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GreenMachineX said:
Same. Never. I can’t even sit on the beach.

Edit: I read that wrong. I don’t do those things on vacation either is what I meant.
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GreenMachineX said:
But I did get over 8 hours sleep last night and scored a 90!
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dude you know what I do? I read a couple pages on the airplane. then a couple more... then a couple more. then we get to the beach or whatever and I finally sit and read a whole chapter. by the end of the vacation I once again have healed my add to the point that I can sit there and read a book front to back lol. it takes 10 days of solid effort. then I come home and any part of that book that is not finished, takes 1 year to finish (the next vacation, probably).

of course, thats travelling without kids. if kids are there, all bets are off.
 
GreenMachineX said:
Update: up before everyone this morning, so did a “workout” of pushups, rows, curls, lateral raises, and overhead extensions with my backpack just to get a burn/pump. Only got near failure on pushups probably but still felt good.

Great trip so far otherwise.
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A little pump up before hitting the beach sounds perfect
 
Dustin07 said:
dude you know what I do? I read a couple pages on the airplane. then a couple more... then a couple more. then we get to the beach or whatever and I finally sit and read a whole chapter. by the end of the vacation I once again have healed my add to the point that I can sit there and read a book front to back lol. it takes 10 days of solid effort. then I come home and any part of that book that is not finished, takes 1 year to finish (the next vacation, probably).

of course, thats travelling without kids. if kids are there, all bets are off.
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What kind of books?
 
Today is officially day 1. Birthday celebrations and vacation over. 4 weeks until the next weekend out of my control (but not a disaster type thing). The previous 5 weeks of this vacation taught me that there is no way for me to lose body fat without feeling like trash, even doing it slowly with a mild deficit. So, time to man up and power through the “PEM” (we know that’s not what it is anymore though).

Weight: 216.4 with lots of bloat.

Goal still 190-195.

Upper workout later.
 
GreenMachineX said:
bioluminescent bay kayaking
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so cool, when our girls are on it we get the heads up to go down to the docks and check it out. One year we were up in the san juans here in puget sound and I actually stayed awake long enough to take the SUP out to paddle through it.

GreenMachineX said:
Weight: 215.0 😂
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GreenMachineX said:
Birthday celebrations
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when I read these two posts side by side I thought it said "birthing" celebrations and there was a connection.
 
Dustin07 said:
so cool, when our girls are on it we get the heads up to go down to the docks and check it out. One year we were up in the san juans here in puget sound and I actually stayed awake long enough to take the SUP out to paddle through it.




when I read these two posts side by side I thought it said "birthing" celebrations and there was a connection.
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I’m lost…is there a bioluminescence bay in Seattle? Or do you mean down in Puerto Rico?
 
GreenMachineX said:
I’m lost…is there a bioluminescence bay in Seattle? Or do you mean down in Puerto Rico?
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Dude, you got that wrong it is Bio-Goomin-Pheasants...

 
I’m a little surprised you didn’t understand this, but glad you are understanding the truth of a deficit: there is no way to operate on less than your body needs & truly feel ideal. You have to reframe your expectations and focus on the positives.

If you think I’ve dropped over 20lbs the last few months while feeling good most of the time, you would be mistaken. You can be uncomfortable while losing weight, or uncomfortable in your own skin & health, but you can’t get leaner without some kind of toll. Choose your hard!
 
GreenMachineX said:
I’m lost…is there a bioluminescence bay in Seattle? Or do you mean down in Puerto Rico?
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we get bioluminescence throughout all of Puget Sound. we are 90 miles south of Friday Harbor, and we get them down by our place but where I marked this X on Lopez Island there is a marina where we stayed one year. we had paddle boards on the boat and could paddle through it at night, it was wild.

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Today’s WO:

Flat bench 4 x 6/6/6/7 x 225
T-Bar Row 4 x 6/6/6/7 x 115
Isolateral OHP 3 x 8 x 210
NG Pull-ups 3x3
High Cable Row 3 sets
DB Lateral Raise 3 sets
 
Hyde said:
I’m a little surprised you didn’t understand this, but glad you are understanding the truth of a deficit: there is no way to operate on less than your body needs & truly feel ideal. You have to reframe your expectations and focus on the positives.

If you think I’ve dropped over 20lbs the last few months while feeling good most of the time, you would be mistaken. You can be uncomfortable while losing weight, or uncomfortable in your own skin & health, but you can’t get leaner without some kind of toll. Choose your hard!
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Well, it’s just hard to believe, because literally every success story you hear is “I lost 20 pounds and feel great!” Even better versions of AI such as Grok say we shouldn’t feel like absolutely garbage and can’t sleep more than 6 hours in a mild deficit. You have to scour the bowels of Reddit to find similar accounts. My wife has lost 20 pounds, down to 142 or so, and feels great as another anecdote. Granted, her lifts suffer, but that’s not what I mean. I get that. On the flip side, most accounts probably aren’t starting where we are or training like we are. Then again, my training isn’t excessive…

Nevertheless, down to 212.0 today. I should be back to 209 in no time. Then it’s all fat loss after that.
 
