X2 AMIGOMan DW everything is really coming together for you. This is excellent news.
X2 AMIGOMan DW everything is really coming together for you. This is excellent news.
Thanks, I just want to show up and look like I mean business... one last time. Maybe more if this goes well...X2 AMIGO
CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT MY FRIEND!Strength was good last night I was up 5 lbs on almost every lift. Endurance wasn't a problem but it wasn't stellar either. This is just a sign that I am below my fighting weight or optimum wieght for peak performance. Accumulation is another reason I am not experiencing good endurance. I seem a little short of breath and tiring out more quickly.
I weighed in and expected to be somewhere around 202 and much to my surprise I was 204. Man this has been a strange cut, it did not bother me I could see the weight loss in the mirror. This morning when I got up I looked quite full and tight, even a bit bigger so I am thinking I'm not as decarbed as I thought. Today is a low carb day and the last time I weighed in it was also. The new diet is pretty high in Protein as well so that could be a factor. Another thing is it's pretty early for the new diet to have had that much of an effect. Late in the week it should yield some results.
I doubt this will be the last time. You've got lots of productive years ahead of you. You're still a youngster. :thumbsup:Thanks, I just want to show up and look like I mean business... one last time. Maybe more if this goes well...
Yah it all depends on how things go, if I feel I've gone as far as I can, then that will be it from a competitive side. This comeback was instigated by an improved physique brought on my modern herbal supplementation. If I can continue to improve and it takes me to greater heights competitively then that's fine. I'm not interested in any lateral movement...I doubt this will be the last time. You've got lots of productive years ahead of you. You're still a youngster. :thumbsup:
Nice on the lift increases!!!Strength was good last night I was up 5 lbs on almost every lift. Endurance wasn't a problem but it wasn't stellar either. This is just a sign that I am below my fighting weight or optimum wieght for peak performance. Accumulation is another reason I am not experiencing good endurance. I seem a little short of breath and tiring out more quickly.
I weighed in and expected to be somewhere around 202 and much to my surprise I was 204. Man this has been a strange cut, it did not bother me I could see the weight loss in the mirror. This morning when I got up I looked quite full and tight, even a bit bigger so I am thinking I'm not as decarbed as I thought. Today is a low carb day and the last time I weighed in it was also. The new diet is pretty high in Protein as well so that could be a factor. Another thing is it's pretty early for the new diet to have had that much of an effect. Late in the week it should yield some results.
Yah they're going to be hard to come by from here on out, gonna become more about survival...:eek5:Nice on the lift increases!!!
Stick to your plan DW, you have everyone supporting you and one heck of a stack of great supps as well. Time to go through the motions and see what is lying under that last bit of fat!Yah they're going to be hard to come by from here on out, gonna become more about survival...:eek5:
There's actually so little of it I can see what's underneath, that's what has got me pretty excited, the potential is very high. Just got to make it happen.Stick to your plan DW, you have everyone supporting you and one heck of a stack of great supps as well. Time to go through the motions and see what is lying under that last bit of fat!
keep up the good work DougThere's actually so little of it I can see what's underneath, that's what has got me pretty excited, the potential is very high. Just got to make it happen.
Another thing I try not to let throw me, is when you're decarbed muscle gets a little looser and may make you look like you're holding more fat that you actually are. That's not so much the case with me recently though as I am below 7% now. I can see basically how thin my skin is and I look quite firm even decarbed. I have only the one trouble spot right around the belly button which is a bit strange as it usually goes before the love handles and chest fat. Kind of threw me as things happened differently this time than ever before. The trouble spot is greatly diminished, as a matter of fact, I could proabably hide it with very good posing and posture. I still have 3 weeks to get rid of it and I have a trick up my sleeve. :biglaugh:keep up the good work Doug
I could be wrong I think a lot of competitors do not realize that a lot of that weight is water weight from the increased calories/carbs and internal organ fat. I think a lot of people just looking at the outward and say yeah that's where the fat is because isn't the internal fat around the organs some of the last places to really go when a person gets down to like 7-8 percent and under?
Now that I am back on track, yah confidence is up. There is still some uncertainty but things should go smoothly from here. Conditioning continues to be the key. I will likely forgo carb up this week to let this diet so it's job, a lot of that depends how things go in the next couple days. Things are changing quickly and I have to be flexible.Good stuff Doug! Sounds like confidence is peaking that is great!
DW your doing a hell of a job. Your almost there.Now that I am back on track, yah confidence is up. There is still some uncertainty but things should go smoothly from here. Conditioning continues to be the key. I will likely forgo carb up this week to let this diet so it's job, a lot of that depends how things go in the next couple days. Things are changing quickly and I have to be flexible.
Yah that's what I have been thinking...If you are confident in how the load works for you ride the conditioning train on in the next few weeks and you should be good to go.
Yah and sometimes when you don't feel well your expectations aren't as high so you suprise yourself, the pink was definitely kicking though.I had the same type of lift this morning Doug. It seems that the weather (snow here as well) was just keeping me down... that and it was 0530 when I got there!! LOL but I had an epic lift!! When in doubt give credit to God and the Pink!!!
