Zinger's fitness log and accountability

[zinger565]

Going to use this thread to keep accountability on myself and to track progress. General goal is to get strong, but I do need to lose some weight in the process. I know that's counter-productive, and it's gonna be slow.

I've swtiched to twice a week with my trainer and we're going to focus on building strength (I can lose weight on my own, and I wanna be strong). This week is the first week, so we're just figuring out where I'm at.

Yesterday I maxed out my bench at 165lb. Today we will max out my squat, next week is deadlift.

[glaman5266]

Good luck, man. I've tried gaining muscle mass & had no luck. I've toned super well in the past, though.

I'd like to drop a couple pounds as well, or replace the fat with muscle. Gained ~15lbs over the winter. I know, that's not much, but when I was 165lbs last fall it's a decent percentage of my fall weight. I feel it & I feel sluggish some days. I'm going to start back up this week or next, once I come up with a plan.

Looking forward to seeing your progress.

[zinger565]

Thanks! I'm pretty up there in the weight category (closer to 300 than 250), but last time I lost a bunch of weight I just felt weak and tired the whole time. Figure I'd replace fat with muscle and slowly work down from there.

[zinger565]

Workout report:

Maxed out squat at 1x 265lb
Also did some RDLs and leg curls

Dead lift max next week

[zinger565]

Bike ride to dinner. Will be similar on the way home!

[Hobbes]

Keep it up man! I feel like I've faltered the last month or two due to work stress and my kids driving me up a wall 😅

[zinger565]

No workouts this weekend, but played paintball for 3 hours on Friday, 4 hours yesterday, and 6 hours today. Just trying to stay active on non-workout days.

[BrickHaus]

Man. I love posts like this. Keep is updated!!

Twoish years ago, I started working out and eating healthier for the most part. I really think talking about your ups and downs and accountability helps you stay on track.

I went from 238lbs down to 195 lbs. I noticed I had a real lack of energy at 195. So I've maintained 200 ish for the better part of last year with great results. ( energy, mental health, general feel)

The past few months, Ive been enjoying more meals out to eat, and more beer. Ive also been struggling to wake up early and work out before work for a month or so. Ive slowly been losing grip on my weight. Weighed in at 211 this morning, and Ive been beating myself up watching it slip.

this past week/ weekend was no exception.i was teetering between 207 and 204 lately, but thqt junped within the last two weeks. Ive gone out for beers with my ex co workers last week two times. Then a different co worker took me out for lunch on my last day last Friday. The wife and I had to tear our old shed down and get the dumpster loaded, so we ate at the bar Thursday for dinner too. I ate left over bar food for dinner Friday as she had plans and my headspace was shit as a result of leaving a great job. We hit the cheese curd festival Saturday morning, and ate an easy 3000 calories of crap. . I followed that up with tacos at a friends graduation party Saturday. THEN my aunt invited us over for bison burgers last night ( Sunday).. its all added up to 8 pounds of weight gain in 2 weeks.


I start a new job today which allows me to wake up later, but instead I got up at my usual time and hit it for an hour and a half rather than my typical half hour.


I'm hoping to turn this ship back around TODAY. Lol. Hope this helps your journey when you hit a dip. Looking forward to more of your posts.

[zinger565]

Thanks dude! I appreciate it! Good luck with your own journey!

[Bigtuana]

Woohoo! Way to reward your progress with a dopamine inducing inner dialogue so your inner caveman brain knows what to do to make you happy.

What’s your current dietary regimen?

[zinger565]

Thanks!

Nothing super strict ATM. I use superbody fuel for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, decent sized dinner. Focus on reducing carbs, try to have big salads a few times a week, cut out liquid calories (to an extent). Biggest thing for me was getting my adhd addressed and stop eating when I'm bored. I find when I'm active I crave less junk too.

[zinger565]

Workout with trainer this morning, forgot my watch, so no stats. We hit shoulders and back today pretty hard. Deadlift max attempt tomorrow.

[zinger565]

Had to cut my max deadlift attempt short, ripped open a callous and started bleeding. Got up to 6 x 275lb though.

[zinger565]

Weigh-in Friday: 288lbs

Gonna try to make a weekly weigh-in. Overall I am concerned with my weight. I know I am severely overweight for my height, and I'm getting to an age where it will start to cause other issues. However, as I've mentioned before, I want to focus on strengthening my body before I commit to big calorie deficit. From 2014 to 2015, I was able to go from 255lb to 200lb fairly quickly, but it didn't last and I felt weak. I don't want to feel that way again.

The weight is already coming off. I'm down 12lbs from early March already.

[zinger565]

Workout yesterday with the trainer upper body. "Big" set was 2 sets of 10x125lb bench press.



Workout today with trainer, squats and deadlifts. Just working sets today. 3 sets of 6 x 185lb squats, and 2 sets of 6 x 185lb sumo deadlifts. Then some "tempo" deadlifts to failure.

[zinger565]

Short bike ride, Mrs.Z's sun sensitivity was acting up, so we didn't push it.

[zinger565]

Upper body workout yesterday:


Lower body workout this morning. Deadlift working set was 6 x 275lb, squat working set was 12 x 135lb. 3 sets of each.:

[zinger565]

Nothing too crazy today, just 10 minutes of yoga and 20 minutes of upper body isolation lifts.