Tack's gotta lose some fat, training log

As I sit here with some free time before my boss shows up to open up shop. I thought I’d throw an update.

I’ve been tracking my calories, and I’m at 2800 a day, while maintaining my weight at around 174lb. My body weight fluctuates between 170lb and 174lb from mostly water weight. I have an idea of workouts I can incorporate along side my work life. Seems like my back gets the most workout, followed by arms, then legs. Everything else hasn’t felt fatigue in a while. I need to get back on some workout schedule as I am beginning to feel like my muscles aren’t getting any real work done.

I feel it would be a good time to look at bulking for a while, get back to 185lb, then do another lean diet as I’d like to increase my muscle mass to sustain the higher calories.

On a side note, I have learned I’m dyslexic. My boss brought it up, and from both taking a number of tests, looking back at old notes from both work and school, there is no doubt in my mind I am. Explains a lot as to why I struggled with English class, and reading compression. Some teachers would get pissed at me thinking I was playing some cruil joke on them with my chicken scratch hand writing, them not being able to read it but for some reason I could read it infront of them, despite my stutter.

What revealed it, is when I would make dumb mistakes estimating orders, writing down parts by part number, and I’d constantly switch up things like 5’s and 2’s or 3’s and 8’s, or heck sometimes I would write the part number down from the catalog, with absolute confidence I am copying the right number, just to come back later in the day and find I wrote the number above or below the line of the part number I needed.

On my writing notes. So often I’d skip writing letters, or repeat letters, or use the wrong letters like a/o g/q and so on. I never realized it cause when I would read my notes, I would just read and interpret, but when I really looked at the letters, instead of trying to read, I started seeing all the mistakes I was making through my entire life. And I’ve also been writing the Ohm symbol upside down this entire time… For like 10 years.

But hey, I’d say I’m pretty good at drawing, just another checkbox on the dyslexia list.
 
Interesting that no one ever had the intelligence to notice and say something im talking about when you were young you would think that a teacher would notice that and no what it meant smh I guess there not doctors.

That’s an interesting update I like that you’re going for a bulk got any cycle in your head?
 
Bigmurph said:
That’s an interesting update I like that you’re going for a bulk got any cycle in your head?
So on that note, I did have my last set of scans, and labs off blood thinners, and besides some scar tissue left over in my lung, I am healthier than before I started this training venture. My hemocrite levels are alittle on the high side, as expected with my condition, but lower than the past labs before and right after my embolism. My red blood cell count is normal. Cholesterol and blood sugar is perfect. I might be able to a cycle with minimal risk. I’ll just have to invest in blood work more than the average person.

I’d just do a basic test enanthate cycle, followed by PCT. For now, I will stay natural, figure out what excersizes I can incorporate along side my work. And as soon as we hire a new book keeper to take over my spot, and I get to doing real work in the shop, is when I’ll start my cycle.
 
Poptart 370cal
2x Plain turkey sandwiches 600cal
1cup chocolate milk 200cal
Cliff bar 260cal
Granola bar 190cal

3x10, 95lb squats
3x10, 95lb bb bench
2x10, 4 TF, 35lb DB curls

Chicken prep meal for dinner 800cal

2420 cal total

Might squeeze in a granola bar, or milk later.
 
Work was alright. Pushed around a yerf-dog, and a prairie 360 part of the day. Then pushed a 1990 LT500 up a guys pickup. Oh then deadlifted a half full tailgate feeder back onto a UTV.

780cal 2x breakfast tacos
640cal 2x chicken tacos
640cal 2x chicken tacos
800cal chicken prep meal
2860cal total

Hardest workout in a while. Quit cannabis, quit Adderall, working at this shop, and haven’t been training, definitely is affecting a lot. I didn’t want to do the heaves, but I pushed through and wasn’t too bad. But I slacking on my legs, didn’t get to that today.

3x20, 25lb Tight twists
3x20, 25lb Push press
3x20, 25lb Plank rollouts
3x20, 25lb Plank heaves
 
Example of a new chicken prep meal, salsa, corn, beans, chicken breast.

