BP issue

[Josefein421]

You know I don't think I've ever had a woman want to see a pic of me as much as you do. But here you go. No I'm not lean. But I'm not a fat ass either. Well maybe by this sites standards I am. I don't care to starve myself and spend an hour every day on the Elliptical. I'm doing 30-35 minutes 5 days a week at least. That is good enough for me.

You’re in better shape than I expected. Not fat. But I think your diet is that of a shw powerlifter. JM Blakely would approve.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

Actually that is damn good and that picture is taken in a clearly unflattering way. Solid build for sure. For even guys in great shape just snapping a pic in plane lighting, no pump or even trying to have a posture to look "big" many of us look that way. Kudos to you. Lot of muscle there.

Thanks man I appreciate that. I can't bring myself to put in the effort people do to try and make a picture look perfect. I'm too lazy. Ha ha. I need some more tan. I actually have a little believe it or not. I am really pale naturally. Like Casper The Ghost pale.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

And perhaps less sdrol

haha oh yeah I totally missed that part. even if his BP was up before the SD, I'd cut it out

I dropped that a few days ago. Only reason I took it was because I just had a few pills and thought just do it and be done. I'll never mess with it again. I'd had those for 5 yrs. I even dropped my 3IU of GH at bedtime. But frankly I've been taking that stuff for 4 yrs and its never messed with anything before. So I thought just drop it and see if there is any difference. Which there isn't. But never hurts to try.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

Are you not regularly weighing yourself?

Hell no. I haven't weighed regularly since back when I was trying to get bigger. I remember those days being obsessed with the scale. The thing is its 15 lbs that was gained over a period of 4 months. I don't think many people who are hardcore lifters would really notice that over a period of 4 months. Unless of course as you said they are weighing regularly. It comes out to less than 4 pounds a month. That's not like a cycle back when I would blow up 15lbs the first 3 weeks.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

I think you just need to knock off the weight you added. You could REDUCE carbs and you will probably lose some water weight and that will help. I would also try to control your stress and not get all spun out about it. I don't think the stress is helping and when I get stressed my systolic goes up. I would simply...

- Add a little cardio
- Reduce or eliminate carbs
- try to reduce stress/anxiety

continue to test (but not neurotically) and see how things go.

I think I'm gonna cut the oatmeal in half. Instead of 2 cups a day. 1 cup a day split in half. Like I said staying "full" is a problem with me. I get "hangry" when I'm hungry. I would love to go pretty much just Keto. I am a big believer in that way of eating. But damn was it hard for me to stay full on it.

I do 30-35 minutes of cardio at least 5 days a week. Only day I don't do it is Quad day. I am taking one day off a week. I may start going in just for cardio even on that day.

You are completely right about the "obsessing" over the bp. Mine has been great for so long that to see it shoot up like that has stressed me out. Hypertension and heart disease runs in my family. I've been very proactive about my health. I had a Cardiac Ct Scan done in 2018 along with an Echo. I just had another Echo done and a Calcium Score this time. I want to be healthy and active as long as I can. No what we guys do isn't the "healthiest" way of living. But I think you have to be even more proactive about your health than the "ordinary people" when you live this way. And listen to what your body is telling you. It is about "living" after all.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

Actually that is damn good and that picture is taken in a clearly unflattering way. Solid build for sure. For even guys in great shape just snapping a pic in plane lighting, no pump or even trying to have a posture to look "big" many of us look that way. Kudos to you. Lot of muscle there.

Shit you're right. I didn't even think about that. Let me go do some curls and post another one.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

You’re in better shape than I expected. Not fat. But I think your diet is that of a shw powerlifter. JM Blakely would approve.

You have to be kidding me right? I added the calories up. This isn't "exact". I have no clue of the calories in some spinach leaves, a carrot or a roma tomato. But I came up with 4,449 calories. You're telling me a guy 300 plus pounds eats only that many calories? That is hard for me to imagine. When I was 300lbs I ate even more than this. I would think a shw powerlifter that heavy and moving those poundages would be 6000 calories easy. Don't those guys weigh like 400lbs? I'm not a bodybuilder or powerlifter. I just lift.

I have no clue who JM Blakely is.

 

[aHarness]

You have to be kidding me right? I added the calories up. This isn't "exact". I have no clue of the calories in some spinach leaves, a carrot or a roma tomato. But I came up with 4,449 calories. You're telling me a guy 300 plus pounds eats only that many calories? That is hard for me to imagine. When I was 300lbs I ate even more than this. I would think a shw powerlifter that heavy and moving those poundages would be 6000 calories easy. Don't those guys weigh like 400lbs? I'm not a bodybuilder or powerlifter. I just lift.

I have no clue who JM Blakely is.

Did you post your diet anywhere? I may have missed it. I’m not sure where the SHW comment is coming from.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

Did you post your diet anywhere? I may have missed it. I’m not sure where the SHW comment is coming from.

Yeh look back on page 3. It was in response to R3aper7. To me 4400 calories isn't a lot. Each of us is so different in our metabolisms and activity level outside of the gym however. I could drop my evening shake and be at 3400 calories. That's what I like about the shakes. Easy to just drop one and drop a lot of calories in a flash. As opposed to trying to change meals around.

 

[Growthman]

7-8 more pounds is a lot for the body to adjust to and the heart. Especially if that weight is stabilized and not temporary. My money would be on the weight gain given it’s the metric that

This. 10 pounds from more food bumped me from 125-150 sys. My BP and body weight are most correlated