jfigliuolo
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That's not a negative sign... its a tilde it means approximately
We cuttin now ✂️
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Smont
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I forgot to include that Todays fasted weight was
189. 8! My midsection is starting to come together the way I was hoping it would look before I went on vacation, I definitely look deflated a little. We were talking at the gym yesterday morning and they asked me why I'm trying to cut so much right now, I told them my goals and I got the dreaded response lol. You already look a lot smaller then you normally do
. It was a middle age/older woman, so I know she's trying to give me a compliment but you know how that one goes over lol. When I told them I was trying to get down to 175 to 178 lb they kind of looked at me like I was crazy though. They don't seem to think I'm going to be able to cut that much weight. It always baffles me the limitations in people's minds. I was 190 when we were having the conversation and the goal weight being 175-178 is 12-15 lb, I got lower back and oblique fat and inner thigh fat I can spare. (there's no actual goal weight, I just assume that's where il end up to get to 8ish%)
I still haven't taken pics, you guys know I'm always posting my progress pics but 3 things keep happening lol.
1. I'm not lifting nearly as much and im doing much more cardio and conditioning, after a workout I usually don't mind taking off my shirt snapping a few pictures, but when you're soaking wet drenched in sweat I don't want to take that shirt off unless I have a dry shirt to put on afterwards and a lot of times I'm in a rush and I don't so I've just been throwing on a nasty hooded sweatshirt for the ride home and then hop in the shower. I'm a 2min ride and the men's room only has 2 shower stalls so most the time I don't even bother. So I'm basically just not taking pictures like I normally do.
2. I'm not super excited to take pictures as I'm getting smaller
3. I honestly just keep forgetting, there's nothing slapping me in the face saying hey you should take a picture of this so I just forget to do it. I haven't even been taking pictures of my weight on the scale like I normally do.
Il get some up this week
189. 8! My midsection is starting to come together the way I was hoping it would look before I went on vacation, I definitely look deflated a little. We were talking at the gym yesterday morning and they asked me why I'm trying to cut so much right now, I told them my goals and I got the dreaded response lol. You already look a lot smaller then you normally do
. It was a middle age/older woman, so I know she's trying to give me a compliment but you know how that one goes over lol. When I told them I was trying to get down to 175 to 178 lb they kind of looked at me like I was crazy though. They don't seem to think I'm going to be able to cut that much weight. It always baffles me the limitations in people's minds. I was 190 when we were having the conversation and the goal weight being 175-178 is 12-15 lb, I got lower back and oblique fat and inner thigh fat I can spare. (there's no actual goal weight, I just assume that's where il end up to get to 8ish%)I still haven't taken pics, you guys know I'm always posting my progress pics but 3 things keep happening lol.
1. I'm not lifting nearly as much and im doing much more cardio and conditioning, after a workout I usually don't mind taking off my shirt snapping a few pictures, but when you're soaking wet drenched in sweat I don't want to take that shirt off unless I have a dry shirt to put on afterwards and a lot of times I'm in a rush and I don't so I've just been throwing on a nasty hooded sweatshirt for the ride home and then hop in the shower. I'm a 2min ride and the men's room only has 2 shower stalls so most the time I don't even bother. So I'm basically just not taking pictures like I normally do.
2. I'm not super excited to take pictures as I'm getting smaller
3. I honestly just keep forgetting, there's nothing slapping me in the face saying hey you should take a picture of this so I just forget to do it. I haven't even been taking pictures of my weight on the scale like I normally do.
Il get some up this week
Smont
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That didn't even cross my mind, it's not something I use. But thank you, I am now slightly less stupid moving forward lol
Smont
Legend
Tomorrow is a double session, boxing at noon and high rep push and heavy bag in the evening.
Tuesday and Thursday are lifting/conditioning and heavy bag work
Wednesday and Friday I have nothing planned but they're probably going to end up being high intensity cardio days. Saturday is more lifting/conditioning and heavy bag work in the morning
Tuesday and Thursday are lifting/conditioning and heavy bag work
Wednesday and Friday I have nothing planned but they're probably going to end up being high intensity cardio days. Saturday is more lifting/conditioning and heavy bag work in the morning
sammpedd88
Well-known member
Can’t ever go wrong with a pop tart but over Super Stuffed ones…..damn that’s another level of good!
Hyde
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Be careful with those.
From a bodybuilding perspective, if you just get leaner you simply don’t need them (that’s what John Meadows always preached). Just be ready & take your conditioning seriously.
If you’re making weight for a strength contest, we have dropped 10% bodyweight with my wife many times without them, and put back on more than that by contest 24 hours later without the use of IVs. If you know what you are doing, diuretics are entirely unnecessary.
Smont
Legend
I personally avoid them myself. They absolutely have a place, but I don't really have a place for them in the things that I do. I don't particularly hold a ton of water either. Even on compounds that normally bloat people up. I have used them in small amounts with people who wanted to try them and I definitely can see the results, but me personally, especially with all the high intensity cardio I do and the sparring and the running I don't want to take any chances. I'm usually dehydrated if I'm not paying attention anyways
MrKleen73
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Poptarts... YUM!
As much as they have shrunk these I imagine you are getting as much filling as used to come in the regular ones, but just thinner breading. It is wild how they shrink the items, AND lower the actual quantity while raising the prices. Still sounds good, I already decided if I am getting poptarts again, THEY WILL BE SUPPER STUFFED!!!!
Actually, I think these might be a part of my upcoming weekend carb up!!!!
sammpedd88
Well-known member
Shrink-flation at its best! I look at super stuffed pop tarts like double stuffed Oreos, regular ones aren’t worth buying when you have double/super stuffed!
Smont
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They definitely have shrunk the regular Pop-Tarts but the stuffed ones have way more than the old Pop-Tarts used to. And even though there's five of the stuffed ones in a box instead of six of the little ones the total weight of the box is more and the total calories of the box are less the fat is lower as well too so if you eat one whole box versus one whole box you're still winning with the stuffed ones
Smont
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As expected I woke up very dry and kinda full, I fell asleep and was like 100gm of carbs short still and missed some of the water intake and woke up with the bubble guts.
All of these were expected lol. The metformin plays a role in it but so does the carb load after no fiber all day.
190.2
Goal this week is to get a little bit more aggressive and cut 3-4lbs before repeating the weekend process.
All of these were expected lol. The metformin plays a role in it but so does the carb load after no fiber all day.
190.2
Goal this week is to get a little bit more aggressive and cut 3-4lbs before repeating the weekend process.