I’m down ~5lbs, and have not started suffering at all. No cardio has been added, just some smarter meal choices resulting in less overall calories being consumed. Making an effort to keep protein high(ish) and carbs low(ish).
I’ve also been working out more consistently than I had been for the previous…year.
Plan is to keep doing what I’m doing until I go a couple weeks without any scale weight loss, then I’ll choose to be hungrier and/or add some cardio into the mix.
Same here. Down 5 lbs exactly as of today. Better diet, better adherence to workouts and also have added in the “exercise snacks” throughout the day to keep myself awake and motivated. Have seen increase in weights (though had to start back on lowest again), increase in sprint speed and duration, and have increased the intensity on the rower (but which I’m using as a “snack,” so 3-5 minutes here and there).
Feeling pretty good. Not really hungry. I’m not setting the world on fire workout-wise, but it seems maybe sustainable.
@T3hPwnisher was right
Gaining real weight is as hard as that remote control plane mission in GTA San Andreas.
I’m struggling. As my fellow Brit @dagill2 can testify, I’m supposed to be hitting 4k cals tomorrow. That will involve a mad dash arounf Tesco when the kids are in bed, scanning packets of food for calories to hit that target
Cutting was so easy and more importantly, cheaper 
If you don’t think you can do it, I’m happy to help man. Honestly, just let me know how many of those calories you want me to eat for you.
Yes! Losing fat is a goddamn vacation compared to gaining muscle.
It’s been about 3 weeks in which I’ve found myself crying in my car every night. Yesterday and today I decided to not isolate myself anymore, and cried with my husband instead. Which allowed me to open up more.
I’m down 10ish pounds. But my goal isn’t really to lose much. Just maintain. Whenever I experience traumatic events my food intake gets greatly impacted.
I know most of everyone here is monitoring mostly physical changes, but for me at least, mental changes are my biggest concerns.
I don’t necessarily feel better, but I don’t feel worse either. To me though, that’s a win.
What exactly? I have quest cookies, Robert Irvine’s Fit Crunch(yummy) & atkins protein bars to keep me from eating the dark chocolate belvita bars that I could actually live off of.
Nothing to do with food, these are basically what all of the health experts are pushing for sedentary people, or more sedentary people since Covid hit. Short bursts of vigorous activity. Like, at this point I can do four minutes on the rower wearing leggings, a shirt, and a warm sweater (work clothes) without breaking a sweat. So I’ve added 3-5 little boosts to my day, in addition to doing my regular workouts on the usual schedule. I feel that they’re having an impact on my mood and posture in particular. I work via Zoom now, and it’s really hard for me to sit in one position all day long to keep myself centered in the frame. Getting up and marching in place or swinging around a couple of light dumbbells for a couple of minutes helps, and it also has me stretching more, which is something I lack patience for normally. Too, my mood impacts my pleasure in doing the real workouts, so I believe there’s a more serious benefit there. For example, I was up at 4:30 this morning because we leave for our postponed Italian family Christmas at 7:30, and I really want to get a workout in before I eat one thousand bad things, or (ideally) have to muster the strength to resist them. It’s like fitness and my goals on my mind all the time now. I reallllllly hope it’s sustainable.
In other snack news, I seem to have cut out snacking altogether, a first for me. The only exception is before bed cheese and a couple of crackers, and that only if I’m genuinely hungry.
Let’s do an arms-only picture rule and give me a fighting chance!
I am not ready to so quickly lose to @flappinit
This is about how I look, but my arms aren’t as hairy.
Part of my victory strategy is to take all my before photos with maximal bodyhair so I can shave it all off and look radically transformed.
Kinda like how I made sure not to shave for my mugshots.
Stop it mate. Just stop
Half assing it with a bucket for one mate, no wonder you’re not putting on the weight.
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How is January going for everyone?
I have had a love hate relationship with January. Some bad stuff happened as well as some good stuff. But thats all mostly life stuff. Training and diet? Right now it is what it is. Diet is not bad, but there have been some days at work where i just didnt eat much until i got home.
Not off to a great start. Just can’t seem to get my head in the game. But, I finally got a fairly decent haircut, which always helps my mental state, and have almost completed my greenhouse rebuild. I still may able to turn this around.
I’ve lost zero pounds but I’ve been sick for nine days straight. I tested negative for the Vid but it’s some sort of nasty virus. My appetite is down but I’m still eating. That ought to tell you my problem right there.
Lifting is…occasionally occurring. I feel like I look the same with minimal training effort. I’m hoping 5/3/1 will do what it’s supposed to do and help me get back to old strength levels. Conditioning has fallen off the last two weeks.
I matched my standing OHP PR of 170 on seated OHP this week and I blacked out after hitting a 295 power clean a week ago. My all time best is 315 but I only hit that once. 295 is pretty close to my top end “strength” on that lift.
So…
Physique 
Strength 
Conditioning 
