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6 Week Fat Loss Challenge

HIT4ME said:
I wish I could take credit, but I think she is seeing the change and getting scared someone else will be interested since you aren't nesting anymore. Haha.



Gee. Zus. Just moving 2 100's is a hassle.

Today was an off day. I am in my reconditioning phase until Saturday for the weights. Hit the elliptical for 75 minutes. Will finish the day around 900 calories because I was starving and had a quest bar. Shouldn't have done it.
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It's a fcking quest bar...you don't need to beat yourself up over it. Think of it as high quality protein helping you to maintain your muscle! :)
 
ryane87 said:
It's a fcking quest bar...you don't need to beat yourself up over it. Think of it as high quality protein helping you to maintain your muscle! :)
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Lol, not really beating myself up, haha, I've done much worse and been fine with it. hairygrandpa tells me I don't have much muscle, so you are probably right. Need to hold onto all of it!
 
ryane87 said:
It's a fcking quest bar...you don't need to beat yourself up over it. Think of it as high quality protein helping you to maintain your muscle! :)
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HIT4ME, Im with him on this. You have some high quality H2O, wrong movie sorry, high quality muscle you still want to preserve!! As I type this Im eating 8oz fat free greek plain yogurt, a scoop of vanilla whey, PB2 and almond milk frozen into a custard consistency. 62 g protein, and 300 calories. Your good bro! I promise
 
FireTitan said:
HIT4ME, Im with him on this. You have some high quality H2O, wrong movie sorry, high quality muscle you still want to preserve!! As I type this Im eating 8oz fat free greek plain yogurt, a scoop of vanilla whey, PB2 and almond milk frozen into a custard consistency. 62 g protein, and 300 calories. Your good bro! I promise
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Guys, you are enabling my quest bar problem by comforting me. I have a real Fructooligosacharide addiction. Sometimes I will lie about eating them and then throw them up.
 
I bet that cookies and creme tastes different going the other way.
 
HIT4ME said:
Guys, you are enabling my quest bar problem by comforting me. I have a real Fructooligosacharide addiction. Sometimes I will lie about eating them and then throw them up.
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Lol.....me to.....be right back
 
josun said:
Sorry for the lack of updates works been crazy. Reason is because my work is Halloween related.
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A ghost eh?
No problem. Us kids are easily entertained by one another.

Do your thing! We'll be here.
Yes. It was a subtle threat. Lol.
 
It's been awhile since I've felt DOMS like this. Welcome back to that awesome calorie deficit life.
 
FireTitan said:
Arm pic and my weak attempt at 100lb hammers. It was to see if I could, and it was funInvalid Link RemovedInvalid Link Removed
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beast mode right there
 
HIT4ME said:
Brother, I am proud of you. You could have given up so easily and just went back to what you were doing. But you didn't take the easy road, and it is already paying off. That mid section is getting tighter already. It won't be 6 months - I think you're 1 week in? 2 weeks in? Just from when you actually pulled it together I'm saying. That, in my mind, is the start of the clock - when you actually got your sh1t in order and became commited. 6 weeks of this and you're going to be in much better shape.



LMAO - I wish. I also wish I had Firetitan's mass. As MrKleen pointed out, I fail just like everyone else. That's kind of the thing about dieting, it involves A LOT of failure. You have to just keep pushing and learn to make those failures as few as possible and make the small wins more numerous than the failures.

It's been 4 weeks for me, and despite all the effort I'm down just about 8 pounds. That's it. The last 2 weeks begins tomorrow. 10 pounds in 2 weeks? I think it can be done. Actually, I think I've already burned some of that fat, I'm banking on it, I'm hoping it just starts coming off over the next week now more consistently.
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Not exactly what I was trying to point out. :) I was basically troubleshooting for you, looking from the outside in. Was definitely not intended to be a call out in any way. I did "call out" FireTitan but that was what he needed to hear as a man with a goal. I knew it would make his resolve stronger. Your resolve is not in question but I just wasn't sure if you noticed the pattern I was observing. It is much easier for someone on the outside to notice patterns than the person entrenched in the situation.
FireTitan said:
It wouldnt make it harder....The cost of the divorce would starve me to death!! And yes, she has commented (distastefully) about me getting back in shape and looking younger now that Im on a campus. Coincidence....??
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I lost 22 lbs in 4 weeks when my first wife and I split up!

