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07-Aug-04, 07:10 PM
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#286
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Southern Illinois
Age: 26
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I'm so proud of you Firehawk!!! I knew you could do it. Your probably hotter than ever. Keep up the good work!!!!! How much farther until you reach your goals?
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The moment you tell yourself you can do it, you can.
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07-Aug-04, 07:37 PM
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#287
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PowerLifter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Detroit Barbell - Michigan
Age: 30
Posts: 7,368
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Well, I want 240 lbs and then start to put muscle on (the easy part for me). But, at 240, Ill be only about 15% bodyfat. Never been 15% bodyfat before, never seen my abs. So when i get that close, i might just decide to take it down to about 220 and see my abs for the first time in my life.
At 240, that will be 102.5 lbs of fat i will have lost. Remarkable when I think about how 2 years ago I was so miserable and thought there was no way i could ever lose more than 5 lbs of fat on my own. Here i am, after serious cutting for about 8 months, and ive lost 58 lbs of fat. I am soo happy with that, but not satisfied.
I want 240 Jan 1, 2005. It is possible, but i am gonna have to work my ass off for it.
I just got back from the annual company picnic (from my job, we have it every year). I remember how i felt last summer, with a big gut sloshin around when I would run for the football. This year, i coudl still feel my gut, but it is only half the size it was last year. I am so happy.
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"Strength Gains are the Key to Muscle Growth".
"You will miss some and you will make some but what happens with these sets WILL determine your future strength."
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07-Aug-04, 07:40 PM
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#288
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Southern Illinois
Age: 26
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It's good to hear that your happy. You deserve to be.  Keep working your butt off and you'll be down to 240 before you know it. I have faith in you. 
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Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
The moment you tell yourself you can do it, you can.
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07-Aug-04, 07:53 PM
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#289
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PowerLifter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Detroit Barbell - Michigan
Age: 30
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Yeah im tryin to take it 10 lbs at a time. Tryin to get under 290, then under 280, etc. I had been stuck at 289 for the last month straight, probaby due to too many cheat days int hat month lol. It was drivin me crazy.
I promise too, progress pics will be coming as soon as I buy a digital camera and feel not too embarrassed to post them .
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"Strength Gains are the Key to Muscle Growth".
"You will miss some and you will make some but what happens with these sets WILL determine your future strength."
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07-Aug-04, 09:00 PM
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#290
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Lancaster, PA
Age: 38
Posts: 2,225
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Originally Posted by Firehawk
I was 284.5 today on the scale, lowest ever so far!! That puts my fat loss at 58 lbs!!!!!! WOOHOO. 42 more to go. |
Awesome, Firehawk - way to go. You are an inspiration on this board, brother! |
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07-Aug-04, 10:11 PM
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#291
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Brand New Colony
Posts: 818
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yeah firehawk i cant wait to see those pics. also im linking a friend to this board and youre thread. he is currently at 295 and goes around 290-310 any given week. he thinks its impossible to lose weight since he always does diets for a week and just gives up with no results but i think with consistency like yours he can achieve gains like you have
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07-Aug-04, 10:40 PM
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#292
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PowerLifter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Detroit Barbell - Michigan
Age: 30
Posts: 7,368
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well after 1 week you won't see anything. You have to try it for much longer than that. That is nice to hear though, hopefully i can inspire someone else you know?
Sounds like his swings from 290-310 are water retention depending on what he eats. Like if he eats heavy carbs, like spaghetti, hes gonna hold alot more water. My body will hold 6-8 lbs of water sometimes after a cheat day lol.
Id be glad to help him out if he needs it. It was VERY tough for me when i first started, so i know how it is to have to stick with something in the beginning, not seeing many results at all.
That makes me feel real good to know I inspire others.
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"Strength Gains are the Key to Muscle Growth".
"You will miss some and you will make some but what happens with these sets WILL determine your future strength."
