August 1st to November 1st Transformation Motivation Thread.

[TelusLob]

Just got back from Vegas late last night. Not gonna weigh for a few days, LOL....

About to hit the gym and back to the diet today. Should be back down to my low weight in a week or so.

[C_Heath]

the leader lost 13 pounds in a week?

[Fuzzhead]

well im 185lbs :/ thats a nice 12lb gain in less than 3 months

[Carverr]

Is Nitro on vacation again?

Or does he update the list later.. this weeks weigh in comes up pretty soon

[philipnorth]

So ever since I started rock climbing seriously again, my workout regimen has been shot to hell.

I find that I much prefer rock climbing to lifting, and when I do lift, it affects my ability to climb for a couple of days.

Right now, I try and climb three times a week, with one night of bouldering thrown in. Unfortunately, if I do end up hitting the gym in addition, my recovery is shot to hell.

So, do I climb less and lift more or lift less and climb more?

In a way I'd say, if you enjoy climbing/bouldering more do that. In the end what makes you happy makes it easier to do and keep doing as well, and as a work out, looks like enough hard work to me as well.

It does of course matter what your actual goal is, but purely from a fitness perspective, I think doing sports/activities you enjoy are the best to do!

[Owlyx]

well im 185lbs :/ thats a nice 12lb gain in less than 3 months

Unless I'm crazy, you go back and forth between being sad that you lost weight AND gained weight. Wtf, which one is it? And if you're not sad, use a different emoticon. lol

Also, you mentioned you're bigger than your avi now, so give us that progress photo, man! (wearing more than just tightie whities, please)

[musselsbrah]

I think i'll finally go lift its been 2 weeks

brb

[caprica6]

First guy looks like the photoshop went wrong to cut and paste him on the background.

Looks really weird and cut off

maaang. another critic.

i thought so too, actually, but i didn't have time to hunt for more. dat twist at the waist and hiding of the arm.

[NitrogenWidget]

Is Nitro on vacation again?

Or does he update the list later.. this weeks weigh in comes up pretty soon

Been busy.
Working on it today.
After labor day things will settle down & i'll try to get it updated before the weekend.

[Nulllogik]

So ever since I started rock climbing seriously again, my workout regimen has been shot to hell.

I find that I much prefer rock climbing to lifting, and when I do lift, it affects my ability to climb for a couple of days.

Right now, I try and climb three times a week, with one night of bouldering thrown in. Unfortunately, if I do end up hitting the gym in addition, my recovery is shot to hell.

So, do I climb less and lift more or lift less and climb more?

I'd do a couple things:

1) You're ~135, so I'd bump calories to grow, this will also help recovery.
2) I know you've got allergies, but I'd try to keep protein high (can't remember if you're doing this already or not).
3) Still lift, but try to schedule it so it falls before higher calorie days and structure workouts to minimalist their effect on climbing. Like back/biceps when you have the most time between climbing.
4) Go heavier with lifting but less volume.

I always liked climbing. I regret not joining my college's climbing club.

[fawad213]

ah man, i missed it. Thinking to start a 6 week cut plan....but right now running out of gym options.

[caprica6]

Voxmusculus, there's at least one rock climbing bodygroup on here.

In on this.

I stopped lifting and counting calories and managed to go from 170 lbs > 194 lbs less than 2 months.

F*cking scary. Any way got back to the gym last week. Going on a strict 1500-1700 cal diet combined with 3 mile runs and HIIT. Calorie intake might sound low but my metabolism is really fuked up (i have a really hard time losing weight and gain it VERY quickly when I stop working out). If I notice that im losing too much strengt/muscle i will bring it up to 2000 calories. Right now I just want to get down to 10% around 160 lbs then start lean bulking.

I will step on a scale in two weeks. Will it be too much if I have lost 6 lbs+? Or should I just stick to my strict program till I hit 13-14% BF again

bumping your question for others. are you able to resume lifting asap?

Was not good this weekend.
Especially last night.
I don't know what happened but I worked outside all day then ate 3 chicken breasts & a bag of steamed veggies & was starving an hr & a half later.
I binged.

everything ok? just an appetite thing?

Diet will be key this & next week for me. Tweaked my lower back pretty bad after deadlifts today so that means no heavy lifting. I has a sad. Will see how the rest of the week unfolds.

how are you doing now, Jax?

On point the last 3 days. I will not let myself fail.
Hope all is well with everyone. Will catch up in here tomorrow. Today is the first day this summer I get to spend with my husband!

you want me to bug you regularly? and d'aww. i had no idea time with hubby was so hard to come by.

[EliteMeat]

Well, i had a bad week last week. Starting this week off right, completely going paleo up in this b. cutting cals down to 1500 and focusing on my diet a little more. No more brown rice, black beans it is!

[Carverr]

Well after this weekend festivities I actually don't think I ate that bad besides going ham on sodium intake with bdubs.. I ate about 10 wings only and some short ribs and hennessy shots.. no beer.

I think I got away pretty good.. Today got 2 dinner plans for my bday though so another day of eating for me

[Owlyx]

Well after this weekend festivities I actually don't think I ate that bad besides going ham on sodium intake with bdubs.. I ate about 10 wings only and some short ribs and hennessy shots.. no beer.

