So it has been a while since my last post, but that's mainly because I haven't thought most of the things that've happened have been worth posting. So I'll try to summarize some of the ups and downs.
I've noticed that my Rest days seem to be the hardest for me to maintain eating the proper macros/micros. It seems like almost everything has a billion carbs in it. Anything that doesn't contain a bunch of carbs requires a lot of cooking.
So what ends up happening is that I go over my micros for the rest day which obviously doesn't help with losing weight. For the past week or so I've been more aware and have tried harder to make sure I do not go over those, and have noticed a bit more progress. I started out at roughly 200lbs and I'm down to 189 today, although it's probably considered cheating that I weighed myself first thing this morning after a Rest Day. On average I'm probably closer to 192.
I set a few goals for myself as far as new clothing or whatever are concerned. They may be relatively vain sorts of goals but whatever. Basically, I don't want to buy anything new until I'm convinced they would be able to be worn comfortably with a little more weight when I go for the recomp. I figure I want to maintain around 190 - 195.
My other goal for myself is to get to around ~10% body fat... right now I'm at about 15% or so.
Some positives though, the latest week in my Fitocracy tracking I've had the best lifts I've had in a while, save for maybe the bench where I still can't get over the 200-205lb x4 rep hurdle... here are some highlights.
155lb barbell squat x10
185lb Romanian Deadlift x10 (which reminds me I need some straps.)
225lb Deadlift x6
I should figure out my ORM (One Rep Max) at some point but for now I'll just keep going.
That's all for now. Today is another Rest Day and I think I'll actually be able to maintain it - read: I'm not hungover, therefore I do not require Burger King.
Gotta clean the hell out of my apartment. Pollen everywhere :(
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Two and a half weeks.
So I'm at the two and a half week mark. Things have been pretty smooth sailing save for a few snags... all of which I'll try to quickly summarize.
First, went back home this weekend but not before I thought, hey I should get a nice designer beer, relax and have a little reward. Yeah, designer beer turned into 5 drinks and a 4am bedtime. I was having too much fun harassing people online with my buddy Shawn in Battle Pirates.
So I missed hockey this weekend, and when I get home I ended up having a nice lunch with the Mom's (belated bday) and again, had a few drinks and too much food. Then on Sunday, too much food again although the roast beef sub I got from Royal Pizza was pretty much all I ate for the entire day. I figured I might as well kill off the last beer I had in the fridge and had 3 sips and fell asleep on the couch watching the Dark Ages (History Channel).
I've recovered well from this weekend's mishaps, and had a pretty solid routine going this week although I have to admit the cooking is taking up way too much of my time. I get home, work out, and then cook until 11pm. To be more specific, I get home around 7... work out around 7:30 or 8... done at ~9 and then I eat my big meal and then do some dishes and cook food for the next day. When it's all said and done, it's 11 freaking at night. It's a little draining, but I'll just need to become more efficient at it.
I'm also on week 2 day 2 of Couch to 5k which I'll be doing tomorrow (Thursday) although the bottom of my leg right above my ankle is stiff as hell and is bothering me a bit. I've been running on the front of my feet, instead of the heel to toe... but tomorrow maybe I'll try normal running. I have normal running shoes, and my friend Carl suggested that the slope it has in it may be putting extra pressure on my joints.
Check me on Fitocracy, yo http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/amazinglarry/
~fin
P.S. I have a new showerhead, and it's the most amazing thing that's happened to me in a while. It's like standing under concentrated rain, it's brilliant. I don't need to lean into the showerhead anymore since it's above me, and this thing puts out a good amount of water. So, so good. Heading there now - highlight of the night.
First, went back home this weekend but not before I thought, hey I should get a nice designer beer, relax and have a little reward. Yeah, designer beer turned into 5 drinks and a 4am bedtime. I was having too much fun harassing people online with my buddy Shawn in Battle Pirates.
So I missed hockey this weekend, and when I get home I ended up having a nice lunch with the Mom's (belated bday) and again, had a few drinks and too much food. Then on Sunday, too much food again although the roast beef sub I got from Royal Pizza was pretty much all I ate for the entire day. I figured I might as well kill off the last beer I had in the fridge and had 3 sips and fell asleep on the couch watching the Dark Ages (History Channel).
