Altair's progress thread.

[Altair]

Hey all!

Not much progress so far as far as weightlifting / bodybuilding goes. But in the past 8 months I've managed to go from 260 pounds, bottomed out at 157, and am currently trying to reduce my bodyfat as much as possible for summer ( while remaining close to 160 ).

My goal for life is to be about 175 @ 8-10% bodyfat. I don't want to be huge, just cut and muscular.

I know a lot of you will say to bulk, but I'm super self conscious when it comes to taking my shirt off, so I want to look good for summer. Even being a "model" for Hollister, I just don't fell comfortable with my shirt off. Yet!

This is a progress pic I've made. As time progresses I'll update it more. My diet is about 2000 calories a day, burning roughly 2600. About 120g protein a day, while keeping fat and carbs low. ( One carb up day a week : Mondays).

Workout schedule:
Cardio every day ( 15 minutes HIIT, 15 minutes LISS, 5 minute warm/cool down.)

Monday chest/bi ( changing it to chest/tri )
Tuesday: Abs
Wednesday: Back/shoulders/tri ( going to change tri's to Bi's )
Thursday: Cardio only
Friday: Chest/bi ( again, changing to tris instead of Bi's )
Saturday: Abs
Sunday: Back/shoulders/tri ( changing to BI's )

I take Green Tea extract, as well at Syntha-6 protein. Stopped taking creatine as I figured it wouldn't help lose bodyfat. ( Any advice in this, if my assumption is incorrect? )

Feel free to leave suggestions / comments. Will rep all!

Heres the pic so far : Don't be afraid to be harsh. I'm harsh on myself so I'm used to it!




I guess it looks like I lost a little bit of BF in the few days inbetween pics. But I was full of water ( all I drink ) in both pics, so its hard to tell.

I Will update this pic/thread in a week or two with two new pics. ( If I remember.. haha ! )


Cheers!

[kram157]

why 2 days for abs?
why no leg work ?

[Altair]

Originally Posted by kram157

why 2 days for abs?
why no leg work ?

Well I do bodyweight exercises like one legged squats and such, but nothing with weights since I don't have a gym membership and therefore don't have the means to do a thorough leg workout.

In about a month I'll have the membership. Will probably do legs tuesdays and saturdays.

Edit: a second thought, I could go buy a few 70lb sandbags at Ace hardware and use those!

Excellent.

[mistafreeze]

You lost almost 100 pounds in 8 months with no weights? kick ass

[dysfun0507]

US ARMY - HOOAH!

sorry... lookin good bud, is that a knife wound? or surgery?

[Altair]

Originally Posted by dysfun0507

US ARMY - HOOAH!

sorry... lookin good bud, is that a knife wound? or surgery?

Surgery. Some stomach thing I had at two weeks old. The doctor butchered me. I thought when I lost weight it would flatten out, but it got worse. =/

[Altair]

Originally Posted by mistafreeze

You lost almost 100 pounds in 8 months with no weights? kick ass

Yep. I know now that I should have been hitting the weights the whole time, but I'm proud of myself nontheless.

[Dylang]

if you want to build muscle you are going to need alot more then 120 grams of protein

if you continue to lose weight without weight training and getting so little protein you're going to end up being extremely skinny

up the protein, pump the iron and shave the shoulders.... only then will you be comfortable without your shirt

[Altair]

Originally Posted by Dylang

if you want to build muscle you are going to need alot more then 120 grams of protein

if you continue to lose weight without weight training and getting so little protein you're going to end up being extremely skinny

up the protein, pump the iron and shave the shoulders.... only then will you be comfortable without your shirt

Will do!

Yeah I'm getting the hair removed for summer. I don't feel like rocking the gorilla look this summer. LOL

[Altair]

Hey all, took a few more pictures today ( 3/5/08), I figured I would post them up if anyone wants to comment. Nothing much, only about 14 days since my last pics. Pretty much just posting these up to hold myself accountable for my transformation.

Cheers!

Older progress pics:



New ones are in the next post down...

[Altair]

Grrr @ time inbetween posts...

New ones:








Needless to say, I am VERY proud of myself so far. As stated in the first post, about 9 months ago I was 260 and super depressed. Now I'm as happy as ever, and I'm even dating a perfect 10! I'm loving it!