HIT4ME
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Sfreed, you should have been in my list too. The boot guy (gimp?)...who doesn't quit!
Fat loss insan1ty with Sup3r-11 and Ignit3
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Sfreed, you should have been in my list too. The boot guy (gimp?)...who doesn't quit!
HIT4ME
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It is funny because having you guys really gives what I'm doing here a "higher meaning" and I believe this will happen for all of us...we will get what we set out to achieve.
hairygrandpa
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This pic is disturbing...seriously. There is a smaller guy in the middle, having at least 6 nipples in his face.
habajaba
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I'm not sure the nipples are the largest concern of his!
HIT4ME
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I don't think HGP is concerned. He is jealous.
justhere4comm
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Lmfao!
HIT4ME
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Today's Morning Weigh In:
Bodyweight: 169.4 pounds
Aria Bodyfat %: 18%
Waist:. Forgot to measure.
I got up at 6 to do more cardio. And when I get up this early and do cardio, I forget to measure my waist because my routine is a little off. I am too busy putting Supernova on my skin and taking Alphaburn which are pretty much the only fat loss products I am using right now. I wish I had more experience below 175 and dieting because I am not sure if the results are from the Supernova or from the cardio I am going crazy with....I know it is probably both but hard to say how much can be attributed to the SN. I love the cooling sensation it gives me and I sweat absolute buckets when doing cardio...but this is an example of my not knowing. Doing hours of cardio is going to make me sweaty. But when using the SN, sweat literally pools around me. On the treadmill it runs down my arms and gets thrown everywhere and pools on the belt below me. Sorry to be graphic, but people usually talk about sweating so here it is. Is it from long cardio? Partially. But the SN seems to make it ridiculous.
And the weird thing is that the SN doesn't make me feel hotter. Just the opposite. If I put it on and don't start working out, I will start shivering sometimes.
Anyway, I got up at 6, got ready and now I'm spending 2 hours on the dang bike again. My calorie burn goal for Fri, Sat, Sun is 4000 calories/day. I hit 3717 yesterday. I bet it is closer to 3800 because I forgot to turn my Fitbit on while riding the bike both times until I had already burned 50 the first time and 100 the second. But oh well. After this cardio I have to go help my dad take down some trees. That should burn calories too...maybe I can get over 4300 today.
Bodyweight: 169.4 pounds
Aria Bodyfat %: 18%
Waist:. Forgot to measure.
I got up at 6 to do more cardio. And when I get up this early and do cardio, I forget to measure my waist because my routine is a little off. I am too busy putting Supernova on my skin and taking Alphaburn which are pretty much the only fat loss products I am using right now. I wish I had more experience below 175 and dieting because I am not sure if the results are from the Supernova or from the cardio I am going crazy with....I know it is probably both but hard to say how much can be attributed to the SN. I love the cooling sensation it gives me and I sweat absolute buckets when doing cardio...but this is an example of my not knowing. Doing hours of cardio is going to make me sweaty. But when using the SN, sweat literally pools around me. On the treadmill it runs down my arms and gets thrown everywhere and pools on the belt below me. Sorry to be graphic, but people usually talk about sweating so here it is. Is it from long cardio? Partially. But the SN seems to make it ridiculous.
And the weird thing is that the SN doesn't make me feel hotter. Just the opposite. If I put it on and don't start working out, I will start shivering sometimes.
Anyway, I got up at 6, got ready and now I'm spending 2 hours on the dang bike again. My calorie burn goal for Fri, Sat, Sun is 4000 calories/day. I hit 3717 yesterday. I bet it is closer to 3800 because I forgot to turn my Fitbit on while riding the bike both times until I had already burned 50 the first time and 100 the second. But oh well. After this cardio I have to go help my dad take down some trees. That should burn calories too...maybe I can get over 4300 today.
hairygrandpa
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What? You did NOT measure your waist?
I'm sorry to say this but today's diet doesn't count. You have to repeat all cardio and do an extra set of 50 burpees.
justhere4comm
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Covers mouth as an obvious failure to conceal my giggle.
habajaba
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Good stuff, man! Where are you applying the SN?
HIT4ME
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Well, I don't know if I will have time for the burpees. Doing almost 4 hours of cardio a day as it is. It's like having a part time job!
So far today I did 2 hours on the bike and burned 900 calories, took down two trees at my grandmothers house with my dad and cut up about 1/3 the wood and lugged it across the yard, came home and ran 30 minutes on the treadmill at which point I stopped because running has been causing some pain on the inside of my foot and it was acting up ...hope it heals fast. Running burns calories faster than the bike and is challenging...so it is more fun, haha.
