@bkennedy74
I had an emergency appendectomy about 3 years ago. Sucked, but at least they got it laparoscopically so the incisions were small.
I’d imagine your inflammation height was due to the onsetting appendicitis; like you said look back over the months if that’s possible.
I have no idea how one measures inflammation levels or how it works.
And unaware of whatever struggle is being discussed above re: calorie levels etc.
It is true that getting older sucks.
Thanks. I agree on the inflammation, will be putting my previous bloodwork to the test. Mine also luckily were laparoscopically, but I have quite large incisions, the biggest I would hazzard a guess at just under 1", so he must have had to dig around the fat a bit to get in, or use the ‘xtra large’ lol
You’ll get half an inch for the stapler, anyway.
If your appendix was enormous, he may even have had to open the incision a little to remove it!
This is probably the reason why the majority of people say “I’m in a deficit but cannot lose weight.”.
The thing with BMR and calorie calculators is that they are very accurate when you put in the correct for a person with ‘healthy metabolic functions’. The thing these calculators don’t factor in is the history of stupid diet decisions (not saying you have made those!) a person has made.
A lot of people who overly restrict/ crash diet and don’t strength train/ build a decent amount of muscle do find themselves in their 30-40s in a place where their body has adapted by slowing down basic functions to the point that your BMR and what it SHOULD be are 2 different things
Congrats on making the stage man! This is a colloquialism and not a Speedo observation - that takes a huge pair. Really well done
It was tough mentally. I have severe anxiety when it comes to being in front of large groups with all eyes on me. Weird thing was i wasn’t really nervous at all. Not sure if that just comes with age??
It was def good for my mindset. So glad i did it.
You just couldn’t help yourself, could ya?
So much respect to those who make it on stage. Great work, you got peeled!
Thanks. Appreciate the kind words.
Any of you guys into bear crawls?
I did a lot of it yesterday for the first time, and amazingly, i am super sore in the yoke area. I didn’t expect that - would have expected pec and ab soreness instead. But this is pretty intense soreness up both sides of my neck.
(Not complaining, just curious!)
I do them for Jiu Jistu. I usually feel it more in legs than arms tho.
This is one of the very few exercises that I will just flat out refuse to do.
I don’t care the benefits. I don’t care if it’s part of a program or some group PT sesh. These things always hurt my left shoulder after my rotator cuff injury, and I have done idk how many miles of these SOBs back in my wrestling days. I hate them with an irrational passion. This is the hill I die on.
Sir, this is a family site!
Thats a bargain! Its about $6/lb where i shop.
Holy crap! Just when I was starting to think $4/lb was a lot
About to roll into the last 6 weeks! Huge visual changes can still be made by losing body fat for this home stretch!
I was dumb once and did them bare hand on pavement in the middle of florida summer… ended up with burns 
I’ll take this moment to confess something shameful.
First: @TrainForPain is totally right - 6 weeks is enough, even starting from scratch, to make visible changes.
Second: I made visible changes early in this challenge. I’ve hit a wall due solely to my own lack of willpower.
Let me be clear: I still do my sessions 3x/week; I don’t eat bread, and overall my activity levels are high (compared to the public) and my food intake is healthy (compared to the public).
However, the more you lose, the more changes you must make if you want to KEEP losing. And I’ve failed to do those last few incremental changes; in fact, reversing my progress a bit.
I’ve been under a lot of stress lately, and have allowed myself to completely lose discipline with evening snacking, eating absurd quantities of candied nuts. These are my weakness, like heroin or something, and I just go through them by the handful.
I’ll have to tighten up.
