Turning into a meathead- mid life crisis

[coachcalande]

No run tonight. Longer day at work. I am doing chest, back, delts tomorrow and a run Sunday.

[coachcalande]

Excellent lift on chest back and shoulders .

Didn’t weigh in today. Eating a ton of protein. Big breakfast before that great lift.

Have a lot of grass to mow and plenty of “adulting” to do this weekend.

[coachcalande]

263 this am.

Lifted and mowed yesterday. More mowing again today. I can’t plan a run with the house and yard needs at the moment. Makes no sense. My daughter wants to play badminton so after I mow I’ll try and make that happen. This is real life.

[coachcalande]

45 min run, 45 min mow, some badminton

[coachcalande]

My strength is returning with reduced running. I did run yesterday but had my best leg day in the last three mos.

Smith squats x5
Leg press x4

Round robbins
Leg ext, pushdowns, ez curls x4
Leg curls, rope ext, conc curls x4

[coachcalande]

Here’s an example of how I do food prep sometimes…

Todays High Protein creation: (all in same pan)

pack of lean ground turkey
12 Eggs, 2 cups whites
3 chicken breasts
1 bag broccoli

This will provide several meals.

Its a RUN day. Tomorrow is Chest/Back/Shoulders

[coachcalande]

Another greaT workout at 263 lbs

Hangin onto muscle and strength just fine- eating free 4-5 times a day.

Feel very good!

[coachcalande]

262 this am. I ran yesterday for around 45 min in intense heat. I stopped because I was thirsty.

Today is legs/arms and after a late night at work I am DRAINED. I’m going to set my sights on getting it done right now anyway. Coffee first!

[coachcalande]

Legs n arms done. Solid. Pause reps on leg press today.

Back to overhead rope ext on tris.

Huge steak split over two meals today.

[coachcalande]

48 min run with my daughter today.

261 lbs this am. Eating some salty things again today…

[coachcalande]

261.4

Big bacon, steak and egg breakfast.

Hit chest, back and shoulders hard this am. Doing just fine with all keto/carnivore.

[latverian41]

I don't know why but when you said meathead I immediately thought of Archie bunker.

[coachcalande]

Legs and arms this morning.
262 in weigh in.

Pause squats on the smith
Pause reps on leg press.

Round Robbin training for arms and leg isos.

[coachcalande]

259!

Amazingly not counting cals.

Need to run today after missing both Monday and Wednesday due to thunderstorms.

Have a trap spasm so a break from weights is logical anyway.

[coachcalande]

I went running after work yesterday. Managed about 37 min before my Achilles was sore. The run felt more difficult than usual.
Football season is here and these late nights screw me up pretty bad.

I’m supposed to lift this am, I needed more sleep. I’ll try and get some kind of exercise this afternoon.

[coachcalande]

259.4

I ate a big dinner last night, a big breakfast and two nice sized lunches. I’m loving this. It’s just next to impossible to actually gain fat eating like this. It’s all about protein.

I had a couple of adult beverages last night as well.

I need to train chest/back/shoulders today. Have had a trap spasm all week but it’s quite a bit better so we will see how it goes. I’d like to run this weekend as well, depending on “the hurricane.”

With my training I’m getting into weight training sets that fail right around 8. Staying away from 3-5 rep stuff to save my joints. On occasion I’ll hit a heavy set of pause squats but …why?

[coachcalande]

Excellent lift. None of my training weights are dropping even with the weight loss. Obviously this is exactly what I want.

Chest, back, shoulders done to the max.

12 sets chest
12 sets back
16 sets delts and traps.

[coachcalande]

259.4

1 hour run at the park. Fantastic how comfortable this was! Smooth!

[coachcalande]

Excellent squats/leg press session followed by leg and arm isolation work.

Doing well even after an hour run yesterday.

[coachcalande]

Great training today.

Trained chest, back, shoulders…the usual sets and reps. Wasn’t feeling it today at first but I woke up. Blasted away. It’s a win.
261 today.

Decided to plan and track todays meals. 360 G protein, 9 g carbs, 130 G fat. 2700 ish cals.

[coachcalande]

Nice solid 30 min run today. 20 min jogging, 10 min sprints.

Big plate of chicken for dinner.

[coachcalande]

258 this am!

Incredible. Bacon and eggs every day, all the meat I want…yesterday I ate 12 eggs.


I’m having a dozen eggs today as well. Losing without restriction or hunger is the best. Had a nice run yesterday and may get another half hour or so today.

[coachcalande]

So in tracking a bit (not the same as restricting!)

I’d say a very average/typical days eats puts me ballpark

2700-2800 cals
350-375 G protein
110-135 G fat
Under 20 G carbs

I’m not restricting, counting cals…just summed up what I consider eating for satisfaction and variety.

Every day I eat at least 8-12 eggs.
I’ll eat about 1/3 pack bacon
Maybe a few ounces of sliced ham or Turkey
Maybe a few slices of cheese
16-20 ounces of chicken breast , maybe tuna instead
Burgers or steak or chicken thighs.
Maybe some green vegetables or a small salad.

But I’m never going hungry or hangry and this is sustainable. I still enjoy coffee, diet sodas, adult beverages on the weekends.

I don’t eat sweets at all obviously.

[coachcalande]

Two mile run this afternoon. Short and sweet.

[coachcalande]

257 lbs this am. That’s 29 pounds since I started in June.

I’m up early, it’s coffee time. Unfortunately, no eggs in the house so breakfast will be ground turkey with cheese I think.

It’s legs/arms day. I’ll probably do a short and sweet workout as my legs feel sore from runs.

[coachcalande]

258.

Breakfast is a big bowl of meat.

Been getting into just cooking a pan full of ground turkey, chicken, sausage and whatever else I can find. I’m salt sensitive so I know it bloats me up but the flavor and variety is nice.

Today is a run day.

[coachcalande]

Nice 30 min run in the rain today.

Protein and adult beverages this weekend. Watching football today. Football and a lift tomorrow.
Good to have red meat and eggs back on the menu this weekend after running out early last week.

[coachcalande]

Excellent lift on chest, back, shoulders
Holding strength as I get more “svelte “ (my wife’s word)

Crushing it.

[coachcalande]

260 today


Basic leg and arm day

Squats x4
Leg press x4
Ez curlsx6
Pushdowns x6

Felt pretty strong actually.

[coachcalande]

30 min run. Nice pace!