2019 March - April Fat Loss And Motivation

[Photoglady]

GOAL WEIGHT 145 LBS

Week 1: Friday 1st of March 155.4LBS
Week 2: Friday 8th of March 161.8 LBS - TOM hormones bloat yay!!! being a lady is fun!
Week 3: Friday 15th of March 154.8 I wish It were more, gonna track an average for next week
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[brutalpl0x]

Starting weight: 190.6lbs
Goal weight: 185.0 lbs

Week 1: Friday 1st of March - 190.6
Mini Cut - Week 2: Friday 8th of March - 189.5
Mini Cut - Week 3: Friday 15th of March - 189.1
Mini Cut - Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Mini Cut - Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Diet Break - Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Diet Break - Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Mini Cut - Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Mini Cut - Week 9: Friday 26th of April

Disappointed in the scale readings this week, but my diet was spot on so I expect to make up some ground next week. Have a happy st paddys day weekend everyone!

[missladyj]

Week 1: Late start
Week 2: Friday 8th of March - 170lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th March - 168.4lbs

[Grelko]

Starting weight 211.3, goal is to finally, FINALLY get up on stage and compete. So, 160 lbs?

Week 1: ???
Week 2: 216.4 (Accurate 211.3)
Week 3: 209.0 (-2.3)
Week 4:
Week 5:
Week 6:
Week 7:
Week 8:
Week 9:

209.0 this week -2.3

Couple other updates.

Waist (bellybutton) 42
Hips 40.5
Thighs 25.5
Calves 16.5
Arms 13.5
Chest 44

I have also started another thread "journal" https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=176922611

Keep going strong everybody.

[wilkie2]

Week 1: Friday 1st of March..........249.5
Week 2: Friday 8th of March..........249.1
Week 3: Friday 15th of March........248,3
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April

[Nujabez]

Weight 262lbs today

[PuppyLife]

Hey guys! I’m sorry for not coming on here to post my weights. I’ve had nursing school finals and finished for a couple weeks now. I have to admit I’ve fallen off the wagon. My hardest struggle is being consistent. I have dieted successfully in the past but it’s been quite a challenge. My weight is 228! What are some tips that you guys have used to help you be consistent and accountable to yourself? Most of the days I feel so disgusted with myself to how I could gain so much weight and be about 31% BF.

[Vampirelol]

less than 30 days difference here, have been doing a very slow recomp ever since January. weight in these pics is the same.

https://ibb.co/KKH9XMM

[missladyj]

Hey guys! I’m sorry for not coming on here to post my weights. I’ve had nursing school finals and finished for a couple weeks now. I have to admit I’ve fallen off the wagon. My hardest struggle is being consistent. I have dieted successfully in the past but it’s been quite a challenge. My weight is 228! What are some tips that you guys have used to help you be consistent and accountable to yourself? Most of the days I feel so disgusted with myself to how I could gain so much weight and be about 31% BF.

If you have a busy life, having food you enjoy prepped ahead of time is everything. I can only imagine how stressful everything has been with nursing finals!Don’t be too hard on yourself, totally normal to have a ****ty diet when under a lot of stress.

Anyway, I like to grill up skinless thighs and chicken breasts. I then make bbq / honey mustard / sweet and sour wraps with soft taco size tortillas and shredded lettuce. Takes 60 seconds to make one. You can have more cals than me so you can add cheese and don’t have to be as mindful of carbs in sauces.

Uncle Ben’s has jasmine rice packets that actually taste amazing, so I use those with grilled thighs and a salad bag kit. Sometimes I just mix the rice with ground chicken (cheaper than ground turkey) and call it a meal.

Tortilla pizzas with grilled chicken are pretty good, as well.

Kodiak pancakes with blueberries and maple syrup are quick and easy to make. So are broccoli and cheese omlettes, or something as simple as toast and eggs / egg whites.

Greek yogurt with blueberries, chopped almonds and maple syrup is quick and yummy.

