Ok finally have some body measurements.
Upper Chest (Nipple to Nipple) 52 1/2"
Waist belly button around 62"
Waist at hips 60 1/2"
Right Thigh 28"
Left Thigh 28"
Right Calve 18"
Left Calve 18"
Right Bicep 16"
Left Bicept 16"
Right forearm 13"
Left forearm 12 1/2"
Neck 17 1/2"
Will post weight later tonight after i weigh in.
Ok I’m pretty pissed off. I weighed myself and the scale said 340 lbs. The last time I weighed myself was on March 24th and I was at 344 lbs. 4 fricken pounds? I think I need to re-establish some guidelines to my diet which has been good but not great. I could do a much better job of eating clean, I have a tendancy to eat whatever the wife has made for the family dinner as appossed to just making my own or adding/subtracting from what she has made. My other meals are clean healthy meals. I also try to eat at least 5 meals a day, two of which are usually an EAS protein powder with water.
I’m a bit frustrated by the limited weight loss. I do know I have added muscle, just dont know how much or if there is an offset for fat loss and muscle gain.
Well now that I’ve beat my head against a wall I have some work to do to move the fat loss along at a faster pace. If you have any suggestions then please feel free to pipe in.
[quote]Sailorchris wrote:
Ok I’m pretty pissed off. I weighed myself and the scale said 340 lbs. The last time I weighed myself was on March 24th and I was at 344 lbs. 4 fricken pounds? I think I need to re-establish some guidelines to my diet which has been good but not great. I could do a much better job of eating clean, I have a tendancy to eat whatever the wife has made for the family dinner as appossed to just making my own or adding/subtracting from what she has made. My other meals are clean healthy meals. I also try to eat at least 5 meals a day, two of which are usually an EAS protein powder with water.
I’m a bit frustrated by the limited weight loss. I do know I have added muscle, just dont know how much or if there is an offset for fat loss and muscle gain.
Well now that I’ve beat my head against a wall I have some work to do to move the fat loss along at a faster pace. If you have any suggestions then please feel free to pipe in. [/quote]
Don’t sweat the weight too much just yet Chris. I know 4# has got to feel disapointing, but you just took a set of measurements for the first time…and the tape will really tell the tale of your progress even when the scale is ‘lying’ to you.
Maybe be extra vigilent on not downing any junk foods for the next two weeks, then take another set of measurements and we’ll see what we see.
As a newbie to weight training, with considerable room for strength improvement, I expect you to add muscle fairly quickly as you increase the weight you’re forcing yourself to adapt to. All that additional muscle will make the scale readings not truly reflect your progress as the muscle weighs more than the fat you’ll be replacing it with. The muscle will help your metabolism out greatly though…so don’t give up on the weights and assume you can cardio it off.
Good luck Chris…
PS: I HATE this fucking board’s topic reply notification. There’s been a dozen entries since I last checked in here and I didn’t get an email for any of them.
[quote]SeaHag wrote:
Sailorchris wrote:
Ok I’m pretty pissed off. I weighed myself and the scale said 340 lbs. The last time I weighed myself was on March 24th and I was at 344 lbs. 4 fricken pounds? I think I need to re-establish some guidelines to my diet which has been good but not great. I could do a much better job of eating clean, I have a tendancy to eat whatever the wife has made for the family dinner as appossed to just making my own or adding/subtracting from what she has made. My other meals are clean healthy meals. I also try to eat at least 5 meals a day, two of which are usually an EAS protein powder with water.
I’m a bit frustrated by the limited weight loss. I do know I have added muscle, just dont know how much or if there is an offset for fat loss and muscle gain.
Well now that I’ve beat my head against a wall I have some work to do to move the fat loss along at a faster pace. If you have any suggestions then please feel free to pipe in.
Don’t sweat the weight too much just yet Chris. I know 4# has got to feel disapointing, but you just took a set of measurements for the first time…and the tape will really tell the tale of your progress even when the scale is ‘lying’ to you.
Maybe be extra vigilent on not downing any junk foods for the next two weeks, then take another set of measurements and we’ll see what we see.
As a newbie to weight training, with considerable room for strength improvement, I expect you to add muscle fairly quickly as you increase the weight you’re forcing yourself to adapt to. All that additional muscle will make the scale readings not truly reflect your progress as the muscle weighs more than the fat you’ll be replacing it with. The muscle will help your metabolism out greatly though…so don’t give up on the weights and assume you can cardio it off.
