MARCH 1 - MAY 31 Transformation Support Thread

[bearizona]

well, yesterday i didn't get in a workout in part because i was lazy and didn't get my butt out of bed before work. i relied on the failed method of, "i'll do it after work." well, of course things at work didn't go according to plan. however, throughout the day, i kept feeling guilty about not doing anything.

this morning, i woke up 30 seconds before the alarm, i wasn't motivated, but i knew (after my first week), that i couldn't explain another weight gain to this group, so y'all motivated me and i got in a good quality workout before work. now i can go through the day with that off the "to do" list. the important thing is to do it again tomorrow so i get in the habit and routine of this.

the down side is that the morning workout place is more of a fitness center and not a fully equiped gym. the plus side is, i'm there at 3:30 a.m. and get all the equipment to myself!!

diet is going okay. can use some cleaning up. i'm getting tired of steamed broccoli, especially since i'm trying to eat it without salt.

[MuzzieChik786]

In other news.. weigh-in a day early today because tomorrow I can't.

BOOOMMMMM. 201.5 lbs,-5.7 lbs for this week aaawww yeaahahhhahaha

Uwot?! Holy Macro... That's a great drop. How'd you manage that? Wow, congraulations. Sub-200 is around the corner. Soooo exciting. *Jumps around*

[igglesphan]

Tonight I broke up with my husband...not divorce y'all, I broke up with him on the fitness front. Let me explain. Hubs played ball all his school years and that was 15 or 20 years ago that he got his fitness education. He's full on bro: small frequent meals is the only way (not that it's not ok to do, but it doesn't have to be done that way), weight loss is more than cals in vs cals out, you don't have to count calories at all just eat lots of small meals and your metabolism works better,and a number of other things I disagree with. I know if I eat 2000 cals a day I gain. He says if I eat 2000 cals of "clean" food that I'll lose more than eating 1500 cals of "bad" food. I know I can have a treat if I fit it in my macros. (eye roll)

For the sake of our marriage I will no longer discuss fitness with him as far as my methods, and now I have a desire to PROVE I know what I'm talking about. Sh!t just got real y'all. I have knowledge, I have lacked will power. We'll see who knows what they're talking about.

Now what my husband knows and does has worked for him. He lost a 95 lbs. He also has more muscle than me and has a very physical job and I guess he doesn't take that into account. I sit on my butt all day in front of a computer.

Anyway, just wanted to share and vent. Our loved ones aren't always going to agree with us, and some may not support our efforts at all, but we have to do what makes us happy. Rock on y'all, you're doing awesome.

It amazes me how many people are tenaciously clinging to the 'small, frequent meal' theory. The critical flaw in that theory is that what's relevant is when your food is digested, not when it's consumed. Your digestive track is close to 30 feet long... it takes hours and hours and hours to digest food. If you eat a sh!tload of calories in one "meal", it's just going to take you that much longer to digest and will most likely be digested at the same time it would if you ate it later. So your body doesn't even know what a "meal" is... or a "sitting" or "at one time" or whatever else you want to call it...

[Exhorter]

---- WARNING----WARNING----WARNING----WARNING---WARNING---WARNING---WARNING
This next post is not for the weak cutters. Skip it at all costs















Yesterday was my daughter's birthday! She hit the big 14 so we took her and her boyfriend out for the night. I decided that it was a prime time to do a cheat night, but now I am here to confess.

First, here is my daughter: She gets her looks from her mom.



We started with the best part of the meal first... DESERT!!

Mine: Adam's Peanut Butter Reeses Butterfinger Cheesecake


The Daughters: Some kind of Choc. Smore's Delight


The Wifes: White choc Macadamia Nut Caramel


My Dinner: Buffalo Style Burger with blue cheese dressing and Sweet Potato Fries



I ate several bites of both of their cheesecakes, and of course all of mine.

Calculated Calorie intake: 4710... but dang it was good.

Back on the bandwagon today!

[igglesphan]

^^ Enjoy your negs

[AnnieRhi]

Lol. I appreciate the warnings.

I hope the cheesecake was as epically delicious as it looks.

[Exhorter]

^^ Enjoy your negs

haha. I bet your right.

Lol. I appreciate the warnings.

I hope the cheesecake was as epically delicious as it looks.

