Not too much to report, really. Everything according to plan. No workout. Just takin' 'er easy. Pretty damn sore, but I feel like I'll be raring to go tomorrow. Gotta show those standard plates who's boss. Embarrassing me in my own house; making me bleed my own blood... Bastards. We'll see who's laughing and who has a damaged wrist this time.

Think I might reformat this thread to make it a little more... mellifluous. Told myself I wasn't gonna bother, but ah well.

Oh, one thing of note, still having issues eating enough. Really had to force myself a couple times. Then I rewarded myself with some beef jerky. Mmm. Delicious. Calorie bank's at roughly +1400 for the last 3 days. Trying to cut into it some today.

210.2 this morning. Doesn't mean much, yet, but it's nice to see anyway.

My supplement order finally got here, and with perfect timing. Then I realized I forgot to get the straps. T_T So, few more days on that. Should arrive with the biotest stuff and the caffeine. (Which I did go ahead and order. If I don't end up using it, well, I dunno, I'll give it to someone or something).

Bout to hit the weights. Drinkin' lots of water; feelin' real good.

Today's workout:

[Number coloring: Improvement | Decline | No Change]

Bent-Over Row x15@40lbs
Stiff-Legged Deadlift x15 @ 40lbs
60s Rest

Bent-Over Row x12 @ 80lbs
Stiff-Legged Deadlift x12 @ 80lbs
60s Rest

Chest Press x 15 @ 65lbs
Standing Bicep Curl x15 @20lbs
60s Rest

Chest Press x11 @ 85lbs
Standing Bicep Curl x7 @40lbs
60s Rest

Close-Grip Bench Press x15 @ 20lbs
60s Rest

Close-Grip Bench Press x9 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Straight-Legged Deadlift x 15 @ 50lbs
Dumbbell Squat x15 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Straight-Legged Deadlift x10 @ 65lbs
Dumbbell Squat x11 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Military Press x15 @ 20 lbs
Standing Calf Raise x15 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Military Press x8 @ 40 lbs
Standing Calf Raise x15 @ 100lbs (grip almost gave out, woot)
60s Rest

Total time: 50 mins

Felt like I wasn't rested enough but plugged through anyway. Kinda had fun, actually. Blasted some NERD; managed not to drop anything on myself. I missed this.

Deadlifts are going to get dropped down hard next workout. Checked form for every exercise in the mirror, and I can't keep my shoulders from rounding at the current weight. I really feel like my delts and/or lower back is/are the limiting factor in every compound. Especially the delts. I can squat nearly 5 times as much on a machine. Could probably double my DLs if I switched to sumo stance, but I don't think I will.

Gotta work on my time a bit, too. I think a good 10 minutes of that was double and triple checking my form, but still.

Still remains true that I only ever seem to get sore the first time I weight train after an extended absence. I wonder if something more NROL fat burning like would be different in this regard.

Also, yesterday I randomly whipped up some tomato soup (to get some potassium) and it was delicious. It was really quite impressive at the time. Not really so much right now, but you try making a tasty tomato soup when you have only three ingredients and neither of them is salt or pepper. Gotta go shoppin' later.

105 mins of leisurely cycling, ~ 847 calories burned.

That puts me at 1250 calories under my already-low target deficit for today... and now I'm going dancing. This is less than ideal, but I promised myself I wouldn't make myself eat if I wasn't hungry, so, I'm not. Will try to make some of it up, though.

Side note: I'm doing great with drinking more water and remember to take all my supplements. I'm at 2.25 gallons of water at the moment; will likely be up to 3.5 before the night is through.

Good luck without your journal, [Focus]. Wish you the best of luck on all your goals you seek, brotha.


If I can be of assistance in any way, let me know.


Best wishes to you in life and within fitness, young man!



Chillen

It's the mean of [(the average of all credible calories/lb/min values for leisurely stationary cycling I could find on the internet) + (the value displayed by my equipment, which I'm told factors in heart rate, resistance and rpm's - modified to take into account the ratio of my bodyweight to the standard 150 lbs used in its algorithms)]. As far as I know, it should be pretty accurate. Does feel like it's on the highish side, though, huh? I hardly even broke a sweat. Seems comparable to 4mph walking which *would* cause me to break a sweat relatively quickly.

Well, it's not like I'm forcing myself to drink that much. I just get a hard, constant thirst going when I'm active. I sweat pretty liberally. I've always been a big drinker of water. Oddly enough, I only urinate about 4 times a day, and it's rarely clear. Usually more of a pale apple juice color. Do you think it's excessive enough to be a problem? I feel much better when I drink as much water as my body wants.


Thanks. I appreciate the support, and the offer. I may take you up on it sometime. Can you drive over here and yell at me when my motivation starts to slip?

good one..........

alot of focus on suplements.... I dont know much about that stuff

big weight loss goal.

we'll see if you are for real within the next 60 days.

welcome to the forum

Sweat Daily
FF

Hang in there man, we can do it!

