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3-4 eggs this time hard boiled, with sea salt and crushed red peppers. Mixed salad, half avocado, lemon juice and balsamic vinaigrette for dressing.

I didn't have goals until the end of July. Coming off a bad couple years. Once I found a gym routine that I was able to be consistent with and started seeing results I gave it a few months and decided I don't want to be muscular/fat. So long as the scale keeps going down I don't have any real complaints

I just moved my long fast to the two days after christmas eve and christmas. Let everyone go wild, then got back to normal myself.

Arms Giant set 1 4 sets 20 reps all Spider curls, steep incline elbows forward Incline DB curls EZ bar curls, elbows on stomach EZ bar drag curls Giant set 2 4 sets 20 reps all EZ bar reverse grip push up EZ bar "skull crushers" press ups Lying on ground skull crushers French press Bench dips tried to burn out with a…

Dirty Keto has been the most useful for me. Turns out that making sure I had the right amount of healthy fat, protein and fiber was what my body needed to keep me from eating when I thought I wanted to. IF has helped a lot to with reducing bloating, inflammation and pain which in turn has made my workouts better.

Hello. Happy early new year!

I don't connect well with my chest so I don't enjoy working it usually. I do a bro-split and on chest day I typically pre-exhaust/prime my chest with the cable flyes for a couple sets until I know the rest of my workout will have a good connection. If I am doing a any normal press style movement it is in a super or giant…

I used to have the binge impulse. For me it was late nights/early mornings if I couldn't sleep. Long story short it took me years to find the right balance to eating to stay satiated and avoid it. When I say years I mean about 20 of them. I did have a bit of a "binge" for christmas eve and christmas. Oddly enough when I…

Legs DB 3/4 lunges one leg at a time 3 sets 20/20/20 Walking lunges no weight 180 steps each leg RDL with plate under heels 4 sets 20/20/20/30 Glue machine 3 sets 15/15/30 Calf machine drop set. 35lb plate, 2 10's, 2 5's. To failure then drop one plate. 1 set Back extension machine feet turned out to focus on…

Ugh. took a couple days off. Back at it last night now can't sleep... Chest. Incline DB 4 sets with weight I could normally do 20 reps with but slowed to a crawl. SS Inline coffin press, fly scoops 3 sets 20/ fail each set High cable fly century set Low cable fly century set Fly machine decline century set.

@MrsHermit Thanks. I had made it to just under 240 the day before Christmas. Now I am fasting to deplete the carbs that need to go. Back at it again

Merry Christmas

shoulders Giant set 1 reverse grip front press, Seated “Slightly Back” Side Laterals, Bent Over Rear Delts, Bus Drivers “Super Slow. 4 sets, all 20 reps. Bent over rear was 20 partials and 20 Full range of motion. Giant set 2 Modified Arnold Press, Around The Worlds, Seated Shrugs “Supinated Grip”, Standing Shrug “2 Count…

People have a hard time with long term commitment. This extends into cheating. There are other reasons one could use. Bored relationship, physical attraction is gone, money, abuse and so on. It all came from somewhere. Recognizing that it key. Personally I don't get it. Just leave rather than cheat.

fair enough

I am currently doing intermittent fasting, it was unintentional at first. I changed the foods I was eating, and when I was eating them. Just hungry less. I am not complaining. Doesn't increased level of insulin block the body from using fat as an energy source? And if eating correctly and fasting correctly would increased…

20 minutes on treadmill. Incline 7.5 speed 2.5 - 3. It was cold today. Arms. Straight bar Tricep pushdown SS with same bar curls cable machine. 6 sets all 20 reps. Ez bar French press SS with Ez bar curl. 6 sets all 20 reps. Back to cable machine. Rope pull up SS with rope push downs. Focused on splitting the rope. 6 sets…

I am still fat. Everytime we eat our insulin spikes. I am just trying to minimize it. I understand fat can be part of it. But I am curious if it acts as a buffer towards the whey isolate. Learning as I go. That protein drink looks mighty scrumptious.

15 minutes on treadmill as it was cold. 6.5 incline 3 speed. Leggs. Extension machine. 6 sets 50/60/70/80/90/100 Stiff leg raises. 4 sets 20/20/20/20 Hack squat machine giant set. Feet close, feet close toes out, feet wide, regular 3 sets 20/20/20/20 Standing hypers, feet pointed out. 3 sets 20/20/20 I ran out of time this…

Chest Machine fly. Partials, full, decline. 3 sets 20/20/ failure Decline barrel press 5 count hold at flex 3 sets 12/12/12 Giant set. incline DB press, Incline coffin press, flat barrel press, dips, push ups. 3 sets 20/20/ rest to failure Cable fly high century set Cable fly low century set.

I have insomnia and apnea so sleep and me aren't friends. My youngest son is worse. He was prescribed Melatonin, benadryl, and ambien at the age of six. We don't take anything prescribed anymore. But with him the combination of benadryl, melatonin (10 MG), valerian root and zinc seem to help. For myself I have adjusted my…

I will still be in the 200+ crew for a couple/few more months. Which is fine. I am however under 250 for the first time since may 2019 so my complaints are minimal. With any luck I will be under 240 either tomorrow or the day after... Just in time for Christmas lol.

What are you eating?

Back Single arm row. 10 sets of ten each arm, no rest between. Tbar row . 2 century sets. Deadlifts 3 sets 30/30/30 Vbar pulldown. 3 drop sets. 10 reps, drop, 10 more reps. total of 4 drops each set. DB shrug century set. hypers. 3 sets 20/20/20

6 hard boiled eggs with Himalayan salt and crushed red peppers.

My take is, our lives are a series of personal choices that take of from where we were to where we are. Some choices are better than others. My wife and I were the perfect example. Both raised in "abusive" houses, single moms moving from one man to the next, moving from one drug to the next, attempting to hold down jobs,…

It is inconsistent. This morning it has reduced the amount of calories I am allowed instead of adding to them. lol.

Shoulders. side laterals, partial at the bottom, full, partial at the top. 4 sets 20/20/20 Incline around the world front focus SS with rear focus. 4 sets 20/20 Eye level bus drivers. 2 century sets Cable giant set Sede lateral, bent over rear delt, rear delt shoulder level, rear arching delt. 3 sets 20/20/20/20 Reverse…

meh i disconnect and reconnect if i do something i feel needs to be added

Last year my doc told me my sleep apnea may improve if I wasn't fat.