Yah starting to feel like a Marathon lolDW your doing a hell of a job. Your almost there.
Doing all I can, I have to say I like my chances at a regional show. My main concern is coming in a cut above so I can win a trip to Vegas!!The top spot on the podium is waiting....Make it Happen!!
That is all any of us can do. And I think your doing that very well!!!!Doing all I can, I have to say I like my chances at a regional show. My main concern is coming in a cut above so I can win a trip to Vegas!!
I continue to see positive changes on a daily basis, so I know am definitely on the right track. Is it enough only time will tell. I should be able to drop another 5 lbs before I start to carb up 2 weeks from this Monday night. I might even be able to shed more with the supps I'm taking.
AM fasted cardio today, and legs coming tonight followed by some moderate cardio. 30 minute sessions for the cardio. I am doing 4 hours a week right now and coupled with all the walking that appears to be just right.
I slept a bit better the last 2 nights so I have a bit of a spring back in my step, which is bonus at this point.
times 2!!! the last mile of the marathon approaches Doug!!!That is all any of us can do. And I think your doing that very well!!!!
I knows it...THE CLOCK IS WINDING DOWN IN HERE BROTHA!!!
Thanks, always looking for ways to improve.That is all any of us can do. And I think your doing that very well!!!!
Yah time to kick it into gear see what my kick is like!!times 2!!! the last mile of the marathon approaches Doug!!!
Perhaps, feeling a bit better today, yesterday I felt like I was kicked by one...:eek5:A MULE!
High carb day?Perhaps, feeling a bit better today, yesterday I felt like I was kicked by one...:eek5:
No such thing anymore :sleepy: I have higher carb days but I am between 150 to 200 a good percentage of that is fibrous. The only starches are on higher days 1.5 cups of black beans at lunch and every day I have either 1.5 cups of rice or 10 oz yam.. that's it. The rest comes from vegtables and my morning grapefruit and some trace carbs in my protein drinks.High carb day?
Yah the Fish Veal diet is starting to do it's job. I look leaner than this morning... It is really freaky the changes are so quick.Sounds about right to me. DW keeping on the cut train! I am going to keep bringing the ol waistline down myself. Then work for some more clean LBM afterwards. Hopefully will see some recomping overall when said and done.
No just some old school dieting that my mentor handed down. The basics is nothing but fresh fish and milk fed veal because the purity of the food sources. I just know it works very well. Have to watch what fish you eat, I was using really high grade fresh tuna one time but it did not agree with me at that quantlty. I am using Salmon, Rainbow Trout (very good!!) and Tilapia.Is that fish / veal diet something you have references on? Something I can look up?
Yah the stuff BBQ's up real nice and nothing takes on spice the way veal does. A little Mesquite and some pepper medely and it's pretty damn tasty. Gets a bit much eating it every day but it's only for 3 weeks. Almost 1 week down now.I am SOOOOO coming to your place for a BBQ!!!
10 bucks a day for the veal, I didn't figure it out for the fish but is probably around the same or less. The Rainbow trout though ... it's really worth it. Costco has good prices so I am saving a lot as well. So 3 weeks 20 a day for meat.. 420, not all that bad really. The fact that it's being consumed by one person... yah that's a bit steep...I can't imagine how much that is costing you!!! I will be there in an hour for the BBQ!!! LOL
yeah that and the chest area is the last places to go for myself. I think it is common, the chest and lower abdomen, for men, for the last places to loseAnother thing I try not to let throw me, is when you're decarbed muscle gets a little looser and may make you look like you're holding more fat that you actually are. That's not so much the case with me recently though as I am below 7% now. I can see basically how thin my skin is and I look quite firm even decarbed. I have only the one trouble spot right around the belly button which is a bit strange as it usually goes before the love handles and chest fat. Kind of threw me as things happened differently this time than ever before. The trouble spot is greatly diminished, as a matter of fact, I could proabably hide it with very good posing and posture. I still have 3 weeks to get rid of it and I have a trick up my sleeve. :biglaugh:
do you get Rainbow trout in bulk?No just some old school dieting that my mentor handed down. The basics is nothing but fresh fish and milk fed veal because the purity of the food sources. I just know it works very well. Have to watch what fish you eat, I was using really high grade fresh tuna one time but it did not agree with me at that quantlty. I am using Salmon, Rainbow Trout (very good!!) and Tilapia.
The veal is leg only and Milk fed is very high quality.
Using Skiploading it is not recommended to use diuretics, I will have a natural one on hand just in case though. Alcohols out for me I'm 19 years sober.yeah that and the chest area is the last places to go for myself. I think it is common, the chest and lower abdomen, for men, for the last places to lose
do you use a natural diuretic the night before?(stuff with like dandelion)
asparagus is also a natural diuretic.
Actually I heard Dorian Yates say the night before the show to drink alcohol and that will help a bit. (and relaxes a bit) Have not tried this myself
do you get Rainbow trout in bulk?
I used to like tilapia , lately though the wal marts for 12 $ at least ours krogers and wal mart has been tasting like dirt. i think because it is farm raised.
No I have some carbs... I'll run down my diet it's pretty simpleWow that is all you eat, no carbs either, or is that the only meat sources?