IMO, the main issue with weighing once a week is what happens if weight fluctuations are not on your side on that one day? Weighing every day can be kind of stressful, but it helps you understand trends (weight going up if you ate more carbs, more sodium, or more volume). There are also apps (like Happy Scale on iOS or Libra on Android) that will smooth out your data for you. I use a Google spreadsheet to accomplish that same thing since it's cross-platform.
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Fitness |OT9|...You looked better before
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Thanks for the advice.
Im really very happy with my progress. Ive gone from 255 lbs to 217 lbs - 222 lbs (I wont let that fluctuation get me down and Ill follow your advice) and Ive done it while continuing to eat foods I consider delicious. Ive just been religiously putting every single thing I put in my body in the MyFitnessPal app. That plus walking for 45 mins after dinner every day, and doing dumbbell exercises, push-ups and sit-ups a couple of times a week.
Ive lost so much weight so fast that I dialed down the app goals and chose lose 1.5 lbs a week instead of lose 2 lbs a week so I can eat a little more every day. And I think by November Im going to add to my routine some visits to the gym to add/build muscle in the places that arent covered by push-ups, sit-ups and dumbbell exercises (so my legs I guess? Ill have to look that up). And add running on the treadmill and doing some yoga to my routine.
I feel amazing and it is a great feeling to see my friends/family notice how much smaller my belly is. My chests/shoulder are still pretty big though. *shrug*
Ive also never in my life (at 31 years old) had a girl call me sexy until I started my recent weight loss. I became intimate with a girl recently and she wouldnt stop saying I was sexy... it felt weird/great.
Im going to keep going and fingers crossed I hit my goals (which are very conservative) of dropping to 200lbs by this February and dropping to 175lbs by this August/September.
FallingEdge
Member
legit af
mdsfx
Member
Thats pretty awesome
Thanks guys! Not sure if I'll actually go considering it's Cleveland and 6 hours away, but it might be hard to pass up.
Do it Mikey! And LTTP but a big "you're awesome" from me.
isaacnukem
Member
Congratulations, how did you qualify?
mdsfx
Member
Thanks! Placed within the top 10% of my age group at the Chicago Triathlon.
isaacnukem
Member
Oh, I remember that, keep up the great work
isaacnukem
Member
I never thought that this could happen, but I'm gaining strength while losing weight. I don't want to get huge, but I'd love to get ripped. I'm seeing a few rips here and there shyly showing. Also, when I touch my stomach now it's firm instead of flabby. How do I know I'm gaining strength? Well, each and every end of my routine, I try to do wide pull-ups. I'm slowly but surely lifting myself. I can reliably do 3x5 chin-ups now though, maybe more if I really tried. Small steps.
ExplodingKetchup
Member
Doing my first powerlifting meet in April! I am super excited.
If I'm able to add ~60 pounds to my total before then I could qualify for USAPL nationals. feels good.
If I'm able to add ~60 pounds to my total before then I could qualify for USAPL nationals. feels good.
Made up some of the stuff I skipped yesterday and because I wasn't pre exhausted from Deadlifts I could do significantly more with my accessory lifts. Makes me think I should do accessories on another day all the time.
Crush it! Look forward to hearing about your prep, and looking forward to hearing how you do at the meet.
Crush it! Look forward to hearing about your prep, and looking forward to hearing how you do at the meet.
FallingEdge
Member
week 2 progress
Long time lurker here, I've been put off posting because quite frankly my stats suck but anyway...
I've never been to a gym but instead workout at home. I have a pull-up bar, squat rack (which I also use for bench press) and obviously a barbell with a selection of weights. Ever since starting I've always done compound exercises, isolation stuff bores me and I always feel compounds seem more worthwhile.
I've got to a point where I feel my arms are looking a bit wimpy. I guess the only proper workout they get is pullups which I'm currently doing with bodyweight (75kg) + 25kg weights. Would curls be more effective or should I just stick with upping the weight with pullups? (bearing in mind I prefer doing compounds anyway). Or is there something else I could try?
I've never been to a gym but instead workout at home. I have a pull-up bar, squat rack (which I also use for bench press) and obviously a barbell with a selection of weights. Ever since starting I've always done compound exercises, isolation stuff bores me and I always feel compounds seem more worthwhile.
I've got to a point where I feel my arms are looking a bit wimpy. I guess the only proper workout they get is pullups which I'm currently doing with bodyweight (75kg) + 25kg weights. Would curls be more effective or should I just stick with upping the weight with pullups? (bearing in mind I prefer doing compounds anyway). Or is there something else I could try?
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Been MIA from the gym for two weeks with the flu.
Still have some chest congestion and my throat still hurts a bit. I think should be good to go on Monday.
On the bright side, I lost almost 7 pounds haha.
Still have some chest congestion and my throat still hurts a bit. I think should be good to go on Monday.
On the bright side, I lost almost 7 pounds haha.
Day 11 for me. Great work bud!!!
Paging Brolic...
Dead Prince
Banned
up 40lbs. it always happen during fall holidays.
Bulking here too
ExplodingKetchup
Member
Since I'm competing at 90kg in April and I'm that weight right now I'm eating at maintenance every day now! lol
It is unbelievably nice tbh - i've been eating at a deficit several days a week for like a year. I have a bad habit of binging on the weekends tho so I stopped losing weight ¯\_(ツ_/¯
It is unbelievably nice tbh - i've been eating at a deficit several days a week for like a year. I have a bad habit of binging on the weekends tho so I stopped losing weight ¯\_(ツ
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300x5 on deadlift nice and easy, 155x10 pendlay rows for 3 sets and 150x10 for 3 sets on lat pulldown. Everything was easy and felt really good. Truly, I haven't felt so good in a while. Lifting is so good for you, damn. Let's keep it going fam.
Doby, you look terrific. Keep it up.
Doby, you look terrific. Keep it up.
sixteen-bit
Member
I fell the fuck off, and I really hate how my body looks now. I need to step my shit up fitness-wise.
Everyone is getting back in the swing of things. You picked a good time to get back going. One day at a time. String together a week of lifting and you're golden.
FallingEdge
Member
Tired of bulking because I never stop lol.
thanks fam, it is amazing on what eating consistently can do for your body
thanks fam, it is amazing on what eating consistently can do for your body
You don't do push ups? I have huge arms relative to my body size just from doing push-ups.
Try the 100 push up challenge protocol for at least a couple of weeks. You should notice some changes.
You look great, though. Your arms aren't puny at all.
I do, narrow and wide but not 100 continuously (sounds crazy). I can feel the burn on my chest and shoulders far more than my arms when doing press-ups so I thought they weren't very arm centric.
I started doing dips recently, found them too easy with bodyweight so added more weight and managed to get golfers elbow by perhaps dipping too low (not sure). That screwed up a lot of things for a while, including press-ups. Strapped it up and continued on cautiously while scaling back the reps and I think as of this past week its healed so I can step things back up again.
Will work on the press-ups.
EverydayBeast
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M:160lbs @ 10 reps x 3 times
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Im pissed because I didnt leave off on the note I wanted too... Until next time.
W:160lbs @ 10 reps x 3 times
F:164lbs @ 10 reps x 2 times
160lbs @ 10 reps x 1 times
130lbs @ 10 reps x 1 times
Im pissed because I didnt leave off on the note I wanted too... Until next time.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Fallen_Hero
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Yes
I'm in
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Damn, guys. I can't handle that Slaent layout/interface... Would love to know if there is a Discord.
isaacnukem
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Send me an invite when one materializes, thanks!