Thanks FF. As far as I can tell I seem to be on target so far. My trouble in the past has been consistency in the face of suboptimal results, so helpfully I can get past that this time.

I'm not supplementing that much, well, if you don't count the MRP's, haha. Let's see, multivitamin, multimineral, vitamin D, beta-carotene, some potassium occasionally, fish oils, cla, green tea extract, creatine, glutamine, bioflavonoids, fibre, and zma on days I don't get enough. Hmm, I guess you're right, that does sound like kind of a lot, but I view it as basic in light of my current diet's lack of much in the way of whole foods. This is something I will fix, later, but for now I gotta do what I gotta do I guess?
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Hey Kitty. You too. I know we can. No wussing out this time.

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So, every morning I get up and I drink my chlorophyll supplement and I die a little inside. Yuck. 210.8 lbs this morning. Feeling rested and considering a third full body workout for the week. In the past I was able to progress from 2x week to 3x and then include additional sets fairly quickly. I think I was up to a UB/LB split with 4 work sets (not including warmup) per week last attempt. (I was loosely following HGM at the time).

Today's workout:

[Number coloring: Improvement | Decline | No Change]

Bent-Over Row x15@40lbs
Stiff-Legged Deadlift x15 @ 40lbs
60s Rest

Bent-Over Row x15 @ 80lbs
Stiff-Legged Deadlift x15 @ 80lbs
60s Rest

Chest Press x 15 @ 65lbs
Standing Bicep Curl x15 @20lbs
60s Rest

Chest Press x12 @ 85lbs
Standing Bicep Curl x6 @ 40lbs (left arm gave out relatively suddenly, that's the 2nd time in a row)
60s Rest

Close-Grip Bench Press x15 @ 20lbs
60s Rest

Close-Grip Bench Press x7 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Straight-Legged Deadlift x 15 @ 50lbs
Dumbbell Squat x15 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Straight-Legged Deadlift x15 @ 65 lbs
Dumbbell Squat x15 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Military Press x15 @ 20 lbs
Standing Calf Raise x15 @ 50lbs
60s Rest

Military Press x8 @ 40 lbs
Standing Calf Raise x15 @ 135 lbs (grip strengthening fast!)
60s Rest

Total time: 42 mins

So I wasn't even supposed to weight train today and I just felt like I had to and I did and I feel like I rocked it. Not worried about the upper body numbers 'cause I could tell it was from my shoulders and back working so hard... I think. Bench might need form correction. I said last time that DL needed correcting, but I did, and I was actually much stronger rather than needing to drop down. Also, a good 7 mins of that time was an urgent phone call I had to take, so, booya.

Overall, ****ing outstanding! I haven't felt this good since, hmm, playing dodgeball with the kids and counselors at camp. I am so excited.

There will be no falling off this time! Hahahahaha...

...I am so manic right now. I'm gonna see if I have time to pop over to Popeye's....pop-pop...sorry, anyway, and grab some lifting straps. Been meaning to get 'em for a while. Also, maybe a simple stopwatch to help estimate my workout times better. I have a program I leave running on the pc in room but I have to walk over to stop and start it and yeah that's bs. Then I'm gonna hit up Community Natural Foods and git me some stuff for soup.

Kinda want to get a chin-up bar of some sort but I know if I do it should be a power rack, and I'm not sure if I should be making that kind of a space/money investment at this stage of the game. Especially considering it's extremely unlikely that I can even do a single unassisted pull-up. XD

So, here's some history for those of you who didn't read my other journal before I deleted it, and also a reminder to myself of where I'm coming from and how far I've already come:

I was a very active youth and ended up letting myself go in a big way. At one point around 14 years old I was up to 280 lbs on a 5'9" frame. I think it was roughly mid 1999 when I finally checked myself.

I became very serious about dropping some weight. Over the course of 6 months or so I lost 70 lbs through restricting calories (and eating fairly healthily), daily sports and large amounts of fasted cardio. Over the course of the next two years or so I slowly (due to some yoyo'ing) worked down to 170 lbs for a total loss of 110, at which point I looked good in clothes but still wasn't happy with my physique (which I now believe was due to the fact that I hadn't been doing ANY weight training the entire time). After about the 17 years old mark, the end of highschool for me, I stabilized at 175-180'ish for a couple of years and had been crawling upwards slowly because of wild binging and partying during the summers, until I reached about 220.

Then in January of 2007 I created this account and started up a journal and a rigorous diet and exercise program. I lost about 15 lbs or so on it, over about 4 months, but dissatisfaction with results and some major laziness caused me to abandon that effort and go on a pizza and video games regimen, bringing me back to the 215'ish I was at when I decided to start this journal.

So my goal of 160 is something I almost got to once, but this time I mean to do it the right way, and for life (and cutting most of the fat will only be the start). Something's different this time, very different. I see myself being smarter, more mature and ready to do whatever it takes. I will not be denied.

damn skippy.
you can doooo it

Hehe. Kinda makes me want to make a little scarecrow/dummy and rip his fricken head off. In other news, I may have severe mental health issues.

But seriously, thanks. <3