Sparkss journey to recovery

The scale has been all over the place. The low was Sunday morning coming in at 191.8, and yet weighing in this morning at 196.6. I am starting to strongly question this scale. Although I can see a difference in the mirror from day to day, so maybe it is not so crazy. I did work in the attic all weekend, so that could account for massive water loss (I was sweating like a pig Friday and Saturday and only a little Sunday afternoon, after mother's day brunch (so the day was already broken up by that event).

Here are my workouts:

Yesterday: Upper Body Strength

Bent Over Rows 95x15 4x155x10
Pull Ups 4x8
Flat DB Press 15x50 3x70x10
Dips (Chest) 3x8
Seated DB Shoulder Press 30x15 3x40x12
Incline DB curl 3x35x10
Decline Triceps Extensions 3x35x10


Today: Lower Body Strength

Squats 95x15 3x155x15
Deadlifts 3x155x12
Kneeling Leg Extensions 3x10
1 Leg Standing Calf Raises 3x65x20
Leg Curls 3x45x8
Lower Back Hyper Extensions 2x20x25
Crunches 2x50


My arms were a little tight this morning, but that didn't interfere with my lower body workout. Both days I tried to add weight or reps to every exercise. I did notice that the deadlifts really take it out of me. After the 3 sets I almost felt like I wanted to throw up, I was very fatigued. It makes me feel so very out of shape :(.

I ate like a horse yesterday, although not because I felt like I needed to, but because I think that my progress has been stalled due to insufficient intake. So I more or less forced myself to eat. It was all clean, but I made sure there was plenty of it. We will see what a week or two of that does for me (combined with the LGD and MK)
 
Sparkss said:
The scale has been all over the place. The low was Sunday morning coming in at 191.8, and yet weighing in this morning at 196.6. I am starting to strongly question this scale. Although I can see a difference in the mirror from day to day, so maybe it is not so crazy. I did work in the attic all weekend, so that could account for massive water loss (I was sweating like a pig Friday and Saturday and only a little Sunday afternoon, after mother's day brunch (so the day was already broken up by that event).

Here are my workouts:

Yesterday: Upper Body Strength

Bent Over Rows 95x15 4x155x10
Pull Ups 4x8
Flat DB Press 15x50 3x70x10
Dips (Chest) 3x8
Seated DB Shoulder Press 30x15 3x40x12
Incline DB curl 3x35x10
Decline Triceps Extensions 3x35x10


Today: Lower Body Strength

Squats 95x15 3x155x15
Deadlifts 3x155x12
Kneeling Leg Extensions 3x10
1 Leg Standing Calf Raises 3x65x20
Leg Curls 3x45x8
Lower Back Hyper Extensions 2x20x25
Crunches 2x50


My arms were a little tight this morning, but that didn't interfere with my lower body workout. Both days I tried to add weight or reps to every exercise. I did notice that the deadlifts really take it out of me. After the 3 sets I almost felt like I wanted to throw up, I was very fatigued. It makes me feel so very out of shape :(.

I ate like a horse yesterday, although not because I felt like I needed to, but because I think that my progress has been stalled due to insufficient intake. So I more or less forced myself to eat. It was all clean, but I made sure there was plenty of it. We will see what a week or two of that does for me (combined with the LGD and MK)
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Keep pushing brother! throw that scale in the trash!
 
Studhorse said:
Keep pushing brother! throw that scale in the trash!
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Btw, you are killin it in your thread! I have been so buried with work and honey-dos that I am way behind, but I finally got caught up on yours. It seems like that C&C is treating you really well!
 
Sparkss said:
Btw, you are killin it in your thread! I have been so buried with work and honey-dos that I am way behind, but I finally got caught up on yours. It seems like that C&C is treating you really well!
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It is. I wasn't expecting much but I'm pleasantly surprised.
I hear you on the busy, I pop in and out while at work, the evenings and weekends are mostly booked this time of year.
 
hairygrandpa said:
Weight fluctuations due to bloat from MK, I'm 99% sure about that. :)
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Very possible. I do notice that I am more sensitive to different foods than I was before. But the overall vascularity that I get and the fact that the bloat typically goes away once I "clean up" my diet makes it manageable for me, at least until my current run is done, which I plan to run through at least to the end of the LGD run.
 
