Weight / Fat loss

Put weight on after DD, likely due to indiscriminate eating.

I also noticed during the DD that I had backache. Backache!! Never had that since my bike fit. I can also tell from the kind of backache that it's happened because my core muscles have become loose and floppy from taking a good two and a bit months off proper exercise. Gotta sort my shit out.

Surely you mean the other way around - or that makes no sense!

No, that way around...

6 am cardio - run (approx 4 / 5 miles)

7.30 am breakfast - muesli and a black coffee

9.30 am snack - banana and a yoghurt

11 am protein shake

12.30 pm lunch - turkey, veg, brown rice or sweet potato

3 pm protein shake

4.30 pm snack - apple or riveta and peanut butter

6 pm - gym ( day 1 legs, day 2 chest & tris, day 3 back and bis, day 4 rest, repeat ad infinitum!)

7.30 pm dinner - 4 egg omelette with spinach

9pm casein protein shake

10 / 10.30 - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's

....is pretty much how my training is looking at the moment

Measurements are probably my best judge of health / shape / muscle / fat ratio at the moment

44.5 in chest
34 in waist
16 in biceps
26.5 in quads

Pretty pleased with how it's going at the moment

that's pretty impressive. I had planned to get up and try run this morning. Slept through the alarm and got up at 8.55 am :S

How long you been doing that (and how on earth did you start ?)

hmm ok.. seem's I'm majorly under-eating. I'm not particularly hungry, but seems I've only eaten 1k calories today, and yet burnt 2.8k. That would explain the bouncing weight and fatigue. Guess I need to sit down and plan some actual meals

78.9 kg.

Anyone who meets me is to feel free to shout "FATTY FATTY FAT FAT!"

76.9kg this morning. WTF.

stop weighing yourself everyday

crowd gasps

Weigh somebody else instead?

stare in front of the mirror panic'ing ...I'm FAT, I'm FAT instead

then rashly on the internet buy one of these

^ Racist

grilling is racist ?

buying a George Foreman grill is an act of racism?

#confused

Oh, you meant the grill...

5x5 program is going well.

Doesn't sound like much to you guys - but I'm now squatting half my weight @ 40kg. Keeping an eye on form and really getting down deep for the squats is working well. Still not 100% sure on my barbell row or deadlift form but I'm working on that as I go.

that's pretty impressive. I had planned to get up and try run this morning. Slept through the alarm and got up at 8.55 am :S

How long you been doing that (and how on earth did you start ?)

The eating I've been doing a few months but only upped the training in the last month or so...lost quite a bit of fat before I went on holiday but then got lazy so upping my game!

5x5 program is going well.

Doesn't sound like much to you guys - but I'm now squatting half my weight @ 40kg. Keeping an eye on form and really getting down deep for the squats is working well. Still not 100% sure on my barbell row or deadlift form but I'm working on that as I go.

Instead of the barbell row, try using two dumbells and focus on pushing them together, end to end while doing the lift, just touching your chin with the point that the dumbells meet. It helped me get the form I wanted.

Found this photo from last summer. Dat gutt.

Pretty sure I was around 82Kg.

This spring, after hitting the gym, and the protein hard, I was just under 85kg for a 7s rugby tournament.

Now down to 79Kg. Which is a record low for the last decade. Going to try and stabilise at 78Kg. Simply by cutting evening snacks and reducing protein intake.

My knees are thankful. But I feel a bit skinny.

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Dat gutt.

Beer storage, no?

Instead of the barbell row, try using two dumbells and focus on pushing them together, end to end while doing the lift, just touching your chin with the point that the dumbells meet. It helped me get the form I wanted.

I think I understand what you mean.

Beer storage, no?

Technically its a beer buffer.

Have got a last minute race entry for tomorrow, so no training today, and a silly lunch, means I've had dinner but need moar.

Going to wait 30 minutes and see of I still feel hungry before doing anything though.

70.5kg away off training (first in 10 days) doesnt seem to have done too much damage.

Ok, so weighed myself last night and have lost 7lb in a week!! Perhaps losing a little more fat than expected, certainly don't appear to be losing muscle mass...

So I've definitely come the conclusion three things holding back further weight loss

1- Pizza, however created a flaxseed pizza yesterday. Tasted... well different but not bad. Only problem is flaxseed meal is kinda crumbly. Whole pizza base ? 1gram net carbs, 437 calories. Get in.
2- Beer. This is the major killer I think. Pints are smaller here, so drinking more. Everyone here drinks like a fish. Need to switch to Whiskey, but then I'll be passed out in the first hour. Perhaps red wine ?
3- Ice cream. I fucking love it, just need to stop buying it. Simples.

Back down to 81kg after a more sensible week. Hopefully get under 80 by nextweek. It's not like I want to lose a massive amount, just get to around 74kg / 10% body fat. Then start bulking back up.

So I've definitely come the conclusion three things holding back further weight loss

1- Pizza, however created a flaxseed pizza yesterday. Tasted... well different but not bad. Only problem is flaxseed meal is kinda crumbly. Whole pizza base ? 1gram net carbs, 437 calories. Get in.

hem hem