So, about last night

I went for a nap yesterday and woke up today at 4 am. A low caloric intake makes you tired. However, it does bring up a good point, that sleep is more than necessary for a good diet. I mean, the more you are awake, the more you eat. And usually, when you're awake for too long, it's not necessarily moving around, but sitting in front of the TV. Or at least that's in my case.

I uploaded two pictures this morning. On an empty stomach (ish), I was at 205.4 lbs. I am very surprised, it's been over 15 lbs  (maybe I waterloaded that sunday that scared me shitless), but it's still 15 lbs lighter than that sunday. I am seeing results almost daily. I feel lighter, muscle definition is increasing, yadda yadda yadda. I feel much better about myself. 

Maybe my goal of 200 lbs by the end of this week is crazy, but seeing these numbers, it makes me think that, yes, it will be hard, but it's not impossible.

Now, if I made it to 200 lbs by this weekend, what if I make it to 190 next week after the dash?

I wonder if that's pushing it. Fast weight loss tends to be unhealthy. After the dash I'll see my doctor and do some blood tests to see if this crazy diet has screwed with my stuff-in-blood-levels. 

All I know for now is that I feel good. I mean, no smoking, no junkfood, no drinking. Hell, this is good.

Mau

205.4, over 15 in less than two weeks

205.4... Over 15 in less than two weeks

Snap, over 10 pounds in less than two weeks.

I have been working out almost twice per day, and going on a caloric deficit of about 1000 calories, while trying to have a somewhat decent protein intake. This is basically day 7 of this ordeal. I have 12 days to the warrior dash.

Today I ran for half hour during my lunch. Maybe that's why this day has been so rough. I feel a bit light headed, and somebody's armpit smell in an enclosed room (go people!) wasn't helping it.

Okay, I gotta get back to make measurements. I wonder if I'll get to my ridiculous goal of 200lbs by the end of this week...

I wonder if it's even possible. What I'm doing is borderline unhealthy. I'm much lighter, but I understand that as soon as I'm done losing weight, I'll regain a lot of weight as soon as I start eating regular food.

My arms are more defined. My face feels a bit slimmer, and clothes fit better.

I forgot to upload a picture. I'll try tonight. 

I wish somebody would remind me xD

Mau.

Well then

This week I have pushed the hardest I have ever pushed. The scale said 209.5.

I doubted it, so I moved it to another spot (flatter ground) and did it again. And again. And again.

I have worked out twice per day and lowered my caloric intake to about 1000 calories and about 140 grams of protein. I hope I can sustain this for two more weeks. I want to be in my best shape possible for he dash.

Picture day will be tomorrow. I will try to remember.

Right knee no es bueno

Yeah might have hurt it. I have to fix it though, I wanna do this marathon thing, the warrior dash.

222.4 lbs... I'm freaking out.

Lost progress, back at 218, depression kicking in, yadda yadda yadda. I'm getting back on the ball.

Haha, mother-trucker.

Last night I legit felt like crap for being at 215 lbs. On the scale at work, it said i was at 208. Maybe I did get rid of 7 lbs (water, sweat, crap) today. I was freaking out, so during lunch, I ran until I couldn't. 

I did take pride in seeing that I can still run. I think I will change my work-outs back to mostly cardio but keep the high protein intake. That way there should be minimal muscle loss. 

At least I hope. My priority is now to get back to where I was. Then, I'll lift. I think.

Mau.

I thought I was doing well.

I guess I got a wakeup call to get back on the ball. I was down at 207lbs, and I'm at 215 now. I felt bloated yesterday, now I know why. It's funny how weight and looks affect how I feel. Oh well. Heading off to the gym to fix this. 

lol, body fortress whey protein, strawberry flavour.

I don't wanna say "cheap", but "affordable". Low price, decent amount, yadda yadda yadda.

BUT IT TASTES TERRIBLE.

I'm back on ECs and fish oil, and trying to run tuesdays and thursdays, and lift mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. 

My weight is back at 210, I'm not happy.

But it's all workable. Especially while I'm still looking awesome.

Mau.

A bit of a setback.

Karim's workout routine seems to be good so far. I had a bit of a setback though, due to food poisoning. I'm much better now, tomorrow I should make up for yesterday and Friday I should be back on track.
I will try to use this food poisoning to reset my metabolism, since its been running on empty for the past day and a half.