I've recovered well from this weekend's mishaps, and had a pretty solid routine going this week although I have to admit the cooking is taking up way too much of my time. I get home, work out, and then cook until 11pm. To be more specific, I get home around 7... work out around 7:30 or 8... done at ~9 and then I eat my big meal and then do some dishes and cook food for the next day. When it's all said and done, it's 11 freaking at night. It's a little draining, but I'll just need to become more efficient at it.
I'm also on week 2 day 2 of Couch to 5k which I'll be doing tomorrow (Thursday) although the bottom of my leg right above my ankle is stiff as hell and is bothering me a bit. I've been running on the front of my feet, instead of the heel to toe... but tomorrow maybe I'll try normal running. I have normal running shoes, and my friend Carl suggested that the slope it has in it may be putting extra pressure on my joints.
Check me on Fitocracy, yo http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/amazinglarry/
~fin
P.S. I have a new showerhead, and it's the most amazing thing that's happened to me in a while. It's like standing under concentrated rain, it's brilliant. I don't need to lean into the showerhead anymore since it's above me, and this thing puts out a good amount of water. So, so good. Heading there now - highlight of the night.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
End of Week 1.
So technically today is the end of week one, although since I didn't get started until Tuesday last week I ended up doing my squats and shrugs etc yesterday. So once tomorrow comes around it'll be a Monday / Wednesday / Friday schedule.
I also completed day 1 of week 1 in the C25K today. Technically this is my third time doing it, but now I'll be sticking with it along with this new program. One feeds into the other, right? Fitness Centipede?
I'll be recording and posting weekly weight and body fat % beginning tomorrow. I finally got my scale and Accu-Measure on Thursday. The scale is pretty high tech looking for only being 50 bucks. Thank you Amazon (Prime).
The diet has been pretty good, as far as food selection is concerned. I'm enjoying all the food I've been eating, especially after I discovered sirloin steak > chuck steak. I get to eat more of it, and it tastes way better.
On that note, time to cut up my chicken and get my lunch ready for tomorrow and hit the sack. I have some new bedsheets waiting for me and I can't wait to get between them. I'll pretend they're fighting and I'll come in to save the day by splitting them up. Aw yeah. Why are you still reading this?
"Go out there and hook a horn!
Auf Wiedersehen!"
I also completed day 1 of week 1 in the C25K today. Technically this is my third time doing it, but now I'll be sticking with it along with this new program. One feeds into the other, right? Fitness Centipede?
I'll be recording and posting weekly weight and body fat % beginning tomorrow. I finally got my scale and Accu-Measure on Thursday. The scale is pretty high tech looking for only being 50 bucks. Thank you Amazon (Prime).
The diet has been pretty good, as far as food selection is concerned. I'm enjoying all the food I've been eating, especially after I discovered sirloin steak > chuck steak. I get to eat more of it, and it tastes way better.
On that note, time to cut up my chicken and get my lunch ready for tomorrow and hit the sack. I have some new bedsheets waiting for me and I can't wait to get between them. I'll pretend they're fighting and I'll come in to save the day by splitting them up. Aw yeah. Why are you still reading this?
"Go out there and hook a horn!
Auf Wiedersehen!"
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
End of Days!
No, not with the Terminator playing the savior of the world by destroying the Devil... but it's the end of day 1. (Go see End of Days because it's an awesome bad movie, by the way).
Today was a pretty good day, although getting up at 8 and waiting until 1pm to eat was a little difficult. It wasn't a strain on me by any means, but I'm actually pretty used to some Lucky Charms in the morning. Yeah I know, it is delicious, isn't it?!
Meals:
Meal 1 - 1pm.
4oz of chicken breast in a half cup (uncooked) ziti with some Prego traditional sauce.
Total of 510 calories, 56 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 35 grams of protein.
Meal 2 - 5pm
Half cup of Oatmeal with a teaspoon of honey, 4oz chicken breast and a black cherry Chobani greek yogurt.
Total of 480 calories, 66 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 46 grams of protein.
Meal 3 - 9pm
8oz of chicken breast in a cup (uncooked) ziti with Prego traditional sauce. 3 scoops of whey protein, glass of milk and a baked sweet potato.
Total of 1334 calories, 144 carbs, 7 grams of fat and 142 grams of protein
Total for the day: 2324 calories, 266 carbs, 15 grams of fat and 223 grams of protein.
Workout:
5 sets of deadlifts. Max of 185lbs.
