June 1 - Aug 31 Weight loss Comp/Support

[subbob]

How's everyone doing in regards to diet? I think I'm doing ok, I've been counting calories (i love the scanner thing on the my fitness pal app lol) and I've been reaching it. I don't think I'm going over (if I do it isn't too much, I think I'm still on a deficit)

But my main problem is getting to the gym. There's a bank holiday here so I think I'll need to do my 3 day split 3 days in a row for Friday. Is that feasible?

I'm ashamed to say I'm new to this so I'll have some questions lol but just tell me to ask somewhere else if need be.

Scanner thing?

[theconomist]

Had a great weekend and back to the gym today. Still same weigt which is to be expected, weight in 3 days I'm confident I'll be 191,4 anyway we'll see.

Had 100g of cheddar cheese,chicken breasts,brocoli and some fruits.

I'll be taking pictures of all my meals and post them at the end of each week.

[SJC92]

Scanner thing?

u scan the barcode on the packaging of food and you just type how much you ate and it adds it to your calorie and macro consumption.

[Voxmusculus]

You need to determine what your maintenance calories are (which include any and all workouts). From there determine how much of a deficit you want to have. sounds like 500 for you and stick to that caloric intake. I'm cutting on 1400-1600 cals/day irregardless if I workout once, twice or not at all. Prob gives me a deficit of between 500-1500/day. I find a larger deficit helps in case I count incorrectly it's not the end of the world. Just turns my 1000 calorie deficit into 700 or something. Anyways best of luck all. I've been kind of bad for the last three weeks with two holidays and a wedding this past weekend, but nothing on the sched now till the first week of july. hoping to drop 10 lbs or so in the next month, to accomodate the 3 lbs I will put back on in the first week of july... LOL...Damn holidays!!!

Thank you, that's helpful. I've decided to cut a couple of hundred calories from my maintenance and adding workouts on top. Let's see if I can keep this up.

Today was good, though. Woke up early, did P90X Ab Ripper X, had a peanut butter sandwich, a protein shake, and coffee for breakfast. Lunch was some rice, beans, and vegetables. And I just had a cup of coffee since I was feeling hungry.

I was hoping to play some tennis later today, but my elbow hurts (either from last night's workout or from too much mouse usage - or both - not sure). So, going to take it easy today and do YogaX per the P90X schedule. It's 3 hours, and I'll muddle through most of it, but it's a good stretch and adds variety to the workout.

[subbob]

u scan the barcode on the packaging of food and you just type how much you ate and it adds it to your calorie and macro consumption.

oh damn, did not know that...thanks man.

going to make tracking a hell of lot easier

[Justin23454]

make sure you look at the cals still on the box and app. They are not the same sometimes.

[DSUP]

Smart woman.

Kinda lean?, kinda?, are you nuts? You're really freakin' lean. Don't push it at the gym 'cause it's not gonna be worth it if you hurt your arm. You just leave the heavy weight to me rofl. Oh, and embrace the doms lol

I've been leaner. I will be leaner again. I may even get leaner than that. I don't know about embracing DOMS. That's more something to avoid by being smart about not jumping right back into where you left off.

I get a little sore if I'm out of the gym for more than 4 days and when I use the ab wheel (which I'm trying to make myself do more often so I don't get sore every time). I did get a tiny bit sore in the quads the other day when I jumped from 250 to 270 on leg press. You know, I didn't really believe you when you said eventually the Doms would go away

I have an ab wheel and I love it but I'm not using it yet because I'm protecting my arm. I found an ab machine today that let me push the weight with my chest. That will have to do until I can hold a handle for cable crunches again.

I bet it's nice to be able to lift without DOMS now that you're doing it regularly.

Squats are at a standstill right now at 185x5
I have to admit to avoiding deadlifts (and I have about 101 excuses, but they're irrelevant- just excuses) , but the avoidance is done...doing them wed. (I've been doing pendlay rows and back extensions instead of deads)
Hit a PR with bench today 95x3 (I think I could have got one more, but didn't have a spotter so I didn't push it)

Keep nursing that arm and listen to your wife.

