My girlfriend (16) literally reset her body clock to a timezone 4.5 hours behind our city when I was overseas. She was sleeping at 5-6am and waking up at 3pm 
Whatās there on the plate in the background?
The background plate is some sort of omelette/scramble thing with everything but the kitchen sink in it. My plate is chicken fried steak and eggs. It was just what I needed for brunch along with the bloody mary bar.
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Both meals look fantastic!
Yeah, but thereās clearly not enough gravy on the chicken fried steak!
Iām bailing out the challenge.
My daughter was born on Sunday and Iāve had about 4 hours sleep since. Iām running on adrenaline right now.
Iāve also been diagnosed with wrist tendinitis. My lower left arm in general feels like it is in fucking bits. Iāve ignored the wrist for a year and now itās unbearable. I can hardly lift my daughter.
Probably taking a hiatus from lifting for the next 6 months. Try and heal up and help my missus out.
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Congratulations - that is amazing (your daughterās birth, not the lack of sleep)
If ever there is a time to have a period off, it would seem to be now. Enjoy it and hope you come back refreshed and raring to smash it.
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First, congratulations. But, boo on the drop out. I have a 2 month old at home. I kinda feel like you can adjust your measurement of success. Like stay in, but make the goal to not get worse despite no sleep and injury issues. If you can make it through this without getting fat or weak, itāll be smooth sailing when times are easier. Cause the truth is, now that youāre a Dad (which is amazing), itās never really going to be easy. At least not for the next 15-20 years.
In addition to the 2 month old the past week weāve also had a sick 4 year old who hasnāt been sleeping well either. I was literally cuddling with her on the couch watching TV and running outside in the cold for 45 seconds every 10 minutes to get my front squat session in yesterday.
And just as a general tip. If you are a Dad that works a regular job, learn to nap at work. If you have breaks, or can curl up in your car at lunch for 30 minutes, it seriously helps. Youād be surprised how decent you can feel on 3 or 4 hours of sleep plus a couple 20-30 minute naps.
Training is my me time and my stress relief, without it Iād be far more stressed and irritable with a new born.
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Cheers buddy.
Itās more the wrist issue thatās driving the need to take a break however this is my first kid. The idea of doing 60 odd hours a week at work and rushing to the gym on top doesnāt make sense to me right now.
Iām likely going to focus on running and cycling for the next 6 months. Iāll likely end up looking like I have been partying with Freddie Mercury and George Michael at the end of it so its wonāt be the physique transformation that T-Nation are looking for
I did this. Donāt do this.
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Itās weird NOT to put ketchup on eggs!
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Down 12 pounds and 2 inches on my waist this monthā¦ Pretty damn happy with that considering it was mostly done in a sustainable way. Havent started any of my HIIT sessions yet and havent added in any second sessions at all.
Looking good for me so far. Iāll post up some pics later.
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I think Iāll be pretty lean at 175 so another 20 to go
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So you started this journey around 220!! How tall are you ??
I started at 207. Although technically that was an artificially bloated weight (Iām in another contest that could net me $1,000 if I win, and its based on biggest weight loss % so I ate like shit for about 6 weeks leading up to it)
I just realized I only have another 20 to goā¦ Iāll edit that other post.
Im 5ā9ish
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Congratulations!
This is your win for 2019 already!
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Leg day sucked ass today! An hour since I finished and still feel like Iām gonna 
lol
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All time weight achievement so far, hit 145.2kg yesterday, and waist measurement has gone down 1"
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Took a picture today and the fat shadows looked like abs lol I feel like June needs to be moved back a little.
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