Good stuff, legs are going to be nice and strong after all of this. Good to hear the biceps held up to stabilizing the push up. Things seem to be going your way!
Leg strength is coming along and bodyweight slowly creeping down - 218.2lbs today! Who knew just sticking to the plan would actually work??Good stuff, legs are going to be nice and strong after all of this. Good to hear the biceps held up to stabilizing the push up. Things seem to be going your way!
Sounds amazing!!! I really can't wait to get out their and queue it up!Leg strength is coming along and bodyweight slowly creeping down - 218.2lbs today! Who knew just sticking to the plan would actually work??
Tomorrow is last day for any carbs, just periworkout. Then keto next 4 days, and fast begins Monday.
Got some steals of deals on grass fed bison and beef at Kroger last night, plus some Moonshine brats & some thin top sirloin. Excited to fire up the grill for the first time this year!
**** yeah! Awesome dude!04/05/19 - Day 17 of Clen
Bodyweight 218.0
SSB Squat
62x6
112,152,222,292x3
332x1
+belt
372,402,432x1 PR
352 3x5
GHR
2x15, 1x20
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Was only supposed to hit 392 for a single before work sets but I am deloading next week and had a great crew this morning, so I had a little fun. 10lb lifetime safety bar best, and it moved great. Getting stronger!
We can say "****" now! (im apparently a child).**** yeah! Awesome dude!
Threads all over AM are rejoicing this..Oh...it worked!
Yes! I learned from you and have been doing this from the start. Actually tried it without the lemon juice last night and it was horrible, but added the squirt of real lemon juice back in and the entire quart becomes extremely palatable. Went to 1500mg sodium and 2100mg potassium for this morning’s 36oz shaker of water.Squeezing half a lemon in 1 quart of salt water is a game changer to get it down.
Looking pretty good for some one what had Bi surgery.04/07/19
Bodyweight 217.2
Bunch of side, rear raises & hammercurls
Db NG OHP working 12s up to a 65x10
Kroc Row 120x15+7 rest pause
Cable Tri Ext ladder up & down to failure
Standing Calves
60x11, 2 sec hold at top & 15 sec at bottom
Plank for 108 seconds
Let some aggression loose and enjoyed this one - the Doggcrapp stretcher calves have never been so easy to endure, which tells you how fucked my mindset was in this session. 4th day of keto diet, feeling accordingly lousy. Last day of any food - tomorrow begins the 7 day fast. Electrolytes, water, tea, coffee will be it for the week.
Current composition before fast (flex, no pump yet):
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After 8 weeks of dedicated nutrition tracking & control, I finally look like a guy about to start a cutSounds like it is going well so far. You are looking good too, can't wait to see the changes from where you are. It is a great starting point to be able to notice things.
LMAO!!!! You have gotten a lot more done in that time than just that!After 8 weeks of dedicated nutrition tracking & control, I finally look like a guy about to start a cut
Yep, 90oz fluid daily including coffee/tea with a solid 2g salt & 3g potassium, while being primarily sedentary and not sweating.Man. That don't sound fun. An easy explanation for those symptoms would simply be dehydration. Dont forget how much of your water intake can come from various foods. You sure youre drinking enough fluids with lytes in it?
Edit: you notice any scleral icterus from your Gilbert's with this long of a fast?
I just asked about the yellowing of your eyes because of your Gilbert's (i thought you mentioned having this sometime or another?). Fasting can sometimes cause unconjugated bilirubin can go up and cause icterus in people functionally deficient in the UGT enzyme (eg. Gilberts) responsible for conjugation for excretion. Jaundice doesnt happen til higher degrees of bilirubinemia, scleral changes are usually first so thats why i asked about that in particular - purely out of curiosity.Yep, 90oz fluid daily including coffee/tea with a solid 2g salt & 3g potassium, while being primarily sedentary and not sweating.
I have never had yellowing of the eyes on any cycle, nor any remote indicator of jaundice, since having it as a newborn. My total billirubin just usually runs around 1.1 is all naturally.
