Dad bod to Grandpa bod

Interesting graphic (it's popped up a few times plus other similar ones).

I think any time you have a food plan, and 25 carb, 25 fat, 50 protein is definitely a plan, there is going to be some potential interference with social situations that include food. But honestly, most of those situations have been fairly easy to navigate. Focus on the proteins, on the veggies, "budget" the daily calories, or just pound a protein shake up front and just graze/ ignore the food.

So far the progress has been more or less consistent. I go more strict at times and from time to time, I enjoy the (food) moment. Today was one of those food days, but also included a heavy workout plus a hike. It's been interesting to see the results from long consistent strict stretches and then periods of strictness with high calorie days sprinkled in.

There's more I could do that I haven't had to yet (more cardio, less calories, food timing, whatever else my consultant dreams up) so for now, I'll just keep tracking in MFP, following the macros, drinking the protein shakes and eating the chicken/steak salads with extra meat. 😁😁

If I stall out then I'll reevaluate...and modify either the goals or the methods. But it hasn't really been all that difficult to sustain so far, so no changes yet. I think I'm close... we'll see what the next few weeks bring.

Still at it.

It's been a fun summer, shoulder seems to be to be healing up. Finally able to actually grip the squat bar again, rather than balancing it with my fingertips. My heel also seems to be feeling better as well.

195 has been elusive. I had to tighten things up the last couple weeks.

Next push is to get under 190, I'm excited to see what that looks like. Also starting to think about what maintenance will look like with protein at 200 g/day. Guessing total calories will be around 2,300 cal/day.

Thanks! Planning on the Dexascan soon. I did the underwater back in my 30s, got to 12%. I feel like I'm at about the same leanness as then, though a lot less muscle mass. It would be interesting to do both or all three (water, dx, inbody) on the same day, plus calipers.

I wish my shoulders were healthy enough to do endless pullups like in the video.

Sorry to hear that about your shoulders. Hopefully the surgery fixes things up.

I have a SLAP tear in my left shoulder from 10 years ago. I chose to not do surgery but focused on a lot of therapy type exercises, and two years ago when we did the bicep tendon, I discussed it with my surgeon and we decided that since it was doing well that we didn't need to go into the shoulder.

On my right shoulder, I took a spill off a scooter at the beginning of the summer and aggravated the tendons. So I basically couldn't do much chest through most of the summer. Luckily I've been able to continue with overhead presses and other shoulder exercises. In recent weeks I've been able to do some incline and some light dumbbells, and then the last couple weeks I've been able to start doing dips again. I started doing really really light movements on a dip machine several weeks ago and I believe that has helped with the progress.

The main reason I logged in to comment today was to comment on the progress, or lack thereof, over the summer, and what I think is happening. I think that the lack of chest work through the first part of the summer was responsible for some of the body weight losses through the summer. Ever since I started doing more weight on chest, my bodyweight has gone back up a couple pounds and stabilized in the 195 to 199 range.





I've actually hit my definition goal, but wanted to hit my tracking goal of 190 before I started a maintenance phase. Once I did that, I wanted to shave and get a couple photos. Yes it's a vanity thing, but it also helps set a baseline that I can refer back to as I do maintenance and also if I do any bulking. I tend to rationalize that I'm staying lean, when in fact I'm not.

I'm debating on pushing through to 190, or calling it good now and experimenting with maintaining for a few weeks and seeing what happens. Whenever I do the maintenance phase, whether it's now or later, I think I'm going to keep my fat and protein grams the same, and increase my daily carb grams from 100 grams to 200 grams.

I thought I had noted this, but I guess not. I was severely undercounting my servings of Kirkland Mixed Nuts. What I thought was 1 serving was between 3-4, so basically from Aug to Nov, I had an extra 500cal/day. Ugh. I was in maintenance mode and didn't know it. Bodyweight was basically plateaued. I think I figured this out in late Nov or early Dec. I'll be going in to the Sept-Oct entrees and fixing the serving sizes, so that at least the data set is accurate.

I enjoyed some high cal days over the last few weeks, and many usual days in the 1600-1800cal range. I'll probably snack on SuperBowl, but otherwise, getting really strict again for a bit. In the 197-202 range for the last few weeks. Lots of water weight fluctuations, which is ok. My weekly average should still be in deficit but the bodyweight trend is upwards. I'd like to think I'm gaining some mass....but I don't think I am. Wondering if my base rate has gone down?