Excellent!
This range of bodyfat is perfect for calipers. Good thing is that you can follow each part of your body with less mm each measurement.
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Exactly!
But, there is another variable I detected in my case: Netflix/Amazon series on smartphone and lying in bed!
The exact night I left this bad habit, the sleep quality improved!
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In that case 92 is amazing!!! Keep up the good work!
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Thank you @anna_5588 !
ā//ā
Cycle #1, 42 days, from 01/25 to 03/07/2021
- bodyweight: from 135.1 to 126.3 kg: 8.8 kg (19.4 lb)
- waist line: from 123 to 116 cm: 7 cm (2.8 inches)
- average intake: from 1600 to 2000 kcal, carbs < 50 g, and 190 g < protein < 205 g
- zero cheat days, zero cheat meals
Cycle #2
Week #1/6
Day #01/42: 126.9 kg (279.2 lb) - 2021/03/08
Day #02/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/09
Yesterday? Fish, a lot, and, againā¦
A scale/non-scale victory today.
Since the time I bought this Omron-514c scale I always produced a 12 points for visceral fat. Today was the day #1 with 11. According to the manual, this number must be below nine. so, there is another point to be decreased in this second journey, maybe.
As an internet forum user, I was always skeptical about BIA scales. But I have two devices from Omron: bipolar HBF-306 and this one, from the picture. I do not take important decisions based on their bodyfat numbers, but I am enjoying the evolution progress.
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Cycle #1, 42 days, from 01/25 to 03/07/2021
- bodyweight: from 135.1 to 126.3 kg: 8.8 kg (19.4 lb)
- waist line: from 123 to 116 cm: 7 cm (2.8 inches)
- average intake: from 1600 to 2000 kcal, carbs < 50 g, and 190 g < protein < 205 g
- zero cheat days, zero cheat meals
Cycle #2
Week #1/6
Day #01/42: 126.9 kg (279.2 lb) - 2021/03/08
Day #02/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/09
Day #03/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/10
I will take a break on posting daily due to some adjustments. One of them is calorie intake. It needs to be increased, and this will cause (is causing already) some plateus.
But I think probably I will update at least at each 15 or 7 days.
Thank you all!
See you soon.
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I donāt think this is a good idea. Keep posting. Hold your ground.
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@brownbear1968
Yes, keep posting!
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@ChickenLittle @s.gentz , ok them, wellā¦ prepare for boring times lolā¦
Some details: thatās not technically a plateau. My waist line stills the same, my bodyfat is slowly droping as well as this measurement, visceral fat, showed some progress.
So, although the scale is showing boring numbers, I have some other measurements that I do a correlation to make decisions. I donāt show them to avoid seem so freakā¦
Thanks for the feedback and see you tomorrow!
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You are doing amazing! Keep up the good work. Iām very familiar with the dawn phenomenon it correlates to the uptick in cortisol. Your numbers look fantastic though!
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I think thatās called a recomp- Youāve hit the jackpot!!!
Keep going!
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Ha, your log is the furthest thing from boring! Keep posting it, itās exciting in a weird kind of way.
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Dear @anna_5588 and @EmilyQ , thank you!
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Cycle #1, 42 days, from 01/25 to 03/07/2021
- bodyweight: from 135.1 to 126.3 kg: 8.8 kg (19.4 lb)
- waist line: from 123 to 116 cm: 7 cm (2.8 inches)
- average intake: from 1600 to 2000 kcal, carbs < 50 g, and 190 g < protein < 205 g
- zero cheat days, zero cheat meals
Cycle #2
Week #1/6
Day #01/42: 126.9 kg (279.2 lb) - 2021/03/08
Day #02/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/09
Day #03/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/10
Day #04/42: 126.8 kg (279.0 lb) - 2021/03/11
Trying to stay out of the LCD (Low Calorie Diet) range because it was below my basal metabolic rate.
Beggining with a more generous intake: 1.2 activity factor on Harris, which gives me ~2130 kcal. I know, 1.2 is sedentary, but letās be not so generousā¦
Good news of the day is a little non-scale victory: saying good-bye to another centimeter (0.4 inch) of waist line.
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Nice job Bear! Keep it up!!
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That matters more than the scale imo. Looks like the excess fatās falling off! Keep up the good work!
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You better be keeping us posted!
Thatās a great idea. Thatās what I tried to suggest in the very beginning, but even better now.
Thatās huge!
