Anyone cutting after a bulk?
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@jseams1234 can't beat that bulking gym performance, for me sometimes I feel a bit sluggish at the end of the bulks and that's when I have to slow it down. How much more are you wanting to add?
@pitbullpuppy I usually take a few weeks at maintenance before I start cutting, but ya it definitely sucks no matter how you do it.
@quiksylver296 do you take an average/trend weight or base your weight on the one weigh-in day?
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@jseams1234 can't beat that bulking gym performance, for me sometimes I feel a bit sluggish at the end of the bulks and that's when I have to slow it down. How much more are you wanting to add?
I’m not sure. Maybe another ten pounds over the next few months. That progress pic is from the evening, before bed, at my fluffiest with all my bloated glory - I hate it. However, abs are kinda back in the morning and I look dense, but no bloat. I guess when I’m disgusted with “morning physique” I might end up calling it.
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I am back cutting, have been for a while now, slow and steady though as still training hard (powerbuilding 12 week programme). Decided no competitions this year (need to rest mentally from strongwoman and properly recover/rehab knee and bicep injuries) bar one powerlifting style one come September...am sitting at 159 lbs and lookin' more defined than when I was the same weight at the end of 2018. Coach says shoulders are looking bigger (whoop) and friends say legs are looking more defined. In fact three pals commented on how small I was looking, even though they were only seeing a 16 lb difference (which is not a huge amount to me) I am wearing racer back vests now (instead of men's t-shirts), so maybe they can actually see the arms and the waist, ha! Daily intake is still 2100 cals and still losing for now...3
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I finally found a tape and got around to taking measurements, woohoo! Good news is I am just about 1" larger than I was last November in both parts of my waist (I take natural and belly button), hips/glutes is same, chest is larger but to be expected, so the size is just about there, just have to work on what's between the lines.4
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Another good week in.
Half lb average weight down on the scale and down about 67 bps of body fat%
Unfortunately everything has gone into lockdown here. Gyms certainly but also school, uni's, colleges, libraries, pools, bars, resto (50% capacity only)
So I'll have to find a different way to generate stimulus. Realistically it might not work so I'm starting to think of alternatives to trying to maintain some strength and muscle with home weights etc.2 -
My gym hasn't closed yet. It's a local owner, not a chain. He's currently saying he's keeping it open. We'll see.
Down to 203.0 this morning, even after two days on the road (work travel that they wouldn't cancel. We asked). Pretty pleased with that.2 -
Thankfully, I got the OK to work from home yesterday and got my space setup yesterday afternoon, much to the delight of the cats and our 15-month-old.
My weight trend is holding steady at 178. If nothing else, no work travel and working from home should be good for hitting my macros and staying consistent with my workouts.2 -
Thankfully, I got the OK to work from home yesterday and got my space setup yesterday afternoon, much to the delight of the cats and our 15-month-old.
My weight trend is holding steady at 178. If nothing else, no work travel and working from home should be good for hitting my macros and staying consistent with my workouts.
I'm dreading working from home for this exact reason. I stay on track so much easier when I'm at work and pack my breakfast, lunch and snacks.
At home, it's so much easier to snack or pick meals that don't match up with my goals. Peanut butter and brown sugar sandwiches, anyone?!?
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Thankfully, I got the OK to work from home yesterday and got my space setup yesterday afternoon, much to the delight of the cats and our 15-month-old.
My weight trend is holding steady at 178. If nothing else, no work travel and working from home should be good for hitting my macros and staying consistent with my workouts.
I'm dreading working from home for this exact reason. I stay on track so much easier when I'm at work and pack my breakfast, lunch and snacks.
At home, it's so much easier to snack or pick meals that don't match up with my goals. Peanut butter and brown sugar sandwiches, anyone?!?
Well, that was a short-lived work-from-home stint; the "OK" I'd gotten from my director got overruled by HR for reasons unbeknownst to either of us, at least for the time-being, much to the chagrin of the cat who spent the majority of the morning happily sitting on my lap while I worked.2 -
I worked from home yesterday and managed to hit my calorie goals. I suspect it will get harder if I have to continue to do it.1
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The good news for me, is there is less temptation at home. And we are on rotating schedules of one week on, one off. So hoping to use the off weeks to make really good food and cut calories more on the off weeks by skipping breakfast.
Sitting at 171 this morning. Still working on getting consistently down in the 160s. Definitely have recomped a bit as i am starting to see some ab definition in the upper 4.1 -
The good news for me, is there is less temptation at home. And we are on rotating schedules of one week on, one off. So hoping to use the off weeks to make really good food and cut calories more on the off weeks by skipping breakfast.
Sitting at 171 this morning. Still working on getting consistently down in the 160s. Definitely have recomped a bit as i am starting to see some ab definition in the upper 4.