I hit it pretty hard today. I slept for crap, but did not want to rest two days in a row. Today was hypertrophy back & shoulders.

Bent Over Row 95x15 4x155x12
Pullups 4x8
DB Rows 3x70x15
Shrugs 3x70x15
1 Arm Pulldowns 3x75x20
Seated DB Presses 3x40x15
Upright Rows 3x65x15
Side Lateral Raises 4x10x20
Lower Back Hyper Extensions 3x20x25

I was a little sore going into it, right afterwards I needed to sit and stretch my lower back as it was "very unhappy" with me. I had not worked it this hard since before I threw my back out almost 6 months ago helping my mom move a generator in preparation for a hurricane that was forecast for our area.

My shoulders are screaming, but I have better form for my seated DB presses than before, what I mean is my ROM is starting to open up and my surgery shoulder is moving more "normal" for that exercise. I took a while to get through the workout due to work interfering and also partly because I kept getting wiped out by some of the exercises. Even at the slower pace I worked up a pretty healthy sweat (and no, I didn't take any Radiate before I started, or I would have really sweat a ton :)).

My legs are super sore. If I recall tomorrow is supposed to be lower body hypertrophy day. I hope my legs feel better by the time that comes due :)
 
Studhorse said:
How many days on LGD now?
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Good question, let me look back at my notes. So I started MK on March 18, 10mg, March 25 I bumped it to 20mg. Been at that level ever since (coming up on 9 weeks total). Started LGD (8mg per day) on April 1, so I am coming up on 7 weeks (this Saturday).


I am almost not wanting to count the 2 "pathetic" weeks where work superseded diet, sleep and exercise *sigh*.
 
Sparkss said:
Good question, let me look back at my notes. So I started MK on March 18, 10mg, March 25 I bumped it to 20mg. Been at that level ever since (coming up on 9 weeks total). Started LGD (8mg per day) on April 1, so I am coming up on 7 weeks (this Saturday).


I am almost not wanting to count the 2 "pathetic" weeks where work superseded diet, sleep and exercise *sigh*.
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Time for new noodz! lol
 
today was hypertrophy chest/arms. Although my arms were feeling tight and my bicep a little "twingey". So I skipped the biceps and only did light weights on the triceps. If they are feeling better tomorrow I will add in a set or two to the end of my lower body workout.

Here is what I did today:

Flat DB Press 40x15 3x70x12
Incline DB Hex Press 3x60x10
1 Arm Incline flies 3x20x15
Tricep Extensions 3x20x20
Crunches 3x50
Active planks 3x20

I also got a little creative with the incline flyes. There was a video posted of using cables for incline flyes to get more contraction through a fuller range of the motion, versus just until the DB was above perpendicular on a regular DB flye. I got creative since I am limited in my equipment here at home. So I laid down on the incline bench with my body almost at a 45 degree angle, with the side of my body that held the weight firmly against the bench, but the other side raised up off the bench to give me the 30 to 45 degrees. I then did a 1 armed flye with the DB, with the tension being up until after the DB passed the middle of my ribcage. I may drop the weight the next time to get better form and a stronger, fuller contraction than I was getting with the slightly heavier weight. I still felt good contraction and muscle engagement.
 
Studhorse said:
Time for new noodz! lol
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hairygrandpa said:
^^^^^ YES !!!!
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So I decided to go ahead and take some quick picts after my workout today. But I sort of goofed and took them after drinking my huge post shake, so I am a little bloated from that (it is a full, and I mean full, 28 oz shaker bottle w/ a couple types of carbs + a couple types of protein).

You can also see my mild (and sometimes not so mild) scoliosis in the second picture.