4 sets of chinups. ~7 reps each
3 sets of pendlay rows. 95lbs ~7 reps each
3 sets of kroc rows. 60lbs ~ 8 reps each
3 sets of power shrugs. 135lbs ~8 reps each.
Summary for today:
So I would say overall it was a pretty productive day, with all my meals (save the baked potato) already prepared ahead of time which helps a lot, since I'm not the biggest fan of cooking. I like to do everything all at once and get it out of the way.
The chicken ziti pasta is absolutely delicious, while the oatmeal and honey wasn't the greatest meal in the world, it was certainly tolerable. The extra chicken breast helped there. I should mention too that the chicken is those prepackaged 'italian' styled pieces from Stop & Shop and they're very tasty. I'm sure I'll eventually get sick of them, however for now this'll do while I figure out more meal options.
For the workout, I didn't exactly do the RPT (Reverse Pyramid Training) and this is mainly due to the fact that I haven't done many Deadlifts before (and I'm on the second floor). So I was mainly focusing on form and making sure I was putting myself in a position to develop good posture and habit when lifting. I definitely feel it, though... that's for sure.
Tomorrow is a rest day, although I'll be restarting my couch-to-5k in the morning. Should help get the day started, while I try to get to work by 9ish. I have everything prepared for tomorrow, save for the food I'll be eating after work. Rest days the biggest meals are first, so I wanted to make sure I had no excuse... plus it makes for smooth going when things are already done.
I will say though, I detest doing dishes. I think that's maybe been my achilles heel in the past where I dread the idea of doing dishes (or don't have any clean ones) to cook with. Oh well, get over it - right?
Right.
By the way only a few months left until the end of days. Will the destroyer read this blog and give us a second chance?
Today was a pretty good day, although getting up at 8 and waiting until 1pm to eat was a little difficult. It wasn't a strain on me by any means, but I'm actually pretty used to some Lucky Charms in the morning. Yeah I know, it is delicious, isn't it?!
Meals:
Meal 1 - 1pm.
4oz of chicken breast in a half cup (uncooked) ziti with some Prego traditional sauce.
Total of 510 calories, 56 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 35 grams of protein.
Meal 2 - 5pm
Half cup of Oatmeal with a teaspoon of honey, 4oz chicken breast and a black cherry Chobani greek yogurt.
Total of 480 calories, 66 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 46 grams of protein.
Meal 3 - 9pm
8oz of chicken breast in a cup (uncooked) ziti with Prego traditional sauce. 3 scoops of whey protein, glass of milk and a baked sweet potato.
Total of 1334 calories, 144 carbs, 7 grams of fat and 142 grams of protein
Total for the day: 2324 calories, 266 carbs, 15 grams of fat and 223 grams of protein.
Workout:
5 sets of deadlifts. Max of 185lbs.
4 sets of chinups. ~7 reps each
3 sets of pendlay rows. 95lbs ~7 reps each
3 sets of kroc rows. 60lbs ~ 8 reps each
3 sets of power shrugs. 135lbs ~8 reps each.
Summary for today:
So I would say overall it was a pretty productive day, with all my meals (save the baked potato) already prepared ahead of time which helps a lot, since I'm not the biggest fan of cooking. I like to do everything all at once and get it out of the way.
The chicken ziti pasta is absolutely delicious, while the oatmeal and honey wasn't the greatest meal in the world, it was certainly tolerable. The extra chicken breast helped there. I should mention too that the chicken is those prepackaged 'italian' styled pieces from Stop & Shop and they're very tasty. I'm sure I'll eventually get sick of them, however for now this'll do while I figure out more meal options.
For the workout, I didn't exactly do the RPT (Reverse Pyramid Training) and this is mainly due to the fact that I haven't done many Deadlifts before (and I'm on the second floor). So I was mainly focusing on form and making sure I was putting myself in a position to develop good posture and habit when lifting. I definitely feel it, though... that's for sure.
Tomorrow is a rest day, although I'll be restarting my couch-to-5k in the morning. Should help get the day started, while I try to get to work by 9ish. I have everything prepared for tomorrow, save for the food I'll be eating after work. Rest days the biggest meals are first, so I wanted to make sure I had no excuse... plus it makes for smooth going when things are already done.
I will say though, I detest doing dishes. I think that's maybe been my achilles heel in the past where I dread the idea of doing dishes (or don't have any clean ones) to cook with. Oh well, get over it - right?
Right.
