Not so much politics but more like a few adults sharing their opinions and not getting offended. Weird, right?
I’ll have to do some tinkering to figure out 400 calories worth of food.
Your zone 3 runs are my zone 4 and 5. A brisk walk might get me into zone 3. I don’t know what my problem is, but my legs are burning early in a run and that just makes it all suck. I spaced out during the first minute or so of my warm up lap yesterday and I didn’t notice anything about running. It was great. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to figure out how to do that on command.
I doubt people who actually enjoy running spend the entire time thinking about their breathing like I do.
I have been decided that Jim’s Limited Time conditioning approach is the one for me. One hard day of conditioning and one easy day. I can make that work.
Oh! Sorry man, I was thinking of a different 5:2 strategy. I’ve not done it the way that article lays it out with the fasting. I hate going hungry for hours.
At first glance I thought you had posted this other recent article. This “method” is to stay in a slight deficit 5 days then to eat more for 2 days. So your weight “zig-zags”. It’s been do-qble for me. Sorry for the confusion.
I actually think I can do better being hungry for one whole day instead of every day. I’ve done some fasting at random in the past and it wasn’t too bad, but it was more like a dinner to dinner fast instead of an all day thing. I’ll be good through the rest of today, but it’s going to be tough at home tonight. I’ll see what I can come up with for “dinner”.
Day one of “fasting” was a success. I had the two 400 calorie meals and that was it. My initial plan was to do it again tomorrow, but that might be a problem if I don’t get my lifting done today. I’m on a break from work thanks to an appointment but I’ll be at training until 6pm tonight. I’ll have to lift after work and I dislike that.
OHP (seated w/ axle)
80 x 5
120 x 5
135 x 3
150 x 2 TM is way too heavy. I might take this back to cycle one. Also, seated with the axle is how I do OHP unless I say otherwise.
AB WHEEL
4 x 10 during the above
OHP BBB
105 x 10, 10, 10, 10, 8 CABLE ROW
140 x 10 x 5 sets
AXLE CURL 21s
70 x 7F/7T/7B
70 x 7F/4T/7B
50 x 8F/8T/8B It turns out that the top half reps are the hardest.
Tentatively planning to fast again tomorrow. I can’t do it on a weekend or lifting day so that limits my options. If I can do deads on Tuesdays, today’s session on Wednesdays, then I can fast Monday and Thursday.
It’s been a while since I posted any check-in photos because, quite frankly, there’s nothing to show. Here’s a lazy pic from this morning to document where I started this 5:2 diet.
To be fair, that picture is down four pounds from Monday. Guess my body holds on to a lot of fluid and salt when I eat.
And, yes, the ab wheel was from the knees. I started out standing, but I get a better MMC kneeling. I mostly just felt my hip flexors on the standing version.
Reading you, one would think you’re a fat blob. But no! What do I see? Cut abs, super defined cum gutters, not a modicum of love handle in sight… And you’re 240 lbs? Jesus you’re a hulk
Oh, there are love handles. My fat likes to hang around on the back side. There’s not a ton there, but enough that I know it’s there. I think I’ve purged my body of a bunch of sodium doing this fasting thing. I was actually surprised at how lean I looked this morning. My goal weight is 225 for the time being. If I hit that then I might turn this into a 6:1 thing and only fast one day a week.
Thanks for the compliments! I’m pretty hard on myself. And I have had terrible self control with treats lately. But if I eat bad food then I usually try to balance it with a light eating day so I’ve managed to keep from growing unintentionally.
I expect to be 225 or less in about two weeks if I keep doing this. I’ve also cut out booze for the month. Some nights I think I’d be better off drinking some light beers because instead of drinking, I eat everything I can find.
I feel you, I feel you… But you’re a big dude! Your body demands calories. A treat here and there isn’t killing you, clearly. I have no doubts you’ll reach your fat loss goals without too much trouble.
Well I can’t relate because as soon as my lips touch alcohol, like beer, I’m instantly hungry. Alcohol kills my restraint big time.
Most of the time, beer seems to squash my hunger. Occasionally, it’ll come on late in the evening and then I go into garbage disposal mode. That usually only happens when I start drinking in the afternoon and skip dinner.
Today was fast day number two and I kind of goofed it up. I made my protein shake for breakfast, ate three hard boiled eggs, and forgot to drink the shake. I made up for it by having 600 cals for dinner.
