MrKleen73
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Oh trust, I was like I am on keto all week, I could just use real PB and probably enjoy my grilled chicken a lot more! I will be trying this soon.
We cuttin now ✂️
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MrKleen73
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Well, it definitely is that, and now that your wife is home and probably doing all of the cooking you probably don't have a need for a convenience cooker unless she wants one.
Dustin07
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shes been cooking like crazy and I was like this is why I"m not losing weight. She appologizes and says "I don't know why i cook so much, I will cut back though this is getting pretty silly" and I'm like WOAH WOAH WOAH LETS NOT OVERREACT HERE
MrKleen73
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Tell her don't stop, just start trying lower calorie options.shes been cooking like crazy and I was like this is why I"m not losing weight. She appologizes and says "I don't know why i cook so much, I will cut back though this is getting pretty silly" and I'm like WOAH WOAH WOAH LETS NOT OVERREACT HERE
She is probably doing it because she has free time and like you does not like to be still. That and obviously to treat you with some yummy food!
Hyde
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This is a winning idea, getting your woman to meal prep you healthy delicious meals made with love but not excess calories.
Smont
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Food and training will be pretty lame for the next 7 days. I got hiit cardio today around 230, sparring tomorrow morning at 8am, Sunday I work a double (kinda, 4 hours in the morning and 6 to 7 hours in the evening) but I may get a 5k in at 1-2pm
I may have 1 last sparring session on Monday with my boy but I'm trying to avoid sparring with him 5 days out in case he breaks my nose or something crazy happens. Im in shape and I want to eliminate all the potential injury risks and just do light steady state cardio the last 5 days. Like stretching, light cardio and active recovery stuff. Weight flux right now is 180-185 depending on time of day and food in my stomach. I think I'll just keep carbs under 100 and calories capped at 2000 till Saturday (no high days this weekend or next week) I'm always hitting a new low weight after 3 days without a refeed. I think by Monday il wake up 177-178 and cruise into the finish line. (Which isn't the finish line it's just going to be the next phase of this cut.)
I may have 1 last sparring session on Monday with my boy but I'm trying to avoid sparring with him 5 days out in case he breaks my nose or something crazy happens. Im in shape and I want to eliminate all the potential injury risks and just do light steady state cardio the last 5 days. Like stretching, light cardio and active recovery stuff. Weight flux right now is 180-185 depending on time of day and food in my stomach. I think I'll just keep carbs under 100 and calories capped at 2000 till Saturday (no high days this weekend or next week) I'm always hitting a new low weight after 3 days without a refeed. I think by Monday il wake up 177-178 and cruise into the finish line. (Which isn't the finish line it's just going to be the next phase of this cut.)
Dustin07
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oh yeah normal meal prep is unchanged mon-fri breakfast/lunch etc. then all the sudden she makes a lasagna for 12 on sunday, slow cooks 8lbs of pork Friday or Saturday, and on Monday Night Football she opted to splurge and make us nachos (hers are better than restaurant quality with real meats, beans etc) and I'm like who the hell did you invite? "they looked a lot smaller when I started" lol!!!
but cooking is definitely a love language for her. and Kleen's right, she can't sit still
damn that looks good, like my normal saturday morning breakfast right there.
Smont
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@MrKleen73
I finally got myself to finish working on my cookbook. I happened to give a stack of meal ideas and recipes to a girl at the gym who does meal prep so she could get some more muscle friendly ideas. She immediately asked me if I was going to make a cookbook and I told her some of those recipes are in my unfinished book. Later I got home and my girlfriend asked (randomly) if I ever finish that cookbook and when I'm going to do it and make it into a downloadable PDF.
So I took those two things as a sign.
On another note, Yesterday was ruff. I worked 11 hrs between 6am and 10pm, my time in-between was the gym, driving and getting ready to go back to work. I was already planning on skipping breakfast and eating very light yesterday to get the scale to drop but when I was about to make my first meal at 1pm, I got sidetracked and before I knew it I had to get ready to go back to work. I was jammed from 3-9 and ate my first and only massive meal at 1030-1130pm.
I finally got myself to finish working on my cookbook. I happened to give a stack of meal ideas and recipes to a girl at the gym who does meal prep so she could get some more muscle friendly ideas. She immediately asked me if I was going to make a cookbook and I told her some of those recipes are in my unfinished book. Later I got home and my girlfriend asked (randomly) if I ever finish that cookbook and when I'm going to do it and make it into a downloadable PDF.