Take a lesson from me and get yourself some lifting straps before you start doing deads. I probably could have prevented this injuy which is now on week 5 or 6 if I had.

[DizzySmalls]

5'9 250lb >30%bf >> I'm only getting 100-120g protein right now, but I'm in the startup phase of getting back into this and I'm going to get a few weeks of cardio in for basic fitness purposes before I start lifting. Is this enough protein, or should I cut down the other macros to make room for more? I'd prefer not to, but I can if it's significant. Getting ~1800-1900 calories

[djlogik]

Take a lesson from me and get yourself some lifting straps before you start doing deads. I probably could have prevented this injuy which is now on week 5 or 6 if I had.

I have found that using straps while doing deads has helped me get around my wrist injury. Even though I'm not pulling much weight, they still make a huge difference. Highly recommend them if you have an injury or even very weak grip strength. But, if you have weak grip, work on building that up and not always relying on the straps.

[Ummabeast]

make sure you look at the cals still on the box and app. They are not the same sometimes.

Counting cals?.
What's dat dare alien technology you speak of?.

[streethero]

I'm kinda late, but can I join? haha. Never knew about the forums.

Started June 1st. 220.5lbs.

Today: 217.5lbs.

Starting Kris Gethin 12-Week Daily Trainer today.

[DSUP]

I have found that using straps while doing deads has helped me get around my wrist injury. Even though I'm not pulling much weight, they still make a huge difference. Highly recommend them if you have an injury or even very weak grip strength. But, if you have weak grip, work on building that up and not always relying on the straps.

My "do it the hard way - it builds character/stronger grip" - mentality backfired on me. It was all good to a point but I should have recognized that as I lifted heavier weight, the weak link was my grip. It's been a pretty long time now and it still hurts. I just hope that I haven't done permanent and uncorrectable injury.

[thechickenman]

Getting to the gym today and tomorrow will be hard (FUUU Queen!) 3 days straight is fine as long as you plan it right. For example not training shoulders the day before you train triceps. I'm lucky enough that the bank holiday wont really change anything as far as my workouts are concerned

my gym is closed because of it and I can't sort out my membership. I'll see what I've written down and check whether it works

oh damn, did not know that...thanks man.

going to make tracking a hell of lot easier

It's a lot of fun too or maybe I'm just childish

make sure you look at the cals still on the box and app. They are not the same sometimes.

Yea I do that, they usually match

[Bliz19]

Thank you, that's helpful. I've decided to cut a couple of hundred calories from my maintenance and adding workouts on top. Let's see if I can keep this up.

Today was good, though. Woke up early, did P90X Ab Ripper X, had a peanut butter sandwich, a protein shake, and coffee for breakfast. Lunch was some rice, beans, and vegetables. And I just had a cup of coffee since I was feeling hungry.

I was hoping to play some tennis later today, but my elbow hurts (either from last night's workout or from too much mouse usage - or both - not sure). So, going to take it easy today and do YogaX per the P90X schedule. It's 3 hours, and I'll muddle through most of it, but it's a good stretch and adds variety to the workout.

Good stuff. Best of luck to you.

[Bliz19]

5'9 250lb >30%bf >> I'm only getting 100-120g protein right now, but I'm in the startup phase of getting back into this and I'm going to get a few weeks of cardio in for basic fitness purposes before I start lifting. Is this enough protein, or should I cut down the other macros to make room for more? I'd prefer not to, but I can if it's significant. Getting ~1800-1900 calories

Sounds fine to me. I aim for .8g/LBM and haven't lost any strength at all thus far. some will argue, but just watch your body. When you start lifting if you are getting weaker then I would up it.

[johnwalk2]

in.

