Wednesday June 6 – 140.6 lbs

Again nadda, lazy arse

1633 cal/70 carb/75 fat/181 protein/21 fibre

I am starting to get worried about this stall. I need to line up a new goal. Maybe I can convince myself I need some training to walk around in San Francisco for a trip I have coming up in a couple months. I need Coach Loco to come berate me with lots of fack bombs. I need to read a motivational post by Monte where he throws together a perfect beef wellington, souffle, bearnaise sauce and baked Alaska from scratch with only a paper clip and some olive oil all before breakfast while at the same time Coaching the mini’s to victory in soccer uniforms that he hand crafted the night before and then slams out a few perfect sets of squats with his impossibly long limbs. All while working on the road overseas. I need Thremp to be freed.

Maybe I’ll go watch old vids of G4S leaping out of a pool.

Thursday June 7 – 139.9 lbs

The decomp continues

1454 cal/113 carb/54 fat/149 protein/35 fibre

Friday June 8 – 139.8 lbs

The decomp continues to continue

1874 cal/156 carb/68 fat/181 protein/39 fibre

My wife is jealous that I tend to not eat when depressed/lost in obsession land. Like most, she tends to go the other direction. Bumped my cals back up a bit with a steak, a couple sweet potatoes and an ice cream sandwich. Added some greek yogurt and whey on top.

Finally got it all done. Completed it in just under a week. We will see if I can get on with life now.

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Saturday June 9 – 140.7 lbs

15 min swim

1973 cal/174 carb/76 fat/174 protein/37 fibre

It wasn’t much but it was better than the last several days.

Sunday June 10 – 140.7 lbs

5/3/1 C8W1D1, 3/5/1 BBB – OHP TM 95

10 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff

OHP – 10x45lbs, 3x65, 3x70, 3x75, 3x80, 3x85, 3x5x65
NG Chins – 5x10xbw
Facepulls – 5x12x45lbs
Bench – 10x45lbs, 10x65, 5x10x75
DB Curls – 2x12x25lbs

10 min swim

2239 cal/176 carb/93 fat/198 protein/24 fibre

I had to help my wife keep an eye on a garage sale, so snuck in a bit of a workout over the course of a couple hours. Not sure if this will count as breaking out of my slump.

June 4 – June 10 Daily Averages: 140.8 lbs/15.7% bf/1704 cal/127 carb/66 fat/171 protein /7:09 sleep

Monday June 11 – 140.7 lbs

90 min massage

5/3/1 C8W1D2, 3/5/1 BBB – Squat TM 225-

10 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff

Squats – bwx10, 10x45lbs, 5x95, 5x125, 3x160, 3x170, 3x180, 2x190
Ab Wheel – 3x10
RDL – 8x45lbs, 8x95
Block Pulls – 5x95lbs, 5x10x125

1895 cal/130 carb/75 fat/191 protein/30 fibre

Pulled up a rep short at 190 and didn’t take a crack at 205. It felt good to get back at it a bit though. When I was done anyway.

I still do not have a clear goal but it is shifting closer to some kind of maintenance and away from strength gains. I will keep trying to move more weight but I would like to chip away at improving general health and fitness and want to get my body in trekking shape. Following the recent Grand Canyon trip there has been some Macchu Picchu and Kilimanjaro-ish type trips discussed. Something like that may or may not happen but getting ready for such a thing will hopefully keep me motivated.

Tuesday June 12 – 141.0 lbs

Rest day

AM:
Walk – 35:05, 1.7 miles, +20lbs

2123 cal/98 carb/98 fat/159 protein/39 fibre

Ate a lot of salad and a lot of sweet and salty popcorn. Balanced diet.