Good luck Chris…
PS: I HATE this fucking board’s topic reply notification. There’s been a dozen entries since I last checked in here and I didn’t get an email for any of them.
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Thanks seahag,
I guess I just expected more results. I know I have room to improve in my diet so hopefully tightening the diet up will get me better results. There is no way I’m giving up on the weights, no I think I’m adicted to those things now.
Congrats on getting the measurement’s written down. Weekly updates would be great from here on out, some fluctuations are normal, but it’ll establish a general trend (torso measurements should be going down). And belated happy B-day to your kiddo, hope it was a great one.
[quote]Sailorchris wrote:
Ok I’m pretty pissed off. I weighed myself and the scale said 340 lbs. The last time I weighed myself was on March 24th and I was at 344 lbs. 4 fricken pounds?[/quote]
While it isn’t ideal progress, it’s progress. Add in that you’re getting stronger and clothes are fitting differently, and it’s not all that bad.
That’ll do it. I know it can be a hassle, especially when it comes to the family dinner, but it’s those meals later in the day that can mess with the work you’ve done earlier.
One great tip is to come up with one or two favorite meals that fit into your nutrition plan, and eat them often. For me, it’s scrambled eggs with black beans and fat-free cheese. I could have it day or night.
If you can figure out a meal (doesn’t have to be traditional “dinner food”) that gets you the calories, protein, fat, and carbs you need, you can recycle it often during the week.
And, I may have missed a reason why somewhere in the thread, but… um… could we put a digital scale on the shopping list next time you head to Target or someplace similar? Preferably one that reads to the tenths of pounds (344.2). It would be crazy-convenient and it would help to track the progress.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
Congrats on getting the measurement’s written down. Weekly updates would be great from here on out, some fluctuations are normal, but it’ll establish a general trend (torso measurements should be going down). And belated happy B-day to your kiddo, hope it was a great one.
Sailorchris wrote:
Ok I’m pretty pissed off. I weighed myself and the scale said 340 lbs. The last time I weighed myself was on March 24th and I was at 344 lbs. 4 fricken pounds?
While it isn’t ideal progress, it’s progress. Add in that you’re getting stronger and clothes are fitting differently, and it’s not all that bad.
I think I need to re-establish some guidelines to my diet which has been good but not great. I could do a much better job of eating clean, I have a tendancy to eat whatever the wife has made for the family dinner as appossed to just making my own or adding/subtracting from what she has made.
That’ll do it. I know it can be a hassle, especially when it comes to the family dinner, but it’s those meals later in the day that can mess with the work you’ve done earlier.
One great tip is to come up with one or two favorite meals that fit into your nutrition plan, and eat them often. For me, it’s scrambled eggs with black beans and fat-free cheese. I could have it day or night.
If you can figure out a meal (doesn’t have to be traditional “dinner food”) that gets you the calories, protein, fat, and carbs you need, you can recycle it often during the week.
And, I may have missed a reason why somewhere in the thread, but… um… could we put a digital scale on the shopping list next time you head to Target or someplace similar? Preferably one that reads to the tenths of pounds (344.2). It would be crazy-convenient and it would help to track the progress.[/quote]
I just havent thought about buying one. I have one that measures up to 300 lbs, but I’m so fricken fruggle sometimes I can get out of my own way. Thats a terrific idea, I’ll just go out and get one that I can use!
Turkey burgers, i cook two pounds at a time (four patties) and then eat one, put the other three in the fridge and pop one in the microwave for a healthy burger on Multi-grain bread. Just disovered this last week so I’ll use this as a staple food. Hard boiled aggs also serve as one of my small meals or the substitute for lunch in a pinch.
HIIT Program Tonight
DB Romanian Deadlift to Split Snatch (plus lunge) with 10 lbs, 4 sets of 5 reps
Bench Press 135 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps, 145 lbs 1 set of 5 reps and 1 set of 4 reps (failed on the fifth rep). The failure was a bit scary, thankfully the wife was home and came in to help me get the bar off my chest. Ha-ha, next time I’ll go with my gut and not lift that extra 1 to finish the rep!
Bent Over Row - Back Extension Hybrid with Oly 135 lbs 4 sets of 5 reps
Dynamic Lunge plus shoulder press with 10 lbs db 4 sets of 5 reps
20 squat jumps; 10 full rom squats; 20 second squat and hold. All three equal one set. Do a total of 4 sets.
