucky that I don't have much of a sweet tooth. Noodles, pasta, bread - these are the things I'm missing the most as they used to make up 60+% of my diet and now they're probably less than 10%. I'd say the one thing I miss the most is pizza, which I used to eat once a week and now I eat one every couple of months.

I drink wine and beer over the weekend as my 'cheats' so there's really no room for cheating on food - and at the moment I think I prefer to get a bit buzzed rather than indulge in a nice cheesy pizza.

How many cals in one of those Blizzard bad boys?

[bigollie2006]

Sounds good man. I'm been yo-yo'ing between 210 and 220 for a while, mainly because of diet. I've got that in check now, but I havent been able to lift the last month because of a shoulder impingement. Hoping to start back up next week to increase cals out. Whats your goal now? Are you gonna keep cutting or clean bulk?

I haven't been able to lift the past few weeks because I no longer have a gym membership so I'm switching up to some weighted vest playground workout but I will never stop cutting until I reach my original 10% goal then I will slowly get swole as sh_it

[MatTheCur]

who here makes room in there diet for a DQ blizzard once a week. I'm always crave those things haha. Sugar free jello does an ok job of diverting my craving for it though

Killed me last week.

Only cake I've ever wanted/will ever want, for my birthday, is a DQ Ice cream/Blizzard cake.

Aw yeah.

[bigollie2006]

Killed me last week.

Only cake I've ever wanted/will ever want, for my birthday, is a DQ Ice cream/Blizzard cake.

Aw yeah.

A few months back the blizzard of the month was a nutter butter blizzard and it single handedly destroyed my diet the whole month... Staying away from dq

[TelusLob]

Macros in for the day: 2,559 285 53 216(Cals, carbs, fats, pro).

[NitrogenWidget]

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Missing some people from last week.
hope their just busy or forgot.

[Flood5150]

Confused,
Aren't the weigh ins on Fridays???

[MatTheCur]

Confused,
Aren't the weigh ins on Fridays???

First of the month was a Tuesday... So the weigh-ins are on Tuesdays.

[bigollie2006]

I was reading this thread and starting feeling like a turd so I just went for a 30 minute run before bed. Time to really turn it on guys its gonna be the 1 month mark at the next weigh in and those of you who have been slacking need to get you mind as well as your body in this thing and really kick ass. Tomorrow I'm going to donate plasma so I can get a guest Pass at the gym, how bad do you guys want this right now?