Make a list of quick and simple foods you like that you can fall back on when you’re tired or don’t have a lot of time.

Here’s a fast food list of macro friendly options from various places: http://www.themacroexperiment.com/bl...nt-master-list

Workout when you can, helps keep the hunger away. Make dieting more convenient for you and it’s so much easier. Don’t shame yourself for slacking, you’re only human, nursing school is hard af and as long as you keep finding little ways to make changes you will make progress.

[WeedRamen]

Flat again!

Starting: 85.6kg/188.7lb
Goal: 80kg/176.4lb

Week1: 84.3kg/185.9lb (-1.3kg/-2.8lb)
Week2: 84.3kg/185.9lb (0.0kg/0.0lb)
Week3: 84.3kg/185.9lb (0.0kg/0.0lb)

[royalmike]

Little late 209 Lbs thanks OP

[xbertyxx]

Bit disappointed to be fair. Stuck within my calorie limit most days, and been pretty active, so was expecting a loss. Hopefully, it'll come in the next few days.

Week 1: Friday 1st of March 128
Week 2: Friday 8th of March 127
Week 3: Friday 15th of March 127
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[NINEOFSPADES]

Week 1: Friday 1st of March 215.5
Week 2: Friday 8th of March 215.0
Week 3: Friday 15th of March 213.5
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[johndoethethird]

Starting weight December: 216lbs
Starting weight March: 197.8 lbs
Target weight: 187 lbs

Week 1: Friday 1st of March - 197.8lbs
Week 2: Friday 8th of March - 197lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th of March - 196lbs
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[PuppyLife]

If you have a busy life, having food you enjoy prepped ahead of time is everything. I can only imagine how stressful everything has been with nursing finals!Don’t be too hard on yourself, totally normal to have a ****ty diet when under a lot of stress.

Workout when you can, helps keep the hunger away. Make dieting more convenient for you and it’s so much easier. Don’t shame yourself for slacking, you’re only human, nursing school is hard af and as long as you keep finding little ways to make changes you will make progress.

Thanks for the reply. Nursing school is definately hard af and most people do gain weight during it. My weight has not been in check for quite some time and is getting out of hand and I have the desire to change it as well as the knowledge to do so. I think the main issue is Consistency for me. When I was younger it was easy, but now with all of life challenges/struggles it gets more difficult. How do you stay consistent? I do remember than after the first month it gets much easier, lately I tend to get distracted before or after that first week. All my friends say I am too hard on myself but I want to become better than I am currently!

[mtnmama]

sitting in my favorite indian restaurant. i get to come here 2-3 times a year only.

i am so greatful for my intermittent fasting lifestyle . i have been doing it consistently for about a month and a half now (this time - have used it for various reasons over the past 7-8 years) along with full-time keto (which I have also done on and off for the past 6-7 years). i have learned to (mostly) control my feeding. for the first time since i started back - i am having a ‘full calorie’ day without weighing (my food) OR worrying about macro bearkdown. i am not going eat multiple cakes, gallons of ice cream, or anything like that - but i am enjoying this amazing food with no guilt/regrets.

funny how my body is reacting to it, tho. obviously there is a ton of sugar and carbs in general in indian food - so i know i will have a day or so getting back into nutritional ketosis - but this feeling of being ‘allowed’ is really fantastic.

i also feel a bit like i smoked a doob - and it has been many, many years since that - but my brain is clearly stoked on this meal. no wonder some of us get addicted to eating.

side note - by my myself ;p. most folks on this board will not know me from before - but i work from home (60-90 hours a week) and homeschool my kiddos (they are old enough and their programs are in depth enough that they don’t need me very much). my hubby works a swing shift - so he is home a LOT too. needless to say - mine is not a lonesome existence . sooo being alone is usually a bit of self-care....and today was no exception.

ya’ll have a great rest of your st patty’s - and sunday.

peace

[matthew2474]

Decided to stay home and spend time with my mom and little brother instead of going to the hockey game. It's for the best, this way I'll stick to my diet and can focus on some schoolwork I need to get done. Was able to hit the gym the whole time while I was out of town and keep my diet in check.