Tabata bike sprints:
Pedal hard for 20s followed by 10s of easy pedaling. Continue with this sequence for 8 rounds (4 minutes). Pedal easy for 5 minutes. Do another 8 rounds of the 20s:10s cycle.
Waterbury DB Row with 25 lb 4 sets of 5 reps
5 minutes of kettlebell swings with 18 lbs
Moving the deadlift & squats to non HIIT days. Tomorrow will be arms tri/bi, deadlift, and front and back squat with Olympic bar only (still working on form, and getting the full squat range of motion). And deadlifts.
Big Junior Prom night for the daughter tomorrow so I may not have time to post. I also leave for Utah to go pick up my son from college early, very fricken early friday morning, to early to drive a 700 miles. So I may not post again until Sunday or Monday. Will get some work in on Saturday as we will climb to the top of Angels Landing in Zion National Park on the way home. The darn thing is like 3,500 verticle feet, shit its a long haul. Oh, and the fishing on Saturday afternoon should also give my shoulders and wrists a workout.
[quote]Sailorchris wrote:
Turkey burgers, i cook two pounds at a time (four patties) and then eat one, put the other three in the fridge and pop one in the microwave for a healthy burger on Multi-grain bread. Just disovered this last week so I’ll use this as a staple food. Hard boiled aggs also serve as one of my small meals or the substitute for lunch in a pinch.
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Better yet, skip the bread and add vegetables instead. I know I need to take my own advice here because lately I’ve been eating too much bread and my body recomposition is stalled and may even be suffering. In my obese experience, eating bread is never good for weight loss. There are better ways to get your healthy carbs…like beans, lentils and veggies.
[quote]Sailorchris wrote:
Bench Press 135 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps, 145 lbs 1 set of 5 reps and 1 set of 4 reps (failed on the fifth rep). The failure was a bit scary, thankfully the wife was home and came in to help me get the bar off my chest. Ha-ha, next time I’ll go with my gut and not lift that extra 1 to finish the rep!
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I’ve missed lifts on bench before with much more weight than that…Here’s a tip for you. First, if you have the safety hooks just a few inches up the uprights, you [I] can usually push it far enough up to make those and slide out from under the bar. If you don’t have those safety catches on your bench, just lower it under complete control to your chest, then roll the bar…inching it down your chest and belly to your hips…then you can stand up and lower the bar to the floor.
Don’t let fear of failure keep you from putting forth your best effort in a workout. As long as you don’t DROP the weight on your chest, you will not be hurt.
[quote]SeaHag wrote:
Sailorchris wrote:
Bench Press 135 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps, 145 lbs 1 set of 5 reps and 1 set of 4 reps (failed on the fifth rep). The failure was a bit scary, thankfully the wife was home and came in to help me get the bar off my chest. Ha-ha, next time I’ll go with my gut and not lift that extra 1 to finish the rep!
I’ve missed lifts on bench before with much more weight than that…Here’s a tip for you. First, if you have the safety hooks just a few inches up the uprights, you [I] can usually push it far enough up to make those and slide out from under the bar. If you don’t have those safety catches on your bench, just lower it under complete control to your chest, then roll the bar…inching it down your chest and belly to your hips…then you can stand up and lower the bar to the floor.
Don’t let fear of failure keep you from putting forth your best effort in a workout. As long as you don’t DROP the weight on your chest, you will not be hurt.
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Chris’s comment above of the eggs, black beans, and non fat cheese made me go back and re-read my diet source (Abs Diet) to help me refocus on the ingredients of my meals, and I actually think his staple meals sounds delicious.
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who has missed before, I actually moved the bar down over my stomach until help arrived. I thought about just flipping the bar over hard to one side but didnt know if it would have ripped a verticle hole through my gararge door. I like lifting free weights, I mean I really enjoy it. I now have two bars, one for bench, and one for deadlifts. I think I’m also going to add one additonal piece of equipment.
My son recently experienced a knee injury (small MCL tear) and has been rehabing but needs to re-start squats with controlled lower weight squats as part of his physical therapy, he has about month to build his squat weigh back to norm, so he can then move on to running and agility training drills.