Also, now that I'm in an updating shit up mood

My workout as of late consists of:
Seated tricep press, 10 reps 1 set, 25 lbs
Pull ups, 10
Dips, 10
Calf raises, 10. Due to the lack of propper equipment, I do these under a low roof where I can reach with my hands and just push with my arms.
Crunches: for these I use the ab roller. It's not really the same, but it does work out my core to get it hard as rock.
Barbell Squats, 140 lbs, 10 reps, 1 set. I use a smith machine, and I want to kill it dead. I do this because it's the only thing I have available to me. This machine is terrible. It's a terrible invention, I don't give a flying fuck who says it's not.
Leg extensions, 10 reps 1 set, level 15
Leg curls, 10 reps, 1 set, level 5
Dumbell pullover, 10 reps, 1 set. I do these holding two 25 lbs dumbells.
Military press, 100 lbs, 10 reps, 1 set
Seated cable row, level 16, 10 reps 1 set
Bench press, 110 lbs 10 reps, 1 set. I want to change these to 100 lbs since they have 50 lbs dumbells.
Curls, 10 reps, 1 set, 25 lbs. I shouldnt cheat myself with these. The 30 lbs ones, I can do the first 5. The last 5 look like shit.


Now, this workout is before having spoken to my friend Karim. I have to change this to suit what he suggested. I want to make sorta like IT'S LEGS MONDAY, IT'S CORE WEDNESDAY, IT'S ARMS FRIDAY, and rest a bit Tuesdays and Thursdays, or maybe just chill out.
I'll see what I end up doing. It'll be great.
Mau.

Yeah.

203.7
Tomorrow my weight is bound to go up a bit though. Today I've had mostly just liquids. I'll post a picture to follow. This time I'll actually do it, compared to my previous times, lol.
Also, my good friend Karim (whom should get a lot of credit, after he trains athletes for a living), has suggested that I lose my weight through lifting, not cardio. He drew a graph which made sense to me, showing how if I did long cardio my cortisone levels would remain up, when I need those to go down so my body doesnt get stuck in that repetitive wtf-feed-me mode. I will listen to what he says, and I will change my work out to suit his suggestions. After all, he does know what I'm doing much more than I do.
So, yes, pictures to follow.

I think I'm doing well

Tuesdays and Thursdays are tiring. Those days I try to run for half hour. However, lately, I've only been able to do 25 minutes ish. I gotta step it up and get back to half hour. I'm at about 211 pounds. Things are looking good.
Mau.

oh my monday.

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, they consist of this:
Wake up at 6 am. Very light breakfast. Coffee at work. EC and fish oil. Possibly another coffee and a small granola bar (15.5 grams, from which 11 grams are carbs, 70 calories), and then, work out at lunch.
How it goes:
Seated tricep press, 10 reps, 25 lbs each arm.
Pull-ups, 10.
Dips, 10.
Calf raises, 10.
Crunches (or well, ab roller) 10.
Barbell squats, 10, 140 lbs.
Leg extensions, 10, setting 15. Used to be 12, but I upped it by mistake and can't back down.
Standing leg curls, 10, setting 5.
Dumbell pull-over.Ribcage expansion, 10 at 45 lbs.
Seated military press, 10 at 110 lbs.
Seated cable row, 10 at setting 15.
Bench press, 10 at 110 lbs.
Bicep curls, 10, 30 lbs.
 
There is room for gradual improvement. My pull-ups started at 8, very spaced. I can do better now, though still not 10 in a ro2. Dips, started at 8, I'm now at 10. Leg extensions, started at 12, I'm now at 15. Dumbell pullover, started with 9 reps, I'm squeezing in the 10th one. Military press, a 10 lb increase, and same bench press. I hope I don't get out of track again. I am seeing a bit of progress, but I want to see much much more.
Mau.

Well, this is what's been new.

I have been working out daily.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, just cardio. Run like hell.
Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I have a routine, but I can't recall exactly what I'm doing. It's a list that I keep at work. That's where my gym is at.
I will post it as soon as I can.
I have tried to keep a caloric deficit, having fish oil, some EC (no aspirin), and whey after lifting.
Oh, and I'm at about 213 lbs. Pictures to come soon, ish, maybe.