I think I got away pretty good.. Today got 2 dinner plans for my bday though so another day of eating for me

Good stuff, bro. I slammed 12 traditional wings myself Saturday. Weight still dropped, IIFYM ftw.

[Fuzzhead]

Unless I'm crazy, you go back and forth between being sad that you lost weight AND gained weight. Wtf, which one is it? And if you're not sad, use a different emoticon. lol

Also, you mentioned you're bigger than your avi now, so give us that progress photo, man! (wearing more than just tightie whities, please)

there black tighties
and i dont have a camera currently thats of good quality


and yh ive leaned out but gained in 3 months overall

[jax811]

how are you doing now, Jax?

Better than a few days ago. Still have to work around it. Thanks for asking! Dig the new avi!

Well, i had a bad week last week. Starting this week off right, completely going paleo up in this b. cutting cals down to 1500 and focusing on my diet a little more. No more brown rice, black beans it is!

I think Tim Ferris did something along these lines. Lots of beans with every meal, or something. Anyway, good luck!

Weight still dropped, IIFYM ftw.

I'll be incorporating IIFYM as well for the next few weeks. It's going to be interesting to say the least. Twinsies!

[NitrogenWidget]

everything ok? just an appetite thing?

I think I was just on a massive deficit & severely carb depleted from doing manual labor outside all day with hardly anything to eat.
My body needed carbs.

BRB 1k cals in gas-station junkfood downed in 30 mins.
Some cream-cheese baked good & a small package of oreo's.
Hey, I at least walked to the corner.

[ajm422]

Hey, Nitro - I PM'd you but I'm just curious if I can join the challenge? I've been dieting very hard for roughly a week, and November 1st is a good timeframe for me. is it too late?

[OriginLMusic]

Ate a lot this weekend, especially with celebrating my grandmother's bday.

Back on track today.

Here's what I'm having now



Two chicken breasts, kale with pumpkin seeds and mangoes, and sweet potatoes. Didn't make it, bought it from Equinox gym across the street from my office.

[NitrogenWidget]

spreadsheet updated!

[sharpieblet]

i'm currently waiting for my dough to finish rising and then i'm making my pizza B-)

be jelly

[Fuzzhead]

had a carvery for tea it was good
gammon,roast beef, tons of carrots and peas, roast potatoes,yorkshire puddings,mash potatoes, stuffing sooo yummy

[cyanotikat]

you want me to bug you regularly? and d'aww. i had no idea time with hubby was so hard to come by.

Nah, after eating 1200-1300 calories for the past few days which made my lifts ****ty as hell and been feeling like a tired POS... I've decided to just maintain at this weight class and start my cut right after the meet for the next one. Too much stress and not enough strength makes me an unhappy lady. So unhappy that I rage quit the gym this morning.

And yeah, hubby time is .. non-existant. He is usually on nights from May-November. Days Feb-April. Leaves home between 3-4pm and comes back around 8-9am. This week he is on days for a project (leaves at 4am and comes home 7-8pm) so he had Sunday off with me Got to leave work early because I bothered my coworker so much about it! Lmao. Usually when I see him, it's for 5-10 mins he showers, then falls on his face. It sucks. He usually gets the winters off though unless it's warm.

[Voxmusculus]

spreadsheet updated!

Woohoo! Holy crap, made it to the top 10.

[cyanotikat]

Woohoo! Holy crap, made it to the top 10.

[Carverr]

Good stuff, bro. I slammed 12 traditional wings myself Saturday. Weight still dropped, IIFYM ftw.

Yeah, thanks lol.. I feel like after today I'm gonna have to be on point for a while before another binge like this.. But you right iifym ftw

[RMohio]

Woohoo! Holy crap, made it to the top 10.

Me too!!

[Vicque]

Well I'm glad, I'm not the only one that ate like **** this weekend. Friday was great, Saturday morning was great, spent all day out in the sun at the beach and then was ravenous so I wolfed down a ton of chips (it was the only food we had out there) and then proceeded to eat an enormous burrito plus a side of jalepeno mac and cheese. Then Sunday was my fantasy draft, and what's a good fantasy draft without junk food, ate tons of pizza.....and a brownie. Saw a little over a lb of water weight this afternoon but since I didn't weigh this morning, I've got no idea is thats a true estimate or not. Off to a better start today.

I've been having the same issue since I've started tracking cals again. Hitting my calorie goals, but not meeting my macros. I've been under on fats and over on carbs but still within my calorie limits. Today for example, 1491 cals, 185g carbs, 22g fat, 136g protein.

Had a decent full-body workout today too:

OHP -
30x5x2
40x5
45x3
55x2
65x5x3

Squats-
45x5x2
70x5
100x3
125x2
150x5x3

RDLs-
45x5x2
65x5
85x5
105x8x4

Hang Cleans-
45x5x2
55x5
65x5
75x3x3

[BlackArtemis]

Woohoo! Holy crap, made it to the top 10.

Same here, WTF? I know I'm just hanging on there, but Dammit, now I've got to try and hold on to that during this week of crap fitness and health!