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January 08, 2019
Waist (at navel, relaxed): 39"
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January 02, 2019
Waist (at navel, relaxed): 40"
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February 19, 2018
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February 12, 2018
Snake Diet time.
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January 29, 2018
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January 22, 2018
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January 15, 2018
Shifting my eating window to 8am-4pm. Holding off on full-day fasts until Lent.
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January 01, 2018
For 2018:
Weight goal: 155 lb
Waist goal: 30"
Going to stick to calisthenics and functional workouts. Not planning any return to barbells. Sledgehammers, kettlebells maybe, walks and heavy yard work for sure.
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July 19, 2011
That's all. Just sayin', 50 lb. Oh, and I can curl that one-handed now, so yeah.
Booyah.
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June 23, 2010
Anyhow, I didn't hit my original goal (140), and I didn't hit my revised goal (160), but I ultimately didn't do too badly, either. My legs are made of iron these days, my arms and shoulders are a lot stronger than they were, I can at least see the hint of some abs with my shirt off, and what little is left of my gut doesn't have dunlap disease any more.
My motivation has changed a lot, too. Training for strength these past 4 weeks and counting has really made me start to shift my priority to that, to just getting stronger. My weight loss or lack thereof has become a lot less important to me than how much iron I can push, pull, and press. I suspect that's a good thing. If I lose more weight while I pursue that goal, great. If I get stronger, that's even better.
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June 16, 2010
Or just keep looking in the mirror and pinching.
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June 09, 2010
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June 02, 2010
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May 26, 2010
I've switched gym protocols from my normal 3-way bodybuilding split (chest/tris/delts, back/bis/traps, quads/calves) to StrongLifts 5x5, which is a strength training routine rather than bodybuilding. That means full-body workouts, 3x a week, adding 5 lb per big lift every workout. It also means you start pretty light so you can adapt to the volume before the weights get very large, which means this first week I look pretty silly in the gym with my 100 lb squats. But hey, I'm doing them 3x this week, and next week, and the week after that...
We'll see how it goes, but there are plenty of folks lifting this way, and the eBook was free.
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May 19, 2010
I went off plan. Saturday my temporary crown was hurting, so I drank a lot of milk blended with peanut butter and blueberries rather than try to eat solid food. This of course came after my once-per-week "treat meal" of biscuits and gravy that caused my tooth to hurt in the first place. Sunday, my wife and I celebrated her promotion with friends, and there was plenty of junk food to which I didn't bother to say no. Leftovers from that same party still linger in the house (mmm, brownies), so I've not been much better since then.
Part of the problem is surely psychological. I made such significant progress early on that I've become somewhat careless. I have a cheat meal once a week or so, I'm not as strict about getting enough sleep, I still don't watch my calories well, etc. The end result of which is zero movement on the scale for three months, even with the body recomposition progressing somewhat, and pretty good strength gains. This is now the end of month 7, and start of month 8, and while I'm pretty sure my original goals were much less reasonable than I'd thought at the time, I'm still no closer to my revised goals than I was in February. The inevitable question I have to ask myself is whether or not I have the heart to really finish this, or if this is "good enough" and I can just languish here in perpetuity. I'm not going to lose the "last 30 lb" in the next 30 days, I can't. But I could lose 10, if I wanted it badly enough and I made a sincere effort. If I can't make that sincere effort, clearly, I don't want it badly enough.
Enough writing. Time to head to the gym.
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May 12, 2010
As to the title, last week was week 6 of my lifting cycle, so this is my off week between cycles.
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May 05, 2010
I'm trying to keep my eating to an 8 hour window, meaning a 16 hour daily fast, as per Martin Beckham's recommendation. So far, I've managed to stay consistent on that since last Thursday. I've had a few cheats in that period, and that probably set me back a bit. Martin's pretty loose on carbs on work days, he has more of a cyclic ketogenic approach (to the point of eating entire cheesecakes occasionally), and in transitioning to his version of an intermittent fasting protocol, I found myself craving sugar like I haven't in months. I'm not sold on the notion that that much sugar could possibly be good for me (or anyone, really). If I'm going to go higher on carbs, I'll stick with natural starches like yams or sweet potatoes, which at least bring some nutrition with their saccharides. Luckily, my sugar cravings appear to have abated for now.
*I really don't buy this number any more, and may stop recording it. I'm listening to Robb Wolf's podcasts, and he remarked in one of them about the wild inaccuracy of these measurements. Specifically, he tests at 30% on them while he's 13% according to immersion testing. He also noted that a nice hot shower and some salty food can drop your "bf%" by several whole points, and I'd rather not have my number dictated by the warmth of my feet or how salty Tuesday's dinner was.
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April 28, 2010
It looks like the experimental question of "can I have BBQ sauce off the shelf?" has been answered with a resounding "no". I'll have to stick to homemade curries and other sauces from now on, if for no other reason than to avoid digestive pain.
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