THREE month cut: Sept 1st - Dec 1st! Who's with me?

[SteveFromNY]

As long as the scale is moving in the right direction, it's always rewarding



Good news! any reason in particular why you stopped? Injury or?

thanks! I've completely stopped lifting due to work. I was working 13 hour days, back in school, and had a few side projects so I had no time. But I'm juggling a few things now so lifting is definitely a priority.

[CincoSeisDos]

Started @ 206.5 (NOT 204)

Weighed in today after chest/arms and 45 at 15-20 on the stationary bike. 203.5 lbs is where 562 is at on 9/10


September 2: 206.5
September 10: 203.5


Feltgreatbrahs

[DRtrainer]

faauuurkkk just ate a half jar of creamy peanut butter, decided to throw it away before i finish the whole jar. feelsbadman

[SteveFromNY]

faauuurkkk just ate a half jar of creamy peanut butter, decided to throw it away before i finish the whole jar. feelsbadman

lol, just work harder at the gym! I'm so glad I hate peanut butter, but I'll eat 10 PB&Js easily!

[AntonioP88]

Joined in Yday

Weighing in @ 257

30 % BF

Wish me luck!

[DRtrainer]

lol, just work harder at the gym! I'm so glad I hate peanut butter, but I'll eat 10 PB&Js easily!

Yeah hopefuly gonna work it out..either eat very little the next day or have a big workout, will never buy me peanut butter again.

[joeturner]

so how many cal are my fellow brah's cutt'n on?

me? I'm shooting for 1800 per day, lifting 60min 5 days a week, desk job, 6ft tall 210lb %17 BF

but, am not lossing
my drop to a strick 1500 w/ more broccoli and oats in there.

might also do away with my method for mesuring "sugar free" drinks/and sugar substitues.

here is what I do.

I use my fill of spenda/coke zero/coffee/tea/mustard/ketcup (sugar free) soy sauce

basically 5 cal and under stuff.

what I do at the end of each day, is add 100cal to myfitnesspal and use that for all my sugar free substitutes

make counting SOOOO Much easier, and i dont have to sweat "omg did i ahve 10 splenda packets or 15 today..."

but, I havn't been loosing, infact gaining. I personally have very low T count and a screwed up metabolism, but even then. I should not GAIN on 1800 per day...lol...

so. idk, maybe my weighing and math is fuked up. thats why i love oats and broccoli, easy to weigh and count. i hate red meat. so much variables in the fat %

[casumak]

Had a great workout today and the diet was spot on, but I'm finding that there is always a reason to go out and drink on the weekends with my group of friends. Had a birthday last weekend, and another one this weekend, then a stag a wedding the weekend after that. I find it easy to follow the diet during the week but there are a lot of temptation on the weekend. I Just need to reminded myself that I want the ripped body over that burger or beers.

[DatLurker]

I'm totally in!
Last year in June I started to drop weight. Lost around 71 lbs and have been hovering around 160-170 since February.
I need to cut another 25-30 lbs before I stop looking fat, I basically look like the OP's starting pic.

No excuses this time,

Starting:
Sept 10th - 168lbs roughly 24% BF

[tman196]

BodPod test Wednesday! Stoked!

[joeturner]

BodPod test Wednesday! Stoked!

where are you getting it done?

[tman196]

It's a place called VitelaHealth.

[CincoSeisDos]

so how many cal are my fellow brah's cutt'n on?

me? I'm shooting for 1800 per day, lifting 60min 5 days a week, desk job, 6ft tall 210lb %17 BF

but, am not lossing
my drop to a strick 1500 w/ more broccoli and oats in there.

I'm 5'10 203.5 and do 1400 or less a day.

I work retail, I go to the gym for about an hour+ 5x a week.

[tman196]

I'm 5'10 203.5 and do 1400 or less a day.

I work retail, I go to the gym for about an hour+ 5x a week.

1400 is really really low. You're likely losing muscle mate.