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I placed an order for the expansion set to take my weight set to 90 lbs per DB/195 lb on the BB. My local store did not have them in stock and did not expect them for at least two weeks. The set should arrive here on Monday, which gets it here in time for my lower body strength workout on Tuesday :). I would have liked it in time for my upper body strength on Monday, but there are only 2 exercises where I would have benefited from the added weight, the bent over row and flat DB press.
 
Sparkss said:
So I decided to go ahead and take some quick picts after my workout today. But I sort of goofed and took them after drinking my huge post shake, so I am a little bloated from that (it is a full, and I mean full, 28 oz shaker bottle w/ a couple types of carbs + a couple types of protein).

You can also see my mild (and sometimes not so mild) scoliosis in the second picture.

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You got WAY bigger, bro!!! Believe me, when the little water bloat from MK subsides, you will look awesome! (ok, already looking awesome -but later on super-awesome) :)
 
hairygrandpa said:
You got WAY bigger, bro!!! Believe me, when the little water bloat from MK subsides, you will look awesome! (ok, already looking awesome -but later on super-awesome) :)
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Thanks, I really appreciate that!

I have been thinking of backing the MK down to 10mg a night to see if that helps with the bloat. I read somewhere that it is effective as low as 8 mg, but higher was better (up to a point). But as with all things in our world, finding that balance between benefit and negative sides is crucial.
 
This morning was lower body hypertrophy, with a set of hammer curls thrown in (since I skipped any biceps exercises yesterday).

Squats 105x15 2x155x12
Stiff Legged Dead lifts 2x155x12
Lunges 1x60x12
Kneeling Leg Extensions 2x12
1 Leg Standing Calf Raises 2x60x20
Leg Curls 2x30x15
Hammer Curls 2x30x15
 
I mentioned the vascularity. I tried to take some picts tonight, before heading to bed. This is before any night time shakes, or my evening dose of MK. My arms are just like this all the time now (I will miss it when it is gone :().

You can't really see the veins on my biceps, but on my left arm (which looks like the right one in the photo due to the mirror) there are 3 nice ones that "pop out" now.

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I just wish I could get a better picture *sigh* (while I still have them to take a picture of :)).
 
I dropped the MK to 10 mg on Saturday. I still slept good Saturday and Sunday evening. I also felt like I looked leaner this morning. Yesterday was a rest day. I didn't do much yesterday at all, ran a couple of errands and spent the day vegging out with the family watching movies. I did snack primarily on On Cake Bites and Quest Protein Chips. Not the best tasting, but pretty "clean" in general, and palatable enough for me.

Today was upper body strength. I cut the sets down to 2 (working sets) per most exercises due to a nagging shoulder issue that cropped up Saturday evening and persisted through yesterday.

Bent Over Rows 95x15 2x155x15
Pull Ups 3x8
Flat DB Press 15x50 70x14 70x10
Dips (Chest) 2x8 1x10
Seated DB Shoulder Press 30x15 12x40 14x40
Concentration Curl 2x40x8
Cross Bench Tricep Dips 2x15
Active planks 1x20 1x18 1x16
Crunches 2x30 1x50
 
How is your sleep with the MK? Are you taking Huperzine-A to control somatostatin ?
 
hairygrandpa said:
How is your sleep with the MK? Are you taking Huperzine-A to control somatostatin ?
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Sleep has been great. I rarely need to take melatonin since I started the MK. I do have Hup-a, started a couple of weeks back, just one dose in the morning.
 
Sparkss said:
Sleep has been great. I rarely need to take melatonin since I started the MK. I do have Hup-a, started a couple of weeks back, just one dose in the morning.
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Astounding how different people react to stuff. MK and other GH stuff gives me insomnia and cuts my sleep short to about 5 hours total.
Dreams get crazy and vivid, the only side effect I sort of enjoy.
 
hairygrandpa said:
Astounding how different people react to stuff. MK and other GH stuff gives me insomnia and cuts my sleep short to about 5 hours total.
Dreams get crazy and vivid, the only side effect I sort of enjoy.
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I had pretty vivid dreams in the beginning, I even now still remember my dreams more than I did before MK, but not as dramatic a difference as the first couple of weeks on it.

