I have started the lean out. I weighed 224 this morning and hit a high of 227 pounds in the month of September.
Did I dirty bulk? You bet I did!
How do I feel about being 224 or worse, 227….at 227 I was feeling a little chunky. It doesn’t help that the scale continues to tell me I am obese.
Luckily I have ChatGPT and size 32 jeans to keep me sane…..sane ish….
Even at 227 I can get into a size 32 and at 224….I’m pretty lean…not lean lean but there isn’t a ton of fat on me.
Conversations with Chat about the scale…chat says the scale is way off…even when I weighed 227 chat put my body fat around 20% using the Navy calc method and expects I’m somewhere between 17-19% now.
Oddly enough, athlete mode on the scale says I am 16.7% body fat but chat says not to use it…..not until I am down to 215.
Chat also tells me to forget about 205 right now….aim for 215 and see where I am at….
We shall see…I can’t imagine what I would look like down 20 pounds.
This is me at 227 pounds last week…..
I get that I’m not lean at 227 pounds but….I’m not THAT obese!
Hell of a haircut! I do those myself!!!
So I’m aiming for 215 for now….I hope to be there my October 15th.
And Now….The Weather…..
It has been a while but as the leaves change we do get restless, and the participants of the manblog have been offering up some updates!
TBag
back to here starting weight of round 1, offering up and even 150 pounds. She plans to lose an immediate 5 pounds….apple pie be damned! Her Day 1 is tomorrow….
Suds
Was busy rowing all season and recently offered up 174 pounds. She also offered an apology for her busy summer of fun, steak and wine….not something we apologize for around here! Suds has been rowing and lofting huge trophies all summer long….and has lost weight.
Down 23 pounds.
YogaJenni
Hit 149 pounds….down from 161. She managed her goal and her end of summer hike with only mild injuries. She spent the summer working with a trainer so has likely added some lean mass.
Jeremy
I sense there a pile of stories awaiting here….we will see how many I can share.
HotTub
Is kicking it around 112 pounds and wants to add weight…her goal is 220. I have my doubts that she will get there as fast as Jeremy….time will tell. That will be a lot of sardines!
Pumper
Has been weighing in all summer and offered a 184.6 today. I know the 170s are in her future!
Krista
Hasn’t quite managed a day 1 yet….not for an entire 24 hours anyway….soon….
Slab
is sullen….she offered up a 129. She isn’t happy about that……
This is what her 129 looks like….
It’s hard to tell who has worse body dysmorphia…..I think her….
The Quote of The Day
Always when we fight
I kiss you once or twice
And everything’s forgotten
I know you hate that
I love you, Sunday sun
The weeks not yet begun
And everything is quiet ~The Wannadies, You & Me Song
I have been grinding….
working, lifting, life…..and the pool is closed….so sad.
The best summer I’ve had in years has come to an end. What now? I have been hitting the sauna…I’m trying to get the hot tub back into a routine….I may build a steam room onto the sauna….maybe….
I just want to keep my chill going….I’m in a really good space, physically, mentally….things are almost perfect here….some bumps…but I’ve come to realize I can figure it out….I always will.
The manblog…it’s been tough. Russett was a big part of this for me….and he is gone. It’s not easy to sit here and pound keys thinking about those loses. Winter trips coming up…he and I would be doing some crazy crash diet to make vacation goals. Russett would be living off 2 chicken breasts and a cup of rice a day for months….wednesday nights….diet redbull and vodka….
Oh the pounds we have shed together…………..
I just know if he had pulled through this he would have hit the weights with me and we would be posing for the Twins reunion photo on a beach this winter…….
Oh…I suppose I should mention….TRT…my last blood word came back good…my testosterone wasn’t much higher than it was before I started TRT…I felt great but the doc offer to up my dose…140mg up from 100….sure….
He also asked me if I wanted to do HCG. This makes my body produce natural testicular testosterone also…which…reverses the only negative side effect of TRT….
I have no idea what my Test results will look like November 15th when I do my next bloodwork, I don’t suspect I will be supraphysiologic…if I am I will titrate down…if not…I’m not getting off this train.
I feel like A Million Bucks!
Oh…peptides….I haven’t taken any in a while….BUT….I do have reta on the way…..why not…………..
It’s Wednesday….time to head over to Russetts for poker…..he never misses it.