[Rmemo182]

In 10 days late. Going by 31 cal per fat method. Gl to all


5'7 195.4 lb 22% body fat according to measurements(I think it may be higher) just want to loose big belly. Then cut after it's gone.

[houstonrice]

awesome- let's kick ass. Key is to make it as easy as possible from the get-go - so planning is critical!

Here we go folks. I am 104 kg (230 lbs) today.

Lets get this cut done with folks.
!!!

[middylep]

No scale change at all. But srs mirror changes.

EDIT: expecting to see a water weight woosh very soon.

[BHfeva]

Alright guys im in! Started at 6 September weight : 228 Pounds

Weighing next at 13 September!

Working out, eating right, feeling better than ever although i'm a fatty!

[GetShred]

so how many cal are my fellow brah's cutt'n on?

me? I'm shooting for 1800 per day, lifting 60min 5 days a week, desk job, 6ft tall 210lb %17 BF

but, am not lossing
my drop to a strick 1500 w/ more broccoli and oats in there.

might also do away with my method for mesuring "sugar free" drinks/and sugar substitues.

here is what I do.

I use my fill of spenda/coke zero/coffee/tea/mustard/ketcup (sugar free) soy sauce

basically 5 cal and under stuff.

what I do at the end of each day, is add 100cal to myfitnesspal and use that for all my sugar free substitutes

make counting SOOOO Much easier, and i dont have to sweat "omg did i ahve 10 splenda packets or 15 today..."

but, I havn't been loosing, infact gaining. I personally have very low T count and a screwed up metabolism, but even then. I should not GAIN on 1800 per day...lol...

so. idk, maybe my weighing and math is fuked up. thats why i love oats and broccoli, easy to weigh and count. i hate red meat. so much variables in the fat %

Hmm not sure, I am doing around 2100/2200 a day and working out and loosing 2lbs a week. How much grams % are coming from Fat/Carbs and Protein?

"I use my fill of spenda/coke zero/coffee/tea/mustard/ketcup (sugar free) soy sauce" - Maybe cut this stuff out? I decided to cut out fizzy drinks, ketchup etc, not sure if it will make a big difference, also coffee and tea, I just drink loads of water and have the odd green tea, you adding sugar to your drinks?

Not sure of the rules here on posting links to websites, but there is a search engine which you can enter what you have eaten and it will show you the whole nutritional information, calories, F/C/P etc even Cholesterol, I just made a quick spreadsheet, wrote down what I eat in a day then looked it all up, works it out pretty well, I checked off the stuff I ate and it pretty much matches whats on this site, PM me and Ill pass on the webby, or if its allowed I shall post here.

[GetShred]

Had a great workout today and the diet was spot on, but I'm finding that there is always a reason to go out and drink on the weekends with my group of friends. Had a birthday last weekend, and another one this weekend, then a stag a wedding the weekend after that. I find it easy to follow the diet during the week but there are a lot of temptation on the weekend. I Just need to reminded myself that I want the ripped body over that burger or beers.

Yeah have exactly the same problem, luckily I have been only drinking on Sat nights and am still loosing weight. Weekends are my rest days so not sure if I know I am going out, if I were to do a mad cardio workout, would it help or not make much difference as I wont be burning the carbs of the beer off? I just make sure that If I do drink, I dont eat junk food, and try pick up my diet etc the following day!!

[Winfamy]

so how many cal are my fellow brah's cutt'n on?

me? I'm shooting for 1800 per day, lifting 60min 5 days a week, desk job, 6ft tall 210lb %17 BF

but, am not lossing
my drop to a strick 1500 w/ more broccoli and oats in there.

might also do away with my method for mesuring "sugar free" drinks/and sugar substitues.

here is what I do.

