Diary of a man and his weight loss.

Hey PH! Just finished reading through your thread... That's awesome that you lost the weight you wanted and NOW you want to muscle up... I'll definitely stick around to see how that progress goes! ;)
BTW- thanks for the rep points... much appreciated! :D
 
paulab_5 said:
Hey PH! Just finished reading through your thread... That's awesome that you lost the weight you wanted and NOW you want to muscle up... I'll definitely stick around to see how that progress goes! ;)
BTW- thanks for the rep points... much appreciated! :D
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Thanks. I'm in the gym starting Monday and I'm very excited to get things rolling.

I've also worked my daily calorie intake to maintenance level now and I've been able to adjust to the increase in food. I'm thinking I'll start off at a slight calorie surplus when I begin my training instead of doing a week at maintenance. I'm sure my body will be able to adjust.
 
The plan was to start SS yesterday but I had to work 2 PM to 10 PM and my friend wasn't down for going early in the day. I'm finished working for the Christmas break so today I'm going with a couple friends that have been lifting for years, they will help me with form and technique if any problems arise. We should be going in a couple hours, waiting for one of them to get off work. I'm excited to finally start, I'm ready to laugh at how little I'll be able to lift :biggrinjester:.

If someone is not familiar with SS today I'll be doing this:

3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift

And don't worry guys, I'll post how much I can lift and how well I do so you can all laugh as well ;).
 
Back from the gym, it was a fun time. My lifts were a bit disappointing though lol.

Okay so for the squats. At 3 sets of 5 reps I did only 95 lbs., I could of done more I bet but I wanted to do perfect form. Next time I squat I will move up to 110 lbs.

For the bench press I also did 95 lbs for 3 sets of 5 reps. Next time I bench I'll go with 105 lbs.

The deadlift was the trouble lift for me...I was having problems keeping my form at 135 lbs. I had to do 115 lbs to get correct form. Next time I deadlift I'll go for 135 lbs. The deadlift is only 1 set of 5 reps.

Okay...laugh away guys. :smilielol5:
 
I was deadlifting 115 the other day myself! I almost bumped it to 135--hey we could work out together! :D

:party: HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! :party:​

Make it a great one!!!
Valerie
 
Man am I sore today lol. I'm excited to get another workout done! I want to lift more weight! I'm also excited to get back to College and see how much I currently weigh.

Curvie Girlie said:
I was deadlifting 115 the other day myself! I almost bumped it to 135--hey we could work out together! :D

:party: HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! :party:​

Make it a great one!!!
Valerie
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Hehe, how many reps and sets are you doing? Let's push each other to do more weight!

And thanks for the Happy New Years. I'll be heading over to my buddies soon to begin the partying, I'm very excited.

Happy New Years to you too!
 
Okay almost forgot to post my results from Workout B.

For the squat I did 110 lbs for 3 sets of 5 reps, 15 lbs more then last time :).

The press was really difficult for some reason, I only managed 55 lbs for 3 sets of 5 reps...lol.

The power clean was a pretty technical lift, took some getting use too. I managed to do 65 lbs for 5 sets of 3 reps. I'm going to have to work on this one the most, my technique is not 100% correct I'm guessing.
 
Poisonhearts said:
Okay almost forgot to post my results from Workout B.

For the squat I did 110 lbs for 3 sets of 5 reps, 15 lbs more then last time :).

The press was really difficult for some reason, I only managed 55 lbs for 3 sets of 5 reps...lol.

The power clean was a pretty technical lift, took some getting use too. I managed to do 65 lbs for 5 sets of 3 reps. I'm going to have to work on this one the most, my technique is not 100% correct I'm guessing.
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For your first go at it, you've done VERY well! Besides, people who workout regularly rarely make fun of what another person is lifting. The ones that do are assholes.

The most important thing to remember when you're working out is to maintain excellent technique/form while executing the exercise.

And remember: you are only competing with yourself. If I compared my totals to everybody else in the gym, I'd never go back. There will always be people stronger than you and weaker than you. All you need to worry about is what you can handle without hurting yourself.

GOOD WORKOUT!
 