By the way only a few months left until the end of days. Will the destroyer read this blog and give us a second chance?
Monday, April 23, 2012
Introduction
Hi, I'm Jeremy. It's nice to meet you, and if we've already met - I apologize but I can't put a name to your face. So let me re-introduce myself for the first time. Wait...
I'm a 30 year old bachelor living in Massachusetts. I work in the software entertainment industry, performing quality assurance engineering for various backend systems that support our company as a whole. I'm on the computer for probably 60 - 70% of my waking hours. For good or for ill, is still to be determined.
I would consider myself to be fairly athletic but that may just be a desperate memory of things I used to do. I remember being very active growing up, whether I was biking around town aimlessly, playing basketball or hockey in the backyard or in high school parking lots, pretending to be a fish in the ocean or even some games of manhunt. At some point, those activities began to slowly fade, to the point where I can barely remember the last time I really did anything active outside of my normal 'gym' routine or playing hockey on the weekends.
Of course, I don't mean to discount those activities but they seem to be the exception. I suppose as we get older and people discover love, pursue careers or begin families (does love need to be mutually exclusive there?) things seem to change slowly enough without noticing until it's too late. I don't mean to be philosophical, but I blame my friends for my sedentary/lightly active state. Nobody wants to run around anymore. Wusses.
Which brings me to the reason I'm here. I intend to keep a record of getting back into shape and leading a healthier lifestyle in general. I should take advantage of my relatively young age while I still can, because as the cliche goes, I'm not getting any younger.
To summarize, I'm staring an IF (Intermittent Fasting) "diet" tomorrow. Basically, it's 16 hours of fasting, and 8 hours of eating. Okay, it's not 8 straight hours of eating - it's just the window to eat. I've been reading up on Lean Gains on reddit.com and leangains.com and starting tomorrow I plan to do a -30 / +10, which is effectively Recommended Daily Calories - 30% for one day (Rest Days) and Recommended Daily Calories + 10% for the next (Work Days).
My target caloric intake is 2400 on training days, and 1800 on rest days. I use an IF Calculator, that can be found here. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
Here's a screenshot of my IF Calculations. Click on it for the full size. What is this, your first time on the internet?
That should do for now. I don't currently have a structure for this, and I can't guarantee one will emerge... but one needs to start somewhere, right?
Also, find me on Fitocracy at http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/amazinglarry/
I'm a 30 year old bachelor living in Massachusetts. I work in the software entertainment industry, performing quality assurance engineering for various backend systems that support our company as a whole. I'm on the computer for probably 60 - 70% of my waking hours. For good or for ill, is still to be determined.
I would consider myself to be fairly athletic but that may just be a desperate memory of things I used to do. I remember being very active growing up, whether I was biking around town aimlessly, playing basketball or hockey in the backyard or in high school parking lots, pretending to be a fish in the ocean or even some games of manhunt. At some point, those activities began to slowly fade, to the point where I can barely remember the last time I really did anything active outside of my normal 'gym' routine or playing hockey on the weekends.
Of course, I don't mean to discount those activities but they seem to be the exception. I suppose as we get older and people discover love, pursue careers or begin families (does love need to be mutually exclusive there?) things seem to change slowly enough without noticing until it's too late. I don't mean to be philosophical, but I blame my friends for my sedentary/lightly active state. Nobody wants to run around anymore. Wusses.
Which brings me to the reason I'm here. I intend to keep a record of getting back into shape and leading a healthier lifestyle in general. I should take advantage of my relatively young age while I still can, because as the cliche goes, I'm not getting any younger.
To summarize, I'm staring an IF (Intermittent Fasting) "diet" tomorrow. Basically, it's 16 hours of fasting, and 8 hours of eating. Okay, it's not 8 straight hours of eating - it's just the window to eat. I've been reading up on Lean Gains on reddit.com and leangains.com and starting tomorrow I plan to do a -30 / +10, which is effectively Recommended Daily Calories - 30% for one day (Rest Days) and Recommended Daily Calories + 10% for the next (Work Days).
My target caloric intake is 2400 on training days, and 1800 on rest days. I use an IF Calculator, that can be found here. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
Here's a screenshot of my IF Calculations. Click on it for the full size. What is this, your first time on the internet?
That should do for now. I don't currently have a structure for this, and I can't guarantee one will emerge... but one needs to start somewhere, right?
Also, find me on Fitocracy at http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/amazinglarry/
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