HandyAndy's progress journal

[HandyAndy]

Just a heads-up.

Tomorrow is the start of me perfecting my low-carb diet, hope to see the results in the near future

 

[HandyAndy]

My diet so far

Meal 1: Protein Shake
Meal 2: 2 Pieces of chicken breast and a salad
Meal 3: 90-something % lean beef patties, I dont make a hamburger out of them, I just cook the patties and eat them
Meal 4: Good quality beef chunks with some seasoning
Meal 5: More beef, I cooked and left some extra in the fridge
Meal 6: Probably a Protein shake.

I know its not perfect but hey, no/low-carbs

 

[yungahdubz]

Thats one sexy bench you got there.

 

[HandyAndy]

Thanks haha

 

[Quagmire911]

Clear your pm's, they are full.

Do what I said and take your weight and your chest and waist measurements. Then take them every two weeks. Do this now and post it in here!

Edit-Post exactly what cardio you do every week as well. Low intensity and/or HIIT...

 

[HandyAndy]

7/1/08

Deadlifts
185x5 - ****in pissed off here i just want to give up on this exercize, i feel ****in weak doing these and i look like a jackass doing them

Bench
Couldnt do these my wrist is killing me for some reason, hurt during warmups...

Squats
150x5
150x5
150x5

20 mins cardio on elliptical

Deleted my rant It was pointless and I shouldnt have wrote it in the first place

On the bright side, the scale read 245 lbs today, but wouldnt it have shown on the outside if i really went from 280 to 245?

 

[Quagmire911]

You didn't really look 280 in the pics you sent. Maybe the scale you were using was f****** or something.

You should also try and weigh yourself under the same conditions every two weeks. So first thing in the morning after you go to the toilet and before you eat, wearing only boxers.

So that was weight=245lbs
Chest-48"
Waist-44 and a half "
Round belly button- 50"

Now you have something to compare against in another two weeks.

Try and get videos of the squat and deadlift as well. And list your weekly cardio.

This is for your deadlift, READ AND APPLY:

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=147274
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=141664

And keep it up, you are doing well.

Quagmire

PS-Remember that if you are carrying quite a bit of extra fat, that you will have to squat and deadlift a good percentage of that weight whilst you are lifting. So as the fat comes off, your lifting numbers will "artificially" get higher faster, than someone who is at say 10-12% bf-if you get what I mean.

 

[HandyAndy]

I use the same scale, which is the one at my gym.

I wish i could riase my deads and squats but I physically cant handle that weight without having terrible form (as if my form isnt bad enough)

And I do apply all the stuff I hear about deads, my back rounds no matter what, Im just going to lower the weight

 

[Quagmire911]

I use the same scale, which is the one at my gym.

I wish i could riase my deads and squats but I physically cant handle that weight without having terrible form (as if my form isnt bad enough)

And I do apply all the stuff I hear about deads, my back rounds no matter what, Im just going to lower the weight

Don't read anything else on the deadlift, apart from the two articles in the deadlift article above. It is all you need.

And as I said above, your numbers appear lower because you are having to squat/deadlift more weight at 245, than if you were 180 say.

Get those videos, and do the mobility work.

 

[chinwaggler]

hey you said your doing a low carb diet, but on the 27th, there are no carbs?

this is a bad idea because low carbs is good, but 0 carbs is bad... and if you stick to an extremely low carb diet for over two weeks, bad stuff happens to your body.

 

[Quagmire911]

hey you said your doing a low carb diet, but on the 27th, there are no carbs?

this is a bad idea because low carbs is good, but 0 carbs is bad... and if you stick to an extremely low carb diet for over two weeks, bad stuff happens to your body.

It is an anabolic diet. Usually five days no carbs and then a two days carb up. Or four days no carbs, one day carb up.

 

[HandyAndy]

Hmmm, im not exactly following the anabolic diet, im just making sure im not getting in carbs.

Also, do you want me to up my carbs on the weekends?

 

[Quagmire911]

Hmmm, im not exactly following the anabolic diet, im just making sure im not getting in carbs.

Also, do you want me to up my carbs on the weekends?

You should be getting a lot more carbs on the weekend, and a lot less fat. Go to stronglifts.com and reread the anabolic diet. The carb up is too replenish glycogen stores.

So weekdays no carbs, lots of fat, and the weekend lots of carbs, low fats. High protein all the time, although a bit lower at the weekend.

 

[I-tallionStallion]

Dude...have you dropped 35 lbs?? Thats friggin awesome

 

[HandyAndy]

Dude...have you dropped 35 lbs?? Thats friggin awesome

Yeah according to the scale, but not judging by my size or clothes.

Surely if i lost 35 pounds the physical change would be drastic, so as of now, i dont know what the porblem is. The scale has definately changed, but I havnt.

 

[I-tallionStallion]

Get someone else to weigh themself on it to see if they are still the same. Or get weighed somewhere else. I highly doubt that you've made zero progress since you've started.

 

[HandyAndy]

But my body hasnt changed one bit, ive made some strength progress and for 7 months my body has stayed the same...

 

[shaunuk]

well, since you've lost weight and also gained strength I'd say you've definitely lost some fat.

You gotta remember you still have quite a bit of fat so it might be a while before you notice it coming off.

You're doing awesome mate, keep it up!!

 

[HandyAndy]

Thanks for the support dude, hopefully it keeps coming off

And edit: Ive been fvcking up this week, I went out twice in a row with friends that I could have turned down, I knew I should have went to the gym! Dont worry, no more of that..!

 

[HandyAndy]

Ok, I just wanted to double check my weight today, the scale read 265, seriously.....WTF?

Either that scale is ****ed or my weight is rapidly fluctuating somehow....im confused but i should measure by how my clothes fit and start retaking my measurements...

Another problem with me taking measurments is some days im bloated and im huge! and other days im normal size...