It was great, but honestly after so long without anything like that... way too rich of a taste. The best part to me was the fries.. *drool*

[kureransu]

It was great, but honestly after so long without anything like that... way too rich of a taste. The best part to me was the fries.. *drool*

which is why i make my own....

[Wankelpt]

Make sure her BF actually lifts :P

EDIT: and you blaming it on the pre workout... you sneaky you! :P

[Exhorter]

which is why i make my own....

Me too.. but I bake them which is not quite as good as those grease balls they have

Make sure her BF actually lifts :P

I had talked to him before about it and he says he benches 215. After meeting him last night, I don't see it. He is 14 as well, and 6'2" tall. Plays football and basketball, but I don't see 215 out of him. I think I got the 215 to try to impress the dad statement.

[kureransu]

Me too.. but I bake them which is not quite as good as those grease balls they have

I bake mine too and they are effing fantastic. How do you make yours?

[Asguroth]

Damn you Exhorter why must you show us this awesome food porn and now deliver us each some! Grrr!! Lol.

Hope you enjoyed yourself and hope your daughter had a great time. Your a great dad!

[Wankelpt]

Me too.. but I bake them which is not quite as good as those grease balls they have



I had talked to him before about it and he says he benches 215. After meeting him last night, I don't see it. He is 14 as well, and 6'2" tall. Plays football and basketball, but I don't see 215 out of him. I think I got the 215 to try to impress the dad statement.

so kinda like this?

[tonyflo04]

i dunno...this was pretty good last night:



8oz pulled pork (tenderloin not shoulder]
3oz Dole 50/50 salad mix (spring mix/spinach]
Cucumbers
White Mushrooms
Hot Banana Peppers
2tbls Light Caesar
Blue Koolaid (made w/ splenda]
2tbls of Stubbs SIgnature BBQ Sauce

total calories? ~406

[Exhorter]

I bake mine too and they are effing fantastic. How do you make yours?

Cut them pretty thin, spray on top, Sea Salt to taste. Bake and munch. They are great and my favorite thing to eat that I make but these last night were slightly better.

[superhappy]

I had talked to him before about it and he says he benches 215. After meeting him last night, I don't see it. He is 14 as well, and 6'2" tall. Plays football and basketball, but I don't see 215 out of him. I think I got the 215 to try to impress the dad statement.

Back in the day, my dad may have had a bench and loaded bar handy to challenge the claim. Lol.

Food looks deelish. Glad you enjoyed, now back on the wagon!

[Exhorter]

so kinda like this?

Yep.. thats the look

Hard to see 200+ out of these guns:

[Exhorter]

i dunno...this was pretty good last night:



8oz pulled pork (tenderloin not shoulder]
3oz Dole 50/50 salad mix (spring mix/spinach]
Cucumbers
White Mushrooms
Hot Banana Peppers
2tbls Light Caesar
Blue Koolaid (made w/ splenda]
2tbls of Stubbs SIgnature BBQ Sauce

total calories? ~406

Agreed and about 4k cals less!

[DebiLynn]

Tonight I broke up with my husband...not divorce y'all, I broke up with him on the fitness front. Let me explain. Hubs played ball all his school years and that was 15 or 20 years ago that he got his fitness education. He's full on bro: small frequent meals is the only way (not that it's not ok to do, but it doesn't have to be done that way), weight loss is more than cals in vs cals out, you don't have to count calories at all just eat lots of small meals and your metabolism works better,and a number of other things I disagree with. I know if I eat 2000 cals a day I gain. He says if I eat 2000 cals of "clean" food that I'll lose more than eating 1500 cals of "bad" food. I know I can have a treat if I fit it in my macros. (eye roll)

For the sake of our marriage I will no longer discuss fitness with him as far as my methods, and now I have a desire to PROVE I know what I'm talking about. Sh!t just got real y'all. I have knowledge, I have lacked will power. We'll see who knows what they're talking about.

Now what my husband knows and does has worked for him. He lost a 95 lbs. He also has more muscle than me and has a very physical job and I guess he doesn't take that into account. I sit on my butt all day in front of a computer.

Anyway, just wanted to share and vent. Our loved ones aren't always going to agree with us, and some may not support our efforts at all, but we have to do what makes us happy. Rock on y'all, you're doing awesome.

