First time log

[safcpaul]

Weight today 191.4
Yesterday calories : 2265
Protein : 155
Fat : 89
Carbs : 200

[AlexSays]

Ouch at having to watch your wife eat a cheesecake!! Sounds like it was done to torture you :P

Nice job, still on track! Did you have the peppercorn sauce with the gammon? How is that, can't imagine the two together but love both things so if it works would definitely try

[safcpaul]

Ouch at having to watch your wife eat a cheesecake!! Sounds like it was done to torture you :P

Nice job, still on track! Did you have the peppercorn sauce with the gammon? How is that, can't imagine the two together but love both things so if it works would definitely try

It is done to try and torture me haha. I just poured the peppercorn sauce over everything. Tasted nice but most things do when you're restricting calories. I come up with some funny concoctions when it comes to food so peppercorn sauce over gammon is nothing to me lol

[wilkinkc]

My wife got a vanilla cheesecake while i watched her eat it. I think it was done on purpose! Haha

Women think they are funny don't they? Mine made an apple cobbler this weekend for her and the kids and asked me if I wanted some. Stayed strong and did not have any haha.

[safcpaul]

Women think they are funny don't they? Mine made an apple cobbler this weekend for her and the kids and asked me if I wanted some. Stayed strong and did not have any haha.

They do think they're funny lol. You know you're dedicated when you say no to apple cobber

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 192
Yesterdays calories : 2355
Protein : 165
Fat : 77
Carbs : 210

[RandyMcFlab]

Good weight loss mate keep it up!

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 192.4
Yesterday's calories : 2235
Protein : 152
Fat : 114
Carbs : 152

Last night's workout was
Squats
Dumbbell bench
Pendlay rows
Dumbbell Curls

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 192.2
Yesterday's calories : 2195
Protein : 109
Fat : 106
Carbs : 207

I'm tweaking my maximum calories from 2350 to 2200 as the last few days havent really lost anything although my strength is increasing so probably some recomping going on. Will be working out tonight. Will start fully logging my workouts from tomorrow as well

[AlexSays]

Still on f*cking spread! You shall be greened soon tho :P

Yeah sounds like you may have been recomping a little. Nice to get those strength gains. How long has weight been stagnant?

Personally I find it strangely harder to maintain a small deficit even though it would likely be more beneficial. I get too 'hungry' for fat loss (pardon the pun) and if I'm not careful, the closer to lean I get the more aggressive I get which is exactly not what I want. It usually ends up with me bouncing between losing 2lbs over like 4 days, then gaining one back, rinse repeat.

[safcpaul]

About 4 days. just slightly tweaking it to get a downward trend while still being able to increase strength in the gym. Your way could work very well especially if you kept alot of your calories and carbs for workout days. I'm also wanting a good idea of my tdee by the end of this cut so I can transition into a sensible bulk after. I'll be getting you another green in about 8 days lol

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 191.2
Yesterday's calories : 2015
Protein : 171
Fat : 63
Carbs : 147

Yesterday's workout
Deadlift
2 x 5 @ 120kg
Seated dumbbell shoulder press
3 x 9 @ 22.5kg
Pull ups
5,4,3
Dumbbell hammer curls
9 @ 15kg
8 @ 15 kg

[safcpaul]

Today's weight : 188.6
Yesterday's calories : 2018
Protein : 130
Fat : 70
Carbs : 185

[brit-iron]

Today's weight : 188.6
Yesterday's calories : 2018
Protein : 130
Fat : 70
Carbs : 185

Making great progress! 💪

[safcpaul]

Making great progress! 💪

Cheers mate. Had my weekly cheat meal tonight. Chicken tikka naan kebab

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 190.2
Estimated calories: 2000
Yesterdays calories are an estimate due to having a takeaway but still kept calories under control. Went for a chicken tikka naan kebab with salad and only had a tin of mackerel prior

[AlexSays]

Looks like you were holding on to a bit of a 'whoosh' there, seems like your body finally let go of it

I could do with a chicken tikka. May make one :P

God I miss the days of being able to deadlift properly, literally my favorite exercise until back gave out.

[safcpaul]

Looks like you were holding on to a bit of a 'whoosh' there, seems like your body finally let go of it

I could do with a chicken tikka. May make one :P

God I miss the days of being able to deadlift properly, literally my favorite exercise until back gave out.

Yeah i thought it was that whoosh people talk about. Ideally i would have had a chicken tikka massala but all that cream would have had me over my calories for sure lol. Yeh im loving deadlifting. Looking forward to when i can eat in a surplus and get it right up. Goal of this cut is to keep increasing my strength as much as possible in my compounds to give me the best base i can to bulk from. Is your back totally fkd or do you think you'll get back to being able to deadlift?

[AlexSays]

Yeah i thought it was that whoosh people talk about. Ideally i would have had a chicken tikka massala but all that cream would have had me over my calories for sure lol. Yeh im loving deadlifting. Looking forward to when i can eat in a surplus and get it right up. Goal of this cut is to keep increasing my strength as much as possible in my compounds to give me the best base i can to bulk from. Is your back totally fkd or do you think you'll get back to being able to deadlift?

Back has been f*cked for about 2 years. Am kindof rehabbing it at the moment with some physio exercises and some VERY light lifting.

Currently doing dorian deadlifts at a pretty light weight (around 57kg) to get the blood moving through the muscle and re-learn the movement painlessly with alot of time under tension. Got a long way to go however. My deadlift was never really strong but wasn't too bad.

Also doing squats at the same weight and working my way back up (my squat has always been ****e though). Am constantly nervous though as I did this 're-build' before but everything just snapped again when I reached around 70kg so am worried that will happen again. However am doing various things to strengthen smaller muscle groups in that area so hopefully will be ok


EDIT: Tikka was the better option cals wise but hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng at tikka masala

[safcpaul]

Hope it gets better mate. The more i get into this cutting, the less im craving chitty foods as i know 'healthier' foods will fill me up more

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 190.2
Yesterdays calories : 1971
Protein : 171
Fat : 54
Carbs : 167

Last nights workout
Squats 3 x 5 @ 87.5kg
Dumbell bench 3 x 7 @ 30kg
Pendlay row 1 x 5 @ 75kg
2 x 5 @ 72.5kg
Diamond push ups to failure

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 190.2
Yesterdays calories: 2197
Protein : 156
Fat : 107
Carbs : 146

[safcpaul]

Ive posted 2 more pictures on bodyspace today which shows my 3 week progress so far. I can notice a difference but would be interesting to see if others can

[RandyMcFlab]

You do look a bit leaner, great progress for just three weeks!

[brit-iron]

Yeah, you look to me like you lost a bunch on your middle. Keep up the great work!

[safcpaul]

Thank you

[RTB1]

Fantastic progress! I can absolutely see a difference in the photos. Awesome to see that much progress in just a few weeks. Really appreciate the daily updates; it's interesting how weight loss can plateau and then suddenly (finally) you get that whoosh!

[safcpaul]

Cheers mate appreciate it

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 190.6
Calories yesterday : 2135
Protein : 141
Fat : 128
Carbs : 119

Yesterdays workout
Deadlift 1x5 @ 122.5kg
1x4 @ 122.5kg

Dumbell shoulder press
7 x 25kg
5 x 25kg
5 x 25kg

Pull ups
5,4,4
Dumbell curls @ 15kg x 9

[safcpaul]

Weight today : 190.2
Yesterdays calories : 1740
Protein: 168
Fat : 39
Carbs : 134

Weight staying still will be expecting another 'whoosh' soon. Gym tonight at 8pm booked in