Now, I have to go to a wedding. My Fitbit has me at 3,000 calories for the day and I am sure I will burn another 700 but I will have to figure out something after the wedding for cardio to get to 4300. And then I will make sure I measure my waist from now on! Haha.
I have been putting it on my abs and love handles/lower back. That's where I have the most fat. When I ran this afternoon I didn't apply it, and granted I only went for 30 minutes...I was sweating good but I think there was a noticeable difference in sweat levels between this afternoon and when I use the SN.
habajaba
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I'm applying the same spots. Seems like I am definitely sweating more as well!
Is yours applying smoothly? Mine is broken down into an oil/alcohol type solution and boogery globs. Have tried breaking down the boogers with hand sanitizer and water. Neither worked.
hairygrandpa
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See? As soon as you get lean you find a wife and marry her. Congrats to the wedding! joking
You are totally nuts doing so much cardio...
All that oxidative stress, think about it.
HIT4ME
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I'm applying the same spots. Seems like I am definitely sweating more as well!
Is yours applying smoothly? Mine is broken down into an oil/alcohol type solution and boogery globs. Have tried breaking down the boogers with hand sanitizer and water. Neither worked.
I have two beta bottles. I did NOT shake it enough when I started the first bottle and I honestly didn't even finish the bottle yet because of it. It became so thick and clumpy it was unusable and I need to figure out a way to fix that. 90% alcohol may be the answer...
Second bottle, I've been shaking the absolute crap out of and I haven't had many issues yet. I also haven't been applying quite as much, I think I was putting on too much before. On the first bottle, with heavier application, my skin would be sticky all day from it. Shaking and going a little lighter has really helped. I usually follow up after application with a couple pumps of hand sanitizer and it almost makes me shiver the cooling effect becomes so strong.
Lol, not my wedding....I'm not really marriage material.
And yes, this cardio is NUTS. It's short term. But you were the one who told me to do cardio...what are you saying now? Haha.
Anyway, I didn't eat much yesterday, but then did eat at the wedding. Had some fish with a very small amount of cream sauce and bread crumbs, 1 slice of bread, and a small amount of potatoes. Then I had one small piece of wedding cake. Couldn't resist...it's a wedding. I hit 4,396 calories burned for the day, according to my fitbit. This shocked me because I ran out of time to run on the treadmill and my foot was hurting so I only did 30 minutes on the second bout of cardio (ran 2.75 miles). If my foot wasn't hurting I would have liked to at least hit 1 hour. I think I need a better pair of sneakers.
I slept in today, totally exhausted, haven't done any cardio yet. This is my 3rd day where I try to hit 4,000 calories for the week, but I'm not sure I can do it.....we will see. Body isn't happy and I may have to just relax a little.
Today's weigh in:
Bodyweight: 168.7 pounds
Bodyfat %: 18.1%
Waist: 36.25"
New low on the waist, close to my low in weight. I don't think I'm going to lose the 18 pounds in 6 weeks....about 16 days left before that's over and even with this weight I'm about 7.5 pounds down. But, if I have another run of 9 pounds in 9 days then I'm right back in the game. How hard could that be? haha.
HIT4ME
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Thank you sir. I hope you are right. I'm gonna push until the end (actually, I will push until I hit my goal).
I'm gonna be so ready to do a lean bulk when this is over. My plan is to take it nice and slow and eat in a slight deficit for about a month (maybe 300 calories/day under TDEE) while adding in BMP and allowing myself 2 cheat meals a week. The 300 calorie deficit will hopefully keep the cheats in check and give me just enough to put on some muscle. Then I will slowly increase....
HIT4ME
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Today was pretty uneventful. Slept late, skipped my morning workout. Went and cleaned a couple offices with my gf, did some work, then started wondering how I could do more cardio. Bike is killing my a$$. Treadmill is hurting my foot. I was thinking of just taking it off. Then I realized, I have an elliptical that I dug out with the treadmill when I cleaned out my basement. No foot impact, no sitting. So I cleaned it up and fired it up for 1:15. Took a break, did some work, went back and did another hour at 7 tonight. So far I've burned over 3900 cals for the day so I am past my 4000 goal.
