Sick & Shredded 4 Summer! - My Journey to 6%

[moshvr]

Legs, back, and calves looking crazy man!

[fittofattofit]

Day 41





Day 41 / Week 6 of the 20 Week Cut, nearly a third of the way there.

So far so good, strength is staying pretty well and consistent measurements are coming in on the hip and waist and looking at past records the lowest I was hip wise last year was 32.5" so that means I have only an inch to go on my hip before I'm getting more leanererer. That was at 172lb too and I know for a fact an inch of hip ain't 9lbs!

Switched out my big lamp today for a softer warmer light which I think gave better definition rather than washing me out like many have mentioned.

Had a load of calories last night as being feeling crazily ravenous lately so decided to just give my body what it wants..... FOOD!!

Thanks for watching.

30.25" waist! You've actually got a really narrow waist compared to your upper body width, so that taper, along with the great calves and hammies will give you a really aesthetic physique on stage. At 6% you're going to have to be close to a 28" waist (I'd be scared to measure my waist at the moment )
You've alos kept all of your mass. Looking good Danny --- great cutting

[lllDBOlll]

Legs, back, and calves looking crazy man!

Cheers mate!

30.25" waist! You've actually got a really narrow waist compared to your upper body width, so that taper, along with the great calves and hammies will give you a really aesthetic physique on stage. At 6% you're going to have to be close to a 28" waist (I'd be scared to measure my waist at the moment )
You've alos kept all of your mass. Looking good Danny --- great cutting

Yeah buddy! Yeah got back into my smaller work trousers now so that's a good sign! Although I had to sew the button back on this morning because on my bulk I bent down and well.... it popped off. I blame the dodgy sewing...

The smallest my waist has been was 29.5" so yeah, 28" is probably right and not far off.. well it is but it's not really... time flies. Typically I have been seeing a loss of around 0.25" a week with the hip dropping it's chub every now and then... I know when I am going to have a "whoosh" as PCARacer used to call them (if you remember him) as things get very loose and soft feeling around the fatty areas and then... whooooosh my waist / hip measurement will drop overnight.

Strength is up still and yeah I would say mass is keeping much better, I would put this down to having more carbs this cut. Last cut I was down to 100-150g a day, now I am having around 200-250g a day. And the first cut, was keto, no carbs, looked flat as f'uck and sh'it.

[lllDBOlll]

Day 47





Day 47 of the big ole, long cut. Today was a big stepping stone for me on a "mental" level as the scale now says 179.2lb this means I am into the notable change zone... lol.

Lighting today was f'ucking ridiculous, I tried to turn brightness and contrast up in Vegas but this was the best I could come up with. Not sure why, maybe needed to let lights warm up more first.

But this is what I got... also, didn't do a great deal of posing today. Just the relaxed poses, a rear lat spread and a front lat spread.

Until next week...

Thanks for watching!

[zma_21]

Looking great man. You've made solid progress over two months.

[fittofattofit]

I reckon your waist has really tightened up. 30" is narrow and the V taper is getting very marked!
The most outstanding thing is that the thickness in your hammies is really starting to become obvious. When the definition comes into the legs you're going to look deadly

[lllDBOlll]

Looking great man. You've made solid progress over two months.

Thanks man! Just getting started!

I reckon your waist has really tightened up. 30" is narrow and the V taper is getting very marked!
The most outstanding thing is that the thickness in your hammies is really starting to become obvious. When the definition comes into the legs you're going to look deadly

Yeah I don't really see that myself unless I am bent over looking back in the bedroom mirror... our lass thinks I'm checking for piles....

Cheers mate! :P

179lbs - Taken after Back / Pull Session

[fittofattofit]

Thanks man! Just getting started!



Yeah I don't really see that myself unless I am bent over looking back in the bedroom mirror... our lass thinks I'm checking for piles....

No ..... you check for piles with a vid on your iphone

179lbs - Taken after Back / Pull Session

Great pic Danny --- mirin' those delts and that lat width and I'm really jealous of that lower lat thickness and 'overhang'
Starting to see striations in those traps

[moshvr]

dem lats ... jeez ...

unsubbing

[lllDBOlll]

No ..... you check for piles with a vid on your iphone

Great pic Danny --- mirin' those delts and that lat width and I'm really jealous of that lower lat thickness and 'overhang'
Starting to see striations in those traps

LOL. Cheers mate.

dem lats ... jeez ...

unsubbing

Noooo!

Day 61 - Nearly half way there - BW = 178.4lb






So into Week 9 / Month 3 / Day 61... arrrrghhhh... it's my long ass cut... 9 Down, 11 to go, nearly half way there. On target with the weight loss but thinking may need to be less than 170lb for true shreddedededness. Oh well.

Anyway's I am now down at 178.4lb which is not bad considering this week has been a deload week. I have been to the gym 4 times this week, not really done much weights wise but did 30 mins of LISS every time I went. Didn't burn many calories according to the machine but that wasn't the plan anyway.