Definitely not coincidence.

I would tell you how I dealt with that with my wife but not sure it would work in every situation. Let's just say I speak with her as openly, honestly, and most importantly logically as I do you guys when explaining something. I removed all loopholes and back door arguments via logic and forethought, and politely explained that she needed to take ownership of her own insecurities as there is nothing I can do to help her with them. I explained that I adore her, love her and long for her and that she has no competition in this world to me. That I show my love constantly and any insecurity she was dealing with had to do with how she felt about herself. So if she wanted to feel more secure than I already make her she was going to have to take steps to correct that or become more accepting of my hobby and realize the insecurity issue was hers to own and deal with.

That type of honesty can either make, or break a relationship.


hairygrandpa said:
Since I started working out, my wife got very suspicious. Recently contemplating to get a boob job too, lol.
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I think you would look better with some butt implants myself.
FireTitan said:
Arm pic and my weak attempt at 100lb hammers. It was to see if I could, and it was funInvalid Link RemovedInvalid Link Removed
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I am gonna kick you in the nuts you keep downing yourself. You did some seriously good work there and kept body English to a minimum with a 100lb curl. That is ridiculous. Pump yourself up about the positive instead of calling out the negative just to beat others to the punch. I know it is much easier to deal with when you say it but 95% of the time the call outs you expect aren't even going to happen.
HIT4ME said:
Lol, well, MrKleen73 is right. It is just 6 weeks. He is calling it straight and I still need to work on it. But I am not that upset. It happens...lol. and it wasn't a full cheat, but still not part of the plan.
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Meh... it was a very reasonable meal replacement. To play the other side of the coin, even when most of you guys are "blowing it" you are still at deficit caloric levels.
HIT4ME said:
Guys, you are enabling my quest bar problem by comforting me. I have a real Fructooligosacharide addiction. Sometimes I will lie about eating them and then throw them up.
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Here I am wondering if this is actually a true statement or not. I know enough people with various stages of eating disorders this would not surprise me.
ma70 said:
It's been awhile since I've felt DOMS like this. Welcome back to that awesome calorie deficit life.
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Aminos will help, or shuttling a little more of your nutrients into the peri-workout window.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Not exactly what I was trying to point out. :) I was basically troubleshooting for you, looking from the outside in. Was definitely not intended to be a call out in any way. I did "call out" FireTitan but that was what he needed to hear as a man with a goal. I knew it would make his resolve stronger. Your resolve is not in question but I just wasn't sure if you noticed the pattern I was observing. It is much easier for someone on the outside to notice patterns than the person entrenched in the situation.

I lost 22 lbs in 4 weeks when my first wife and I split up!

Definitely not coincidence.

I would tell you how I dealt with that with my wife but not sure it would work in every situation. Let's just say I speak with her as openly, honestly, and most importantly logically as I do you guys when explaining something. I removed all loopholes and back door arguments via logic and forethought, and politely explained that she needed to take ownership of her own insecurities as there is nothing I can do to help her with them. I explained that I adore her, love her and long for her and that she has no competition in this world to me. That I show my love constantly and any insecurity she was dealing with had to do with how she felt about herself. So if she wanted to feel more secure than I already make her she was going to have to take steps to correct that or become more accepting of my hobby and realize the insecurity issue was hers to own and deal with.

That type of honesty can either make, or break a relationship.



I think you would look better with some butt implants myself.

I am gonna kick you in the nuts you keep downing yourself. You did some seriously good work there and kept body English to a minimum with a 100lb curl. That is ridiculous. Pump yourself up about the positive instead of calling out the negative just to beat others to the punch. I know it is much easier to deal with when you say it but 95% of the time the call outs you expect aren't even going to happen.

Meh... it was a very reasonable meal replacement. To play the other side of the coin, even when most of you guys are "blowing it" you are still at deficit caloric levels.

Here I am wondering if this is actually a true statement or not. I know enough people with various stages of eating disorders this would not surprise me.

