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Hovering around just above the 174 mark this am. Midsection around the navel about 35 and a little bit. After I am done lifting I can see some veins and more definition around muscles especially in the shoulders, arms, traps, and quads.
Happy scale says the moving loss average is about 0.5lbs per week. Going to try to stay at that rate, don't want to stall my squat progress (such as it is). 2000 calories seems to give me that rate of loss...Calories:this is more of an average through the week, some days as high as 2500, other days as low as 1700, I eat more on the hockey days...(and saturdays :))
Cardio is mainly hockey twice per week and the odd rowing session. I have a bit of a minor lower body injury at the moment so there will be no cardio for the next week or so, I am "day to day" as they say.
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Don't lose too fast! during January I averaged about a pound a week or so (exactly 2kg in Jan).
My performance is collapsing (it was terrible to start with) and I'm sure it's the hunger.
Missed embarrassingly easy lifts this morning, that makes me angry --> hangry.
But got only 1kg (2.2lbs) to lose to make target (70kg /154lbs)... gotta keep going even though I can barely pick up a tiny pink dumbbell, I'll probably have to start wearing Spandex and using the leg extension + innie/outtie thigh machines instead if my weakness "improves" at current rate. That makes me even more HANGRY.
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Not sure if I'm losing too fast or if it was water. 255.6 last week, 251.6 today 4 pounds on the nose. Same day of week, same time of day. I guess I'll know more next week.
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Making steady progress, peak daily weight was 210.6, this morning was 202.8, haven't computed this week's trend yet but I'm generally losing about a pound a week. No major changes to training but I've re-done all my cutting recipes to better ensure I hit my fat targets every day instead of just on average. Current calorie target is 1829 which is about as low as I can get it while hitting my macros and without doing some form of low carb strategy. Switching my fruit intake to higher fiber choices, half a large apple at the moment, has got hunger under good control. I was able to drop the last remnants of daily dessert I'd been holding on to (a single square of dark chocolate) by starting to brush my teeth before bed time which will no doubt make my dentist happier as well.
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I'm in!
2018 year to date low: 201.6
2019 starting weight: 217.4 Ugh the last quarter of the year gets me every damn time!
Current weight: 202.2
Target weight: 195 (I think)
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After dropping down to 148lbs (10st 8), Im now at 161lbs (11st 7) and would like to see 168lbs (12 stone) by summer.
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Joining late. Started cutting the weekend before last. Started at 189, currently at 184, aiming for about 175. If I can retain most of my strength I’ll keep going to 165-170. If I start losing too much strength I’ll jump off at 175. I get overly nervous over losing strength.
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In for what I hope is only about 5-6 weeks or so. I normally keep my weight low 170's which is probably 13-14% bodyfat (blurry 4-6 pack in the am), but I allowed my weight to creep up to ~181 or so since Thanksgiving. I started about 10 days ago, and I'm down to 178.
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1/28/19 199.2
2/14/19 190.4
Goal 177/178
Enough was enough. In good shape but was all in my stomach. Looked 6 month pregnant. One day a week, total fast. 37-40 hours. Eat really well Tuesday - Friday, have more calories on Saturday/Sunday with a couple of cheat meals.
Need to cut off the weekend drinking and it will come off quicker.
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173.8 this morning.
Last night was really hard, no one had time to shop or pre-plan dinner so my wife opts to order take out Chinese food, I had to go get it and savor the smells all the way home. I only had allowance for approx 600 calories for dinner, so that was like a spring roll, 2 chicken balls-no sauce, 1/2 cup of fried rice, a small serving of this chop suey stuff, and about 1 cup of plain raw steamed broc. Wife and son filled their plates. I was half asleep in bed later on and I heard my son come home ....putting the leftovers in the microwave...I could smell it as well.
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Valentines dinner with my wife on a diet. "Um waiter, can I have more steamed broc****." :(
JK, sort of :D
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An artificially high 195.0 for me today. Still have abs and some arm veins, gained some fat around oblique's and lower stomach.... been trending around 192. Probably get more serious with diet soon though...
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176 this morning. Happy with this ~5 lb loss since starting not too long ago. The next 5 will require a bit more time :eek:
I normally reduce the frequency of my workouts to every third day when cutting, so yesterday wasn't a day to lift but I did go to PF with my wife and walked on the treadmill. ESPN had some older UFC fights on and it was kind of enjoyable walking next to my wife and watching/listening (via headphones) to the TV.
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Last March when I began tracking this stuff (I believe that's when) I was 235. Was down to 198 in January now at 204. Having said that it's the off-season and I shall be back on the track in a few weeks.
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Just came in under 180 this morning at 179.8 pounds. First goal is 175 so I’m getting close, but I would look a lot better at 160-165 (I’m only 5’7”). We will have to wait and see.
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I came here here for support on my diet misery.