It's funny, I know the husbands Mean Well but in the end, it just Ruffles MY Feathers! Mine tries to give me his opinion too. I've heard it plenty of times before. I've told him I don't feel the same way he does about food but for whatever reason, he HAS to share. It's down right frustrating!!! I certainly can understand the eye roll. LOL I've gone so far as to tell my DH that I don't tell him what or how to eat so why does he feel the need to tell me. Not sure, but he does. Glad you don't buy into the garbage he's selling. It might work wonders for him but your not him and buy now you'd think he'd notice! : ) Kuddos to you for sticking to your guns!!!

[DebiLynn]

Congrats to all that lost weight this past week. My hats off to the top 10 losers!!!

I took a new job and have been working 11 hours each day except on Sunday. I happen to be off today and I found out I had a ton of catching up to do. Wow, so much talk about Fluff. Sounds interesting and worth giving it a try. Not sure where to buy two of the ingredients. It certainly got some rave reviews here.

I had my blood work done this past week. I have it checked every 6 months like clock work due to my thyroid. I found out that my thyroid is off and that my meds need to get adjusted.

[TheycallmeTIT]

Good day everyone!
Hope everyone's day going great!

Woke up today feeling kind of sick faild my nutrition exam...morning started out rough....

After I ate breakfast felt a lot better and decided to go do some grocery shopping cause I'm having the hardest time hitting my fat min... On a good day I'll not 45g max.....
So I picked up some roasted dark choc almonds...YUM. Also iv never been able to find the "PB & co" brand of peanut butter and by god grace I found it this morning! Had the hardest time picking white or dark choc.. Settled for dark chock did a taste test when I got home and I sware to god that jar is just compressed peanut butter cups! So good! And it's 20 less cals then regular PB?! This is god gift I think...

Was going to skip the gym today stomachs has been feeling bloated and achy but the girl of my dreams called me and wants me to go to the gym with her today cause me and her are planning on running a lot if 5ks this summer so she wants to train together, soooo looks like no easy day for me but I'll take it if it means I get to work out with her sorry a little sappy but she's a Godess to me and she knows it hahaha

[Devilsmed]

Well these past couple of days have been bad.... I wanted to try the new Ben and Jerrys so I left some calories at the end of Tuesday. They didn't have the one I wanted so I ate a serving of Chubby Hubby and put it away! Can't believe I was able to control myself and not eat the whole thing. Calories have been coming in a little high this week, but still under maintenance so all is well!

Have a great day everyone!

[TheycallmeTIT]

Well these past couple of days have been bad.... I wanted to try the new Ben and Jerrys so I left some calories at the end of Tuesday. They didn't have the one I wanted so I ate a serving of Chubby Hubby and put it away! Can't believe I was able to control myself and not eat the whole thing. Calories have been coming in a little high this week, but still under maintenance so all is well!

Have a great day everyone!

I wish I had enough room for a serving of Ben and Jerry's I miss ice cream sooooo much ha

[Asguroth]

So today I woke up at 3 am after I went to sleep at 12am. Yeah lame I know! I just chilled for like 30 min then I started to feel really cold because weather and just my body was feeling cold lol. Just before going to bed I made some vanilla pudding with sugar free jell-O pudding mix ( freaken delicious !!!). I used whole milk 2 cups which added 200 calories and then the entire packet of vanilla pudding 100 calories so 300 calories. It was heaven in my mouth ! Really wish I can find some sugar free chocolate pudding next time I go shopping which might be this weekend since low on cheddar cheese.

Anyway after I ate my vanilla pudding I it was like 4am was still feeling cold so I took an hour long shower that was on max hot settings. Was so good just standing underneath the hot running water. Stayed up till around 7 finishing the latest Hobbit movie then went to sleep.

Woke up later feeling pretty good. Made some fluff Mmmmmm tasted like peanut butter. This is the final product after topping it with 3 serving of hershey chocolate chips and some syrup hnnng. Was excellent meal of peanut carmel chocolate heaven.


After that I went and hit the GYM. Decided to change up my routine a bit and try out ICF since I went to the GYM relatively early beating the mob of chatters in the GYM. Got to a smith machine for benching and squating since it was safer for solo mission and the 1 olympic barbell was being used. Managed to work up to 160lb on bench with smith ( thats 70 on each side plus the 20 lb bar) was decent for me considering I can do 65 lb dumbbell bench. So kinda new pr? Not sure lol but was happy about it!

