290 to 260

[Sarumyan]

Day 100!!!!!!!! 272.2 lbs.

Had a carb up today. Primarily because I was holding a lot of water. I tried not to drink too much, but I think I ended up drinking 2.5 liters of tea/water.
Thirst was strong.

Training: Walking relaxed - 3 hours. Tanning - 12 minutes. Weights - 1 hour, pretty intense.


Diet:

While it is getting harder physically, my mental toughness has grown by 1000%. I am in complete control of what I put in my body and how I train.

 

[Sarumyan]

Pic update at 274.2 (Day 101)
Note: I take my pics first thing in the morning, no liquid or pump or anything.
Note2: Damn it, I am still fatter than 3 weeks ago at 269...e.e
Note3: Weight keeps stalling at around 272-274, not sure why but its annoying.

 

[Obscure Terror]

Dude, at your bodyweight the water fluctuations can be huge. I can be 97kg one day and 94kg another depending on how hydrated I am. I wouldn't sweat it, be consistent and focus on the mirror not the scale.

 

[Sarumyan]

Dude, at your bodyweight the water fluctuations can be huge. I can be 97kg one day and 94kg another depending on how hydrated I am. I wouldn't sweat it, be consistent and focus on the mirror not the scale.

That's what my brain keeps telling me, but you get touchy and emotional on the diet lol.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 101 was very good.

No carb - Around 1200 calories. Mostly chicken and egg.

Training: 3 hours of walking, 30minutes of machine.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 102: 270.8 lbs
Ridiculous day.

Woke up, walked for an hour, and during my walk I thought : "Why not go for a fast for a while, I seem to have my mental toughness back." And that I did. Energy was through the roof today, was even horny as hell at noon.

Today diet - 3 litres of tea and water.
6 teaspoons of sugar, Ice Cap from Tim hortons.
Total - 350 calories.

Training: 4 hour of walking - mall, tanning salon, just walking around fast.
40 minutes of machine ( it says 870 calories, but I think it's closer to 600).

Note: In before some gym rat idealist starts screaming about fasting - don't bother. I tried it before - and it bloody works. I am not going to do it in excess - several days, and only if I feel good.
Reasonable re-feed next weekend.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 103: 267.3 Finally reached lowest point since I started. Of course some water would be regained as waste, but still I visibly slimmed down.

yesterday night was very tough mentally, pretty much like right now. Been a bit light headed and dizzy. I can still walk for hours (ketosis), however, working is hard. Mood has been up and down. Sometimes I felt like "man, fck this weight loss", but my recently grown pair of balls prevented anything bad.

Today's diet: Green Tea Latte - small - ~180 cals
Ice Capp - medium - 220 cals
Mango Chiller - 12oz - 230 cals
Sugar in my tea - 80 cal
Around 730 calories total from carbs today to keep me sane.

Training: Walking ~2.5 hours. + Did very very light weights at YMCA - 45 minutes (just to get some blood action going)

Already thinking about my cheat day. Will resume the calorie-restricted diet on Wednesday or Thursday.

 

[Sarumyan]

Knees... are not bothering me, despite the walking. Talk about healing power of fasting.

Thinking about buying a cheap gaming laptop. I get this urge once or twice per year to play some games for couple of weeks. Sort of a stress release for me.

Not a gamer, but a big fan of Dragon Age and Witcher series. Waiting for sequels.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 104: 266.3 lbs
Great day!

Broke the fast at 9.30 p.m. I went to the gym to just watch a new boxer spar our guys, but then got dragged into 40 minutes of light rolling, and very light boxing class.

When I came back - I had back cramps and some metallic taste in my mouth. I decided that it is a good sign to eat something.

Tomorrow: Resuming normal diet, would do a low carb to avoid bloating up for a weekly weight ins I do at BB.com.

Today's diet: Kim Chi Chigae - 650 calories, Rice - 240 calories, 2 apples- 160, Green Tea Latte - 220, Cappuccino - 180.

Workout - 40 minutes rolling, 1 hour boxing - both super light.
Walking - 4 hours.

