May 1st - August 1st Weightloss Comp

[scohen158]

looks like i'm gonna just have a quick snack, wait an hour and it is time to DESTROY a chest workout in the gym today. This is my first proper day back on the diet and training and it's gonna be going 'perfect' so i can finally friggin get to the goals i set by the time my 3rd and final year at university starts.

No point to keep making promises i don't keep, i'm only gonna keep fooling myself and the only person that doesn't benefit from getting to the goal is me. Ok guys, wish me look and i shall report in on how it went should i get a chance

Like the attitude go out and get it done!

[Penguin-Slide]

Super discouraged today. I have been working my ass off for three weeks.. NEVER have I ever had my diet so on point, and never have I exercised so hard..

Yesterday was my cheat day.. I only had a cheat dinner.. 2 chili dogs. I weighed myself this morning (similar to my start date, morning after eating bad) and I was 246.. one pound HEAVIER than when I started.. to top it off, my pants seem to fit tighter than when I started.

I dont know if my metabolism is ****ed from losing and gaining weight.. but I dont know what the hell to do.. I even did 1600 calories a day last week, and im 6'4" 238 pounds (that week)...

I dunno if I should EC stack, ketosis.. or what.. this sucks.

[Gooner123]

Loving the way my body and metabolism are working now!

Heres what I mean, I hit the gym 2x a day Mon-Fri, weights AM boxing PM and eat healthily with at least a 500 deficit. Sat-Sun I hit the gym for weights on one of the days and eat normally with treats! By Monday my weight is up 2-3lb on Friday but by Tuesday it's back at/under Fridays weight!

Making this losing weight easy!

[PoundsinSoFLA]

Wish I would have hit this weight when I weighed in on Friday...

236.4 when I weighed this afternoon. 1.4 shy of my first 20 lost... Going to be interesting to see what I weigh on Friday this week. I'm pleased as hell to be in the 230's for the first time in a loooong time.

Getting close to time to readjust my caloric intake. Thinking about moving to lifting four times a week instead of the three that I'm doing now.

[scohen158]

Super discouraged today. I have been working my ass off for three weeks.. NEVER have I ever had my diet so on point, and never have I exercised so hard..

Yesterday was my cheat day.. I only had a cheat dinner.. 2 chili dogs. I weighed myself this morning (similar to my start date, morning after eating bad) and I was 246.. one pound HEAVIER than when I started.. to top it off, my pants seem to fit tighter than when I started.

I dont know if my metabolism is ****ed from losing and gaining weight.. but I dont know what the hell to do.. I even did 1600 calories a day last week, and im 6'4" 238 pounds (that week)...

I dunno if I should EC stack, ketosis.. or what.. this sucks.

I would suggest not to weigh yourself the morning after eating a cheat meal as you will be likely retaining water etc. Remember it's over the long haul if you are consistent with what your eat and activity the weight will come off as long as you are in a deficit.

[Penguin-Slide]

Well thats the thing.. I weighed in the morning after eating like **** for three days straight and I was 245.. i was 238 a week later, then 236. then I have 2 chili dogs, some potato chips, and a bowl of ice cream a week after that and I am back up to 246 the morning after? What the ****.. I drink a LOT of water too with how active I am and living in the mountains and all.. BLEH

[T3hGiggles]

Had a bad binge last night and this morning, totaling to ~6500 over maintenance. Just thought I'd post in here to hold myself accountable. Keep strong, bros!!!

[BradKemp]

I'm off to a terrible start this week. My dog somehow got sliced on something a few days ago and has an open wound by her ass that I have to clean every couple hours so it doesn't get infected. The worst part is whenever she squats to take a pee or poo the cut opens up and starts bleeding.

My diet has been decent but I feel guilty going for a walk when my dog is on the mend so I haven't been doing any exercise and I don't really have the motivation to lift any weights at home when me dog looks so rough.

[JVRICHARDS]

Your dog wants you to be healthy. It's part of that unconditional love thing... she'll understand you taking 20 minutes for a run.

[BradKemp]

Your dog wants you to be healthy. It's part of that unconditional love thing... she'll understand you taking 20 minutes for a run.

I would love to go for a run but after 2 minutes it feels like I'm going to have a heart attack and then I get really dizzy and feels like I'm going to faint. I gotta work my way up to it. Started at walking for 20 minutes and now I'm up to 2 hours.

I get the same thing when I lift weights.. after about 3 sets I have to stop because my heart becomes too elevated.

I've done a lot of bad **** in my lifetime and went close to 10 years without eating any fruit or vegtables.

[NARMAK]

Ok ladies and gents, i can officially report that i have now fully completed a whole day with a training session and hit all my planned macros on my set meal plan. I kept the session a bit light with a bit og cardio on the end for about 10 mins and the weight session was about 3/4 of my old full weight and thought it's better to loosen up the muscles this week.