[SJC92]

Another day down folks! with 1781 cals in me and a good workout. This is getting easy now

[Voxmusculus]

How's everyone doing in regards to diet? I think I'm doing ok, I've been counting calories (i love the scanner thing on the my fitness pal app lol) and I've been reaching it. I don't think I'm going over (if I do it isn't too much, I think I'm still on a deficit)

But my main problem is getting to the gym. There's a bank holiday here so I think I'll need to do my 3 day split 3 days in a row for Friday. Is that feasible?

I'm ashamed to say I'm new to this so I'll have some questions lol but just tell me to ask somewhere else if need be.

Diet has been the hardest part, since I travel a lot, and I'm a vegetarian with an egg allergy!

Plus it's really hard when we go to the nicest restaurants every evening, and everyone I work with is having great food and a boatload of alcohol.

However, someone had recommended drinking coffee on this thread, and that was quite useful. I also have a stash of Met-RX protein bars that I snack on throughout the day.

[subbob]

Diet has been the hardest part, since I travel a lot, and I'm a vegetarian with an egg allergy!

Plus it's really hard when we go to the nicest restaurants every evening, and everyone I work with is having great food and a boatload of alcohol.

However, someone had recommended drinking coffee on this thread, and that was quite useful. I also have a stash of Met-RX protein bars that I snack on throughout the day.

I can agree with that...Im a Food and Beverage Manager at a hotel. THERE IS FOOD EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME!!!!!

The good thing is I can still stick to a good meal plan because of everything available to me...Just gotta stay away from the dirty foods that surround me throughout my days and nights haha

[Durbandoll]

http://imagecdn.bodybuilding.com/img...WtIbj0901.jpeg

Starting pic.Hopefully in 3 months my legs will be leaner.Workouts and nutrition going good.

Sorry don't know how to embed pic.

[PunkyCindy]

Starting pic.Hopefully in 3 months my legs will be leaner.Workouts and nutrition going good.

Sorry don't know how to embed pic.

Fixed it. Also...just have to say you look great now!

[DSUP]

Fixed it. Also...just have to say you look great now!

x2! ;o)

[andrewryan]

I just found out my scale was of and I am 238 pounds all my work has not changed me like it thought It did I feel so sad. I thought I was 234 and now I know the truth of today. I have to put that to the side and focus on my goal of 200 pounds and keep my mind pushing so my body is forced to follow. Thanks for making this challenge for me to improve my life for a better tomorrow.

[Ummabeast]

x2! ;o)

Make that x3
:0

[loseitall90210]

My "do it the hard way - it builds character/stronger grip" - mentality backfired on me. It was all good to a point but I should have recognized that as I lifted heavier weight, the weak link was my grip. It's been a pretty long time now and it still hurts. I just hope that I haven't done permanent and uncorrectable injury.

My shoulder is still a bit tender. I get pissed in the morning because it feels like I've done perma damage. I'm going to the docs tomorrow for a 2nd opinion.

[djlogik]

Make that x3
:0

Make that x4

;-)

[djlogik]

My "do it the hard way - it builds character/stronger grip" - mentality backfired on me. It was all good to a point but I should have recognized that as I lifted heavier weight, the weak link was my grip. It's been a pretty long time now and it still hurts. I just hope that I haven't done permanent and uncorrectable injury.

Gotta love the alpha "ego". Gets us in trouble every time. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

I had the MRI on my wrist on Friday and supposed to get the final diagnosis from the doc tomorrow afternoon. Hope that he opts for the 3 month cast option first instead of going straight for the surgery/ bone fusion option. Either way, I'll be out of the gym for the most part. Will have some sick legs though as that's all I'll be able to really hit

[Puttputt24]

frustrated with myself.. i pigged out at dinner and went past my 1600 calorie diet by about 700

[NibirusJourney]

Anyone else here useing a nonconventional routine?

[cadave]

I took my first full rest day today... it's been a while since I've had one of those. No exercise whatsoever today.

I may have pushed too hard on the weekend... Massive DOMS in the legs and abs - my abs hurt when I sneeze lol