No gym today. I had work stuff going on. I am trying to keep my calories under maintenance still.
2840 cal - 120f, 300c, 140p
I have to workout tomorrow and get back on track. Tomorrow is a new day and time to slam some weights. I have to hit back, arms, and legs or shoulders this weekend. Let’s get to work!
Hello beautiful people! No weigh ins yet, but coming soon we will start recording. Water weight is everywhere from lifting. Back day today!
Lat Pulldown (Wide)
4x8 120lbs
Lat Pulldown (close)
4x8 100lbs
Lat Pull down (reverse grip)
4x8 100lbs
Barbell Rows
4x8 135lbs
Deadlift
1x5 185, 3x3 235
Weights felt heavy today. I felt weak and just not there in the beginning. My energy level are low, but I guess this is how it is when cutting. Let’s keep trucking through and let’s see what happens. I’m pretty much done eating for the night, I’m low on calories today, again, but I just don’t feel like eating.
1710 cal, 30f, 225c, 158p
If I eat more, I will report in. Let’s go baby!
I went to In n Out and ate 2 double doubles, and a diet coke and I loved it. 
I need to up the calories, this is not enough. Let’s shoot for 3k calories on workout days, and see how things go. I’m not going to sit here and lie, that food brought me back to life. I needed that. I’m feeling pretty good, full, and nourished. Let’s keep it like this and see how things turn out
Total 3048 cal - 111f, 304c, 231p
Sorry forgot to reply! The work you’ve done this far is awesome, just looking at your latest post, I think some routine and stability around the diet would be useful for you. But not suggesting making perfect the enemy of good. You’re doing great just need to build some structures/routines/habits that will stick for a lifetime.
Let’s not backslide. You’ve done a fantastic job thus far. Food like that is a drug, where a little becomes a lot real quickly.
There’s this method that lifting burns more calories than it does. Certainly, fuel your training, but don’t fall into the trap of thinking you can eat with abandon on training days.
No issues with taking your calories up (I think your long term average was likely nearer 2800 anyway), but let’s try to do it from those nutritious foods you were posting earlier.
Keep it going! Great stuff!
Exactly like you said. @Sb32 you need to nail your diet down and be consistent to avoid the crash like symptoms you’re getting. If you are eating 2800 calories (and whatever macros) daily even when you don’t feel like it, you will fuel up enough to have the energy to lift. You are always eating to fuel your next gym session, even on off days.
Well you went with the Diet Coke!
Reminds me of this:
(not a pop at OP, just a bit of nonsense from my youth!).
hell yeah. It evens it out!
Woke up today feeling GOOD. DAYUM. Yeah I needed to up the calories just a little bit. A couple of things I need to lay out.
Short Term Goals:
Bench 275lbs
Deadlift 315lbs
Squat 225lbs
Military Press 185lbs
Get out of 300lbs club <299.9lbs
Fit into my old shirts
Some short term goals to focus on for now, and get this ball rolling!
I do love me some Tenacious D.
That is funny.
I went to in n out again.. smh… nah just kidding
Beast arm workout today!! Here we go
Bicep curl (ez bar)
3x8 75lbs, 1x5 75 (tapped out last rep. Insane pump today. L-citruline is a game changer)
Reverse curl (bar)
3x8 60lbs
Hammer curl (cable)
1x10 50, 1x10 70, 1x10 90, 1x8 100
Bicep cable curl
5x10 90
Tricep extension cable overhead
1x8 60, 1x14 60, 2x10 70
Tricep pull down straight arm (nutsack)
2x10 50, 2x10 60, 2x10 70
Tricep push down (v grip)
4x10 90
Diet in check, oats, whey, salmon, potatoes… so far 
Around 3k calories feels good. Let’s give it some more time and see how things turn out. I can’t stop sleeping btw, the body is going through some changes and growing. Will check in before bed with final macros
2363 cal - 92f, 190c, 201p
Had work stuff unexpectedly come up, didn’t really eat. Just ended up chugging 90g of protein worth of whey. Fuck it. Tomorrow we do better
Hello beautiful people! I woke up today feeling pretty good, but very hungry. I weighed 332 this morning. The scale hasn’t really moved much but my pants are falling off and clothes feel loose. I think we got to give it a few months to adjust. I just got done running errands, and I am starving and I need a good solid breakfast, I want to train shoulders today and smash these delts! My mental health is so good as of lately. I haven’t been this happy and joyful in years. I did cardio last night too btw, I didn’t check that in. Let’s get some fuel in us, and smash this workout today!
Winning!
That is a win!
No gym today. I napped all day today and somehow woke up more sore than I did this morning. I am whooped. Time to lay back and recover. I am just feeling depleted. I said fuck it and ordered a pizza tonight and just taking a fat boy day. Ate half of a pizza and some cola. Still under my maintenance according to ChatGPT. Fuck it, we need recovery.
3400 cal - 140f, 379c, 160p
I will post if I eat more.
Supplements added to roster
NAD+ 500mg 2x a week
Citrus Bergamot 1200mg
Fuck it, we need recovery.
But when dealing with insulin resistance, consuming a bunch of inflammatory foods can actually be the opposite. It’s similar to how obesity is a disease of MALNUTRITION, despite the outcome being weight gain. The food that IS being eaten is nutrient devoid.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with just eating a pizza and drinking a soda because we want them. But I’ve fallen for the trap of convincing myself I was doing it “for the gains”. If 1 cheat meal allows us to comply with 20 non-cheat meals, THAT is a good reason to eat one.
Hell yeah. Transparency and accountability is big for me. We back on track and going to do great things 