In all honesty, sticking to this diet i had pre-planned made me realise how crap the unflavoured protein even with sweetner in water as well as the 600g chicken breast taste. Not very nice i can tell you but i guess thats sometimes the point, we don't eat for pleasure, we bear it out so we can hit our goals and give our body what it needs. I'll probably get used to the taste again at some point and make it more bearable. The most liked of the meals are probably the cereal, toast w/ peanut butter, eggs & a green apple. Just happens i seem to finish the day off by eating the worst stuff at night lol.

I'm gonna start ticking the days down and keep my own little sheet of on point days as well as some indiscretions i may face. I do know in advance that there will be a wedding i need to attend in July so i'll just stick with the diet till then and kind of use those as measured cheat days where i try to stick close to my cal limits.

Most importantly guys n' gals, stay strong. I find once i get going i'm like a juggernaut and i just don't seem to stop.

[Nexus2kx]

In all honesty, sticking to this diet i had pre-planned made me realise how crap the unflavoured protein even with sweetner in water as well as the 600g chicken breast taste. Not very nice i can tell you but i guess thats sometimes the point, we don't eat for pleasure, we bear it out so we can hit our goals and give our body what it needs. I'll probably get used to the taste again at some point and make it more bearable. The most liked of the meals are probably the cereal, toast w/ peanut butter, eggs & a green apple. Just happens i seem to finish the day off by eating the worst stuff at night lol.

What is your current diet then?

Get flavoured protein, it's much better, I have cookies and cream flavour

I have a slice of toast with peanut butter in the morning, some sort of ham/cheese or chicken or tuna sandwich for lunch, dinner is where it gets fun!

I can have either chicken in sauce (sweet/sour, curry, etc) with rice or burgers, tuna or salmon with rice and veg. Every now and then i'll make healthy fajitas or have a healthy pizza

Does get a bit boring after a while but I can't do much with a desk job! Spice dinner up though, it's the best meal .

[NARMAK]

What is your current diet then?

Get flavoured protein, it's much better, I have cookies and cream flavour

I have a slice of toast with peanut butter in the morning, some sort of ham/cheese or chicken or tuna sandwich for lunch, dinner is where it gets fun!

I can have either chicken in sauce (sweet/sour, curry, etc) with rice or burgers, tuna or salmon with rice and veg. Every now and then i'll make healthy fajitas or have a healthy pizza

Does get a bit boring after a while but I can't do much with a desk job! Spice dinner up though, it's the best meal .

I primarily chose the unflavoured version based on the fact it had the highest protein content and fit my macros a lot better than the flavoured versions do. I used to put a bit of cocoa powder in with the sweetner and try to keep the water part as low as possible to make it more thick but i guess tonight i just wanted to jug it down and tbh thats what i'd do anyway, the 'bad' taste only lasts about 10 seconds then.

The problems just the chicken i guess, i need to find a way to season it in a calorie friendly way so it tastes good. it's probably the hardest meal to eat all that 600g at the end of a day. The funniest part is that this set meal plan is somewhere like 2k cals, primarily focused on high protein, mid level carbs and as minimum fat as possible to streamline it out. It does work but it's just trying to iron out the chicken issue i guess. Gonna keep trying different mixes etc but i think i just nailed the cooking method for the chicken on a stove pan.

Ok guys, gonna watch a movie now and then off to bed for that all important rest. I keep hearing how important it is and want to make sure i try and do everything as good as possible cause i need to prove i can get a 6 pac and that body of my dreams. Talking the talk is one thing but very few can walk the walk. The fact you guys n gals are here proves your willing to walk the walk so many people just talk.

[whiteorc]

I primarily chose the unflavoured version based on the fact it had the highest protein content and fit my macros a lot better than the flavoured versions do. I used to put a bit of cocoa powder in with the sweetner and try to keep the water part as low as possible to make it more thick but i guess tonight i just wanted to jug it down and tbh thats what i'd do anyway, the 'bad' taste only lasts about 10 seconds then.

The problems just the chicken i guess, i need to find a way to season it in a calorie friendly way so it tastes good. it's probably the hardest meal to eat all that 600g at the end of a day. The funniest part is that this set meal plan is somewhere like 2k cals, primarily focused on high protein, mid level carbs and as minimum fat as possible to streamline it out. It does work but it's just trying to iron out the chicken issue i guess. Gonna keep trying different mixes etc but i think i just nailed the cooking method for the chicken on a stove pan.

Ok guys, gonna watch a movie now and then off to bed for that all important rest. I keep hearing how important it is and want to make sure i try and do everything as good as possible cause i need to prove i can get a 6 pac and that body of my dreams. Talking the talk is one thing but very few can walk the walk. The fact you guys n gals are here proves your willing to walk the walk so many people just talk.

lemon pepper on chicken.