You have a gym to workout at?0 -
The good news for me, is there is less temptation at home. And we are on rotating schedules of one week on, one off. So hoping to use the off weeks to make really good food and cut calories more on the off weeks by skipping breakfast.
Sitting at 171 this morning. Still working on getting consistently down in the 160s. Definitely have recomped a bit as i am starting to see some ab definition in the upper 4.
You have a gym to workout at?
They are closed for the week and may reopen on Monday. Currently, i have defaulted to where i started my fitness journey by running P90X2 at home. Given i only have free weights, its the best option.
ETA: from a timing thing, it's worked out, i was going to deload for two weeks because i have been worn down. My deload weeks are actually bro-weeks where I mainly focus on dumbbells with higher reps and lower weights. A bit more functional fitness type stuff.4 -
I'm officially "telecommuting" and my gym is closed. We'll see what this does to my cut.2
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After the tomfoolery of Tuesday they decided to approve WFH for the next two full weeks. Down to 175.8 this morning from 179.4 on Monday (trend back under 177) even though I've not changed much of anything.1
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pitbullpuppy wrote: »The good news for me, is there is less temptation at home. And we are on rotating schedules of one week on, one off. So hoping to use the off weeks to make really good food and cut calories more on the off weeks by skipping breakfast.
Sitting at 171 this morning. Still working on getting consistently down in the 160s. Definitely have recomped a bit as i am starting to see some ab definition in the upper 4.
You have a gym to workout at?
They are closed for the week and may reopen on Monday. Currently, i have defaulted to where i started my fitness journey by running P90X2 at home. Given i only have free weights, its the best option.
ETA: from a timing thing, it's worked out, i was going to deload for two weeks because i have been worn down. My deload weeks are actually bro-weeks where I mainly focus on dumbbells with higher reps and lower weights. A bit more functional fitness type stuff.
P90X2 is a little bit of murder. lol. I did P90X 1 and find myself still doing some of his exercises. I love that program.
I never tried P90X2 but I did P90X after I gained weight when I first started working after college and P90X3 for a while before I started lifting more traditionally. Between the two I think I'd take original P90X over P90X3; they tried to get a little too gimmicky and time-focused IMO.1 -
pitbullpuppy wrote: »The good news for me, is there is less temptation at home. And we are on rotating schedules of one week on, one off. So hoping to use the off weeks to make really good food and cut calories more on the off weeks by skipping breakfast.
Sitting at 171 this morning. Still working on getting consistently down in the 160s. Definitely have recomped a bit as i am starting to see some ab definition in the upper 4.
You have a gym to workout at?
They are closed for the week and may reopen on Monday. Currently, i have defaulted to where i started my fitness journey by running P90X2 at home. Given i only have free weights, its the best option.
ETA: from a timing thing, it's worked out, i was going to deload for two weeks because i have been worn down. My deload weeks are actually bro-weeks where I mainly focus on dumbbells with higher reps and lower weights. A bit more functional fitness type stuff.
P90X2 is a little bit of murder. lol. I did P90X 1 and find myself still doing some of his exercises. I love that program.
I never tried P90X2 but I did P90X after I gained weight when I first started working after college and P90X3 for a while before I started lifting more traditionally. Between the two I think I'd take original P90X over P90X3; they tried to get a little too gimmicky and time-focused IMO.
I believe it was because people thought p90x was too long and hard. They scaled back a little on time with p90x2 but added more equipment. It has a good warmup which i like and is mainly under an hour. My favorite is bodybeast and hammer & chisel. Although, I would love to try some of the Athlean programs as they seem to get good reviews.
As you can tell, i did a lot of at home workouts. Mostly because i didn't have access to a good gym, my wife was pregnant and in general didn't get a lot of time. In fact, bodybeast is the reason i got into serious lifting. So i am definitely grateful for that.3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »All of you make me so glad that my kid is almost 16! :laugh:
Still rebelling a bit against the lower calories. I'm still up around 2200 calories five days, 2600 two days. I'm not hangry, just emotionally upset (which feels completely stupid to say) that I can't fit in all the things I could before. Very slight weight drop, 203.8, which is as it should be as I'm just under maintenance with this calorie goal.
Friday weigh-in, exactly the same as last week 203.8. Of course, it was lower all week then bumped back up on official weigh-in day.
I do, at least, feel like I'm dealing with the calorie deficit better mentally. I'm not feeling deprived like I was the first couple weeks.
201.8 this morning, 2 pounds whoosh after TOM. Yay!
Had my second WFH day yesterday, and did pretty good diet-wise. I trying to keep everything on a work-like schedule, including eating and taking walks on my breaks. We'll see how long I stay strong! :laugh:2 -
Current home office situation
About to take an early “lunch” break to get my workout in. 176 this morning. On a 9 day streak of eating under maintenance.2 -
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I can finally squat to reasonable depth without knee pain! 🙌🏼... #winning
I can't run, but I'll take it... For now!6 -
@steveko89 beautiful cat !
