Misc. progress thread

[Shouka]

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Interesting. I actually have the same issue.

[massflavour]

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yeah i've been eating fish 2-3 times a week but i think snacking was my main issue. started drinking lots of water and i've been doing good the past few days.. current bw is about 223.5.

now sitting at 215 lol idk how im losing it so quick.

benched 245 for 1 rep, hoping i can keep it up there for when i'm at a good weight.

[Arch0wl]

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168lb

target weight is something like 164lb which will hopefully eliminate the childhood midsection fat. The longest I'm going to go is another week. I'm noticing significant reductions on parts of my midsection; using calipers, the left side went from a 25mm blob to a 20mm blob in the span of two days. Let's hope this continues.

Since I was unable to go to the gym for the past week I've lost a ton of strength, to the point where I'm pushing DYEL numbers. I know I'll gain it back extremely quickly, so I'm staying rational about this, but my current state is so abhorrent to me that it makes me want to jump on a bulk immediately.

[kmay]

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This isn't any physical progress its more of a psychological progress. I am starting to be able to push myself a lot more at the gym. Literally destroy myself while there. I know my stopping point and when I can squeeze out one more. It took over a year but this week it just clicked. I just knew exactly how much I was capable of and not just assigning 10/8/6 to it

[Arch0wl]

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took this today.

I personally think I look like shit and am embarrassed to post this because my muscles are so diminished in size due to this cut, but I'm doing it for transparency/logging purposes.



the major thing stopping me from thinking I look okay here is the love handle fat that you can clearly see on the left side of my waist. that's what I'm trying to get rid of; it's been there ever since I started lifting and probably since I was a child. it's seriously the antichrist of my existence right now.

[Poison-]

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What made you decide to cut?

[Arch0wl]

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I was 200lb and bordering on 20% BF. that's a pretty good reason.

[Poison-]

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How long did you bulk for?

[Arch0wl]

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4 months

I am not natural, so my caloric intake was way higher than what a natural would eat assuming greater protein synthesis.

however, I learned just how under-potent a lot of what I'm buying is. one person tested 60% purity on something. so, I was eating far beyond what I could turn into muscle at my dosages, for gains that were only marginally better than what I would have gotten naturally.

as for the actual non-natural things, that part I can't discuss on a public forum, unfortunately. except, you know, creatine. my creatine was 60% pure also. (lol.)

but that's one advantage of being natural: your caloric intake is more or less certain. if you're not natural and taking a laboratory of shit, you could in theory turn 4500 calories + protein into mostly muscle mass if not all muscle mass. measuring the potency of what you're taking, though, is another issue entirely; if you get completely fake shit, your whole bulk can be derailed.

[TrixiePuff]

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Down from 129 to 121.6 after a month. Can't seem to lose anything from my love handles though. QQ.



Also running out of healthy food ideas because I'm an epicly picky eater.

[kmay]

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Love handles are beta fat I believe

[Arch0wl]

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excellent progress Trixie, there's a very significant reduction of fat along your midsection (and other areas, but along the midsection it's the most dramatic)

[TrixiePuff]

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Thanks. Around my midsection is basically the only place I ever gain weight.

[SCWolf]

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Down from 129 to 121.6 after a month. Can't seem to lose anything from my love handles though. QQ.



Also running out of healthy food ideas because I'm an epicly picky eater.

I've said it already on facebook, but I'll say again, very impressive for one month of training. This kind of progress is promising. Make sure to adjust as needed. Plateaus are (for the most part) easily assessed.

[TrixiePuff]

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Thanks. I know when my work outs start getting easy it's time to change it up. I've had to do that several times over the past month as I got into the routine.

I'm still losing weight. Just not from my waist line. But that's generally the last area you lose weight from, right?