Note1: Was at 265.0 right after workout ( I drank 1.5 litres there), so I assume I lost good weight overall.

Note2: Cheat day on Friday, can't wait. Going to eat sushi and waffles.

 

[Sarumyan]

actually it would make sense to have a controlled cheat day tomorrow, then go all the way to July to hit 263.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 105: 266.0 Real man Cheat day.

Had continental breakfast with sausage and a big waffle with cream ~1400calories
Green tea latte x2, with pretzel ~600 calories
Bubble Tea large - 500 calories
Japanese Buffet .. not sure but a lot - ~2000 calories
Waffles ~900 calories
Sandwhich ~ 400 calories
Chocolate ~ 500 calories.

Total: ~6500 calories.

A day well spent, since I just got my diploma, solved applications and so on.

Good day... sick of food, want to get back to diet.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 106: Was a cheat day of sorts too. Coming off cheat days always been my weakest point. I just wanted waffles so baaaad.

I don't know what's up with my new found love for waffles sh$t.

But whatever. Day was full rest. Diet - ~4500 calories.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 107: Still in the rabbits hole.
Too many things happening to focus on the diet. However, I did exercise as usual today, so Caloric surplus should be 300-600 - no big deal. I must however not repeat my past mistakes of ruining all the progress.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 108: Diet but not active.

Calories - around 1200.
Training: none.

Big news - Bought a monster gaming MSI laptop. Not a gamer, but fck it. I want to play sometimes too.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 109:\Uneventful day, except I sold my 2011 Mac for 500$ - yay. I bought it for 700 and used i for 2 years... good deal.

Calories - around 3500.
Activity - almost none.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 113: Back to the gym. I think I needed a mental break for some time now, and it worked well. I played Mass Effect 1,2,3 to the death - had this urge for several months haha. But played out now - ready to get back to work.

Diet was not horrible, but still must have gained 3-4 pounds. Going to fast for 3 days starting from tomorrow to quickly negate the damage from my vacation.

I wanted to wait until 260 to implement IF, but I will see. Might start it sooner.

Cheers.

 

[Sarumyan]

Day 114: Excellent day - fasting.

Not much to report - went to the dentist and bowling hah.

 

[Obscure Terror]

Are you following an Eat-Stop-Eat type of protocol?

As of today I'm back doing a 16/8 intermittent fast ala Leangains, 20% calorie deficit. It's much more gentle and maintainable than 24 hour fast and lets me train every day. However a pro MMA fighter I know used to do a 24 hour fast once a week, and do an hour of fasted cardio during, and he lost 20lbs that way to get his stubborn fat off.

 

[Sarumyan]

Are you following an Eat-Stop-Eat type of protocol?

As of today I'm back doing a 16/8 intermittent fast ala Leangains, 20% calorie deficit. It's much more gentle and maintainable than 24 hour fast and lets me train every day. However a pro MMA fighter I know used to do a 24 hour fast once a week, and do an hour of fasted cardio during, and he lost 20lbs that way to get his stubborn fat off.

Hey. my plan was to start a more aggressive 20/4 protocol once I get to a solid 260 pounds. Right now I am around 20%, so I can still afford large caloric deficit.

I plan to use my old trusty liquid diet. I drink mostly water, and if I have cravings I would drink a latte or go to Booster Juice. It's aggressive, but very effective.

I will keep it up for several days.

 

[Sarumyan]

Interesting note: During my last 7 days when I didn't exercise or walk - I noticed a large increase in muscle size, especially the areas I have been working on - arms, forearms and traps.

Its not just glycogen - because I wasn't glycogen depleted before, and not simply better definition due to fat loss. I noticed it beore as well - I would kill myself in a gym, eat a very strict diet - and after I take a week off - I would get noticeably more muscular once I come off the regimen.

Perhaps the body adjust to the stress when it has the resources and increases the muscles first? Maybe it's just me - my whole family is full of big athletic guys. My father is a runner/kickboxer - still huge even though he didn't train for like 20 years.