Experimented with dropping water this week. I drank heavily leading up to yesterday evening and after some more LISS, I had my last drink at 7pm and then 2 short cups of espresso afterwards. 15 hours later and I was feeling much "drier"... and weak as hell lol. Cramps all over the place. Just had some water now with some PES Alphamine, a fat burner I am going to run a featured review on for the remainder of the cut.

Anyways, looking forward to hitting the first session of Cycle 9 for Wendler 5/3/1 later today. It's bench day and I plan to bring it.

[moshvr]

More great stuff sir.

Can't wait to see the rest of the updates

[lllDBOlll]

More great stuff sir.

Can't wait to see the rest of the updates

Cheers bud. I have upped calories to maintenance since Saturday. I could feel it creeping up on me, even after the deload week I was feeling weak and tired as phuck. Struggling to wake in a morning, etc. Been having 2700kcal every day it's been great haha! Will drop back down to 2300kcal on Thursday I think, as can already feel way way stronger again.

[ABOMBZ]

Amazing progress so far and def motivational for me too. I have been on a cut for the last month+ and have seen almost 10lbs but clearly need to up my game with my weight training. I would love to develop lat width and thickness like yours. I never really lifted back too heavy until recently, and almost makes me wanna create my own picture tracking log for myself. Subbed and can't wait to see the final result.

[lllDBOlll]

Day 76 - Over half way there - BW = 178.6lb






Over half way there now. Day 76 of 140 days of cutting, Week 11 of 20 of my fat loss video journal.

For the past two weeks my weight hasn't changed, I spent one week eating at maintenance calories and then the next week kinda just kept eating more than I was supposed to! I ended up getting a bit fed up with myself but have since manned up.

This previous week I dropped my calories to 2100kcal a day and started slotting in 10-20 mins of fasted LISS cardio every day or so. So far so good, don't feel it has sapped my strength in any way which is one of the reasons I often shy away from doing cardio.

Although my weight hasn't really changed (in fact I am a little heavier today) my hip and waist measurements have both come in, so I have had a mini recomp! Bonus!

Also feel the PES Alphamine could be a legit product. Feel like things are tightening up around my lower back and belly, more so than usual. Got 4 more weeks with it so time will tell.

[Woody-5]

Well on your way fella!
Back is looking sick!

[lllDBOlll]

Well on your way fella!
Back is looking sick!

Cheers mate!

Front Comparison

[fittofattofit]

You've dropped a lot of fat between those two pics Danny and you've kept all your mass .... you actually look bigger in the second 'cut' pic. It looks like you carried most of your fat intra-abdominally (ie male pattern 'apple') so that the first 10lbs has seen your waistline drop and 29.5" is a small waist! The next 6-10lbs will see those cuts come in. You can already see the cuts around your arms and serratus and quads and when you get to 7-8% you're going to start looking deadly with the definition

[ktj4l]

You're leaning out nicely. Looks like the heavy lifting is definitely working out in your favor, along with your starvation diet.

[BabyOilBrah]

big difference man congrats on your progress so far.

[fittofattofit]

Update pics post-Easter-chocolate-overdose please

[lllDBOlll]

You've dropped a lot of fat between those two pics Danny and you've kept all your mass .... you actually look bigger in the second 'cut' pic. It looks like you carried most of your fat intra-abdominally (ie male pattern 'apple') so that the first 10lbs has seen your waistline drop and 29.5" is a small waist! The next 6-10lbs will see those cuts come in. You can already see the cuts around your arms and serratus and quads and when you get to 7-8% you're going to start looking deadly with the definition

Stuffs coming in my mate but looking at myself now, I am thinking be lucky to see single digits in 5 weeks time let alone 6%... just need more time for it I think. I may need to do a reverse diet for a bit soon, can't cope with this low calorie bulls'hit.... inb4 2100 isn't low... it's low to me ok?!?!? :P

You're leaning out nicely. Looks like the heavy lifting is definitely working out in your favor, along with your starvation diet.

LOL at starvation diet you cheeky kunt

big difference man congrats on your progress so far.

Cheers mate, hoping to end up as shredded as you!

Update pics post-Easter-chocolate-overdose please

LOL no choccy was had by me! Honest!

Day 104 - Three Quarter Way There - BW = 175lb






Dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyum this cut is taking the piss. If there's one thing a former fat guy hates it's not being able to eat a lot of food... ah well.. all in the name of getting it done!

This is Week 15 of my 20 Week Long Cut... three quarters of the way there. I will not be 6% body fat in 5 weeks time. Hell I may be lucky to break single digits. I will just take as long as I need.

Down at 175lb now, strength has stayed consistent I would say, so I have done much better this year than I did last year, I lost a chunk of strength last year, I put that down to having lower carbs. This cut carbs have been kept above 200g. Carbs = Gym POWAHHH.

Waist and Hips are now 29" and 32" respectively, the smallest they have been in the last 2 years. I am very pleased with that... although I will soon be wearing our lasses pants... which I am not so pleased about.

Anyway, bit of posing after not doing a vid for a while. Went through the relaxed poses and the other mandatory poses. Also decided now that you can start to see my abs I would do an Abdominal Thigh for teh lulz.