I use my fill of spenda/coke zero/coffee/tea/mustard/ketcup (sugar free) soy sauce

I'm cutting on 2100kcal (~600kcal deficit), drinking about 500-600ml of coke zero and three mugs of coffee with splenda a day and been losing exactly what I'd planned. I don't add vegetables or any of the sugar free stuff to my plan at all since they're pretty much negligible in the grand scheme of things.

If you're not losing weight at 210lb and eating 1800kcal then you're probably just counting your calories wrong, even at zero activity you'd burn more than that just by being alive. Redo the math and weigh everything religiously and see if you get the same results.

[01lowbird]

Im cutting on 2000 cals a day, 6'3 250 . Just make sure u are counting ur cals correctly and keep at it. The weight WILL come off!

so how many cal are my fellow brah's cutt'n on?

me? I'm shooting for 1800 per day, lifting 60min 5 days a week, desk job, 6ft tall 210lb %17 BF

but, am not lossing
my drop to a strick 1500 w/ more broccoli and oats in there.

might also do away with my method for mesuring "sugar free" drinks/and sugar substitues.

here is what I do.

I use my fill of spenda/coke zero/coffee/tea/mustard/ketcup (sugar free) soy sauce

basically 5 cal and under stuff.

what I do at the end of each day, is add 100cal to myfitnesspal and use that for all my sugar free substitutes

make counting SOOOO Much easier, and i dont have to sweat "omg did i ahve 10 splenda packets or 15 today..."

but, I havn't been loosing, infact gaining. I personally have very low T count and a screwed up metabolism, but even then. I should not GAIN on 1800 per day...lol...

so. idk, maybe my weighing and math is fuked up. thats why i love oats and broccoli, easy to weigh and count. i hate red meat. so much variables in the fat %

[Geou]

I've been eating at maintenance for the last month basically. Now I'm ready to start the final phase of my cut - a month and a half stretch to try and hit 8% so I can begin a lean bulk. Good luck to you all.

[SteveFromNY]

No scale change at all. But srs mirror changes.

EDIT: expecting to see a water weight woosh very soon.

the mirror doesn't lie! some days I'll see a gain of 3-4lbs but I look more cut.

[pMbeast]

Yeah have exactly the same problem, luckily I have been only drinking on Sat nights and am still loosing weight. Weekends are my rest days so not sure if I know I am going out, if I were to do a mad cardio workout, would it help or not make much difference as I wont be burning the carbs of the beer off? I just make sure that If I do drink, I dont eat junk food, and try pick up my diet etc the following day!!

Doing extra cardio will definitely help with the extra calories you are consuming when you drink. Alternatively, you could just factor in your drinking calories into your macros and not have to exercise more. Of course when faced with the decision to either eat less or work out more, almost every case you should try to work out more instead. Only reason I can think to lower calories instead would be if you are short on time.

[Winfamy]

Doing extra cardio will definitely help with the extra calories you are consuming when you drink. Alternatively, you could just factor in your drinking calories into your macros and not have to exercise more. Of course when faced with the decision to either eat less or work out more, almost every case you should try to work out more instead. Only reason I can think to lower calories instead would be if you are short on time.

Too much cardio can negatively affect the ratio of muscle to fat lost, even if you stay at the same deficit. As a rule of thumb I'd just see it as a cheat day and move on if you go over a 200-300 surplus on said day.

[Pats1281]

I'm in. I'm on the last leg of my journey. So far I have gone from 325 to 209, and I'm aiming for 170lbs.

[pMbeast]

Too much cardio can negatively affect the ratio of muscle to fat lost, even if you stay at the same deficit. As a rule of thumb I'd just see it as a cheat day and move on if you go over a 200-300 surplus on said day.

Absolutely. Good point.

[AntonioP88]

Finishing day on 1500 kcals and 199g protein! NICE

[pMbeast]

Finishing day on 1500 kcals and 199g protein! NICE

I hope you're quoting someone and this is not what you are eating. At 257 lbs, you should be eating way more than this, even to lose weight. Let me know if this is what you're eating and I'll try to help.