So I took those two things as a sign.
On another note, Yesterday was ruff. I worked 11 hrs between 6am and 10pm, my time in-between was the gym, driving and getting ready to go back to work. I was already planning on skipping breakfast and eating very light yesterday to get the scale to drop but when I was about to make my first meal at 1pm, I got sidetracked and before I knew it I had to get ready to go back to work. I was jammed from 3-9 and ate my first and only massive meal at 1030-1130pm.
It's eggs, egg whites, cottage cheese, (I think that one had peppers and onions) and sourdough.oh yeah normal meal prep is unchanged mon-fri breakfast/lunch etc. then all the sudden she makes a lasagna for 12 on sunday, slow cooks 8lbs of pork Friday or Saturday, and on Monday Night Football she opted to splurge and make us nachos (hers are better than restaurant quality with real meats, beans etc) and I'm like who the hell did you invite? "they looked a lot smaller when I started" lol!!!
but cooking is definitely a love language for her. and Kleen's right, she can't sit still
damn that looks good, like my normal saturday morning breakfast right there.
Smont
Legend
Woke up +2lbs dispite running around like crazy all day, sparring 5 rounds and eating under 2000 calories. I'm stumped on that.
Today's breakfast was similar to that eggs and sourdough meal but without the vegetables. Like 475 cal and 50 pro. Had 200 call from coffee and something else. To make it 675. I got a clear whey shake that's 180 cal and 42 pro for the ride to work/early shift. That puts me at 855 cal. Won't be able to eat after that until about 10:00 p.m., last meal I'll have a thousand calories to play with but I'm going to keep it protein heavy.
Forgot to take a shot last week so I really haven't bumped anything up yet other than adding 20mg rad and 15mg carderine.
Monday - I'm not dropping sodium but I'm not adding any more to my meals. So that's still a pretty big reduction
Tuesday I'm cutting out vegetables
Wednesday I'm dropping dairy and carbs under 100gm. Increase water by 1/2 gallon
Thursday il make a assessment, I will probably increase water by another half gallon.
Friday play it by ear, probably limit water but based on if I'm doing last minute cardio it could be anywhere from 24-48 total ounces Friday.
The vegetable and dairy cut can help remove 2-5lbs of crap from your gut while getting rid of bound water.
Saturday post weigh in
First is 24-32 oz water, 3-4oz pickle juice and 30-50gm carbs from gold bears.
Sipping water with electrolytes in-between and 1 hour later white rice with banana and honey. A little salt and more water.
Because I'm not doing anything too crazy I think that's a good approach. I'll keep some extra gold bears in my pocket while I'm waiting to get warned up if necessary.
None of this is super important it's just what I'm doing this week because it's pretty much all I have to talk about.
Next week the diet and training turns back to a bodybuilding focus but with about 50% of the boxing still in place as my cardio. And more gear. I'm not going to bother taking an extra shot this week because I don't want any extra water retention possibilities from the elevated hormones.
Today's breakfast was similar to that eggs and sourdough meal but without the vegetables. Like 475 cal and 50 pro. Had 200 call from coffee and something else. To make it 675. I got a clear whey shake that's 180 cal and 42 pro for the ride to work/early shift. That puts me at 855 cal. Won't be able to eat after that until about 10:00 p.m., last meal I'll have a thousand calories to play with but I'm going to keep it protein heavy.
Forgot to take a shot last week so I really haven't bumped anything up yet other than adding 20mg rad and 15mg carderine.
Monday - I'm not dropping sodium but I'm not adding any more to my meals. So that's still a pretty big reduction
Tuesday I'm cutting out vegetables
Wednesday I'm dropping dairy and carbs under 100gm. Increase water by 1/2 gallon
Thursday il make a assessment, I will probably increase water by another half gallon.
Friday play it by ear, probably limit water but based on if I'm doing last minute cardio it could be anywhere from 24-48 total ounces Friday.
The vegetable and dairy cut can help remove 2-5lbs of crap from your gut while getting rid of bound water.
Saturday post weigh in
First is 24-32 oz water, 3-4oz pickle juice and 30-50gm carbs from gold bears.
Sipping water with electrolytes in-between and 1 hour later white rice with banana and honey. A little salt and more water.
Because I'm not doing anything too crazy I think that's a good approach. I'll keep some extra gold bears in my pocket while I'm waiting to get warned up if necessary.
None of this is super important it's just what I'm doing this week because it's pretty much all I have to talk about.