@Mr_Healthy_Habits that is amazing! yay
How is everyone doing? I am trying my best to keep my mind off things by focusing on my fitness goals. I am happy I have a decent gym setup, it's not great since we are in a temp home right now but I have what I need. It is hard with all the kids home so I am basically trying to work out every other day or at least 3x per week.1 -
@sardelsa Over diet compliance is pretty food while i am off work. Going to do a carb refeed the next two days since i have been a little warn and i feel flat. Overall, my weight is trending down. Sitting at 170.4 this morning. I want to push hard with my at home workouts since my gym decided it won't open until April. Still going to aim for 2100 calories during my refeed but 300-400g of "clean" carbs. Definitely looking forward to eating a lb of sweet potatoes with some cinnamon.
Oh and i made these
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@sardelsa Over diet compliance is pretty food while i am off work. Going to do a carb refeed the next two days since i have been a little warn and i feel flat. Overall, my weight is trending down. Sitting at 170.4 this morning. I want to push hard with my at home workouts since my gym decided it won't open until April. Still going to aim for 2100 calories during my refeed but 300-400g of "clean" carbs. Definitely looking forward to eating a lb of sweet potatoes with some cinnamon.
Oh and i made these
Oh wow those look delicious! Enjoy your refeed 0 -
@sardelsa Over diet compliance is pretty food while i am off work. Going to do a carb refeed the next two days since i have been a little warn and i feel flat. Overall, my weight is trending down. Sitting at 170.4 this morning. I want to push hard with my at home workouts since my gym decided it won't open until April. Still going to aim for 2100 calories during my refeed but 300-400g of "clean" carbs. Definitely looking forward to eating a lb of sweet potatoes with some cinnamon.
Oh and i made these
Oh wow those look delicious! Enjoy your refeed
So far I planned my first meal and i am already consuming more carbs than i typically do in an entire day. Definitely looking forward to having some proats!!!2 -
@sardelsa Over diet compliance is pretty food while i am off work. Going to do a carb refeed the next two days since i have been a little warn and i feel flat. Overall, my weight is trending down. Sitting at 170.4 this morning. I want to push hard with my at home workouts since my gym decided it won't open until April. Still going to aim for 2100 calories during my refeed but 300-400g of "clean" carbs. Definitely looking forward to eating a lb of sweet potatoes with some cinnamon.
Oh and i made these
Yum. Were they good?
I just spent a lot of dosh on some powerblock adjustable dumbbells.
I figure if I’m ironing from home I’m gonna do it in style. Boris finally got off the fence and closed the uk down.
How’s everyone else?0 -
@sardelsa Over diet compliance is pretty food while i am off work. Going to do a carb refeed the next two days since i have been a little warn and i feel flat. Overall, my weight is trending down. Sitting at 170.4 this morning. I want to push hard with my at home workouts since my gym decided it won't open until April. Still going to aim for 2100 calories during my refeed but 300-400g of "clean" carbs. Definitely looking forward to eating a lb of sweet potatoes with some cinnamon.
Oh and i made these
And how do u make those??0 -
@sardelsa Over diet compliance is pretty food while i am off work. Going to do a carb refeed the next two days since i have been a little warn and i feel flat. Overall, my weight is trending down. Sitting at 170.4 this morning. I want to push hard with my at home workouts since my gym decided it won't open until April. Still going to aim for 2100 calories during my refeed but 300-400g of "clean" carbs. Definitely looking forward to eating a lb of sweet potatoes with some cinnamon.
Oh and i made these
And how do u make those??
Here is the base recipe. For Keto desserts, Joe Duff seems to be one of the best.
https://youtu.be/gUIHvUhM_Vw 0 -
Day 1 of refeed went pretty well except i had too much fiber. But i hit 209g pro, 40g fat, 340g carb at 2504 calories. I definitely found that i need to use more starches and less fibrous fruits to increase carbs. Today i decided to use cereal, rice and oats. Still going to aim for 170-200g protein and 300g+ carbs with around 30-40g fat.
I felt and looked lean this morning (even saw some ab definition). Came in at 170.1 which is where i was at the beginning of the week. Kind of surprised based on my carb content (~3-4x over normal). I did a workout yesterday and performed really well.3 -
Day 2 refeed update. It went much better once i went with more cereal, starches and candy. Total calories 2556, 180 protein, 45g fat, 361 carb. Weight dropped to 169.7. Overall, i consider it a very good learning experience and will probably incorporate them every 2 or 3 weeks.
I am also going to maintain a slightly lower deficit in hopes of pushing hard during my home workouts. Goal is to hit abs 5 days a week (more to core strength) and to help address my back issues. Will probably run the AthleanX program with supplementation of a Beachbody cardio/agility workout on the off days.3
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