Last edited by Firehawk; 07-Aug-04 at 10:50 PM.
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08-Aug-04, 01:32 PM
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#293
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PowerLifter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Detroit Barbell - Michigan
Age: 30
Posts: 7,368
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Sunday 8/8/04 Leg day
Deep squat
215 x 4
215 x 3
SLDL
245 x 4
This was pretty much a wasted workout. I feel like poop. Just miserable. Yesterday I went to my company's picnic, ran my butt off playin softball and football. Then i got home and ate a bunch of lasagna, was real sluggish last night.
This morning i get up, have a little soreness in my left butt, just feel run down and miserable. I proceeded to eat more lasagna today, and some cookies, and that really made things worse. Then i did this workout, and just felt like crap.
Let that be a lesson to all those who question their diets. Look what eating like crap for only 1 1/2 days did to me. I gave up on the workout today. F it. I came upstairs and threw out the rest of the cookies, and the rest of the lasagna. That stuff is kryptonite i tell ya.
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"Strength Gains are the Key to Muscle Growth".
"You will miss some and you will make some but what happens with these sets WILL determine your future strength."
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08-Aug-04, 02:54 PM
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#294
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Sounds like you got the right attitude, throwing out the junk - we all have those bad days where we slip on our diet. Eat something we should not - and pay for it later. As long as it is not a frequent foul up, it will be OK. Just dont do it again or you will have to be tied up with cold spaghetti and force fed elcheapo brand protein powder - dry...LOL.
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08-Aug-04, 08:24 PM
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#295
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PowerLifter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Detroit Barbell - Michigan
Age: 30
Posts: 7,368
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hjehe.> I allow myself a cheat day every weekend, but i ate too much lasagna this time. It is too heavy, and my body isnt used to that many carbs anymore. I used to eat a whole pan of lasagna by myself, now after 2 pieces im stuffed. lol. It is amazing.
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"Strength Gains are the Key to Muscle Growth".
"You will miss some and you will make some but what happens with these sets WILL determine your future strength."
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09-Aug-04, 11:21 AM
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#296
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: IL, USA
Age: 30
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I came upstairs and threw out the rest of the cookies, and the rest of the lasagna. That stuff is kryptonite i tell ya.
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sometimes that hasta be done! I hadta do it too cuz it's true if it's sitting there I AM gonna eat it.
Keep up the hard work..you've got some great progress going on here!!! I think you'll be able to reach your goal for sure!!
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Never step backward into safety.
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09-Aug-04, 11:39 AM
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#297
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PowerLifter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Detroit Barbell - Michigan
Age: 30
Posts: 7,368
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I hope so. I wanna be the guy that walks by a table full of women as they say "wow he's hot". lol
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"Strength Gains are the Key to Muscle Growth".
"You will miss some and you will make some but what happens with these sets WILL determine your future strength."
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09-Aug-04, 04:51 PM
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#298
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PowerLifter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Detroit Barbell - Michigan
Age: 30
Posts: 7,368
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This Day SUCKS.
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"Strength Gains are the Key to Muscle Growth".
"You will miss some and you will make some but what happens with these sets WILL determine your future strength."
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09-Aug-04, 06:33 PM
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#299
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Jack Frost
Join Date: Feb 2004
Age: 24
Posts: 1,141
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Whats the trouble buddy, lets have it.
Oh...and P.S......You cant workout your face....hahaha, j/k bro, hope everything is goin ok.
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09-Aug-04, 06:50 PM
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#300
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Brand New Colony
Posts: 818
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Ehh Firehawk what's the matter...
And I know what you mean by the walking-by-table thing. Me and my friends always comment on women as they pass by and they know it (we make it pretty obvious "SHES A 10 OMG). I wonder what it would feel like if women said the same about me (maybe men too lol but I don't roll that way. well not yet at least heheh... )
and good job throwing away the junk foods. cookies are so good it takes tons of guts to be able to lose em! |
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