I'm absolutely 110% certain that I'm going to reach my goal and tbh the physique I want. I'm mentally already there. Think it's me becoming older and coming to realize how important health is(25 isnt old I know but it's the reflection of how fast time flys).

Hope you all had a good weekend and stuck to your convictions!

[webgodess]

Hope everyone is feeling motivated and making progress. So many posts to catch up on.


This is where I’m at.
Week 1: Friday 1st of March - 290
Week 2: Friday 8th of March - 289
Week 3: Friday 15th of March - 288
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[PuppyLife]

Decided to stay home and spend time with my mom and little brother instead of going to the hockey game. It's for the best, this way I'll stick to my diet and can focus on some schoolwork I need to get done. Was able to hit the gym the whole time while I was out of town and keep my diet in check.

I'm absolutely 110% certain that I'm going to reach my goal and tbh the physique I want. I'm mentally already there. Think it's me becoming older and coming to realize how important health is(25 isnt old I know but it's the reflection of how fast time flys).

Hope you all had a good weekend and stuck to your convictions!

Good job man!! There is always some sacrifices we need to do at times when extremely motivated. We are around the same age and I definately did not care about health at all when I was younger. Now I realized it becomes an issue if you get to a point to where it gets more "difficult" for you to breath and you get tired out easier! I found that when im super motivated, I constantly think about where I want to be/how I want to have a fitness lifestyle/goals etc. Do you find that to be true of yourself? Then again I do have quite an all or nothing mentality that I'm slowly shifting away from.

[jmfisher]

Week 1: Friday 1st of March ---- 203 lbs
Week 2: Friday 8th of March ---- 201.2 lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th of March ---- 200.6 lbs
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[Pweef]

Week 1: Friday 1st of March: 218.0 lbs
Week 2: Friday 5th of March: 215.6 lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th of March: 216.8--totally cool with this small gain. Was out of town 3 days of the week for work and ate horribly. Will try and get back down to 215 by end of this week and keep on rolling.
Week 4: Friday 22th of March
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[matthew2474]

Good job man!! There is always some sacrifices we need to do at times when extremely motivated. We are around the same age and I definately did not care about health at all when I was younger. Now I realized it becomes an issue if you get to a point to where it gets more "difficult" for you to breath and you get tired out easier! I found that when im super motivated, I constantly think about where I want to be/how I want to have a fitness lifestyle/goals etc. Do you find that to be true of yourself? Then again I do have quite an all or nothing mentality that I'm slowly shifting away from.

I think it's a truism that people will tend to focus on the future when trying reach something. I believe this is an error though, the present and your actions in it are the only thing that will actually help you achieve it. This principle is taught in many philosophies and that's why when any successful bodybuilder, powerlifter, or anyone in general, will tell you to enjoy the journey and to enjoy what you do.

[PuppyLife]

I think it's a truism that people will tend to focus on the future when trying reach something. I believe this is an error though, the present and your actions in it are the only thing that will actually help you achieve it. This principle is taught in many philosophies and that's why when any successful bodybuilder, powerlifter, or anyone in general, will tell you to enjoy the journey and to enjoy what you do.

I can definately see that. When it comes to changing your physique, it doesn't really end. I came to the realization yesterday after switching to a new gym that I don't think I should go back on this journey by myself and that group classes might be good to get me out of the house since I tend to stay in. For starters I ended up enrolling in a swimming class that teaches how to lap swim. It's hard to let go of that "pride ego" that says group classes are only for women haha. I should rephrase the question to be what do you do in the everyday life to ensure you stay on track and not get distracted?

