Feet in air, crossed, lower back firmly on bench. Reach up into ceiling at top with the bar, extending shoulder blades. That’ll get you jacked.

Everyone is an expert in the gym, it's annoying as fuck.
Imagine walking around sainsburys and people giving you shit cooking tips all the time.
Or stood in front of the yoghurt blocking you from buying it, just so they can show how much yoghurt they eat.

Fucking Ferengi.

I'm having a hard time gauging how much I need to lose to be equivalent to my 2016 running weight. I've gained fat and muscle since, more so fat, going from 150 to 165. My legs, arms and chest are all more defined, so I'm gonna aim for 155.

I'll know from my waist when I get there, o' course. That's 2" bigger than it was (33+), and about three more than I'd like.

Good man Rouj.

My waist has disappeared and I suspect I've hit 30" which is a pain cos none of me jeans fit. It's not all roses at the thin end of the fatwedge chaps, ask Tempy

Another pound off this week which was a minor miracle given I had a pretty good night out with meal and cocktails with friends and a couple of "off the wagon" nights.

My scales now read below 18st for the time in I don't know how.  Seeing that little LCD 17 felt like a real landmark.

Aye. I'm dry apart from planned nights out. I'm laying off the beer though - that is just mental when trying to lose weight.

My jeans are all loose-fit 33s with a belt, 'cause my 24" thighs and 15" calves are quite big apparently. I always thought my legs were towards the chicken side.

Tops are much easier, where my 40" chest matches most mediums.

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Continuing to shed but at a slower rate now. Think my body is adapting to the caloric deficit. Might need to make adjustments, maybe just reduce by 50-100 calories a day. Or I could just be happy with slower rate for now. I’m taking a diet break when I go away in Easter for 10 days and will then resume when I got back. Gonna try and eat at maintenance. 

Gym went fairly well yesterday. Pulling similar weights to before so I don’t think I’ve lost much strength/muscle, plus measurements indicate it’s fat that is coming off.

How goes it for you, @Skerret?

hylian_elf wrote:

Continuing to shed but at a slower rate now. Think my body is adapting to the caloric deficit. Might need to make adjustments, maybe just reduce by 50-100 calories a day. Or I could just be happy with slower rate for now. I’m taking a diet break when I go away in Easter for 10 days and will then resume when I got back. Gonna try and eat at maintenance.  Gym went fairly well yesterday. Pulling similar weights to before so I don’t think I’ve lost much strength/muscle, plus measurements indicate it’s fat that is coming off. How goes it for you, @Skerret?

Quite well; dropped about 6.5kg give or take now in a tick under 3 months (84.x to 77.5ish)and have gained a wee bit on a few lifts.  Have gone up to 36.25kg (3x5) for weighted chins but accounting for the weight loss I'm only really up a kg or so (113kg-ish total).  Shoulder press is at 57.5kg for a triple then +1 reps -10% weight until I hit 20 reps total seems to be working.  Been 5 or 6 years since I was at 60 for reps (3 sets, didn't get very far) before my shoulder blew out so not setting news records.  I'll never bench heavy again I don't think.

Switched to DB press for chest and tha's going ok.  Started deadlifting again and started back at 110kg which is easy but I'm progressing slowly to let my forearm adapt again; last time I went back up to 150 for reps which was manageable but my arm felt life it was going to drop off for the next week so that was that.

Overall, some strength lost at the start of keto but it's creeping back in slowly but surely.

Knee oscillates between fucked and workable and I think the lack of deadlifting (due to forearm tendon issues) has weakened my upper back so my frame crumbles at just over the 100kg mark for reps.  Slow ascent to account for it is giving my patella hell so I try to cap it at 80 for 20 rep sets.  Problem is that fries my CNS so eh, it's jolly interesting.

-4.5lbs this week. Which means I am now 1lb off a 3.5 stone loss.

A great result factoring in I took my mother and mother-in-law (in Wifey's absence - pissed off to Lanzarote for a week) to a nice Chinese restaurant Saturday night. Ate what I want but stuck to the programme the rest of the week.

Out with a pal today for a Gold Cup bet, a few drinks and some grub. So hopeful that doesn't upset the apple cart.

Another -2.5lbs this week despite being on a blarge on Friday. A result.

3st 8.5lbs off in total. 17st 6lbs -  I haven't been this light in 20 years.

Keep it up Davy! You're totally bossing it mate.