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Been a while...
Easter report
I just got back from a weeks holiday in the UK with my fiancee that was really nice. Relaxing for a change! Normally when I head back for a short visit the fear of flying and every day being booked up with catching up with different people means that I don't get a chance to breath. There's normally very little downtime and before you know it i'm back on the plane anxious as hell wondering why the beer isn't working any looking at messages from ppl asking when I'm back in UK cos we didn't get a chance to meet.
Not this time!
I met with one of my best men and his gf and we started to plan my stag do while I ate apple pie which was fun. I also attended another friends wedding and still found time to hang out with another good mate and still have time for a day out with my fiancee in the Cotswolds, which was simply lovely. I'd been to the Cotswolds many times but not for about 10 years. I knew it was beautiful but it wasn't until this time that I felt glad to be there and imagined how amazing it would be to live there. We had lunch in Chipping Camden and then drove to Broadway for a cream tea. Both were very nice. There are a few pics on my insta for those who want to see.
Update on THE CUT: (warning TL;DR about calories and all that shlt)
It is feeling like it is going really well. I had been extremely conservative with my daily cal goal in as much as in only working at TIIINY deficit. I had some interesting results:
I was aiming for 2100 cal a day for the last month. However, each week I averaged 2300, 2400, 2300, 2200 but my weight was exactly the same at the end of the 4 weeks. I clearly hadn't hit the goal which makes it easy to see why I did't lose weight. Fortunately, I had been eating very well, easily the healthiest month of my life so strength has been going up pretty quickly. I could just say "ok hit 2100 this week and evaluate after weighing in after 1 week" but I've decided to simply lower (again very conservative) the cals to a nice round 2000 a day and try and hit that as close as I can without being too OTT about it. My macros are 40% carbohydrate/40% protein/20% fat (hitting this is hard though and I often end up around 33/33/33)
If I do this this I have no doubt I will lose weight and AT LEAST maintain strength. I am working out 4-5x a week atm so I am burning a decent amount of energy.
Last week was ofc Easter and I still managed to hit the gym 3 times which i'm super happy about because I would have been happy with two! Unsurprisingly I went from about 73.5kg to 75kg in one week which I can only assume was probably all water and fat. During this week I had some nice lists though lifting 120kg for a double on Deadlift and lifting 180kgx15, 200kgx12, 210kgx10, 220kgx8, 225kgx6 on leg press.
So I tried something a little different in my attempts to show serious heart and give 100%. On saturday I ate 400g of broccoli, 300g of pork loin, 2 eggs, 1 avocado and one whole cucumber in one meal which came to just over 1k cal. I immediately went into a 36hour fast on sodium and potassium and started burning through some fat in a muscle sparing manner.
I weighed in this morning at 72.2kg. I estimate I prolly lost about 2kg of water weight, 1kg from fat and 10-30g of muscle mass (which is **** all).
I think its about time to become accountable because I am far from shredded and far from overweight and in reality it should be relatively easy for me to get shredded in the next 7 weeks. I am injury free, the strongest I have ever been at this weight and generally feel very healthy.
Guess it's time to post some progress pics. It is important to note that I ALWAYS weigh in 1st thing after waking up. This is to keep things somewhat consistent etc with regards to things like water weight. There is no pump, no flexing, no funny lighting, nothing like that (I'll save that to the end haha)
About 5 weeks ago weighing 73kg:
This morning weighing 72.2kg:
I've heard a lot of people are saying that posting pics makes you accountable and that's the best way to make good progress so now I've done it. I must say I sort of do feel a bit more motivated already because If I don't make more progress it will go down as a fail!
So in conclusion, I am essentially the same weight but I am pretty sure I have lost fat and put on a little muscle as I am getting stronger all the time. I broke the fast this morning with some porridge with some nutella mixed in
. Will have an omlette for lunch, then its leg day, and then I will shovel in a ton of chicken breast and veg with some nice.
LETS DO THIS!!! time to get shredded and become a buff husband FK YEH
Poker:
Lets keep this short lol. EV peaking all the time, and i might even post update later or tomorrow if I can hit 8bbEV/100 for the year later.
My main issue right now is that I want to make sure my volume stays good. First 3 months were fantastic volume wise but lately I have been turning down the opportunity to flick in another mtt even if I could have easily done so. I know that smashing volume is the best way for me to finish the year with some good $$$ and I need to remind myself now, ITT, to stick by my guns and hit the goals I set myself at the start of the year.
this is YTD
I want to play 10k tournaments this year and am on pace to hit about 8k. It's time to turn up the heat!!
Just one hilarious hand from yesterday...
https://www.boomplayer.com/27439959_4978345392
OK guys, hope you are all well. I will try and be better with updates. Gl at the tables unless we are in a hand.