Now when I squatted I hit a new PR! Woohoo! First I was squating 90 lb because this lady wanted to squat so I let her join in and I just wanted warm up my quads and hamstring. I was doing really really really deep mature squats with 90 lb really happy about my depth with decent weights and hopefully will keep building up my strength for deep squats with higher weights. Anyway after 3 sets of 90 lb doing 15 reps I started adding weight and doing 5 reps. I worked my way up to 270 lb! Damn was bit scared to try it but WOOHOO! Did it! Was so pumped. Did 2 sets of 270 for 5 then 4 on last one. I admit it wasnt really past parrelel but it was 90 degree squat so yeah Ill take it because I don't want to go past parrellel and not bring it back up without someone spotting. So staying safe and trying my best to do the best form without injury!

After doing my sets of bench and squat the 1 free olympic barbell became available since no one was using it. Did stifflegged deadlifts to focus on core and hamstrings. Then followed it with rows and shrugs. Couldnt do 135lb rows so just did 115lb. Did 5x5 and threw in some pull-ups.

I then went to hit my shoulders and there was this trainer I am friendly with and he was like why are you using 25lb for front lateral raises. He was saying that the shoulder muscle is small and that I will tear it. I lol-ed in my mind because inorder to build muscle and strength its all about progressive overload. If you don't progress in weight you wont get stronger. He said that he just lifts light because he doesn't want to get injured. I accepted what he said and told him if people want to get bigger and stronger they need to do progressive overload. Then he told me "Did you read that somewhere" and I said "Yeah, studies". Mind you this trainer has a degree in sports and nutrition and is a PT. I was a bit taken back by his lack of knowledge in no better words to describe. Lol Yeah I am writing alot.

Not done! Lol. After working on shoulders did isolation exercises on ABs. There was this tall friend I made at the GYM that I see him frequently in the afternoon doing tons of calisthenics came to me and was like dude you are looking good. Made me feel good that my hard work is paying off.

Anyway overall impression kinda like ICF might stick with it and switch from A and B and work on getting to GYM earlier to get the barbell for myself instead of using the dumbbell for chest.

Sorry for the long post... well not really because wanted to share my day because just was feeling really good about it. Had a spring in my step when I was walking back from GYM and feeling like a boss. feelsgoodman.jpg

[DSUP]

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Was going to skip the gym today stomachs has been feeling bloated and achy but the girl of my dreams called me and wants me to go to the gym with her today cause me and her are planning on running a lot if 5ks this summer so she wants to train together, soooo looks like no easy day for me but I'll take it if it means I get to work out with her sorry a little sappy but she's a Godess to me and she knows it hahaha

Always pursue women that you think are out of your league, son. You'll be surprised how often it works out. Ask me how I know...



This picture is from our 12th wedding anniversary. This year will be our 16th.

[tonyflo04]

Even though I was sorry on energy...I had a great workout...very exhausting.

My post workout weight: 219.25

UN-FREAKIN-BELIEVABLE!!!! I love it.

[kmac1196]

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Always pursue women that you think are out of your league, son. You'll be surprised how often it works out. Ask me how I know...



This picture is from our 12th wedding anniversary. This year will be our 16th.

Ummmmm Cannot see your lovely bride!

[PunkyCindy]

Pictures tell the truth whether you're doing good or bad.
20 lbs is a lot of weight gain for someone 5 ft tall.
I can't believe how much bigger I got over the winter.

that is all.

[TheycallmeTIT]

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Always pursue women that you think are out of your league, son. You'll be surprised how often it works out. Ask me how I know...



This picture is from our 12th wedding anniversary. This year will be our 16th.

Hahaha for sure! Kinda had me run with her, in the end friend zoned my self.... Least I thought I did we kinda stopped talking now all of Sudden BOOM she's back haha went and worked out with her for 2 and a half hours and now she convinced me to come down town tonight haha, women just can get what ever they want I tell ya!

[PunkyCindy]

Just started a sponsored log with ErinHoll for promera sports if y'all want to check it out. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=160998161 Decided to do it to try the products and see if I could find something to help me with my energy level (I have been exhausted lately) we'll see how it goes