Vidi, Vici, Veni. Carthago Delenda Est

High all. Goals are sub 200lbs by end of June. Fix triglycerides and get stronger.

History: wrestled in HS. Messed around with weights on and off since then. Never dialed in diet for more than 3 months at a time. I tend to let it fall to the wayside when work and obligations get stressful. Wrist and shoulder injuries sidelined upper body for roughly 6 months. Still slowly working back up. Have also torn rib cartilidge in my chest and back at one point or another. These are all BS excuses for why I look chubby and DYEL. This will get better, it needs to or I’ll die earlier than necessary.

Currently: 233 lbs 5’10" 28YO
Measurements:
Neck: 16.5
R forearm: 13
L forearm: 12.75
R upper arm: 14.25
L upper arm: 14
Chest: 44.5
Shoulders: 55.5
Waist @ ribs: 40.25
Waist @ navel: 40.5
Waist @ belt: 41
R thigh: 28
L thigh: 28
R calf: 17
L calf: 17.5

Had a stomach flu bad this week. Didn’t eat any food for the past 2 days. Couldn’t eat this morning. Today turned out to be:

Calories: 766, p-f-c: 77-34-38 (only ate dinner and a snack)

Activity: hauling firewood and chasing the wife after I felt better. Will try and hit some conditioning tomorrow if I’m human again.

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Morning weight: 232.6
Calories: 1,906.
P-f-c: 163-72-174

Thought I was done with the flu. Started eating again. Flu had other ideas by nite time. Scale is going down anyway.

1-3-18
Morning weight: 230.2
Calories: 2,359
P-f-c: 160-131-135
10pm
Strict OHP
45x10
95x10
145x3
165x1
185x1
205x1 PR
145x5 strip set
95x10 strip set
45x20 strip set

Doing some TM testing this week to start 5/3/1 for the barbell lifts next week. Assistance work will be in the mornings because time and I can’t lift heavy in the mornings. Flu still sucks. But it didn’t affect me too bad on OHP.

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Strong overhead pressing :muscle:

You look so different than how I envisioned you.

What did you envision tho?

I thought Mr.Velvet looked like basement gains, and basement gains looked like Mr.Velvet.

I’m in…but what the actual shit, dude! haha literally just hit this PR myself as a fully healthy individual. In all seriousness, nice PR!

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1-4-18
TMI fair warning: day 5 without a solid BM
2 year old was vomiting all night. Roughly 3.5 hours broken sleep.

Morning weight: 231
Calories: 1,752
P-f-c: 154-63-144

Training: Ran some sprints in the warehouse I’m liquidating at lunch. Missed accessory work this morning. Squats at 9pm, just testing not training.

Squats:
45x10
135x10
225x5
315x3
385x1 PR

Done. Exhausted for the day.

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Excellent effort on the new OHP PB!

PR’s every workout?

Nice PRing though

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I wanted 405 real bad. Might have had it too. But just Leary of being greedy.

Just checked your log. You’re 30lbs lighter than me. I would hope that at least 1 of those pounds I have on you is lean body tissue. It went up real smooth in you video, good work.

Appreciate it! I don’t subscribe to the bigger or smaller thing too much, I just look at the numbers, and I like your numbers, ha! We’re pretty close in OHP and Squat, it’ll be nice to have another guy around my strength numbers!

Lol Between you @Despade and a couple of others I feel like there’s been a surge in PR hitting recently.

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1-5-18
6.5 hours sleep
Calories: 1,853
P-f-c: 110-82-170

4 year old got the flue tonight. Now that we’ve all had It, it should be over soon.

1-6-18
Morning weight: 228.8#
Morning temp: 97.7F
Calories: 1,874
P-f-c: 99-116-116

I only threw up once today. This damn thing might finally be over. Either that or I’m patient zero for the walking dead. I expect most of the lost weight to come back as water when I’m healthy.

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Same dude. I probably could’ve hit 405 like last year, but but I too always restrain myself for whatever reason.