Wednesday June 13 – 141.8 lbs

5/3/1 C8W1D3, 3/5/1 BBB – Bench TM 135

AM:
10 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff
Bench – 10x45lbs, 10x65, 5x80, 3x90, 3x100, 3x110, 3x115, 5x120, 12x95
KB Rows – 5x10x20kg
DB Hammer Curls – 3x12x25lbs

PM:
OHP – 5x10x47.5
Fat Grip Pullups – 4x7xbw

1793 cal/115 carb/66 fat/199 protein/31 fibre

Salad and cookies. More balance.

Thursday June 14 – 142.5 lbs

Walk – 38:04, 1.73 miles, +22.5lbs

2105 cal/122 carb/94 fat/174 protein/30 fibre

Friday June 15 – 142.0 lbs

18 holes golf

2231 cal/124 carb/98 fat/182 protein/33 fibre

Saturday June 16 – 141.4 lbs

1997 cal/182 carb/77 fat/161 protein/35 fibre

Sunday June 17 – 140.5 lbs

1919 cal/122 carb/82 fat/187 protein/22 fibre

June 11 – June 17 Daily Averages: 141.4 lbs/15.7% bf/2071 cal/133 carb/89 fat/180 protein /6:34 sleep

A fair amount of nothing going on lately. Still struggling to get back at it.

Monday June 18 – 140.2 lbs

Rest day, lol

1773 cal/168 carb/69 fat/149 protein/42 fibre

My boys have been pushing hard for some camping trips and I have been slowly giving in. I spent the last several days chipping away at gearing up. One of my brothers wants to drag me with him for a night or two in the Adirondacks as well so decent timing on the gearing up. Hiking in the Adirondacks sounds like something that lifting weights would be useful for so maybe I can convince myself to pick them up again.

Tuesday June 19 – 140.7 lbs

5/3/1 C8W2D1, 3/5/1 BBB – DL TM 235-

5 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff

RDL – 8x45lbs, 8x95
Block Pulls – 5x95lbs, 5x125, 3x165, 3x175, 3x190, 3x200, 5x210
Ab Wheel – 3x12

1773 cal/168 carb/69 fat/149 protein/42 fibre

I managed to sneak in half of a workout in the morning before work but could not convince myself to finish up the bbb squats in the evening.

Macchu Picchu would be amazing to do. I think that's a really great way to motivate yourself with fitness. Just doing stuff for H&F is all well and good but easy to ignore on a cold/hot/rainy/busy/meh day. The thought of getting yourself ready for an adventure is much more inspiring. Imo anyway Good luck, I hope you get there.

Thanks Rexx. A couple months ago I would have argued that I don't need any sort of goal to keep me at it but that was when I had one. I think you nailed it about H&F being very easy to ignore on certain days.

Great to see you back in your log and out and about in the forum!

Wednesday June 20 – 140.3 lbs

Squats – bwx10, 10x45lbs, 5x10x115
Ab Wheel – 3x12

2102 cal/172 carb/96 fat/151 protein/27 fibre

Finished off the BBB portion of Tuesday’s workout in the morning. My body really does not like squatting, even with babyweights.

Thursday June 21 – 141 lbs

5/3/1 C8W2D2, 3/5/1 BBB – OHP TM 95

AM:
5 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff
OHP – 10x45lbs, 5x60, 5x65, 5x70, 5x75, 4x80, 5x65
NG Chins – 5x10xbw
Facepulls – 3x14x45lbs

1828 cal/144 carb/93 fat/125 protein/23 fibre

Failed the last rep on OHP. Last rep on each of the last few sets of chins was borderline. Typically, my shoulders touch or almost touch the hand grips on NG chins. On the last rep I was somewhere closer to nose barely over the hand grips which should still have my chin over the bar, but perhaps not.

My waist around the belly button has seemingly jumped to 33.5 inches from 32 inches just last week. My little bit of muscle is apparently melting and sliding down my body and getting caught just above my hips. It’s a good look.

Friday June 22 – 141.7 lbs

Bench – 10x45lbs, 10x65, 5x10x75
DB Curls – 3x12x25lbs

1650 cal/183 carb/54 fat/130 protein/39 fibre

Finished up the bbb portion a day later again. Camped out in the backyard with the boys last night. We had some dehydrated meals and treats last night and another similar meal in the morning. Enough sodium in under 12 hours to last a month.

