New Year, New You: ispankmidget's Cut 4 Six Log

[ispankmidgets]

Let's do this bish. Time to get serious. I decided to start a log for accountability.

Starting date: today
Starting weight: 198
Starting height: 6'0"
Goal weight: 170
Weekly goal: 1-1.5 lbs loss

Plan: PPL 3-4 days a week.
Some cardio on off days for more deficit (hiking, walking on an incline 45-60 minutes, or some running)

Estimated maintenance calories: 2610
Target calories: 2000
Macro split: 40/40/20

Here's what I look like right now:



Fat as ****. Heaviest I've been. I've been lifting for a couple years, but I've suffered from a lot of inconsistency, bad diet, and some program hopping. It's time to change that.

I'm starting today, but I won't be able to lift or really track my nutrition until Saturday due to traveling.

If I lose a pound a week, I'll hit 170 by July 12. That bodyweight is just an estimated goal. The main goal is to cut body fat until I can see my six pack -- however many pounds that takes.

Buckle up. Let's go *******s!

[ispankmidgets]

Day 1 -- Weight: 199.

Hit the gym this morning fasted. I was on vacation for a week, so didn't workout at all. It was nice being back in the gym.

I'm doing a Push-Pull 3-4x a week depending on my schedule. Today was Push.

Push
1. BB OHP (3x4-6) 80x6, 65x7, 65x5
2. BB Incl. BP (3x4-6) 120x5, 120x3, 105x6
3. BB Front squat (3x4-6) 100x4, 100x4, 100x4
4. Sled single-leg calf press (3x10-12) 200x12, 200x12, 205x10
5. Cable overhead tricep ext. (3x8-10) 115x10, 120x6, 105x10

I don't add the bar for the BB lifts, so add 45. Lifts were all over the place today.

I'm going to try a leangains protocol of maintenance on lifting days and -20% on rest days. See what happens.

Main thing for me is just consistency and sticking with it. This journal will hopefully help with accountability.

My calorie target for the day is 2623.

[ispankmidgets]

Close enough today.



Trick is not to be too anal. I'm not competing.

I want to eat a little better -- more fruits and vegetables -- for health purposes, but taking it slow.

Think I need to meal prep to make things easier, especially on rest days. Tomorrow is a rest day, but I'm going to do 40-45 minutes of incline walking before work.

I'll try to post some food porn going forward, just really busy with some other projects right now.

Are these message boards still active?

[Heisman2]

Journals are not too active.

It makes absolutely no sense at all to not include the bar weight in your lifts. Why are you doing this?

[ispankmidgets]

Journals are not too active.

It makes absolutely no sense at all to not include the bar weight in your lifts. Why are you doing this?

I'm copying it directly from my workout journal. I don't add 45 to my lifts in that because then I would have to subtract it every single time I go to the gym in order to calculate how much weight to put on the bar.

Also, I started a different thread since this section is pretty much dead: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=175207361