Aminos will help, or shuttling a little more of your nutrients into the peri-workout window.
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Sir! YES SIR!! Ill work on it and again, thanks!!
 
MrKleen73 said:
Not exactly what I was trying to point out. :) I was basically troubleshooting for you, looking from the outside in. Was definitely not intended to be a call out in any way. I did "call out" FireTitan but that was what he needed to hear as a man with a goal. I knew it would make his resolve stronger. Your resolve is not in question but I just wasn't sure if you noticed the pattern I was observing. It is much easier for someone on the outside to notice patterns than the person entrenched in the situation.

I lost 22 lbs in 4 weeks when my first wife and I split up!

Definitely not coincidence.

I would tell you how I dealt with that with my wife but not sure it would work in every situation. Let's just say I speak with her as openly, honestly, and most importantly logically as I do you guys when explaining something. I removed all loopholes and back door arguments via logic and forethought, and politely explained that she needed to take ownership of her own insecurities as there is nothing I can do to help her with them. I explained that I adore her, love her and long for her and that she has no competition in this world to me. That I show my love constantly and any insecurity she was dealing with had to do with how she felt about herself. So if she wanted to feel more secure than I already make her she was going to have to take steps to correct that or become more accepting of my hobby and realize the insecurity issue was hers to own and deal with.

That type of honesty can either make, or break a relationship.



I think you would look better with some butt implants myself.

I am gonna kick you in the nuts you keep downing yourself. You did some seriously good work there and kept body English to a minimum with a 100lb curl. That is ridiculous. Pump yourself up about the positive instead of calling out the negative just to beat others to the punch. I know it is much easier to deal with when you say it but 95% of the time the call outs you expect aren't even going to happen.

Meh... it was a very reasonable meal replacement. To play the other side of the coin, even when most of you guys are "blowing it" you are still at deficit caloric levels.

Here I am wondering if this is actually a true statement or not. I know enough people with various stages of eating disorders this would not surprise me.

Aminos will help, or shuttling a little more of your nutrients into the peri-workout window.
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Thanks MrKleen. I know you weren't REALLY calling me out, but you gave me a nudge and a good observation. It definitely is something I realized last week when I hit that wall. I mean, doing 3 hours/day of cardio and eating 900 calories is pretty insane and I'm only really doing it for the challenge and competition and to hopefully show others how insane you can be and at least survive, haha. Not that I'd recommend anyone follow my path exactly. But when I hit that wall, if I push just a hair too hard, I have no will left to avoid that cheat and you were dead on there.

And you were dead on in the implication - it is stupid to do all this work, only to put yourself in a situation where you cheat and wipe the work out, when you wouldn't have cheated if you didn't do all the work.

Again, I know you weren't calling me out, but you were straight and correct and I am no different than any guy on here. I've had some recent success, but I fail just like everyone. I've had a recent round of massive will power, but it's not ALWAYS like that either. I'm no different than anyone here, everyone can do what I can do. And I thank you both for the observation and for a little bump to give me perspective.

As for the throwing up of quest bars.....well....I will give you some details. I haven't thrown up in almost 15 years. No joke. I even got food poisoning a year ago from a restaurant, and my gf got it too, and she was puking every 5 minutes and I told her I would normally feel bad she was puking but I was jealous because I just couldn't. It takes an enormous amount for me to heave. So, whatever I eat .....it's only coming out one way. haha.

Having said that, I wasn't trying to make light of eating disorders as much as I was trying to poke fun at myself. And I wasn't really upset about the Quest bar all that much other than it wasn't 100% necessary.
 
Gotta love peeing out all the water. I guess it happens when you go from 300-400g carbs to 100-150. Maybe I'll check my weight in next week as official so it doesn't seem like I'm cheating, cause I can already tell the scale weight will be 5-6 lbs less than the glycogen boosted version of me.

I'll give my weight next Monday since I'll have been on low carb for about a week and my weight will normalize to something more realistic for the diet.
 
ma70 said:
Gotta love peeing out all the water. I guess it happens when you go from 300-400g carbs to 100-150. Maybe I'll check my weight in next week as official so it doesn't seem like I'm cheating, cause I can already tell the scale weight will be 5-6 lbs less than the glycogen boosted version of me.