[missladyj]

Thanks for the reply. Nursing school is definately hard af and most people do gain weight during it. My weight has not been in check for quite some time and is getting out of hand and I have the desire to change it as well as the knowledge to do so. I think the main issue is Consistency for me. When I was younger it was easy, but now with all of life challenges/struggles it gets more difficult. How do you stay consistent? I do remember than after the first month it gets much easier, lately I tend to get distracted before or after that first week. All my friends say I am too hard on myself but I want to become better than I am currently!

Take on new habits one at a time. Most people try to do too much (this was me).

[illldrag0n]

Week 1: Friday 1st of March 360lbs
Week 2: Friday 8th of March 356.3lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th of March 354.3lbs
Week 4: Friday 22th of March 351lbs
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[matthew2474]

I can definately see that. When it comes to changing your physique, it doesn't really end. I came to the realization yesterday after switching to a new gym that I don't think I should go back on this journey by myself and that group classes might be good to get me out of the house since I tend to stay in. For starters I ended up enrolling in a swimming class that teaches how to lap swim. It's hard to let go of that "pride ego" that says group classes are only for women haha. I should rephrase the question to be what do you do in the everyday life to ensure you stay on track and not get distracted?

Well, distraction is a obstacle that you face consistently in your life and it is generally always happening unless you really learn to pay attention to the present. Now, let me clarify something, I'm an extremely rational and skeptical person ( just for the sake reinforcing this point to bring me to what's helped me, I'll let it be known I'm atheist and pretty much do not believe in anything supernatural) but the thing that (over time) has made the difference in my habits is meditation. Particularly vipassana mediation and with some other support from Stoicism philosophy. It's simply the practice of being aware of the thoughts and sensations that come into consciousness. Once you've learned to be more aware of what you're becoming aware of in each moment, there is an opportunity to recognize the ability to separate the feelings in itself and your reluctance to identify with them.

Some good books about this subject:
Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
Waking Up by Sam Harris
10% Happier: How I tamed the voice in my head by Dan Harris
Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein

Sam Harris also has a meditation app that is extremely useful and you absolutely get what you pay for.

This, and as I've said before, getting older I'm starting to realize the time can fly by and to go 6 months in a caloric deficit is such a short time compared to the bigger picture.

Also bro those classes are a useful tool! I even would do them when I was powerlifting for the fun of it and to help my skwaat and dead lift game out. A lot of people don't realize this but you need some endurance to do some intense skwat and deadlifts sessions.

[PuppyLife]

Take on new habits one at a time. Most people try to do too much (this was me).

I tend to do that as well. I always think thats just how the fitness life is. It's hard to track calories if you never meal prep or think in advance of what you will eat to hit those macro goals. I've realized that if I let it slide to not count on one day, it ends up becoming a domino effect to where I realize I'm not counting at all! But it definitely is a journey!

[xsquid99]

Starting weight: 211.4 lbs
Target weight: 200 lbs

Week 1: Friday 1st of March - 209.8 lbs
Week 2: Friday 8th of March - 209 lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th of March - 207.8 lbs
Week 4: Friday 22th of March - 206.8 lbs
Week 5: Friday 29th of March
Week 6: Friday 5th of April
Week 7: Friday 12th of April
Week 8: Friday 19th of April
Week 9: Friday 26th of April

[Nooblifter86]

Starting weight 211.8lbs
Target weight 200lbs

Week 1: Friday 1st of March: 211.8lbs
Week 2: Friday 8th of March: 208.8lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th of March: 207lbs
Week 4: Friday 22nd of March: 206.8lbs

Suprised I didnt put any on this week had abit of a binge on Tuesday.

[GJM753]

Starting Weight - 202 lbs

Week 1: Friday 1st of March - 200 lbs
Week 2: Friday 8th of March - 199 lbs
Week 3: Friday 15th March - 197.4 lbs,
Week 4: Friday 22nd March - 195 lbs


Target Weight - 190 lbs