SATIL log

[The ADD]

Upper body party went OK, ~8/10 in context 6-7/10 overall. Just grinding and retaining strength, nothing really to report.

Pretty much replaced rice with frozen veggies in my chicken. Decent amount of carbs... like 50g on average plus the 30 or so g of sugar I use to season the chicken. That should be enough. Plus then I get to have a candy bar with my shake afterwards. Still have about 500kcal left, already at 225g of protein Still not gonna keep a running diet log but I think I'm gonna just do daily tracking of my macros. I had an idea of what I was hitting before but now I think I need to stay on top of it.

 

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In that meal Im shooting for 250/160/40 PCF right now.

 

[The ADD]

In that meal Im shooting for 250/160/40 PCF right now.

50 grams of veggie carbs tho?

 

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50 grams of veggie carbs tho?

Looking at the label there are some trace fats and proteins mixed in too. Its not all carbs. And its pretty balanced against 20oz of shredded chicken.

 

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Ran in and did legs

Felt good. Def losing some endurance on squats, might have to cut it back to 2 sets instead of 3. I will get it back. Just hit front squats... finished up at 2x10x175, cant complain. Quick workout as well.

Still early with the diet tweaks but so far so good. I didnt have any carbs outside of the marinade on my chicken before legs... might have set me back a little bit. Still though.... starting to see my abs again for real

 

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Chest arms shoulders went well... gonna start putting the home gym together tonight, hopefully have it done by Saturday.

shyt is actually holding pretty steady now.

 

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Discipline pays off

Just weighed in this morning at 196.4 :biggapls: :udgoraw:

I def look leaner too. Vascularity back in the hands... I would say I'm prob at the doughiest I was towards the end of my time in NYC. 19 lbs man. Thats how much my big dog weighs.

Gonna keep rolling with the momentum. Those little tweaks made such a huge difference.... dumping cardio has helped my lifts stabilize, and trading ~50-100g of carbs for protein has really stabilized my hunger. I also know what foods I really have to avoid and what foods will help me get through the day. Today, we Bojangles Gonna try and squeeze in some salmon this weekend.

O yea, also started putting shyt together.

Spoiler

I read the cheap plastic pulleys it came with get chewed up pretty quickly. So I'm holding off and ordering some quality metal ones. Gonna put the bench together tonight and this shyt will be ready to go. Still gonna go to my regular gyms until I get those pulleys in but they should be in next week. Also gonna keep going to the gym at work, at least for upper body stuff. I can do legs at home at night. We're moving :scumbag:

 

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Put the pulleys on and did upper body party at home. Went pretty well, but there were two big problems. One, the central AC in that room is weak AF.... and until today, the window didn't open. I finally managed to open the window today so I'm gonna get a window AC tomorrow. Other thing was it took me a little time to figure out the best way to move through each exercise and distribute my weights. I figured out it's best for me to use my 1" weights for the pulley shyt and oly weights for barbell shyt. It actually kind of worked. Just need to get in the flow. Hit

Holding water for some reason. Weight back up to 197.6 and I look doughy. Not peeing clear either even though I've been getting my regular damn near gallon of water daily. Not sweating it though, I know things are moving. I'll see where I am next week.

Tomorrow will be the real test. Gonna get 2 50# 1" plates, 2 45s, the window AC and probably another pair of 1" 2.5#s. Ooo also need lithium grease for the pulley pole. Gonna order the rackable trap bar too and then I think my cypher will be complete.

 

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O yea, weekend diet is sloppy AF but kind of in control. Started the day with pizza , had a shake, finising with fried fish

Not even indulging in foods I like, just some family shyt. Have a party tonight and a BBQ tomorrow. IF I can keep shyt under control I should be good. Looking forward to getting back to the work week where I can control shyt

 

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Woke up too early, took a nap. No worries, wifey will lift tonight, I will squat tomorrow night. That flexibility

 

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Wifey gonna lift tomorrow night with me

*EDIT* Gonna get more consistent with my fiber intake. Might replace HBCDs with a fiber powder mix. My workouts are generally pretty short during the week. Fiber seemed to help last week with water and I'm reading stuff that confirms that. I will give it a try.

I think I weighed in in the mid 195s today. Gonna get fiber every day next week and see what it do

 

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Squatted yesterday mixed in with wifey's workout. Hit my numbers (8x255 on my last set of 3), but man it was weird and took forever. Our gym is definitely only for one person at a time, which is fine. Was also a little weird lifting late at night... my energy levels aren't calibrated for that these days. I did what I wanted to do though. Got chest arms and back for lunch today... looking forward to that. Again, that flexibility.... if it were just me, I could have hit squats and probably did my upper back stuff as well. Tonight I can probably knock out some stiff leg deads and ab stuff. Etc etc.

On my fiber shyt. Getting 10g of psyllium husk and 20g of regular white powder daily. Definitely helping. I would say right now visually I'm as lean as I was in NYC... maybe just a hair doughier. Love handles are damn near gone, face is a little leaner, etc etc. Water retention is huge... def gonna strategize to minimize it if I know I'm gonna be at the beach or something. 6 day protocol will be:

- get carbs down to 50g/day and replace em with fats and protein for 5 days
- do high rep glycogen depletion workouts over those 5 days
- drink a ton of water for the first 3 of those 5 days, then drop it down
- keep sodium intake to an absolute minimum over all 6 days
- keep fiber regular over 6 days
- play with diuretics over the last 2 days
- carb up on the 6th day
- look like God on the 7th

Still a ways away from this being at all necessary, nowhere near lean enough yet but I will be playing with carbs, sodium and water when I have a no shirt event. Over the last month I've seen how all that shyt can have an effect.

 

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Chest arms back went OK, 6/10, just maintaining.

Bit by bit I am cutting out more and more non-essential carbs from my weekday diet.... threw the candy bar I have with my shake in the bushes so I could mix in some fiber with my intraworkout shake. I don't think that really made a difference, just an excuse to indulge. With the way weekends have been going I really have to be on point during the week to make any progress. This weekend looks a little more under control though... just one party, no food... and I don't really drink anymore so thats not a big concern.

Gym was naturally crowded AF today Got a late start and it was way more crowded. Did my thing though, no point in turning around as most of the time I spend going to the gym at work is getting there Def looking forward to working out at home.

Really finished ordering shyt.... got the rackable trap bar and a belt with a latch instead of the BS I've been rocking with. 10mm thick leather

 

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Chest arms shoulders went regular, 6/10.

Been getting hammered with the diet. I have my shyt locked down at work and at home, but social shyt is killing me. Went out for trivia last night, had wings, beer and shots Had a party last weekend that was a potluck, and then BBQ'd ribs for the family Sunday Got an early party this weekend and I know there will be a good amount of food there Might have to fukk around and do some damn cardio, keep it real LISS though.

Waiting on this damn trap bar... will be excellent to shoulder press with it... and even better for wifey to hit them deficit deads

 

[The ADD]

Chest arms shoulders went regular, 6/10.

Been getting hammered with the diet. I have my shyt locked down at work and at home, but social shyt is killing me. Went out for trivia last night, had wings, beer and shots Had a party last weekend that was a potluck, and then BBQ'd ribs for the family Sunday Got an early party this weekend and I know there will be a good amount of food there Might have to fukk around and do some damn cardio, keep it real LISS though.

Waiting on this damn trap bar... will be excellent to shoulder press with it... and even better for wifey to hit them deficit deads