I believe it’s just missing thousands of calories daily lol
I appreciate your thoughts! I also had wondered about dehydration being the reasoning for feeling faint, but the numbers just don’t really add up.I just asked about the yellowing of your eyes because of your Gilbert's (i thought you mentioned having this sometime or another?). Fasting can sometimes cause unconjugated bilirubin can go up and cause icterus in people functionally deficient in the UGT enzyme (eg. Gilberts) responsible for conjugation for excretion. Jaundice doesnt happen til higher degrees of bilirubinemia, scleral changes are usually first so thats why i asked about that in particular - purely out of curiosity.
LOL! Well, you made it to day 5 ! The next 5 days will feel like a constant orgasm. LMAO!04/12/19 - Day 5 of Fast
Been hungry AF for the last 5-6 hours. No idea why but it’s pissing me off. I have not done anything differently, zero deviation. Except not a single bit of coffee today (yesterday was a 6oz cup).
I really don’t think I have any interest in doing 10 days of this crap at this point. I don’t regret doing this, but would not recommend if you expect all the sunshine “mental clarity, so much focus & energy, wow!” bullshit. This is my 5th day of no food and the prior 4 days had 20g net carbs or less religiously, so it’s not like I’m not in ketosis at this point.
It was worth the 3 day battle for the immune regeneration - cleared up a sinus bug I’ve been dealing with for 3 months in 3 days. But take the 3lbs of fatloss and immune renewal and gtfo. This entire week is just going to be an exercise in will.
I am still fasting, and will defeat the full 7 days I committed to, but I want to get back to eating and lifting - 10 days can suck it lolLOL! Well, you made it to day 5 ! The next 5 days will feel like a constant orgasm. LMAO!
LOL! But I haven’t had any caffeine withdrawals, no headache or anything - I had tapered down to a single baby cup. I’m not sure it was even 6oz, because it was a 1/3rd of my mug. That wasn’t providing appetite suppression for more than a couple hours. Aaaaand I didn’t explain well - I mean I haven’t had brain fog today or yesterday, but fatigue is still very real.Its funny how day 4 was: "more energy/less brain fog" and day 5 (with no coffee) was: “mental clarity, so much focus & energy, wow!” bullshit.
You shouldn't have skipped the coffee. Hehe!
Keep your cool, don’t need you beating up carnies and making national news04/13/19 - Day 6 of Fast
Day 5 hunger had me about to rip someone’s head off the second half of the day, so I took 60mg pseudo-ephedrine per Spurfy’s recommendation for managing hunger. Let me get to bed without hunger keeping me up. Today things were a little more manageable (but still hungry always) so used the pseudo again before we went to the circus. This was a great move - the whole place smelled like fried foods and popcorn, and I was still able to enjoy life with my woman out for the evening.
One more day to go!
I believe there was a serious metabolic compensation. I think my left arm looks much more even to my right as of last night. I consumed ~600g carbs yesterday and I suspect ~4K calories. Started with cream of rice, egg whites, toast & jam. Drank 20oz juice while I did a light weight upper workout. Overhead pressing, benching, rowing 40lb bar for many set of 10, and lots of raises, curls, flyes, extensions for 12-20 rep sets with 5 & 8lb dbs. Felt so great to use my repaired arm!!!Also, be aware of the "super compensation". I gained some muscles right after the fast when restarting training and doing intra workout-carbs (+high protein afterwards).
I'm continuing leaning out after the fast while carb backloading. Metabolism changed, no doubt!
Hehe! Just don't feast every day now! Watch out for the yo-yo effect.I believe there was a serious metabolic compensation. I think my left arm looks much more even to my right as of last night. I consumed ~600g carbs yesterday and I suspect ~4K calories. Started with cream of rice, egg whites, toast & jam. Drank 20oz juice while I did a light weight upper workout. Overhead pressing, benching, rowing 40lb bar for many set of 10, and lots of raises, curls, flyes, extensions for 12-20 rep sets with 5 & 8lb dbs. Felt so great to use my repaired arm!!!
Followed up with chicken and rice, then beef, eggs & rice. Then started some candy and ramen, and finally pizza and baked goods.
Woke up at only 211.2 lbs, nice and tight looking! A full 7lbs down still from before the depletion began.
Definitely not. I mean I am having some liberty this week no doubt, but it’s all very orchestrated to get back into my normal diet structure. Only a month til the wedding after all, so I have no intention of letting the reigns let loose completely.Hehe! Just don't feast every day now! Watch out for the yo-yo effect.
Gimme 4 weeks! This isn’t even my final formDang dude, lookin lean and mean!
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