On a separate note my expansion set for my weight set arrived today. So now tomorrow (lower body strength) will be an entirely different workout, with 40 lbs added to the BB max. :) Unfortunately this set maxes out my weights, although aside from a few exercises I don't see that being a problem. But those being the "big daddy" ones (squats and dead lifts). Maybe the bent over rows for the 5 rep range sets (that remains to be seen, and I may be over-estimating my ability and strength LOL).
 
Sparkss said:
I had pretty vivid dreams in the beginning, I even now still remember my dreams more than I did before MK, but not as dramatic a difference as the first couple of weeks on it.

On a separate note my expansion set for my weight set arrived today. So now tomorrow (lower body strength) will be an entirely different workout, with 40 lbs added to the BB max. :) Unfortunately this set maxes out my weights, although aside from a few exercises I don't see that being a problem. But those being the "big daddy" ones (squats and dead lifts). Maybe the bent over rows for the 5 rep range sets (that remains to be seen, and I may be over-estimating my ability and strength LOL).
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Awesome! Isn't it weird that iron makes us happy? LOL
 
hairygrandpa said:
Awesome! Isn't it weird that iron makes us happy? LOL
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I am walking a line between excited and a little scared. I know my personality and hope I don't push myself and over do things. I still take it a little light on the biceps and shoulders due to the surgeries to re-attach both, but the extra weight potential will put a lot more stress on my joints than before (for upper body exercises). Before this afternoon 70 lbs was the heaviest DBs I had. Even with that weight I can get ~15 reps in, but the caveat being that getting into position on the bench with the DBs is a bit tough. When (not if) I go to the heavier weight to hit the 5 ~ 8 rep range that will be even tougher to get into position for the lifts. but it will be worth it :)
 
I started feeling a pain in my right upper arm yesterday afternoon. I am (overly) paranoid about another bicep tear, since after you tear it once it is more prone to happening again than it otherwise might be. I was moving some stuff around yesterday and in retrospect was not using good form when lifting the heavier objects, letting my biceps do some of the work, which is not a good idea at all, especially not for someone in my condition. I am hoping that I just strained it and didn't tear it, at least I know it is not a full thickness tear. I am going to take a couple of days off to see how it feels before I do any more exercising. Due to my weight set layout almost all exercises use my arms at least a little, even most of my lower body exercises (since I have to hold all the weights for almost every exercise). If this doesn't resolve itself by the weekend then my LGD run will come to an early end, but I am optimistic that I will be exercising again within the next couple of days (just trying to stay positive).
 
Hang in, bro! Give it a rest and some icing. The MK is beneficial for healing, it may resolve. Triceps work could help with blood flow to the arms.
Injuries suck azz!
 
hairygrandpa said:
Hang in, bro! Give it a rest and some icing. The MK is beneficial for healing, it may resolve. Triceps work could help with blood flow to the arms.
Injuries suck azz!
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Thanks, much appreciated. And yea, injuries do suck. I am feeling a lot better today, enough so that I may give a lower body workout a try tomorrow, but being extremely careful with anything related to my biceps (even just moving the weights or BB into place). My arm feels tight now, but without that pain/weakness feeling I had last night and a bit this morning (it is hard to describe). I probably over reacted, but I just remember the accident and how it felt, both before and after surgery and that is something that is quite terrifying to think about going through again. Plus the old I get the longer I take to heal. :(

All workouts for the next couple of weeks are going to "tip toe" around my biceps, until I feel confident that I am OK. and to say it again, injuries suck, and also getting old sucks even more! :D
 
This morning was lower body strength. I had the extra weights. It was significantly better (and easier) hitting 8 reps at 195 lbs than 15 reps at 155 lbs, for both squats and dead lifts. but I feel that I will be hampered still as the target ranges for those was 3 ~ 5 reps, and I am already maxed out for this weight set at 195 on the bar. But still, I felt much better about the workout this morning. I actually felt energized after the squats (and the deads), instead of wiped out when I was hitting 15 reps (I guess I just don't have the endurance?). I also added some weights to the kneeling leg extensions, holding a 10 lb weight while I did my 2nd two sets.