Ate a cheese stick, a scoop of PES Select Cafe, 2 oz of beef jerky, 8 oz. Of fish, and then I was really hungry still and below my cals so I cheated a bit and had about 200 calories of pretzels.
Totals: 680 calories and 100 g of protein. I may have a shake later to get the calories up and protein up.
We will see what I weigh in the morning.
Ate a cheese stick, a scoop of PES Select Cafe, 2 oz of beef jerky, 8 oz. Of fish, and then I was really hungry still and below my cals so I cheated a bit and had about 200 calories of pretzels.
Totals: 680 calories and 100 g of protein. I may have a shake later to get the calories up and protein up.
We will see what I weigh in the morning.
Tank999
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UnFREAKINbelievable! I remember when you were dreaming of breaking 170 - this is the kind of commitment we all need to see- keep going crazy on this; its really good to see and is a kick in da pantz for all of us!
habajaba
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Momentum is on your side now, bro. Just keep doing what you're doing and the goal is here before you know it!
HIT4ME
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Thank you Tank! I hope that when someone else sees this log and is trying to lose weight they will see the weight and realize .. I didn't just go from 210+ to 160. It was a lot of stalls and plateaus and then weight comes back for no reason and then it just falls off and you feel great only to hit another wall. We all have moments we think it isn't working or just want to quit, but we have to BELIEVE. Believe it will work, believe in ourselves, believe that what we are doing is paying off.
You also remind me of something else Ive been dealing with. Keep in mind...this log didn't start when I started to lose weight. I was once 300 pounds. When people see me now, sometimes they literally don't recognise me.
What I've been getting A LOT of now is people in my family (my entire family is very overweight) giving me a hard time and saying I am too thin and that I need to stop losing weight and it is not healthy.
It strikes me because it is a new challenge, trying to break my will power. I am around 20% and trying to get around 10% bodyfat. That is, by all measures, a healthy and reasonable goal. Part of it is American perception that 20-25% is in shape, part of it is people are so shocked by how I look vs. their image of me in their head, etc.
But it amazes me how negative people are about things without even realizing it. What you can do is so much bigger than what you cannot do. And people often have limiting g beliefs that hold them back. It is even hard to not let someone ELSE'S negative beliefs hold you back at times.
HIT4ME
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Yes! I think you are right. I actually expect I WILL see a good 5-8 pounds come off in the next week or so. I feel like I hit a low, reset, make a run, hit a new low. I started at 176 and then I was resetting and hit 179 before I got my cardio in full swing, and then as Beast73 pointed out, I dropped 9 pounds in 9 days. Hit a low around 168, reset to 172, now Im on the downward rush. If I can get bear 163 1 week from now I will be very very happy.
habajaba
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I heard the same crap when I went from 275 to 179. I think it mostly comes from their own guilt. It's easier to excuse it away as the thin person is the one with the problem rather than address the truth.
HIT4ME
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I think you are right and it is a big part of it. The biggest offender in my life is a relative who has been fat most of her life and a couple years ago she went in a diet that she kept telling everyone was "low carb" and it became obvious that she didn't know what a carb was because she would turn things down and then go eat special K chips and pita bread. Despite her lack of knowledge, she did have will and she lost about 100 pounds I'd bet. Never was quite in shape, but did well. Now, she is back where she started. Gained it all back. And I think you are 100% right, it is easier to say I've gone too far than to allow any guilt or sense of failure in.
I also like the, "well, the faster you lose it, the faster you will gain it back." That I keep hearing. Talk about defeatest. Let's start a diet by presupposing we are going to gain it back. More guilt and more lies that give us all comfort. And, until recently, I listened to a ton of these lies. I worried about eating too little, even as I was 300 pounds. The idea of a PSMF made sense logically, but I feared it because I believed all these lies that other people put in my head.
As if anorexia is the only eating disorder. Like the fact I was eating 5000 calories a day and sitting in a chair most of the day being inactive wasnt an eating disorder.
Lol, sorry for the rant.
Today's Weigh in:
Bodyweight: 168.1 pounds
Aria Bodyfat %: 17.3%
Waist: 36"
I was hoping to be a little lighter, but that is a new low I believe, by about 1/10 pound. Waist is going down - 36" was a little lose and my stomach was relaxed and I was almost pushing it out...bodyfat...you know how the scales are but it's going in the right direction .
HIT4ME
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Lol, at least you lost it first. I started lifting and not dieting in the beginning and I think I really believed the fat was just turning to muscle. Lol. I lie to myself all the time. I remember looking at myself at 250 and thinking ...yeah, 200 and I will be pretty lean. 180 and I will be ripped!