[fittofattofit]

Looking good there Danny .... posing is looking much better and you've got really good mass and balance. I'm jealous of that waist at 29" ... I'm nowhere near that .... damn my blocky waist. You've got good cuts over your arms, delts and serratus and you're getting deep cuts over those quads so I'd say that you must be at 10% already. I suspect that the fact that you're a former fatty means that there's a bit of loose skin hiding some of your abdominal definition

And are these the lasses pants you're planning on wearing?


In for the pics

[lllDBOlll]

Day 136 - End is Nigh - BW = 173.8lb






They say time flies when you're having fun... on that theory I should have been having a ****ing whale of a time... not the case!

Yep almost 20 weeks has passed since I started this cut in which I have shifted around 20lbs of chub, would say have retained 95% of my lean mass and kept all of my "relative" strength if not gained in some areas.

I now have the waist of a small female child and the hips of Justin Bieber but that's ok because I can throw some weight around too... it kinda cancels out.

I am now doing reverse diet, this is the second week and as such, my cut will continue to go on until I am back at maintenance calories which I am estimating will be around 3000 (if I'm lucky). The key is too add them in as slow as possible... not repeat last year when I went from 2200kcal to over 3000kcal a day in the space of a week.... nooooo!

So far it is working too... calories are increasing, fat is dropping off. Winning. Also using a product called Twinlab Diet Fuel which the main ingredient is Forskolin... check the video here: http://youtu.be/GHWxh6Cy9Wc

[fittofattofit]

You did a great job Danny ... 140 days of cutting is hard. Fuku with a 28.5" waist though ... I'd be scared to check mine. On your side poses your thighs are thicker than your waist. Did you check any of your other measurements, like thighs, arms, calves? I know the measures will have shrunk but you're looking a lot bigger than at the start of the cut ... more proof that we never want to overdo the bulking

And I know I've said it before but one advantage of starting off as a fatty (WTF at 17 stone ) is that you've got deadly calves

[lllDBOlll]

You did a great job Danny ... 140 days of cutting is hard. Fuku with a 28.5" waist though ... I'd be scared to check mine. On your side poses your thighs are thicker than your waist. Did you check any of your other measurements, like thighs, arms, calves? I know the measures will have shrunk but you're looking a lot bigger than at the start of the cut ... more proof that we never want to overdo the bulking

And I know I've said it before but one advantage of starting off as a fatty (WTF at 17 stone ) is that you've got deadly calves

Cheers mate.

I don't take measurements other than hip and waist frequently purely as a mental aid kinda thing... I think when you see these measurements shrinking, it can cause excessive panic and mess with your head... potentially ruin your cut:

Thigh - 23.5"
Calves - 16"
Arm - 15.5"
Chest - 43"

Lost some size over the last 2 years but when you factor in how much of that was actually fat, I was bound to shrink! I think at my heaviest my thigh was 25.5" (off top of head) so really not far off; and they are getting pretty lean! I would better 22.5-23" would have them dry.

As for the duration, yep this has been the hardest one yet, most I have ever done is 16 weeks then got straight back into eating. This is going go to be extended until I get to maintenance calories, which, I am in now rush over. At 2300 now, may stay here OR bump to 2400 OR may even aim to go up in 50's a week, so 2350kcal next week. Will NOT I repeat WILL NOT blow up like last year... done to much work this year for that.

Things I've noticed:

- Wake up a lot with severe hunger at silly hours of the morning, I do IF so used to not eating till later but ever since starting the reverse diet I have realised how shot my metabolism / appetite must have been because this is almost unbearable at times haha. Also read that it is a sign of going Hypoglycaemic... eeep.

- I know no one likes to talk about it but do feel I have picked up some body dysmorphia on my two year journey, working hard to keep it locked down and under wraps, went a bit crazy the other day, started feeling sorry for myself and well forgot where I started... I think being surrounded by "perfect" avitars on this site doesn't do you any favours!

- Learnt that the key to a successful cut where you retain most if not all strength is high carbs.


Going to continue to reverse diet till maintenance, then will assess whether or not a quick "mini cut" will bring in further condition OR just concentrate on maintaining final body fat levels and adding some lean size ready for a comp prep (if decided to do one next year).

[fittofattofit]

If I was to guess on your 'stats' I'd have said 25-26" thighs, 17" arms, and 17" calves. I know what you mean about the body dysmorphia ... you get it in both directions. When you're bulking and you're getting stronger your clothes get tight, you feel like a best and you think you look great ... then next thing you know you're Mister Blobby. Cutting you get weaker, your clothes get looser, the scale weight drops and you start feeling tiny. The funny thing for me was that the leanest I have been was nearly two years ago after my 4th operation I was in a lot of pain and lost my appetite for a few months. I was still lifting but the weight poured off and I got down to maybe 9% at 158lbs. I felt really tiny but I got more comments about 'roids' in the changeroom at work, and more compliments on my physique or questions about lifting than I ever got before or since.
Cutting is a mindfuk though and eventually the hit on your metabolism of a permacut has to impact on your ability to build and keep muscle

Anyway, you did a good job on the cutting and you're right about not getting too bulked again. Any thoughts about what bodyfat % you'd like at the top of the bulk? I think it'd be nice to keep in a 4 week striking range of 10%