Ironically, I looked at a smith squat/bench rack yesterday to see if it could help with the controll of the weight. He needs to be able to release the weight on demand at the first feel of any pulling, burning, or pain sensations. He’s trying to rehab the knee into playing condition without having to have surgery which would kill this football season. This is obvioulsy different than having a spotter assist with the bar. I know its not “pure” free weight training but given his current situation i think i’m goign to buy this smith cage/rack. As a side benefit I’ll also be able to have the best of both worlds, a free weight bench to lift a bar, and a smith machine to increase weights when no one is around. I can also use it to squat as well.
Light and short workout after Prom pics, etc.
Deadlift 135 lbs 1 set of 5 reps, 185 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps, 205 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps.
Bicep bar standing curls 50 lbs 4 sets of 10 reps
Tricep bar 50 lbs 4 sets of 10 reps
Tabata bike 12 minutes 20s fast pedal 10 s slow for 4 minutes, 5 minutes medium pedal, and then 4 minutes 20s 10s rep for a total of 12 minutes.
Heading to Utah in the morning but will do a reduced 3 set 5 reps full HIIT workout at 4:00 AM (I dont usually get up this early) before I leave. I fugure it will keep me awake for the early long drive.
HIIT Program Last night
DB Romanian Deadlift to Split Snatch (plus lunge) with 10 lbs, 4 sets of 5 reps
Bench Press 135 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps, 145 lbs 1 set of 5 reps and 1 set of 4 reps. 155 lbs 2 sets of 3 reps. My son spotted me and i was able to get two more reps up at the end of each set but i’m not counting them in the total for the last two sets.
Bent Over Row - Back Extension Hybrid with Oly 135 lbs 4 sets of 5 reps
Dynamic Lunge plus shoulder press with 10 lbs db 4 sets of 5 reps
20 squat jumps; 10 full rom squats; 20 second squat and hold. All three equal one set. Do a total of 4 sets.
Tabata bike sprints:
Pedal hard for 20s followed by 10s of easy pedaling. Continue with this sequence for 8 rounds (4 minutes). Pedal easy for 5 minutes. Do another 8 rounds of the 20s:10s cycle.
Waterbury DB Row with 25 lb 4 sets of 5 reps
5 minutes of kettlebell swings with 18 lbs
My son worked out with me last night and really added some good advise for new excersizes. Practiced form for clings with the Oly bar. Man i think I’m really going to enjoy those excersizes.
I’ll practice again tonight with form and will get some weight on the bar with tomorrow’s excercise day if the form gets better. Having some difficulty with the leg pop up but its coming along. Power clings will come next. He also introduced killer 21’s for arm workouts which I will due in tonights workout.
Tonights workout was a light workout
Cling form lifts Oly bar only 4 sets of 5 reps. Need another day to work on form.
Deadlift 135 lbs 1 set of 5 reps, 185 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps, 205 lbs 2 sets of 5 reps.
Bicep bar standing killer 21’s with 35 lbs. Curl 7 reps overhead to chest, then 7 reps waist to mid chest stop and then resistance down, then 7 reps of full rom waist to the neck. 2 sets
Tricep bar 50 lbs 2 sets of 10 reps
Tabata bike 12 minutes 20s fast pedal 10 s slow for 4 minutes, 5 minutes medium pedal, and then 4 minutes 20s 10s rep for a total of 12 minutes.
Great light workout tonight
DB Romanian Deadlift to Split Snatch (plus lunge) with 10 lbs, 4 sets of 5 reps
Bench 2 sets of 10 reps @ 135 lbs, 2 sets of 8 reps @ 135 lbs, 2 sets of 4 reps @ 155 lbs
Bent Over Row - Back Extension Hybrid with Oly 135 lbs 4 sets of 5 reps
Dynamic Lunge plus shoulder press with 10 lbs db 4 sets of 5 reps
Cleans 3 sets of 5 reps @ 115 lbs.
Deadlifts 2 sets of 10 @ 135 lbs, 2 sets of 10 @ 185 lbs, 2 sets of 5 @ 205 lbs
Okay, I just got over a bad case of poison ivy and a reaction to the medication… what’s your excuse for bailing on this thread, man? 
Just popping in to make sure everything’s alright. Hope all is well on your end.
Maybe grab another set of measurements (weight and inches) when you get a chance, and we can get right back on the proverbial wagon.
Hey… sailor dude, where ya go?