[NARMAK]

lemon pepper on chicken.

Tried pepper and lemon juice before with some garlic granules. But i don't know how different the lemon pepper is compared to the pepper + lemon juice combo.

[whiteorc]

Tried pepper and lemon juice before with some garlic granules. But i don't know how different the lemon pepper is compared to the pepper + lemon juice combo.

lemon pepper is a spice blend so its very different
http://www.mccormick.com/Products/He...Seasoning.aspx
buy that, its what i use.

[bglorioso]

Well I think my body is finally asking for a bit of a break. Been hitting the gym 6-7 times a week since the end of January (doing AllPros beginniner routine + cardio/abs on all non lifting days) and I just hit a brick wall while lifting today. Think I'm going to take the rest of the week to rest and study for the GMAT (taking it Saturday...). This will also motivate me to get my diet back on lockdown. Then back to the gym on Monday!

Also, for chicken one of my favorites is to marinade it in fat free Italian dressing then either grill or bake it. Delicious.

[NARMAK]

Well I think my body is finally asking for a bit of a break. Been hitting the gym 6-7 times a week since the end of January (doing AllPros beginniner routine + cardio/abs on all non lifting days) and I just hit a brick wall while lifting today. Think I'm going to take the rest of the week to rest and study for the GMAT (taking it Saturday...). This will also motivate me to get my diet back on lockdown. Then back to the gym on Monday!

Also, for chicken one of my favorites is to marinade it in fat free Italian dressing then either grill or bake it. Delicious.

Good idea on giving your body a rest and doing the study but i think if you get a chance to maybe go 3x in the week you want to rest a bit and do full body light workouts it might help you a little with the cals burned in the week and keep you nice and limber.

[zoomzeline]

been cutting now for 5 weeks, lost 6.6 kgs (14.5 pounds) i can see a difference and i am still losing but fat is getting really jiggly, does anyone know why, like its softer then before..

[59orphan]

I put this on everything!

[Cyranis]

been cutting now for 5 weeks, lost 6.6 kgs (14.5 pounds) i can see a difference and i am still losing but fat is getting really jiggly, does anyone know why, like its softer then before..

Google : bodyrecomposition wooshes and squishy fat (I can't post links)
This should answer why fat gets squishy and does not come off in a linear fashion.

[Drastiic]

Well I woke up at 4AM today with a cold. I think it's just allergies because the mucus is clear. Having to keep kleenex stuffed up my nostrils because it's just dripping out. Just another one of those challenges to keep pushing to keep those excuses at bay.

[slashnburn]

Had a bad binge last night and this morning, totaling to ~6500 over maintenance. Just thought I'd post in here to hold myself accountable. Keep strong, bros!!!

Daaaamn, really? When I was bulking I found it annoying to eat around 4200 a day. Discipline bro! Discipline!

[slashnburn]

Google : bodyrecomposition wooshes and squishy fat (I can't post links)
This should answer why fat gets squishy and does not come off in a linear fashion.

Squishy fat...both amazing and annoying at the same time. I've been on an RFL type diet during May so I've been noticing a lot of squishiness of late.

[T3hGiggles]

Daaaamn, really? When I was bulking I found it annoying to eat around 4200 a day. Discipline bro! Discipline!

Yeah, I feel terrible lol. Trying to compensate by eating less the rest of the week and doing more cardio. I mean, it's the weekly deficit that counts, right?

[slashnburn]

Yeah, I feel terrible lol. Trying to compensate by eating less the rest of the week and doing more cardio. I mean, it's the weekly deficit that counts, right?

6,500 calories equates to almost 2lbs of flesh. A few years ago, I successfully cut down to a six pack after a year or so of having donuts and coffee every morning for breakfast after I started working out of college (this is when I started to lose some muscle mass and pack on fat). What got me really, really motivated to avoid any kind of binge eating was cardio, and seeing how long and how hard it was to actually burn a couple donuts worth of calories. Every time I saw anything cheat-worthy I'd think about how much damn work on the bike it would take to nullify the binge. This actually resulted in complete psychoticness. I started avoiding 100 calorie salad dressings and stuff because I knew how many minutes on the bike it would take to kill the stuff, ha. I'm much less psychotic these days, but definitely disciplined so I manage to avoid binges.

Having said that though, I"m on a diet that permits and requires binges, which is totally sweet

[divinations]

I'm checking in a day early as I'm leaving town in about 15 minutes and will have no internet tomorrow.

173 is my weight

[wantstobeinshap]

Last weekend was a fun time for me and I ate and drank like a champ. It's been a while since I really ate so I thought it was worth it. I'm just hoping to maintain this week, next week I know I'll be able to lose at least a pound.

[JVRICHARDS]

It's Friday here local time. Weighed in when I woke up @ 213.0.

[daveel]

98.3 this morning , slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww lol gotta step up.