Amazing progress.
You are crushing it.
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I went into the gym this afternoon ready for a good new workout that I adapted, and my god… there were people standing around waiting for machines, it was so busy.
With this new gym, when i am not travelling, I think I have to work out around 8pm, straight after work at 5 is too busy.
also, I put on another 2lbs, weighed in at 210 today, which doesn’t feel right, but it’s the same scale I started with.
Up 4 lbs since January. I was on a .25lb/week goal and now I’m on a .5lb/week goal. After 8 weeks, I’m up 4 lbs so it seems to be accurate.
All of my lifts are stronger. Had a minor injury but was able to recover and improve through recovery.
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Love it man!
This is a lot of the reason I go early. You get the equipment you want, life doesn’t get in the way, I have nothing better to do, etc. Lots of wins!
@Andrewgen_Receptors you look fantastic, sir; great job
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Fat loss is weird
Dropped my kcals by 1000 and have put on 1lb.
Crazy
On the plus side. I managed to bust out 500 unbroken 6 count burpees in a fat loss induced rage
That was a burpee monkey off my back for sure
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That’s got to have you down to like 500?
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Haha I’ve already told you to button your lip
2100kcals to be precise
Burpees and running after 2 toddlers means my TDEE is off the chart
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This is me 10/10.
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I ate and creatined myself up almost 10lbs in January and February and hit personal bests benching and deadlifting. I would’ve hit bestier bests if I hadn’t been sick the final week of 5/3/1.
Life goes on.
Began cutting a week ago and am down 7ish pounds. Hoping to lose 10-12 more. Those middle-aged ladies that’ll be at the beach this summer better prepare themselves for what’s to come. 
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Order placed, Food comes Friday, so I think that I will start that Monday. Looking forward to it.
I want to know has anyone used a CGM. I just got mine, been using it for a week. There is a protocol I have been studying in regards to glucose before and an hour and a half after eating, but wanted to get someone elses experience with it, and how I can use it to better ensure I lose weight while I am training and dieting.
Thanks in advance
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Love it! I’ve seen a ton of success on the site and @T3hPwnisher is also doing a version - he has some great ideas around making it fit your life (he created an “oatmeal” within the protocol so he still has breakfast with his kiddo).
What’s your goal with glucose monitoring? Are you pre-diabetic?
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I followed an Australian guy who does something called ‘data drive fasting’, based on glucose monitoring after meals. He also has a lot of research ( he was an engineer, and he did this glucse research because his wife is type 1 diabetic and all of the knoweldge they were getting was wrong) and I have done his challenge a few times.
My main goal though is I need to see how my glucose is going throughout the day. It’s hard to just get a snapshop. like the other day at 4pm I had a protein drink that spiked my glucose super high, and that doesn’t usually happen.
I am going to be doing my best to keep a daily journal so that I can see what’s going on with my body, because if I can’t keep a decent constant glucose level, and when I spike have it return to normal in a good amount of time, the elevated insulin essentially stores more fat. It’s jsut another read into what’s going on with my body.
Uhmmm @bkennedy74…? You’re doing it again…
You don’t need to monitor your blood glucose after you eat, dude. You need to monitor what you eat.
Not trying to be rude, trying to keep your focus where it’s needed.
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I don’t think I’d chase two things, personally. This v-diet is hard enough. I’d just crush it and see what that does for your insulin sensitivity.
I’d always prefer to take a baseline measurement then a follow up after intervention, vs trying to monitor every fluctuation. I’m not familiar with the guy you’re taking about, so that’s just my $0.02.
The insulin theory of fat loss can be its own debate!
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No you’re good. I understand what you are saying, not trying to make excuses. I have been logging the food and doing the work. I still haven’t seen any progress, outside the of additional few pounds I have added on.
I am focused, it’s more than just 'losin’g weight during this challenge. I know that there is something going on and want to get to the bottom of it. I have hit protein goals day in and day out for months and nothing moved, so this time I am going to just get extra data. It isn’t anything additional ot of my day, just points automatically being plotted for me, and I can look at the end of the day and my food log/journal, and start getting some clearer pictures.
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Thanks for that. I posted a comment below in response to @Andrewgen_Receptors , kind of works here to. I’m actually super excited for V-Diet, becuase I don’t have to think except for 1 meal a day. That’s easy.
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Based on my limited understanding of biological processes…
Tissue will be gained and lost based off caloric intake. Tissue is made of calories (food). When there is not enough calories, the body will catabolize in order to continue living. In that regard, changing weight on the scale should simply be a matter of caloric intake, so long as we account of confounding variables such as water/glycogen/presence of food in the gut.
In that regard, hormones shouldn’t impact scale changes.
Where hormonal impacts would present is in HOW tissue is distributed, and I can see blood glucose/insulin having an impact there. I’d see that being of significant concern during periods of weight gain, as we’d want to vector toward the presence of that weight that is gained being muscle. In periods of weight loss, fat storage shouldn’t be occurring in general, as we’re not creating any tissue: we’re destroying it. I could see there being an issue regarding fat retention vs muscular retention while losing tissue, but a body that is accumulating additional fat while it sheds tissue is going to be undergoing a really unique metbolic process. It’s basically creating and destroying.
Which could very well be possible. I go into a Hume state at that point.
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I’ve done Deep Water and lost almost 8lbs since the start of the year, weight is coming off relatively quickly (~1.3 lbs a week), now that I’m done with the insane volume. Will end the transformation a bit before the end of the allotted time but should be close(r) to where I want to be by then.
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I do think there’s a case to be made for hormonal impact on calorie expenditure, so you can potentially eat more and still be in a deficit if you’re nailing everything.
The practical application will still be adjusting caloric intake based on rate of loss, so I don’t know how actionable a concept it is outside the highest levels of bodybuilding.
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Oh absolutely: it can impact WHAT our maintenance level is. I’m just saying that loss will always be a matter of undereating and gain a matter of overeating.
Put simply: no one is going to gain tissue fasting. It’s simply a matter of finding out WHAT the “magic number” is for losing weight.
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