Next week the diet and training turns back to a bodybuilding focus but with about 50% of the boxing still in place as my cardio. And more gear. I'm not going to bother taking an extra shot this week because I don't want any extra water retention possibilities from the elevated hormones.
sammpedd88
Well-known member
How was your hydration yesterday? You think you could have been a little dehydrated and once you ate your body just basically held onto what it could and it translated over to your scale weight?
Smont
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Yes I do think I was a little dehydrated because I have only pissed clear for the past 2 weeks, that night I slept really bad, piss was not dark at all but was yellow yesterday morning and I had a headache mid day. So the way I felt yesterday leads me to believe I woke up dehydrated.
Smont
Legend
181.2.
I'm cutting vegetables, dairy and carbs completely today. I'm getting nervous so I'm having steak and eggs tonight, and then after today I will only have chicken breast egg whites and very lean beef and pork. I'll probably still have a whole egg or two tomorrow and Thursday but Friday I will cut eggs completely as well.
I barely have eaten any food in the last 2 days and the scale isn't budging I'm really confused. I just think I'm holding a lot of water for some reason. My abs went from popping to blurry today.
I know I sound like I'm confused but I'm really not. I know exactly what's going on as far as the next few days and how it's going to work, but I can't figure out why the scale didn't move the past two days despite eating so little.
I really just want this to be over with so I can fix all the little flaws in my diet right now and start lifting again. I will still be cut/recomping as I add gear, but I'm switching over to a bodybuilder diet on Monday. 4x a day Meat and rice, and 1 cool meal per day lol
I'm cutting vegetables, dairy and carbs completely today. I'm getting nervous so I'm having steak and eggs tonight, and then after today I will only have chicken breast egg whites and very lean beef and pork. I'll probably still have a whole egg or two tomorrow and Thursday but Friday I will cut eggs completely as well.
I barely have eaten any food in the last 2 days and the scale isn't budging I'm really confused. I just think I'm holding a lot of water for some reason. My abs went from popping to blurry today.
I know I sound like I'm confused but I'm really not. I know exactly what's going on as far as the next few days and how it's going to work, but I can't figure out why the scale didn't move the past two days despite eating so little.
I really just want this to be over with so I can fix all the little flaws in my diet right now and start lifting again. I will still be cut/recomping as I add gear, but I'm switching over to a bodybuilder diet on Monday. 4x a day Meat and rice, and 1 cool meal per day lol
Dustin07
Legend
soft abs + scale not moving sounds like pretty classic water retention to me.
When I was staying as lean as you are working on, the two things that would always make my abs fade away for a day or two was a ton of core work (situps, leg raises, toes to bar, etc) and cheese (LOL!).
but the ab work always drove me nuts cause we'd have to do it for competition and then my abs would be so inflamed they'd disappear for a day or two lol.
When I was staying as lean as you are working on, the two things that would always make my abs fade away for a day or two was a ton of core work (situps, leg raises, toes to bar, etc) and cheese (LOL!).
but the ab work always drove me nuts cause we'd have to do it for competition and then my abs would be so inflamed they'd disappear for a day or two lol.
Smont
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As I was going through my phone I came across a few phone numbers of people who aren't alive anymore. I'm also coming up on the anniversary of my brother killing himself, and just a lot of stressful s*** in general keeps popping up. I'm using a lot of it to fuel the fire if you will. But that hasn't stopped me from thinking about it and crying several times over the past few days just mainly because I miss my brother and some of my friends who I really want to be here at this event, but they're not here at all anymore.
I think for me the water retention is stress related. I had a really rough start to this week. I was going through my phone sending messages to people letting them know I'm fighting. I waited till the absolute last minute for many of these people because you guys know this is fell through on me so many times and it's embarrassing when you keep saying you're going to do something and then it keeps falling through, you just sound like a liar even though it's out of your hands.
As I was going through my phone I came across a few phone numbers of people who aren't alive anymore. I'm also coming up on the anniversary of my brother killing himself, and just a lot of stressful s*** in general keeps popping up. I'm using a lot of it to fuel the fire if you will. But that hasn't stopped me from thinking about it and crying several times over the past few days just mainly because I miss my brother and some of my friends who I really want to be here at this event, but they're not here at all anymore.
Dustin07
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I imagine your prep, training, and caloric deficit isn't helping with managing these stressors either... I'm really sorry about your brother dude, I was literally just thinking about him/you like a week ago, I can't remember why but I didn't realize we were coming up on the anniversary. give yourself grace-
Hyde
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You just have to let yourself feel the feelings man, without guilt or shame. You can’t go back, and you can’t know how anything would have gone if you did anything differently anyway.