I'll give my weight next Monday since I'll have been on low carb for about a week and my weight will normalize to something more realistic for the diet.
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I don't personally care so so much ...but the goal should be pounds of fat. You could always carb up after for an official weigh in
 
Yesterday was another solid diet day. 1350 in / 2850 out. Workout was a disaster, but that's a whole nother story better fit for my normal log.

I feel like the outline of my abs is popping out more and more now. Might just lose this gut, yet :). For the record, I have NEVER EVER seen my abs. This is the absolute closest I've ever been. When I lost my weight the first time, I had so much skin that I couldn't see them. This time, it's possible... Just gotta work to get there!
 
ma70 said:
Gotta love peeing out all the water. I guess it happens when you go from 300-400g carbs to 100-150. Maybe I'll check my weight in next week as official so it doesn't seem like I'm cheating, cause I can already tell the scale weight will be 5-6 lbs less than the glycogen boosted version of me.

I'll give my weight next Monday since I'll have been on low carb for about a week and my weight will normalize to something more realistic for the diet.
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Heck of an honest guy there. I'd have loaded up on pizza rolls right before weigh in if I was you! :)
 
habajaba said:
Heck of an honest guy there. I'd have loaded up on pizza rolls right before weigh in if I was you! :)
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No point in cheating. I'm not really doing this to impress anyone. If anything, I just hope my hard work benefits me (obviously) but also helps motivate other people to stay on track. My 8 weeks of dieting should net me around 12%, but even after that, it will be a long and slow journey to single digits. I've always hovered between 12-15% (12 at my leanest, but that hasn't been for awhile cause I've been lazier with dieting and focusing on other things, like eating out with my girlfriend who is a foodie), and just ONCE I want to hit single digits (even if it's 9%) just to know that I've done it.
 
Freaking out. I'm visiting family in Chicago in November.

You know why!?

I have to locate a gym near us and prep my supps. Lol

Edit. Gym. Check. !!! That was close. Now how to pack sups for a flight bag carry on.

Imagine the flight attendent's look when I whip out my sups. Ask for water. A lot of it. And proceed to place 15 various pills in front of me all different colors....

Oh they're just vitamins.
 
After days of only protein shakes, I now have trouble pooping.
Could need some tongue stimulation -and or sucking. Anyone?
 
hairygrandpa said:
After days of only protein shakes, I now have trouble pooping.
Could need some tongue stimulation -and or sucking. Anyone?
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More psyllium! Or just live with it.
 
HIT4ME said:
Having said that, I wasn't trying to make light of eating disorders as much as I was trying to poke fun at myself. And I wasn't really upset about the Quest bar all that much other than it wasn't 100% necessary.
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Oh no I didn't think you were. Just wasn't any sign of it being in jest, no smiley face or LOL. So I wasn't sure if a joke or not. Was going to be concernend for you if it was true.

hairygrandpa said:
After days of only protein shakes, I now have trouble pooping.
Could need some tongue stimulation -and or sucking. Anyone?
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The question is, do you feel like you need to poop? With the calories and what not you are taking in it would not be much of a surprise for you to not have a movement. However if you have one in the chute that just wont drop I recommend 1-2 grams of magnesium. What won't come out today will tomorrow and it is not stimulant based so you wont be stuck on the toilet waiting for your sphincter to close or find yourself on a mad dash to the bathroom.

Now if you are just looking for a little tongue in cheek action I can't help you. LOL
 
habajaba said:
I think I see HGP in here.

[video]https://youtu.be/IYH7_GzP4Tg[/video]
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Nope. I found @<u><a href="http://anabolicminds.com/forum/member.php?u=223016" target="_blank">hairygrandpa</a></u>

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Thank you MrKleen73, have magnesium at hand.

As nobody helps with a bit tongue in cheek action, I'll go with the magnesium, hoping the pills don't fall out when going upstairs.
 
hairygrandpa said:
Thank you MrKleen73, have magnesium at hand.

As nobody helps with a bit tongue in cheek action, I'll go with the magnesium, hoping the pills don't fall out when going upstairs.
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Gotta work that kegel muscle
 
Me pre dump stole my life energy this morning. I was not amused....haha
 
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