Not quite.
And I have been thinking of the benefit if getting lean for muscle building. If I have abs, it will be easier to tell if I am putting in fat because I will have a visual cue...abs are disappearing, I'm getting fat.
Also, it will be easier to see muscle as I am putting it in, which means I should be more effective at judging if what I am doing is working or not.
Third, there is something about seeing the muscle you are training that changes things. The mind muscle connection, motivation, etc. Is elevated. Like, oh, there's my bicep...I need to make that bigger, feel this muthafuggar.
Congrats on the weight loss. You will do it again and with practice we only get better. I went from over 290 to 180 and then jumped back to 210-215 in a few short months. It isn't easy. Old habits are hard to change.
hairygrandpa
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Damn! The time for a lean bulk is approaching fast!
HIT4ME
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I fuggin hope so. This is a lot of hard work.
Today's diet wasn't spot on. I had a bag of jerky (240 cals/36 g protein ), a quest bar (this feels like such a cheat, 200/20), 1 spoon of pbfit (55/6), 8 oz. Veal (260/46) and a bag of broccoli. Totals: 875 calories, 108 g protein.
I am in my reconditioning phase for weights until Saturday. Spent just 75 minutes on the elliptical today. Fitbit shows me at 2700 cals for the day today. Should finish around 2900 calories burned for the day.
HIT4ME
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So, meant to get up at 530 this morning and ride the bike, but it wasn't happening. I slept until 7 and have been behind all day. Now, I just got on the bike and will do this morning's session, take a couple hour break and do another session tonight. This is rough. All this exercise is like having a part time job. Just 2 weeks left thought and I have a solid 10 pounds I would like to shed.
Today's Weigh in:
Bodyweight: 168.3 (expected to be in the 167.x range)
Aria Bodyfat % : 18.3%
Waist: 36.25"
Not sure why the small setbacks. Not worried too much. The process is what it is and I have faith. Finished up last night with 2,930 calories as my TDEE according to fitbit.
I figure if I burn 3000 cals per day 4 days per week and 4000 cals 3 days per week, that is 24000 calories per week. If I eat less than 10,000 with a cheat meal, that should give me 4 pounds of fat loss per week. In theory.
Today's Weigh in:
Bodyweight: 168.3 (expected to be in the 167.x range)
Aria Bodyfat % : 18.3%
Waist: 36.25"
Not sure why the small setbacks. Not worried too much. The process is what it is and I have faith. Finished up last night with 2,930 calories as my TDEE according to fitbit.
I figure if I burn 3000 cals per day 4 days per week and 4000 cals 3 days per week, that is 24000 calories per week. If I eat less than 10,000 with a cheat meal, that should give me 4 pounds of fat loss per week. In theory.
BEAST73
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Great Numbers!
habajaba
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Of course real life never matches theory. But nice work man! Screw the setback. That much difference is just a healthy deuce away!
You got this!
justhere4comm
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Bless your heart ma man!!! You stick to being you and let them be who they are. The only one you are obligated to is yourself!
You inspire my core and resolve to continue by your great example of exemplary fortitude.
Tank999
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Yeah - what he said!
HIT4ME
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Thank you all. Honestly, I am becoming very worn down in this regimen. It is a lot to adjust to. And I am not going to push myself until I collapse, but I'm not at that point. I'm at the point where my brain and body are going, "WTF? Why you doing this? This is soooo haaaard. Just take a break! The couch is right over there calling your name!". Lol.
But then I have you guys. And I am so humbled that anyone finds inspiration in what I am doing, if it gives to others then really how hard is it to sit on a bike for a few hours? It really does make me feel like I am in a river, something bigger than myself, and I just have to do so little and you guys are just carrying me the rest of the way. I am part of a group and we are ALL doing this.
Success. It's what we do.
But then I have you guys. And I am so humbled that anyone finds inspiration in what I am doing, if it gives to others then really how hard is it to sit on a bike for a few hours? It really does make me feel like I am in a river, something bigger than myself, and I just have to do so little and you guys are just carrying me the rest of the way. I am part of a group and we are ALL doing this.
Success. It's what we do.
justhere4comm
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We're all in this together.
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HIT4ME
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Yes. Food FIIIIIIGHT!!!!!
SFreed
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Yeah, a part time job that makes you sexy!!