Not too much, but
Deads, 150, bench, 110, military, 100, status: awesome.

Well, that's something.

I have taken a bit of a different approach this week.
Instead of being so much a cardio bunny, I try to keep to building workouts three times per week, and run the other two.
The workout that I am following are a complete clusterfuck. I still have to get used to them. I will post it as soon as I can.
After getting shitty readings from my scale, I stopped updating my whiteboard much. So I started keeping track (ish) at work, with one old scale they have there. Yesterday I was at 215 lbs in the day, confirmed by a 216 lbs at night after dinner at home on my shitty scale.
I have noticed a few changes, though slight, but still enough to keep me going.
First, arms more defined. Well, duh.
Second: Top four abs are more defined, and belly/waist fat decreasing. Yay.
Third, manboobs decreased slightly. This always bothered me, though I do have pretty large pectoral muscles, but still.
Fourth, increased cardiovascular resistance. Not smoking much helps a lot.
I think this time there is a good possibility of me getting where I want to be. I mean, I got no reason to break these habits. I work out during lunch at work, and I get to leave as soon as I am done. If there is any personal commitments, they are still doable.
So, yes, I will post pictures following this update. Some time soon. Ish. Maybe later today.
Mau.

Jesus Christ Doritos what the fuck

Kinda out of control

God damn. I was at 218, and over one shitty weekend I'm back at about 224. What the fuck. Just because I eat? I must be doing something wrong. I don't wanna starve myself either. That stuff isn't worth it.

This doesn't make too much sense...

Pancake tuesday

Today was pancake Tuesday, which happens to be my 9 year aniversary in Canada. I am proud and happy to be here.
Today I realised how bad it is for me to eat heavy food in the mornings. I have got used to having a little bit of cereal. I had pancakes today at work, and boy, did it screw me up.
I couldn't work out. I had two ECs, and just rested.
Tomorrow I'll get back on the ball.
Also, my scale seems to be fucked up. I'll have to change the times I go on the scale at and go on the one that's at work.
Numbers and pictures still to come.
Mau.

Today, I graduated myself to the 35 lb pushup rows AND the 30lb curl/press. I am kinda proud.
I have capoeira tonight, I don't know if I'll be awake enough to post numbers later tonight. I'll try, and I'll try to post a picture too.

Also, before I forget:

That day that I felt like shit (legs shaking, really beat, right after working out) I had an ECA before working out. That isn't a good idea. I will have the 12pm ECA after working out, so about 1pm.

Snap.

Okay, numbers.
January 29th: 219.8 lbs, no work out, 2 ECA, no caloric deficit.
January 30th: 220.3lbs, no workout, 3 ECA, no caloric deficit.
January 31st: 220.8lbs, light cardio. I was really beat this day, for some reason. I remember I changed something, but I forget what. I do remember (because I recorded it) that I overate this day.
Then I skipped recording a few days, due to a slight case of alcohol poisoning of my brothe.r (friday, hospital visit), Saturday (that fucked up not sleep night that screwed this day up) and the sunday after that clusterfuck that happened.
Now:
Monday, February 4th: 219.1 lbs, worked out, 2 ECA, caloric deficit. However, I skipped capoeira.
Tuesday, February 5th: 217.6 lbs, worked out, 2 ECA, caloric deficit. I didnt have dinner this night. It was mildly upsetting. But I was really tired.
Wednesday February 6th, today: 220.0 lbs. I don't think I overate. However, I might have a lot of water weight. As far as I know, I drank about 350 ml of chocolate milk, and about one litre of water within the last two hours. And I am still thirsty. I worked out twice: once very hard at work, and then capoeira. For a change, I ate before capoeira. I figured I might as well show what I can do in the right conditions, instead of going to capoeira on a caloric deficit as when I work out at work. I had 3 ECA, one at 8 am, another one at 12, and another one at 4.

I am thinking of upping the dose of ephedrine, but I am scared. I'll ask around. I don't think I will.
Mau.
Pictures will be coming up soon.

Work out until it hurts?

Holy shit. My legs are shaking and I feel like puking. I didn't push that hard, but I am assuming that it is that hard for my current standing. I feel kinda old.
Numbers to come later.
Mau.

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