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Had to do some partial deadlifts with a sportsman 500. Cause I needed to make room for a maverick X3 max. Then pushing around the yerf-dog again.

No excersizes today, just a lot of things to catch up on around the house.

780cal 2x breakfast tacos
640cal 2x chicken tacos
370cal poptart
480cal oatmeal
190cal granola bar

2460cal total

Just a note the breakfast taco’s are the only things with cheese in my diet. And gas station cheese sucks. I’m considering just making chicken taco meat, and making my own chicken tacos for breakfast. I’ll still buy from the taco guy that swings by, $2 for a chicken taco, can’t beat.
 
No more gas station taco’s only from the taco truck from now on. However my breakfast is now a poptart lol.

370cal poptart
640cal 2x chicken taco
460cal beef potatoe cheese taco
300cal 2x English muffin
370cal poptart
190cal granola bar

3x20 20lb lunges
3x20 25lb calf raises
3x20 20lb split squats
3x10 40lb KB Row
3x10 30lb KB Snatch

Omfg that workout sucked. But I pushed through. Considering my job has involved more of my leg and back muscles, I was able to handle the extra weight on my calf raises, and KB rows. My kn snatches though I had to lower the weight, and even the last 3 reps on both arms (10 each side) was brutal, made me spit on the floor cause I didn’t want to choke lol.

I will be ending the day with mash potatoes, peas, carrots and corn. Something like a 500 calorie meal, putting me at a total of 2830cal

176lb

Photos kinda sucks, didn’t spent much time at it.

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So interesting note in life. My boss lit up with excitement when I got his video camera setup, and taught him how to use it. He’s expressed some ideas on making videos on how to fix ATV’s, and knows a guy wanting to do the editing. I’ve had my camera on hand to snap photos of vehicles, rebel t8i for any of you nerds out there. I’m going to show up with my box of equipment and see where things go.

I did get excersizes in… Well kinda. First I was really sore from yesterday. And today I was moving the entire garage of vehicles. Plenty of awkward lifting angles. But no injuries. I take things slow and don’t try to be a hero. If it ain’t moving by your lift power, either adjust your technique, or just don’t do it. The reason being, The garage really needed a good sweaping. Then swinging some sludge hammers around getting some axles beat out/in.

260cal plain turkey sandwich
260cal cliff bar
210cal Dr pep + cream soda?! Sorry… I had to try it atleast once, it was delicious. But not again for a while.
640cal 2x chicken taco
640cal 2x chicken taco
500cal peas potatoes carrots
190cal ganola bar

2700cal total
 
Things are tiring right now, had a long day. Past few days less than 6 hours sleep.

260cal Turkey sandwichs
260cal Cliff bar
640cal 2x chicken tacos
210cal pepsi
640cal 2x chicken tacos
190cal Granola bar
520cal 2x Turkey sandwichs

2720cal total

3x10,9,5 115lb BB Bench

I wimped out I probably could have pushed out another 1 or 2. I just want to sleep. Tomorrow is another day.
 
Yeah, things are alright, work has consumed my life. Sticking to things like eggs, bacon, chicken, english muffins, milk as my diet. My wasteline continues to shrink while maintaining my body weight, this morning I weighed 172lb. We haven’t had anyone to replace my seat at the shop, so I’m still working 6 days a week.

I’m freaking out my boss and occasional visitors pseudo deadlifting/squatting these heavy ass 800cc 4x4’s, so that’s been amusing, and it’s been getting easier to do as time goes on. I kinda want to get a scale to see the real weight I’m lifting. Curb weight on some of these things are like 900lb, lifting the backend has to be atleast in the upper 100lbs.

Generally I’m atleast trying to maintain my weight. I have goals, but time isn’t allowing for much room. My diet is unstable cause my house/kitchen is a mess, which I had time to clean this weekend. I’ve noticed out of everything, I am probably not eating enough to bulk, which is a good sign imo, easier to eat more than to avoid eating.

tl;dr Wish I can do more, but time is not allowing it. Current goal, just to maintain what I have, and I’m not doing too bad.
 
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