Cliff notes for those who don’t want to read through: September 07, realized I was fat. Started working out dieting got down from 218.6 to 195, stopped, got pissed off, started on V-Diet, down to 182, transitioned out and upped calories to 3k a day at same weight and am getting ready to start V-Diet again while on Coach Thib’s Superhero Program. Absolutely Hellbent on getting down to single digit body fat and a six pack.
Well here’s some background info on me. All my life I’ve been fat, I slimmed out in high school somewhat playing basketball but was still just skinny fat. My dad was a bodybuilder in his younger days and still works out almost everyday and I seem to of inherited some of his genes for this and just now putting them to good use.
Beginning of September 07, Phoenix Theory kicks in as I get on the scale and it reads 218.6 and 39.3% BF at 5’11�?? and 20 years old. Something sunk in and I was hell-bent on getting in shape. Cleaned up my eating (by my mind’s standard at that time, low-fat foods, whole wheat bread etc standard dumb thinking of what’s healthy), lifted 3-4 times a week, some basketball and running for cardio and dropped down to about 195 by around end of October while making good gains in the gym. Started to fall off the wagon for about a month. Got pissed off for being happy about losing twenty pounds when I needed to lose about sixty.
Stumbled onto T-Nation by randomly surfing the net for diets and workouts and have been spending a few hours on the site everyday since then. Decided I needed to get myself in gear and started the V-Diet the beginning of December at 196.7 24.7% BF and ended up at 181.8 and 18.5% BF (Started lifting legs for the first time during the V-Diet and believe I put on a couple of pounds of muscle on that) at the beginning of the transition phase.
Measurements then were as followed
Waist�?? 38.5 (Around belly button, love handles)
Chest- 41 (Around nipple)
Arms- 15
Forearms- 11
Calves- 16.5
Thighs- 25 (Around fattest part of it, near the top)
Measurements of January 24th
Waist�?? 37 (Around belly button, love handles)
Chest- 39 (Around nipple)
Arms- 14
Forearms- 11.5
Calves- 16
Thighs- 24 (Around fattest part of it, near the top)
at 182 and just had a BF test done at school, which they told me I am somewhere between 16%-23% body fat. Geez thanks, I didn’t know that already (Calipers said 16%, underwater weighing was 23%)
Scale I used for BF is back at parent’s house, I’ll update this when I get back down there at some point. It may not be completely accurate but it should be consistent since I take it at the same time/conditions everyday.
I’ve slowly been upping my calories to 3000 a day to get my metabolism back up to speed before going on the V-Diet again. I’ve always been fat so this is getting harder and harder to do as I approach leanness.
Now to the present. Shoulders have been lacking in lifting so I’ve been on Coach Thib’s Superhero Program (Link here http://www.T-Nation.com/portal_includes/articles/2006/06-021B-training.html ) for two weeks now. (I’m splitting it into 3 week periods instead of 4 to fit in with the quarters here at Ohio State which are only 10 weeks long.) Just starting the third and final week of the first part of the program. I really enjoy the workouts thus far, challenging and have made some improvements in my shoulders in just two weeks. I’ll start posting workouts with weights, sets, and reps as this goes forward.
Starting January 28th, I’ll be going back on the V-Diet and hope to lose another 12-15 pounds, I don’t have quite the same expectations as the first time since there is less fat to lose.
Mark these words though: I AM HELLBENT ON GETTING TO SINGLE DIGIT BODY FAT, I REFUSE TO STOP BEFORE GETTING THERE. I WILL STOP AT NOTHING, NOTHING.
Long term goals are to get lean then start to bulk while hovering around 10% BF, basically get unfat and put on muscle. I know this is revolutionary thinking but I believe it to be a solid goal.
If anyone has any questions/advice or general statements I’d love to hear them. I’m going to get there, should be fun.
Here are some pics of me being pale and not too fat for a change (I’m still fat though, I know).