I was super pressed for time this morning, but still wanted to lift, so I dropped the sets down to 2 for a couple of the exercises. I wish I would have hit 3 (working) sets for all of them, but as it was I finished with barely 5 minutes left before my work "deadline".

Squats 95x15 2x195x8
Deadlifts 2x195x8
Kneeling Leg Extensions 1x10 2x10x8
1 Leg Standing Calf Raises 2x70x20 1x70x15
Leg Curls 3x45x8
Crunches 3x50
Active planks 3x20
 
I was super pressed for time today, but I squeezed in a workout.

Bent Over Row 95x15 2x165x12
Pullups 2x10
DB Rows 2x75x15
Shrugs 2x75x15
Seated DB Presses 2x45x15
Upright Rows 2x75x15
Side Lateral Raises 2x15x20

I had to drop everything to 2 working sets and dropped one exercise all together. Even though I dropped sets I went up in weight on every exercise, while still maintaining the reps. I managed to finish in under an hour, which when you consider the setup/change needed for almost every exercise transition, I felt like I was doing pretty good, time-wise. I did work up a good all-over body sweat by the time I was finished.

I had taken metformin yesterday but forgot to take it today. I am not sure I noticed a difference, but was too rushed, and a bit tired this morning to notice much of anything.
 
hairygrandpa said:
What about the biceps pain?
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So far it has not cropped back up. I think that I just strained it and mistook that feeling for something more. I realize that I am probably over-cautious and over react about it, but I was warned by my orthopedic surgeon to be careful, and I took that advice to heart.

EDIT: Having your bicep severed at the top, a hole drilled through your shoulder blade, then the top of your bicep muscle threaded through that hole and tacked to the back of your shoulder really makes you think twice about any arm/shoulder injuries.

I did not notice any pain or weakness, even when doing the pull ups this morning. Right now I do recover pretty fast, just in general. But I am still cautious and watchful for anything that "doesn't feel right". I am guessing a combination of the LGD + MK + tons of protein/food. Tomorrow will be chest and arms. I will probably skip any bicep specific exercises, or just go for blood flow work (light weight, high reps).
 
I spoke too soon, got overly ambitious. I felt a little tightness in my right bicep last night while trying to settle down to sleep. Then this morning while performing the warm up sets on chest presses (light DB weight) I felt that tightness again, this time much more pronounced. So today ended up being just light weights, higher than normal reps, to not waste the PWO and to keep the blood flowing. I am going to take the next couple of days as rest days and see how it feels after that. I just know that after 24 hours of non-lifting I start to get fidgety :).
 
Damn, I know how you must feel.
Is the pain where the biceps was attached when you had surgery -or the muscle itself? If its the muscle, hot/cold compresses, changing every 3 minutes could help.
 
hairygrandpa said:
Damn, I know how you must feel.
Is the pain where the biceps was attached when you had surgery -or the muscle itself? If its the muscle, hot/cold compresses, changing every 3 minutes could help.
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I feel it in the muscle a little but mainly at the elbow joint, which is the opposite end from the surgery, but I also know that the pain (pre and post surgery) would radiate down to my elbow. But I don't think I tore anything (this time). I think I just over stressed it and need to let it rest. (staying positive :)). If it continues to flare up in the muscle itself I will give the compresses a run. Thanks for that advice.
 
