Left photo is December 2014. Right photo was taken this morning. Both morning, post-workout, pre-breakfast photos. Both about 211 pounds.
*Edited to add: after looking…um, some things look better, others worse. I think I’m leaner-ish in some places. Shoulders and traps (!) starting to pop more. Upper back is there. Not much in the way of chest development at all. None of this is surprising, given the way I train, haha. Kettlebell performance is my game at the moment. I just think it’s interesting to take a periodic look and see what’s going on physique-wise. Please do not interpret this as “I’m an example to follow in building a great physique!” because I am clearly not.
Oh, and those fucking love handles have got to go. I’ve been doing roughly this for the past month or so:
Coffee (pre-AM workout) with a splash of heavy cream
AM Workout
Breakfast: alternate days between (4 oz smoked salmon + sweet potato) OR (quart of whole-milk kefir) - in the ballpark of 500 calories for either option
Lunch: Mixed Veggies + some meat from the salad bar in our cafeteria - I might want to start checking my portion sizes here…I don’t use any dressing or oil, just some vinegar, but I might be piling a little more meat on these than I need to be.
Pre-Workout Snack: Epic Bar (basically, a “bar” of jerky mixed with dried fruit; they generally have 150-200 calories, and ABOUT 10 grams each of fat, protein, carbs, depending on which flavor you get)
PM Workout
Dinner: meat and veggies. Approximately one pound of meat (varies widely) and one pound of veggies. I recently got 40 pounds of duck wings from my meat supplier, so that’s been a staple lately. I’ll put 4 duck wings in the slow cooker with half a dozen chopped carrots, an onion, a potato, and some seasonings and have a really nice hearty post-workout meal. Most of my dinners are probably about 1,000 calories with all of the meat.
