DAD BOD THREAD

I appreciate you saying that K. The meal plan is the most difficult for me for sure. 🤗

🤗 thank you Jenni

Thank you Tammy🤗. The calorie deficit is kicking my butt. Trusting the process and I’ll see where I end up.

your rear dealt and tricep definition are impressive. It’s not the focus of this pic but they look great!

what’s your current deficit - how much do you aim to lose weekly? I’ve been at about a 300-500 cal deficit and sitting .5-.7 per week and it’s dragging lol - I’m sitting at 166 currently - thinking I’ve got 10-15 more to get to 10% again

admire how dialed in you get - I keep my protein at a gram or more and let fat and carbs fall where they may - which I really need to dial in - which means a more strict meal prep - my ultimate goal is to be a lean 185 - which I think is attainable within 5 years - as long as I keep my bulks lean and slow - will aim for .5-.7 increase weekly for 12 weeks periods and do 4-6 week minicuts after I hopes May 50-70% will be muscle gained - we will see - you’re right it’s just a big science experiment really - never thought I’d be this fascinated by it lol

I’m typing on the treadmill while getting a quick warm up before the workout so I’ll have to be brief. I like your approach and I can tell you’ve put a lot of thought into it. One thing I’ve learned is your plans will adjust along the way as your body or science studies may point you in a different direction. As far as your fats go I wouldn’t drop below 25% of your total calories. This lean out I’ve learned to do a re feed day as opposed to a cheat meal. The difference is I hit the calorie and macro count set for the day vs eating whatever I want for one meal as long as I’m able to consume it in one sitting. ( no eating the left overs later). The refeeds have allowed me to still burn fat while water retention is up due to the extra carbs.

And you’re right brother turning it into a science experiment and having a dead line for me to hit whatever goal I’m going for helps me stay focused.

never been interested in stepping on stage but if I can dial it in I may do when for my 50th.

My current cut is at 4 mths and will likely take me to June- im talking about a slow muscle building phase over long period time - it’s I strategy I heard on the Rp podcast - dr Mike seems to know his stuff so I’m gonna give it a try - I don’t plan on try to mass until I’m pretty lean 10% or less bf. The idea is to put on ten lbs or so then cut at about a lb per week with the idea of that 50%-7% of the mass is lean muscle - it’s a slow process - they say if you can add 10lbs of lean muscle in a year that pretty good - so I’m just going to try and see how it goes

I don’t mind at all brother. I just turned 48. 👴

I’ll be here to monitor progress. 😉

Morning guys!

goals

That's inspiring, and great work. I hope I can get somewhere near that when I'm your age!