Almost 2 solid lbs a month for 10 months…hard to beat that man!
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My “wants” tend to fall into categories that aren’t realistic. I’d love to combine the two pics. The weight/size of the present with the leanness of my hungry days…and be able to do it comfortably. 
It’s not meant to be. To clarify my disappointment, I’ve been telling myself that I’m close to that old picture, but the side by side tells a different story. Oh, well. I’m still eating somewhat comfortably and drinking some good beer with my wife.
Thanks, flap. The healthy part is the key and I haven’t forgotten my goal of eating like a normal person - no weighing and tracking food. I’ve been doing that since September. I was 212 then but I was 226 on Jan 1 so I’m holding steady.
They’re making an appearance. This is the most flattering angle I could find. I wanted to make sure I had a good side by side comparison so I had to do it again.
I don’t think this is true at all. You remain lean - it’s not that far a difference; for it to be 20 lbs is even more impressive.
You’re also training however you want, dealing with injuries and down time, and eating/ drinking in a clearly sustainable way. I think you’ve got it figured out, man; don’t let a snapshot in time skew your reality.
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To be fair, I’ve never had a realistic view of myself . I have training related goals but my biggest goal is to defeat this. I miss the days where I was bigger, softer, and flat didn’t care. It was so much more enjoyable than being obsessive.
It was also before I really tracked calories and realized what I was consuming. It’s impossible to not realize that a large slice of hand tossed meat lovers pizza is 450 calories. Now I know the caloric cost and I can’t forget. Life was more fun when I was ignorant of these things. My favorite treat is a chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard from Dairy Queen. I’ve probably had less than five in the past 10 years because I learned it has over 1600 calories (large).
It’s a tough battle but I’m making slow progress.
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I think that’s where these logs help too, though - we kind of see each other’s realities.
Like I know I have to go real low calorie to lose weight these days, but I can read yours and others’ stuff and see that’s not unique.
What’s pretty cool for me reading logs like yours and @flappinit’s is how many ways there are to skin the cat, training-wise, and we all kind of end up looking like our own structure anyway (vs. like a bodybuilder or powerlifter or whatever based on our current program).
Anyway, I hear you on “knowing” the calories, but it’s pretty awesome that you’re in a sustainable world still with clearly defined abs and it’s not like you peaked for that picture.
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What he said. If this is a battle, you’re clearly winning it.
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One things for sure, that’s clearly not 18lb of fat, so you’ve obviously gained a substantial amount of muscle/lean mass and whilst there is some very minor definition loss it’s definitely not a lot of fat gained there.
Great effort, shows you know what you’re doing and can apply it well, well done J!
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3.20.20
Well, it’s been about 10 days since I’ve changed my training so I worked out a plan while standing in the bank lobby this morning. Six days a week is tough. I think I can manage a push/pull split four days a week.
I’ll still be doing SGSS with 3x5 and 5x5 on deadlift and 3x8 and 5x8 on upper body stuff. The biggest change is that I’ll be pushing the last sets to failure on upper body lifts. I think that’ll account for cutting out a couple exercises.
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I just want out of my house!!!
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SGSS W4 D??? - Pull
PULL UP
BW x 5 x 3
DEADLIFT
135 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 5 x 5
HANG POWER CLEAN
145 x 5 x 3
HANG CLEAN PULL
275 x nope
Not set up for this today. Changing my workout meant that I didn’t take the appropriate gear with me. No straps or shoes. I deadlifted without shoes but didn’t want to do that for pulls. Just scrapped it.
DB REAR DELT FLY
40 x 15
40 x 12
40 x 10 + 20 x 15
DB MEADOWS ROW
75 x 8 x 5 sets
DB PULL OVER
75 x 8 x 3 sets
superset with
CLOSE GRIP PULL DOWN
170 x 8 x 3 sets
I began to fizzle here. I’ve only had a protein shake today and it’s going on 1400 hours. Good session to this point so I didn’t feel bad about throwing in the towel. I was also running out of time.
INCLINE DB CURL
30 x 10, 10, 6
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I think most of you know that my wife is vegan. Well, my lunch consisted of four different animal products and it was delicious.
Two almost half pound “burgers” made of 80% venison and 20% pork topped with melted pepper jack cheese and a fried egg.
#eatingtogrow
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Vegan old injun word for bad hunter lol
Love me some burgers
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She does it for health and moral reasons but she’ll still steal a bite of a rare steak. I get our beef from a local farmer. It’s not organic or grass fed but it spends its entire life in a pasture. I think animals should still be treated decently even if we eventually eat them.
I spend extra on chicken that’s supposed to be responsibly raised but I really have no way to verify that. I have to take the store’s word for it.
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Sometimes I throw chicken into an omelette and call the unholy amalgamation “before and after”
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She eat fish? Another great source of protein that is easily gathered oneself and is organic to boot
No and I don’t take the time to fish. My hobby is the gym and I don’t have time for another (or the money).
Don’t tell too many people but you can buy fresh fish at some special shops. 
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I live in the middle of the US. I question the freshness of any fish sold here. And it’s not cheap.
No rivers or fish farms near you ?? Can’t do much about the $$ unless you can steal it… oh wait that won’t work for you. My bad
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“Family reunion”.
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