Whenever I lose weight I lose too fast whenever I gain, I gain too fast. My weight is like a yo-yo. 2019 is the year I'm going to finally put the pieces together. Maybe after this wreckless cut im currently in.
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5 years ago i went from 245 to 195 in mine months. unfortunately, some crappy life situations happened and i quit working out and dieting for the past 4 years.
currently 233 lb :(
goal is 200
i'm hoping to lose at least a little bit before my Jamaican vacation at the end of april..... or they may think i'm a whale that washed up on shore........
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I had another "refeed" Friday . . . what I really mean is that I ate over maintenance because I wanted a break after dieting so hard for six looong days (/sarcasm). I need to try harder this week, because I'm sure that I'm having to eat at a deficit for at least two days to undo what I did on Friday :(
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Between Valentine's Day and my wife's birthday, I overate on both nights so no real change on the weekly weigh in, still around 195. Was it worth it though? Yes.
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[QUOTE=grouchyjarhead;1573942761]Between Valentine's Day and my wife's birthday, I overate on both nights so no real change on the weekly weigh in, still around 195. Was it worth it though? Yes.[/QUOTE]
LOL
I am purposely holding around 173 so I can get this squat cycle over with 3-4 weeks depending. Based on last years experience Its about 170 or so where my strength begins a steep slide, just can't do that right now.
Another big diet impact issue soon; wife and I are driving to Florida to visit relatives wintering there. For the first time in 20 years we are going to take a vacation ALONE together(mostly anyway..yes... sans kids and any other family), we chose to go by road because we want to visit my son at university, then Nashville, (we have Leafs vs Preds tickets), then a pretty little Georgia town or two, Dunedin FLA (need my baseball fix), Naples then possibly the Keys before returning, I was told I was not to bring gym stuff, just golf clubs. I have been reading up on "you gotta eat here" stops, if you know some along I-75 chime in!
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Weighed just under 177 this morning, and I now know I need much lower than 175 (which was my first goal). 160 is probably my best goal, but I’m not sure I want to go that low...
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Weighed 175.5 on Friday. Still allowing myself a slight surplus one day every week, and I just came back from a 50 minute bike ride in 20+ mph winds(!!!) to offset a little of yesterday's surplus :p
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I’ll jump back in.
Current: 202
Target: 190
More modest goal, I look and feel best at 190. Pulled my hammy last November and it took forever to rehab. Just started squatting again this month-and Lordy did I lose strength!
Also: I never knew a pulled hamstring would keep you from lifting damn near anything! I couldn’t bench, row or do OHP. About all I could do was ride the bike and do chins.
Cheers everybody!
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Posted my pic on the losing fat forum asking how far I should go, was told to go down another 25-30 pounds to 145-150. Right now I’m committing to cutting through April and will see where I’m at after that.
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I'll jump on board. Starting at 202.5 and trying to move down to around 187. So gonna dial in everything and try to hit 187 by June 1.
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update from me:
Started at around 215Lbs and I'm currently sitting at a weekly average of 205Lbs, I think quitting alcohol has really helped as I haven't really altered my diet I'm still getting 3000 calories a day as an average. I'd like to get to a consistent 200Lbs and see what I look and feel like.
106 days alcohol free today!
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[QUOTE=dazlittle;1574452041]update from me:
Started at around 215Lbs and I'm currently sitting at a weekly average of 205Lbs, I think quitting alcohol has really helped as I haven't really altered my diet I'm still getting 3000 calories a day as an average. I'd like to get to a consistent 200Lbs and see what I look and feel like.
106 days alcohol free today![/QUOTE]
Good job Daz! I’m starting a booze free run because of this comment. It really can make or break a physique.
Current weight: 201
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I was 245 coming off of christmas, hope to see 215 again by july. @237 currently. Haven;t been able to train my way out of it as have an injury, but slowly finding ways to eat better and do some cough cardio.
Basically must do this again why do I put the weight back on ?: shakes head
[img]http://i.imgur.com/gOt6o8e.jpg[/img]
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Does anyone else feel hungrier shortly after a workout? I don't know if it's the "bro" in me that subconsciously thinks anabolic window (LOL) or what, but if I'm working out I have a harder time sticking to my macros due to eating more after the workout. I have changed my workout frequency to an every 3rd day, full-body workout, but still, that's one day in three that I'm eating more than I should.
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[QUOTE=Payton1221;1574573101]Does anyone else feel hungrier shortly after a workout? I don't know if it's the "bro" in me that subconsciously thinks anabolic window (LOL) or what, but if I'm working out I have a harder time sticking to my macros due to eating more after the workout. I have changed my workout frequency to an every 3rd day, full-body workout, but still, that's one day in three that I'm eating more than I should.[/QUOTE]
I sauna after my workout and take a protein shake in there so that generally satisfies any hunger, at least for a couple of hours anyway!!