This past weekend was a 3-day weekend. I spent Saturday at a Girl Scout even with my daughter and then generally relaxing around the house. Sunday I emptied and took down a 5 x 6 x 6 shed and put up a 7 x 7 x 8 shed in its place, moving two sprinklers and clearing/leveling the ground for the larger foundation. That took all day, finishing up around 8:30 PM, just enough to put everything back in, but not organized. Monday was about pulling the lawn stuff out, putting in shelving and doing my best to organize everything. I wrapped up by 4 PM on Monday and was sore in places I didn't even know I had muscles LOL. Both sheds were supposed to require 2 people to set up, but I never pay attention to directions :).

Tuesday (Upper Body - Back and Shoulders - Hypertrophy)

Bent Over Row 95x15 2x175x12
Pullups 4x10
DB Rows 1x80x14 1x80x15
Shrugs 2x80x14
1 Arm Pulldowns 3x75x15
Seated DB Presses 2x50x12
Upright Rows 1x85x10 2x85x12
Side Lateral Raises 3x20x15
Active planks 3x20
Crunches 3x40


Wednesday (today) (Lower Body Hypertrophy)

Squats 1x95x15 2x195x8
Stiff Legged Dead lifts 3x195x8
Lunges 3x60x8
Kneeling Leg Extensions 3x10x8
1 Leg Standing Calf Raises 2x70x20 1x70x16
Standing Leg Curls (DB) 3x45x8
Lower Back Hyper Extensions 3x25x20
Crunches 3x50
 
Studhorse said:
Take it easy on the bicep. but I'm sure you are like me and a little paranoid.
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yea, I have not done any bicep isolation exercises, just a few that also work the bicep as a secondary muscle. Tomorrow will be chest and arm day, so we will see how I feel as to whether I do normal, light or no weights for biceps.

Yesterday I felt moderately energized, but today I felt pretty good, surprising since I detest leg day. Since getting the extra weights I feel much better doing lower reps higher weights (even those still in the hypertrophy range) rather than lots of reps to make up for the lower weights. The higher weights/lower reps actually seem to give me energy, where reps above 12 or 15 (or higher) tended to sap my energy pretty significantly for most of the exercises. I still do high reps for certain muscles, like lower back, calves, anything that I am working for endurance or that needs the high reps to respond.

My weight is still hovering right around 195 for the last couple of weeks, going up a pound or down a pound, but never really changing. I am begining to wonder if 195 ~ 198 is my "genetic maximum"? I have another few weeks left on LGD, maybe this is all of the gains this run will bring? I am still leaning out a little, but the progress has definitely slowed down of late.
 
Sparkss said:
yea, I have not done any bicep isolation exercises, just a few that also work the bicep as a secondary muscle. Tomorrow will be chest and arm day, so we will see how I feel as to whether I do normal, light or no weights for biceps.

Yesterday I felt moderately energized, but today I felt pretty good, surprising since I detest leg day. Since getting the extra weights I feel much better doing lower reps higher weights (even those still in the hypertrophy range) rather than lots of reps to make up for the lower weights. The higher weights/lower reps actually seem to give me energy, where reps above 12 or 15 (or higher) tended to sap my energy pretty significantly for most of the exercises. I still do high reps for certain muscles, like lower back, calves, anything that I am working for endurance or that needs the high reps to respond.

My weight is still hovering right around 195 for the last couple of weeks, going up a pound or down a pound, but never really changing. I am begining to wonder if 195 ~ 198 is my "genetic maximum"? I have another few weeks left on LGD, maybe this is all of the gains this run will bring? I am still leaning out a little, but the progress has definitely slowed down of late.
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how long you running the LGD?
 
Studhorse said:
how long you running the LGD?
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I was shooting for the maximum run time of 12 weeks. After that I read that the affects start to diminish. I wonder if I am seeing that diminishing returns issue now. I rocketed up about a month ago, then seemed like I plateaued. If I were natty, or hadn't seen the jump in strength and size that I did earlier in the run, I would not be questioning it all now. But I did and I am :).

