With your work ethic and desire to get stronger, a bodyweight of 110 would suit you very well, even if some of what you put on to get there is fat. Might make it tougher to achieve multiples-of-BW goals, but in absolute terms it would be a win.
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This would put you in Stefi Cohen territory, just FYI. Seems to have worked out ok for her.
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After a water cut in her case! She walks around at over 120 lbs at 5’0".
I don’t think that’s a healthy comparison though because besides being a powerlifting legend, Stefi is jacked out of her mind and on steroids.
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You know carbs exist as well though right? They are useful too!
Also the drinking suggestion was only if you’ve lost appetite which you mentioned, but if your still eating despite losing appetite that’s great.
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I’m not a great “intuitive eater”. As long as there’s not tasty food available, I could easily stick to 12-1500, but if there’s large quantities good stuff (ie salmon last night or grill nights) I’ll continue eating even when stuffed
Last night, I had about 12oz salmon and was very very full, but still ended up eating a protein bar and two peaches later in the evening. Digestion paying for it this morning. Didn’t go over calories though
Week 1: Day 3
Sprints: 2x30m, 3x20m
Pistols: 4x3-45lbs
1arm push-ups: 2x6/side, 2x5/side, note: first 2 sets were super setted w/pistols, last two were done by themselves
Rows: 3x(6 gorilla rows-45lbs+20 knee tuck crunches)
- didn’t feel too great going in (digestion off, but got better as I started, sprints felt amazing, pistols felt smoother than last week but also took longer rests, happy w/1arm push-ups but again… longer rests, rows and abs still suck- better form this week though
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I never really got that or maybe I just missed it but what is up with the digestion? You very frequently note “digestion off” and I’m not sure what you mean.
I’ve always had pretty bad digestive issues ie bloating, constipation, diarrhea.
When I was little, I’d actually have at least one night a week where I couldn’t sleep because of gas buildup in my right side. That went away though.
Now I just end the night looking pregnant (not soft ie water retention) and feel blocked up despite a massive trips to the toilet
Ah okay. Doctors have any idea?
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nope, probably some weird food intolerance
cutting out egg yolks had decreased my bloating post breakfast, and so has avoiding dairy, although cream and full fat cottage cheese seem to sit fine(low fat is a disaster). The few times I’ve tried reintroducing greek yogurt have been epic fails
Less fruit has also seemed to help a lot, and it’s not the sugar since I’ve been eating a LOT more chocolates 
Sucrose is a different kind of sugar. Not sure that’s got anything to do with it, just saying it’s not a bullet proof logic to compare to chocolate. Also digestion issues with large quantities of fruits is pretty common.
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From what I understand you seem to stuff yourself with vegetables. I think it’s possible you are either eating way too much fiber, and your body simply cannot adjust, or you’re eating vegetables known to cause bloating (high-raffinose and/or high-FODMAP). Or both.
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10k easy run - 64min
- felt smooth and good, bored more than anything- knees not even that stiff
@T3hPwnisher, I tried your only nose breathing thing. Actually feels quite good and forces me to pay attention to my breath-> better running
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Week 2: day1
Broad jumps: 5x5
Shrimp squats: 4x6/leg
kB press: 1x1 push press/side-45lbs, (2x13/side, 2x12/side)-25lbs
Rdls: 2x(5/side-45lbs on working side, 25lbs in other hand+20russian twists-25lbs), 1x(5/side-45lbs+20russian twists-25lbs)
5min visualization stuff (let’s hope this works 
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- felt really good and harder than expected, especially press, struggled a bit on shrimp squats, press killed shoulders but got more reps and better form too! Unevenly weighted rdls are hard af
@vision1 I actually kind of like not dreading every workout. Unfortunately, I have also seemed to have mentally adapted to lower intensity in less than two weeks. This is quite scary
First of all, these are higher intensity than most of your previous workouts. Intensity is not a measurement of how tired you get.
Second, I don’t know what is scary?
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It feels too comfortable. I think I’m going to start timing rest periods again
Too comfortable for what? You haven’t even done a full week yet, how would you know if it’s yielding better results than your daily pain program?
Nothing wrong with timing rest periods but rest periods need to be adequately long enough. I highly doubt you’re resting too long. You’ll probably find you rest longer when timing them.
More difficult does not mean better.
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I’m finding that I’m getting the same hesitant feeling about going for my next sets as I did with my previous giant set programming even though I’m doing less work (ie. less stuff to dread doing)
I’m thinking I’m going to stick to 90sec for lifts. I’ve caught myself inadvertently taking 2+ min rests trying to “mentally prepare myself” and using it as an excuse to scroll Tnation. That has to stop
True.
90 seconds is inadequate, your performance will suffer.
2+ mins is absolute minimum for strength work.
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I wouldn’t worry about this too much if I were you. The giant set stuff is surely more work, but in some ways I think that is less mentally draining. The weights tend to be a touch lighter, and you have the “on to the next thing” mindset, where as with just straight lifting ALL of your focus is on that one set.
I’m experiencing exactly this too, as I spent a solid year or so training in giant set format, but have moved away from that for a period. You’ll just adapt to whatever you wind up doing, and pretty quickly.
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