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Darth Biscuit

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Jase Apprentice

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so I've been sick/had a sinus infection for the last 10 days or so...

 

 

... didn't stop me from hitting the gym 4 times in that period. (slack)

 

lost 2.5 pounds. (dammit) but I did find out that physical exertion will do wonders to temporarily open up bad sinus congestion.

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Big A Newbie

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5 days into my program I've lost 8 pounds so far haha crazy. I'm guessing that's a lot of water weight but I already look closer to having a 6 pack

What's your "program"? Are you just cutting calories or doing cardio or lifting or all three?

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Proudiddy Grand Master

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Captains log... wait... okay, so here is my long ass update.

To preface this, I'll open by saying I have had a rough few weeks recently in terms of my lifestyle. My wife and I are both starting new jobs, my oldest child started school back, etc., so it has definitely taken a toll on my regimen and diet to some degree. I was in my 2nd week of the 2nd month of Insanity when these recent events all kind of impacted what I had grown accustomed to over the summer. So, over the last few weeks, I have ate more fast food than I would like - usually pizza or fried chicken is the worst of it. But, I've limited myself for the day if I HAD to eat fast food. If I had to go to chickfila or something, I opt for the grilled chicken nuggets, which nutritionally are amazing aside from the sodium. Also have mixed in Subway. And if I have to eat pure crap, like fried chicken, I eat one piece and leave it at that. I'd also say, for the most part, I'm undereating. Some days ill eat just one meal and a snack or two. Thats not by design, I just haven't had much time to preplan or cook lately. Furthermore, I have restarted this same week of insanity for probably a month straight, lol. I'll get in like 2 days and then I have to take a day off or so and feel like I'm way off track and then just start it over the next week, only getting 2 or 3 days of it in each week.

So, that leads me to this... I had to go to the doctor's for a physical for the job I just got on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. I knew going in that they apparently put a monitor on you and make you do a step test. So, I go in, the doc is real cool. They out the monitor on me and I'm a little anxious, but all it was, was stepping up and down on a stool and they wanted your heart rate to stay below a certain number to pass on to the next phase of it. So, I stepped the first 3 minutes and he says,"what do you do to stay in shape?" I told him insanity. He says,"you can tell." So then he tells me that my HR barely moved and if I make it past the next phase, ill reach a level that he's only seen 22 times in 4 years of doing these physicals IIRC. SO, then I get a little nervous. I start the next 3 minutes, this time stepping faster. I get done and ask him if I made it, he said the limit for that phase was a HR of 128 and mine reached 133. I was so pissed at myself.

Why?

Because I had literally done nothing but ab exercises, pushups, and pullups for the last 5 days or so leading up to the appointment. If I had done insanity like I should for thr last week, I'm absolutely certain I would've made it under that rate easily. He tells me the guys who have made that level consisted of former pro athletes and special forces guys. He then tells me if I want, I can stop by the office again down the road and he'll do it again for me to see if I make it. So close...

But, I was still proud of myself because I've been slack but still making sure I do something EVERYDAY. And apparently, the 2 or 3 days I've been doing insanity each week has maintained my level of fitness since I got to that week of the program. And, I guess the undereating has helped in some way as well, although unintended... I'm hovering around 181-184 everyday after starting the year st 195 completely sedentary. So some of that weight is muscle and I still have lost that much fat. And you can tell... I've also been using an ab wheel as I did back in the day when I was really cut up and you can now see each and every ab muscle. Now my goal is to complete the rest of insanity, clean up my diet a little more, and then start the new FocusT25 program, for the immediate future at least. I still have to get a layer of "extra off" before I'm ready to post the pics here though... I'm thinking another 10 lbs and I'm ready and I can see the light! I feel young, attractive, and virile again lol.

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I've done pretty good this week... nothing really exciting but I've hit the gym everyday.  Was debating taking today off bc me and Joscott are hitting the gym tomorrow morning, but I'll probably go just do some cardio.

 

I've been trying to ramp up my deadlifts some and did the most weight I've ever done on Wednesday, 350 for 4 reps on my last set.  Pretty sure I can get 400 easily but I'm taking it easy so that my back gets used to it... I am pretty old after all.

 

Joscott on the other hand has been a lazy bum... all he wants to do is go to the gym and hit on the womenz...  ima have to push him hard tomorrow... :P

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Proudiddy Grand Master

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I apologize for all the typos, the combo of my fingers typing on these tiny keys and my "smartphone's" lack of intelligence when it comes to autocorrect are a disaster.

I also wanted to ask if you guys had any good recipes for quinoa? I have a whole bag of it and have yet to open it because I have no idea what to do with it.

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