I have a ton of life crap for almost the next week that is going to royally screw up my workout routine and to a smaller extent my diet. After that I can get a solid, consistent week under my belt (again) and after that I will decide if I am done with this run or not. I had noticed similar plateaus in other LGD logs here on AM. If I hit a ceiling for this run, the sooner I stop, the sooner I can recover (typically only lipids for LGD, since I am on TRT) and the sooner I can start another run, or either LGD or something else. Maybe I will stack Sup3r-2 with the two bottle of Sup3r-1 that I picked up during the New Years sale.
 
Still on 10 mg MK just before bed time (since I dropped back to that dosage from 20 mg a week or so back). I am still sleeping pretty good, when I can get to bed earlier enough to get in my 8.5 hours of sleep that my body typically likes to get. Today was chest and arm day, although I did go light on the arms. I still managed to get a good chest/press workout in, and without any noticeable discomfort in my right bicep.

Flat DB Press 40x15 3x70x12
Incline DB Hex Press 3x60x10
1 Arm Incline flies 2x15x15
DB Pullovers 3x50x15
Hammer Curls 1x20x20 2x25x20
Cross Bench Triceps Dips 3x15
Active planks 3x20
Crunches 3x30

My energy level picked up about midway through the first exercise and maintained through to the end.

Whatever I run next, I am giving serious consideration to something that will help me lean out a bit more, versus a pure bulking cycle. Then again the LGD, which is typically used for a bulk, did help me lean out too, so I need to take that into account.
 
After 5 days off (and maybe 6, counting today) I am back at it. I took the family for a long weekend to Clearwater Beach, left Friday morning, got back late Sunday afternoon. Then Monday I flew out for a funeral, returning late yesterday evening. Then I had a dentist appointment early AM today. So not much chance to work out for the last 5 ~ 6 days. I am debating trying to get a workout in this afternoon, but I have a ton of work to get caught up on after being out for 3 work days.

I went ahead and stepped on the scale and was pretty shocked. Monday morning I weighed in at 192.2. That after less than stellar diet and way too much alcohol over the weekend. Most meals (outside of breakfast) were taken by the poolside, so basic bar fare (and mostly all fried).

This morning I weighed in at 190.0 (no, not a typo, all the way down to 190 even). Again, less than stellar diet, but in hind sight a significantly lower caloric intake over all across the last 2 days. I ate airport food for two of the meals, with a protein bar making up a meal on one of the flights. When I landed late last night I was feeling very hungry, so I grabbed a burger from BK on the way home from the airport (but burger only, no fries or drink, only water, and only lettuce, tomato and ketchup on the burger, no large amounts of mayo or other sauces). Still, I am shocked at the weight fluctuations.

So, for most of the weekend (when I was at the beach/pool, and shirtless) I was bloated, with a bigger than normal (for me) belly. On Sunday, as I was getting ready in the morning I saw the outline of my abs again for the first time that trip. I commented to my wife that the one day I would not have my shirt off was the leanest one of the whole long weekend. I am still not sure what was up with that.

Today my upper body still looks pretty big (well, for me anyways), but my arms (biceps specifically) look "flat" overall. My waistline is leaner, but not so much so that I lost the love handles (sigh, I don't think I will ever lose those, at my age my skin is just not flexible enough to tighten up after losing the weight).

These large fluctuations seem to me to be a whole lot of water to be retaining/losing. It seems too "quick" to be anything else though, even being on LGD/MK
 
hit upper body today, high weights, low reps. I finally got the chance to use the new weights in my upper body workout, although I think that I failed to stabilize my lower back sufficiently during the bent over rows as I am feeling a "tweak" in my lower back and some tingling down my legs (not good....). We will see come this afternoon and tomorrow morning how badly I screwed up.

Anyways, here was my workout:

Bent Over Rows 1x115x15 3x195x8
Pull Ups 2x10 2x8
Flat DB Press 15x50 3x80x7
Dips (Chest) 3x10
Seated DB Shoulder Press 30x15 3x45x8
Hammer Curls 3x35x10
Lying Triceps Extentions 3x35x10
Active planks 2x20
Crunches 2x30


I also still went light on the biceps work, still feeling a little tightness in my right arm, but nothing major.
 
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