Yesterday was the first anniversary of my dad’s death. I feel like he’s watching over me, and proud of what I’m doing in life.
Dustin07
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criminy, 1 year already. losing dad or grandpa is like getting a familial promotion you never ever wanted.
sammpedd88
Well-known member
@Hyde and @Smont, again my condolences. I know the lose never gets easy. Keep the good memories close to heart and remember their souls are always with you guys. Smont, I know you have added stressors on you, but like Hyde said let yourself feel your feelings. Whether it’s getting angry or sad and balling your eyes out, just stay in control and feel it. Use the anger as energy to stay focused for your fight. I know you’ve had a ton of fights the past few years canceled on you but I hope this one goes and you kick ass! It’s your time to shine bro!
Hyde
Legend
Yeah I have 2 younger sisters and 2 older half brothers through our father. So I have always been the leader for my sisters, and even my older brothers have always looked to me for guiding family matters. Probably because I was closest to our dad, the eldest over my sisters, and generally the biggest & the peace keeper. Not that I am trying to run the show, but if anyone is responsible for leading family things, they all seem inclined to listen to me. When Dad died, it was palpable.
Smont
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Yesterday I fasted (kinda, had 3 of my 5 calorie club sodas with the 70mg caffeine.) And I finished the day with a big steak dinner. I took 2 tbsp butter and dropped it in the cast iron on low, once it melted I poured it into a bowl and added black pepper and herbs, I basted it on 2 NY strips, seared them, flipped and finished in the oven for 10 min on 350. Used the drippings to fry 5 whole eggs and I chopped up 1/2 cup fresh pineapple and a avocado.
Second plate is part of the total listed serving.
1lb NY steak, 3 whole eggs, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cup pineapple and 1 TBSP butter which is around 1600 calories.
Second plate is part of the total listed serving.
1lb NY steak, 3 whole eggs, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cup pineapple and 1 TBSP butter which is around 1600 calories.
Smont
Legend
Back in buisness lol. I can't wait to fire up this cycle and start lifting weights again, I feel so small
. If I'm in a tank top or shirtless I look awesome, a little smaller than I'd like, but I can't complain. But I'm swimming in my clothes. I can't tie my sweatpants any tighter, my 34 waist pants all need a belt. I tried on a 32 waist yesterday and it fits. I haven't worn a 32 waist since I was a freshman in high school!.And honestly, if I was to drop the hammer on fat loss drugs and a cycle. I think I could have a 29-30in waist no problem. I still got plenty of lower back fat to get that extra 2 inches off.
MrKleen73
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Just like everyone else has said, you just got to feel the feelings to get through them. Once you do the weight will come off your chest and shoulders. Sometimes it is hard to lean into those feelings but it isthe way forward. To allow yourself to be that vulnerable takes a lot of courage, but it somehow feels like weakness while doing it. Don't fall for that feeling, lean in and experience it, so you can let it go.
Yeah, I remember feeling the weight of it when it happened and became obvious I was now elevated to his position in the hierarchy.
Same here, I am the middle child, and when my dad passed everyone turned to me to handle things, and I am the central hub for both parts of my fathers family. The old, and the new. Most times everyone comes to our house for any big event, and everyone wants to know what I am planning before they make plans about their holidays. It was a shift that I wasn't really expecting, but became obvious that I had kind of been chosen for that role. So I took it on proudly and try to keep the family connected for the big events in our lives.
sammpedd88
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Hyde
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DiPasquale would say that’s a pretty ideal day for getting shredded though and keeping your muscle. 220g protein, 1800 cals or so, carbs low enough to be in ketosis often (for someone adapted to switch easily).
You wanna burn off fat, you have to be at a deficit, and you can’t be cranking insulin up with carbs throughout the day and not fight against that storage hormone somewhat.
You wanna burn off fat, you have to be at a deficit, and you can’t be cranking insulin up with carbs throughout the day and not fight against that storage hormone somewhat.
Smont
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I actually went over my carbs, I was aiming for 30, but even 50-60 is nothing with the way I burn through food. I've been consistently training and sparring completely fasted on a low carb diet for a while now. I'm expecting to rehydrate with about 200-250gm of carbs and be fueled up ready to go Saturday night
Smont
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Went straight to my canklesOh now that 240 calories just made you a fat ass