GreenMachineX said:
Well, it’s just hard to believe, because literally every success story you hear is “I lost 20 pounds and feel great!” Even better versions of AI such as Grok say we shouldn’t feel like absolutely garbage and can’t sleep more than 6 hours in a mild deficit. You have to scour the bowels of Reddit to find similar accounts. My wife has lost 20 pounds, down to 142 or so, and feels great as another anecdote. Granted, her lifts suffer, but that’s not what I mean. I get that. On the flip side, most accounts probably aren’t starting where we are or training like we are. Then again, my training isn’t excessive…

Nevertheless, down to 212.0 today. I should be back to 209 in no time. Then it’s all fat loss after that.
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I agree, you are a complete weirdo!!! I kid, I kid, but you do seem to have challenges outside of the normal being hungry, and not having a lot of energy to recover. That being said, I believe the sentiment is correct regardless. You have to sacrifice for that progress, and often it is an uncomfortable process. It just seems you have to deal with a bit more discomfort than the average individual. That being said...

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GreenMachineX said:
Well, it’s just hard to believe, because literally every success story you hear is “I lost 20 pounds and feel great!” Even better versions of AI such as Grok say we shouldn’t feel like absolutely garbage and can’t sleep more than 6 hours in a mild deficit. You have to scour the bowels of Reddit to find similar accounts. My wife has lost 20 pounds, down to 142 or so, and feels great as another anecdote. Granted, her lifts suffer, but that’s not what I mean. I get that. On the flip side, most accounts probably aren’t starting where we are or training like we are. Then again, my training isn’t excessive…

Nevertheless, down to 212.0 today. I should be back to 209 in no time. Then it’s all fat loss after that.
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Bro people don’t tell the whole truth online. What you see is what they want you to see!

Especially the personal trainers writing the weightloss articles that AI regurgitates who have a dollar to gain - who need to convince Susie Gen-pop to put the damn wine coolers down, consider a salad for just one time in her sad life, and commit to a personal training/diet program.

People DO feel great down 20lbs. I feel awesome on the weekends when I am eating as much as I need but no longer carrying a weight vest every moment of my life. Plus it feels good not to be eating as much trash too - it’s easy for a fatass 240lb American male with minimal muscle posting on Reddit to drop to a still very sloppy 220lb, yet feel great the entire time. Because he stopped eating fast food for all of his nutrition & cut out the sugar soda! He never had to sacrifice a real thing, only took a ton of processed inflammatory garbage out for something more sensible.

The leaner you are trying to get, the tougher it generally will be at times. But once you get to a weight you want to hold, you will feel better at maintenance.
 
its much easier for a 24 yr old fitness trainer/influencer to feel great in a deficit when half of their deficit comes from a busy NEAT inducing lifestyle rather than desk work. My wife has that hummingbird energy coupled with a.d.d. so now that she's at home, she's never sitting down. If I were a stay at home husband with access to the fridge, I'd probably gain 20lbs lol. she will lose 10lbs this month I'm sure, simply be removing a desk from her 9-5 and replacing it with being outside, gardening, running around like a racoon chasing shiny objects all day.

getting up tired, going to fake lighting, to sit a desk where your brain is taxed but your body atrophies, while trying to be in a deficit is hard. the easiest way to lean up is to somehow have legit physical activities as a lifestyle/hobby/habit rather than it being that 1 hour that you have to force yourself to do because you're so damn tired from all the fake work you spent the last 10hrs taxing your brain with.

it was admittedly very easy for me to stay very lean during my xfit years because for 2hrs a day every single day I simply "played crossfit". there were a million events, something new every day, you're always surrounded by yoga shorts, sports bras, and scoreboards with the guys, so you walk in the door and spend 2,000 calories playing, over the next 2 hours. its all different when your mentality is PLAY vs WORK.

when you were 7yrs old you could play all day long on zero calories until you were a sweaty mess that fell asleep with your face on a pile of legos. gotta play more even if it means looking at work as play!
 
Weight: 211.4

Paused Squat 4 x 3 x 275
RDLs 5x135, 5x185, 2x5x225
BB Shrugs 4 x 5 x 185
Standing Calf Raises 3 sets
Incline DB Curls 3 sets
Overhead Extension 3 sets

Given how I was feeling walking in, maybe should’ve went lighter on squats and increased reps. Definitely feeling the deficit, but still sleeping pretty well…7 hours and score of 84. Goal is 200-300kcal deficit today.
 
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