Fat, Skinny Fat, Jacked?

[LJ6989]

I've been on a journey to the body I've always wanted. I've been the king of excuses for years. I competed in Powerlifting for quite a few years ranging from 275-315 in body weight. My journey started in late July 2013 at my heaviest of 337. I was in a bad place. I was depressed GF and I had just ended as well as many other thing; so I went home 1000 miles from where I typically reside, after not being home for almost 5 years. I sat on Mama's couch for 2.5 weeks. I came back and was ready to make a change. Due to school and work, lifting was nearly impossible. All I had was dieting and occasional running to use to get my weight down. I'll be 25 in a few weeks. I figured I will capture my progress here as my body changes. This is my journey. Fat to Skinny Fat to Jacked.

July 27th, 2013 337lbs


March 22nd, 2014


May 5th, 2014

 

[sammy555]

Keep going man. You will feel better and better about yourself the nearer you get to your goals.

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[LJ6989]

Keep going man. You will feel better and better about yourself the nearer you get to your goals.

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Thanks Sammy!

 

[LJ6989]

The second Pic weight is 209
The third Pic weight is 230

 

[LJ6989]

Training

My training split will be as follows:

Sunday:
Quads
Calves

Monday:
Back
Traps

Tuesday:
Chest
Abs

Wednesday:
Hamstrings
Calves

Thursday:
Off

Friday:
Shoulders
Traps

Saturday:
Arms
Abs

I usually do between 4-5 exercises with 3-4 working sets. My reps are usually 20-12. I do some super sets. I will try to log workouts. At first I was struggling with embarrassment of my lack of strength. I'm past that now. My training partner and good buddy keeps me pushing.

 

[LJ6989]

Meals

My meals are pretty basic. I'm trying to lean out and still build muscle. This is probably my weaker part of knowledge.

0600:
10 egg whites
Mrs Dash Seasoning

0900:
8oz Chicken Breast
2tbls Mrs Dash Marinade

1200:
8oz Chicken Breast
2tbls Mrs Dash Marinade
11oz Green Salad

1500:
8oz Chicken Breast
2tbls Mrs Dash Marinade

1730 Pre Training:
2 Scoops Whey

2000 Immediately Post Training:
8oz Swai
Mrs Dash Seasoning

2200 Pre Bed:
2tbls Natty Almond Butter
5oz Red Wine

Fluids:
1.5 Gallons Water with Crystal Light Spread Out

Supps:
750 Tribulus x2 Daily
Zma with B6 Nightly
Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein
Cellucor C4 Preworkout
MP Glutamine in Shake and In Water Consumed throughout day
Muscletech Amino Build Preworkout

 

[sammy555]

I'm not familiar with any of the mrs dash stuff so don't know the macros but it looks like your living on just protein and a little fat? I'm not going to lie I have no idea what swai is either. Your making good progress for sure but there's done real knowledgeable diet fits on hear that can probably help you achieve even more. I'm gonna follow your progress, I enjoy watching people turn things around

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[LJ6989]

I'm not familiar with any of the mrs dash stuff so don't know the macros but it looks like your living on just protein and a little fat? I'm not going to lie I have no idea what swai is either. Your making good progress for sure but there's done real knowledgeable diet fits on hear that can probably help you achieve even more. I'm gonna follow your progress, I enjoy watching people turn things around

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Thanks Sammy! Swai is a white fish. Super cheap and real buttery tastinf! Yea basically only protein right now. I'm also receptive to Input and am continuing to research diet changes!

 

[prometheus1982]

Great job on turning it around man!

 

[LJ6989]

Great job on turning it around man!

Thanks bro! Appreciate it!

 

[DevastatingDave]

Great progress, really like seeing stuff like this. Youre changing everything for the better brother!


Ever think about GH or peptides? Elevated GH might help your skin tighten back up. Just food for thought.

 

[LJ6989]

Great progress, really like seeing stuff like this. Youre changing everything for the better brother!


Ever think about GH or peptides? Elevated GH might help your skin tighten back up. Just food for thought.

Thanks man! I really appreciate it! I have considered GH. I wanna get some muscle on and get lean and evaluate from there. Def a plausible option I will keep in my bag of tricks though.

 

[bxbomber]

Great progress bro

 

[LJ6989]

Great progress bro

Thanks bro!

 

[LJ6989]

Hamstrings

Hamstrings are usually a chill day. Thank god tomorrow is a rest day!

Seated leg curl
90x25 120x20 165x20 195x20 225x20 255x18 285x15

Seated leg press calves
150x30 190x25 250x20 290x20 330x15

SLDL
135x20 185x20 225x17 275x15 315x6

Standing barbell calves
135x25 185x20 225x20 275x15 275x15

Standing single leg curls
50x25 50x20 50x15 50x15

15 mins treadmill

Glad to get that over with!

 

[LJ6989]

Rest Day

Well it's finally rest day! Accupunturist was booked up! Guess it's ibuprofen and homework after work today. I'm gonna enjoy the couch time!

 

[mikelee12790]

Keep going bro

 

[LJ6989]

Keep going bro

Will do! Thanks bro!

 

[LJ6989]

Yesterday's day off was a drag. Work was long and wound up doing HW from 1900-2300. FML have an exam tomorrow AM. Looking forward to hitting shoulders hard today! And more importantly, CARBS TOMORROW!

 

[sammy555]

Yesterday's day off was a drag. Work was long and wound up doing HW from 1900-2300. FML have an exam tomorrow AM. Looking forward to hitting shoulders hard today! And more importantly, CARBS TOMORROW!

So you carb cycle or just refeed. Id be interested to see what you carb rotation looks like

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