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@s.gentz , @anna_5588 and @lordgains , thank you!!!
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Cycle #1, 42 days, from 01/25 to 03/07/2021
- bodyweight: from 135.1 to 126.3 kg: 8.8 kg (19.4 lb)
- waist line: from 123 to 116 cm: 7 cm (2.8 inches)
- average intake: from 1600 to 2000 kcal, carbs < 50 g, and 190 g < protein < 205 g
- zero cheat days, zero cheat meals
Cycle #2
Week #1/6
Day #01/42: 126.9 kg (279.2 lb) - 2021/03/08
Day #02/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/09
Day #03/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/10
Day #04/42: 126.8 kg (279.0 lb) - 2021/03/11
Day #05/42: 126.6 kg (278.5 lb) - 2021/03/12
One of my previous nightmares was to adjust frequency, intensity - but most of all, volume - inside one regular interval along the week.
Finally I found what I think it is āaā plan for the next weeks, because the end of the world does not happen at five reps anymore.
Everything I planned previously needed to be below or equal than five reps. As a consequence, a training session usually was endless. Deadliftsā¦ oh Godā¦
But now I began to handle 8, 10, unbelievable twelve repsā¦ (of course, on 60% of TMā¦). 12 reps x 5 sets squatsā¦ only on 90ās I did that.
But the deadlifts still are at five rep max. Donāt like to mess with this exerciseā¦
See you tomorrow, nice people! Love you
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Itās not exactly that I am missing these extra 300-400 kcal. It is something that gives me the same āspaceā that you used during your cutt.
Eventually, if I stalled on that previous range, already on LCD, what should I do? So, now I have such space to drop something if the standard two-week plateau(*) happens.
(*) āthe plateauā, not only scale, but at least waist line, for instance.
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Why not start going on treadmill? Do an easy 10-15 minute walk on 3% incline @ 3mph. Do that before and after the workout, so youāre getting 40-60 minutes of cardio in a week. Increase incline as you build strength and then start to increase time/frequency as your weight loss plateaus. You can use this as a method to increase your calorie intake too.
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Yes, inclined treadmill is my preferred cardio. To be honest I enjoy the āheart-dialogueā during the exercise. Slowly progressions as these ones you mentioned. But I do not have one at home.
What I usually do (did not do this last week, I confess) is jump hope on intervals (almost a HIIT) and some recreational karate/muay-thai/no-gi with my son on the non-weight-training days.
Thank you for the tip!
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Cycle #1, 42 days, from 01/25 to 03/07/2021
- bodyweight: from 135.1 to 126.3 kg: 8.8 kg (19.4 lb)
- waist line: from 123 to 116 cm: 7 cm (2.8 inches)
- average intake: from 1600 to 2000 kcal, carbs < 50 g, and 190 g < protein < 205 g
- zero cheat days, zero cheat meals
Cycle #2
Week #1/6
Day #01/42: 126.9 kg (279.2 lb) - 2021/03/08
Day #02/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/09
Day #03/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/10
Day #04/42: 126.8 kg (279.0 lb) - 2021/03/11
Day #05/42: 126.6 kg (278.5 lb) - 2021/03/12 *
Day #06/42: 127.8 kg (281.6 lb) - 2021/03/13
Day #07/42: 127.8 kg (281.6 lb) - 2021/03/14
Day #5 I did a carb-refeed. Day #6 I felt like I was on hang-over all day long even returning to the diet. Feelling better today.
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Cycle #1, 42 days, from 01/25 to 03/07/2021
- bodyweight: from 135.1 to 126.3 kg: 8.8 kg (19.4 lb)
- waist line: from 123 to 116 cm: 7 cm (2.8 inches)
- average intake: from 1600 to 2000 kcal, carbs < 50 g, and 190 g < protein < 205 g
- zero cheat days, zero cheat meals
Cycle #2
Week #1/6
Day #01/42: 126.9 kg (279.2 lb) - 2021/03/08
Day #02/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/09
Day #03/42: 127.3 kg (280.6 lb) - 2021/03/10
Day #04/42: 126.8 kg (279.0 lb) - 2021/03/11
Day #05/42: 126.6 kg (278.5 lb) - 2021/03/12 *
Day #06/42: 127.8 kg (281.6 lb) - 2021/03/13
Day #07/42: 127.8 kg (281.6 lb) - 2021/03/14
Week #2/6
Day #08/42: 127.5 kg (280.1 lb) - 2021/03/15
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