Okay so I arrived back at my place last night and finally weighed in. When I left for the Christmas break I was getting consistent readings of 140 lbs. I just weighed myself and I'm 154.5 lbs...I don't know how I possibly gained that much weight but I won't complain. I'm still on the same belt hole as when I left...so I guess what I'm doing is working :D.
 
I'd also like to add that I stopped using bb.com for the most part, I now browse the misc section. Some of the content there is pretty hilarious.
 
Update for people that care:

I thought I was doing fine with the weights, but it all went downhill :(. Soon after I made my last post I hit a wall where I couldn't up my lifts anymore, and I was really, really sore all the time. I stopped lifting weights for a little while and started back up 2 weeks ago.

Basically it turns out my form on most my lifts (except squat), was pretty horrible. This on top of the break pretty much gave me no help when starting the lifting again. I had to reset all my weights and start things over. Another thing I was doing wrong was not eating enough calories and not enough protein. I upped my calories and protein and now I'm never sore after lifting and I'm able to continually up my lifts. I'm loving the gym more this time around and it's really my favorite part of the day.

Here's how much I had to start out with the second time around:

Squat: 95 lbs
Bench Press: 65 lbs
Press: 65 lbs
Deadlift: 115 lbs

These starting numbers were considerably worse then the first time around but that's expected since I had horrible form then :p.

Just finished up my second week and my lifts the next time I get to do them will be:

Squat: 155 lbs
Bench Press: 95 lbs
Press: 80 lbs
Deadlift: 175 lbs

I expect to easily hit them all.

Also been doing cardio in the morning, not for a calorie burner but more because it wakes me up in the morning and I feel refreshed, plus I enjoy it. If it's a weight lifting day I don't lift weights until about 12 hours after the morning cardio.

I've been eating about 3200-3300 clean calories a day with about 200g of protein, giver or take 10g depending on the day. I gained about 1 lb the first week and expect the same this week. I'll up it if I don't get a lb.

What I've really enjoyed is the rush I get from lifting. My favorite is the press, lifting the weight about my head is exhilarating, I can't wait to do MORE :D. My goals have drastically changed as well, I want to improve my physique which will come but my main goal is to improve my strength. Every workout is a new accomplishment and it feels damn good. Looking forward to when my squat, deadlift and bench press all add up to 1000 lbs. If I can do well and accelerate well beyond that I'm thinking I could get into some power lifting if I'm dedicated enough.

Thanks for reading my drawn out post. :grouphug:
 
Poisonhearts said:
I had to reset all my weights and start things over. Another thing I was doing wrong was not eating enough calories and not enough protein. I upped my calories and protein and now I'm never sore after lifting and I'm able to continually up my lifts. I'm loving the gym more this time around and it's really my favorite part of the day.
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:party: :hurray: :party: :hurray: YES!!!! Glad you found all this out and corrected yourself, you could have really fucked up your body! Glad you're not starving yourself anymore :D

Poisonhearts said:
What I've really enjoyed is the rush I get from lifting. My favorite is the press, lifting the weight about my head is exhilarating, I can't wait to do MORE :D. My goals have drastically changed as well, I want to improve my physique which will come but my main goal is to improve my strength. Every workout is a new accomplishment and it feels damn good.
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All right!!!!!!!! :smash: Nice! Keep it up!
 
When you say "press" do you mean overhead press?

I always say don't worry about the numbers -- just worry about form and technique. Who gives a fuck how much you can push? ;)
 
Curvie Girlie said:
:party: :hurray: :party: :hurray: YES!!!! Glad you found all this out and corrected yourself, you could have really fucked up your body! Glad you're not starving yourself anymore :D


All right!!!!!!!! :smash: Nice! Keep it up!
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Well my form wasn't so bad that it would of caused any serious injury or anything. Basically on the deadlift I was starting too low, with bench press I wasn't going full range of motion. Everything else was pretty minor I think. But it's all corrected now :D.

I_love_muscle said:
When you say "press" do you mean overhead press?

I always say don't worry about the numbers -- just worry about form and technique. Who gives a fuck how much you can push? ;)
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Yes I mean overhead press.

Yesterday was a mess. We started drinking by 2:00 PM, I was completely smashed by 5:00 PM and passed out by 7:00 PM lol. I'm giving up alcohol for a while...
 
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