My cheat today was a Founder's Breakfast Stout after my back workout. I could either stress about it, or think of it as post work-out carbs.
Yay post workout carbs!!
SFreed
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Truer words have never been spoken. It's not over until I give up.
HIT4ME
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So, today was a fail I spent about an hour on the exercise bike and couldn't take it. So I went to the treadmill and spent about ten minutes. At this point I just couldn't handle anymore. I was so exhausted, thinking and motivation was low, etc. I wound up have a couple cheese sticks and some PBFit and that didn't help so much. Had a couple pretzels for some carbs and I could at least finish my day. Had some veal and asparagus for dinner. Going to have some protein pudding in a bit ...no cheat but I am going to be closer to 1500 cals today. Guess you can only push this hard for so long. It isn't as bad as last week at this point, so I am getting better at it, but I just wanted to avoid a cheat meal.
justhere4comm
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1:10 minutes of cardio.
Not too shabby my friend.
Cheese is better than sugar!
It satiates better and you know best what you need in the moment.
You called it a fail.
I call it a learn!
There was s no such thing as failure unless you quit. Only learning and winning. You ma man are learning and winning.
HIT4ME
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Yup, Ok, I quit. For today haha.
Yes, thank you both. I don't mean to come off as being hard on myself. A fail is a fail and out of it came some small wins. Got SOME cardio in, didn't have a full blown cheat, etc. And I have been pushing hard. 24,000-25,000 calories a week and staying under 10,000 in food for the week is tougher than it sounds, haha.
I need to get a treadmill desk so I can just walk while I work for 8 hours a day, haha.
Thanks guys. You both rock.
HIT4ME
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Sorry for no update yesterday. It was a super strange day. I was completely exhausted (who didn't see that coming?). I slept in, woke up struggling, got way foggy and disconnected during the day, felt like very low blood sugar, and just couldn't get any energy. I felt like I could just sleep all day. Coupled with this, I had this animal hunger that wouldn't let up. I wound up eating about 4000 calories and felt like I was holding back. Guess I needed a recharge.
This morning's weigh in:
Bodyweight: 176.5
Aria Body fat %: 18.5%
Waist: 37.75"
That's an 8 pound jump in 1 day. Go figure. Got my work cut out for me. Haha.
Today I will finish up at 830 calories including some MCT oil I threw in my coffee, and I ran 7.5 miles in 90 minutes and spent 30 minutes on the elliptical. Time to hit back.
This morning's weigh in:
Bodyweight: 176.5
Aria Body fat %: 18.5%
Waist: 37.75"
That's an 8 pound jump in 1 day. Go figure. Got my work cut out for me. Haha.
Today I will finish up at 830 calories including some MCT oil I threw in my coffee, and I ran 7.5 miles in 90 minutes and spent 30 minutes on the elliptical. Time to hit back.
HIT4ME
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But if you keep up the cardio, YOU will pass you in numbers. I am surprised I could do what I did. I would run 6 miles an hour and take breaks at 3 mph...to get 7.5 in 90 minutes shocked me. But I am trying to catch up to you.
HIT4ME
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Woke up at 6:30 today, spent an hour and 15 minutes on the treadmill and made it about 6.15 miles.
Morning weigh in:
Bodyweight: 174.1 pounds
Aria Bodyfat %: 17.8%
Waist: 36.75"
Waist is still bloated from the big eating day 2 days ago, but it is a little glimmer of hope that the scale is consistently showing lower and lower bodyfat %. Some of this is probably because I'm holding a lot of water, but we will see. Hopefully these pounds just fall off soon and I can be back at it.....seeing hairygrandpa getting cut up and revealing all that muscle is making me want to bulk now. lol.
Morning weigh in:
Bodyweight: 174.1 pounds
Aria Bodyfat %: 17.8%
Waist: 36.75"
Waist is still bloated from the big eating day 2 days ago, but it is a little glimmer of hope that the scale is consistently showing lower and lower bodyfat %. Some of this is probably because I'm holding a lot of water, but we will see. Hopefully these pounds just fall off soon and I can be back at it.....seeing hairygrandpa getting cut up and revealing all that muscle is making me want to bulk now. lol.
Tank999
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It always freaks me out how one freakin cheat meal can raise the scale like 10 freakin lbs! I know it's mostly bloat, but it still gets me - my doc says to do a cheat meal once a week but I just cant do it!
habajaba
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I purposefully weigh in the day before my planned cheat. That way I never see the water weight since I'm not weighing for another 6 days!