Saturday June 23 – 142.2 lbs

Do no exercise day

1229 cal/180 carb/109 fat/150 protein/34 fibre

I paid my respects to the temp(?) closing of MLYLT’s log with half of a breakfast donut and an afternoon bacon cheese burger. I messed up with the broccoli side choice, but I tried. In my defense I wasn’t aware of the log closing until later otherwise I would have gone full poutine or onion rings. I broke my knee and ran a half marathon in the evening. Not going to log it though because I was limping a lot. Cals may be off a little (1k at a min). RIP.

Sunday June 24 – 141.0 lbs

5/3/1 C8W2D3, 3/5/1 BBB – Squat TM 225

5 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff
Squats – bwx10, 10x45lbs, 5x95, 5x125, 5x145, 5x160, 5x170, 5x180, 5x190
Ab Wheel – 3x15

1978 cal/173 carb/79 fat/162 protein/21 fibre

June 18 – June 24 Daily Averages: 141.1 lbs/15.8% bf/1896 cal/160 carb/82 fat/148 protein /7:07 sleep

Sucked it up and did some squats in the morning. Managed to get all my prescribed reps in this time after not coming close on the last squat day. I have been slacking on my warm up and core stuff but it sure makes a nice difference in the time commitment. I’m sure I’ll be pleased with the time savings when my lower back goes oldman snappo again. I did not suck it up and complete the bbb block pulls same day. Squeezed half an ice cream sandwich bar and a good pile of movie popcorn into the calorie count and all I had to give up were fruits and veggies. Homage paid.

Monday June 25 – 140.6 lbs

5 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff

RDL – 8x45lbs, 8x95
Block Pulls – 5x95lbs, 5x10x125
Hanging knee raises – 3x18

1807 cal/143 carb/80 fat/152 protein/42 fibre

Did the BBB portion of Sunday’s workout on Monday morning. Still having difficulty finding the willpower to fit a full workout into one day. I had to prepare for the Westworld season finale on Sunday so I will obviously give myself a pass on that one.

I know this is a bit late but I really like what you did with your outside area. It looks great! Do you use your pool much? I've only lived somewhere that had a pool once but I used it constantly. It was the tropics though so could be used all year round.

Thanks Rexx!

I don't use it as much as I feel I should but between two kids, my wife and various other family members it does get a good amount of use. I go in stints where I use it fairly regularly but I haven't had one of those yet this pool season. We open it pretty early in May and will keep it open until fairly early in October and just burn a ton of gas keeping it heated. Pools are a bit silly up here in Canada. Year round locations make much more sense. Worth it just for the fun with the kids though imo.

Absolutely yes lol. I would have killed for a pool as a kid Seriously though, I definitely would have taken someone out for a pool

lol, stay out of Rexx's way!


Tuesday June 26 – 140.9 lbs
5/3/1 C8W3D1, 3/5/1 BBB – Bench TM 135

AM:
10 mins mobility and dynamic stretching stuff
Bench – 10x45lbs, 10x65, 5x80, 5x90, 5x95, 5x100, 5x110, 5x115
KB Rows – 5x11x20kg
DB Hammer Curls – 3x12x25lbs

2364 cal/227 carb/110 fat/146 protein/38 fibre

+/- a decent amount on cals. We had a potluck lunch at the office and I had a birthday dinner after work so there was lots of guestimating going on. A couple smartasses at the office asked me where my food scale was when I was loading up my plate. I was also mocked for bringing salad with no dressing. Fair enough on both counts I suppose. I thought Tuesday was going to be THE day to get a full workout done all within the same day but I let the evening slip away on me.

I don't really understand people who have to always have dressing on salad. It actually tastes pretty good on its own!

Agreed! I very rarely have dressing on salad but I usually have some sort of berries which probably helps a fair amount.