Holiday end of may, need to really get the abs out.

BlackCoat2k10 · 15 Mar 2011 at 23:06

Basically a nice holiday with the Gf at the end of may, I want this holiday to be my target to reach for my cut phase.

Now I am trying to follow a low carb diet as best as possible using an Intermittent Fasting approach to meal times. I know I have to eat about 2200 calories to loose weight, my maintenence is 2500 calories, + frow in 300 calories of fasted cardio and 3 gym sessions a week should = a nice result if I can keep it up.

How do you guys keep motivated, and also any tips as to achieve this?

10 weeks to go.. If I can get there before the 10 weeks are up I will do a mini bulk before hand.

BlackCoat2k10 · 16 Mar 2011 at 15:19

Whoops 2.5k was me training 4 times a week and no cardio.. so ignore that bit. Im 6ft 2, weighing 90kg, erm.. body fat Id say mid 20's as ive lost some since I last got measured months back. I'm looking at 2.2k as I've brought that down slowly and I am seeing some nice results around that mark. I must admit since starting fasted cardio back up following IF it has been fantastic. Hopefully I can bring my training back up to a decent level once this work load goes down a bit more.

I spend 3 days a week in the gym, each session is around an hour this is with 20 minutes cardio in there too. I also do fasted cardio 5 times a week, well I would if I could get into routine again. I'm lucky as I love lifting weights but I do miss being able to lift heavy sets, at the moment I am all about getting 8 - 12 reps decentish weights, not enough to kill me but enough to keep my muscles burning a bit while keeping things fast paced.

I've noticed my major lack is the ability to say no to food at dinner time due to how my family group seems to work (all day I can eat anything, but dinner is usually cooked for me without me having a chance to say no), last night I was given a dominos pizza ate 6 slices left the rest to the family, but still looking back I could have done the sensible thing and said no and had something better.

I recon I am on a good base, but I am always looking for tips / hints and experience from others that I can perhaps incorperate into my own regimes, so I tend to ask dum questions

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BlackCoat2k10 · 16 Mar 2011 at 21:09

Ive said mid 20's simply because I have not been measured for a while.. I will get remeasured next time I go to the gym which will probabally be monday. Hopefully its less.

Will try sort the evening dinner out, today was good kept to my set meals just trying to get the parents to cooperate and not waste food.

BlackCoat2k10 · 22 Mar 2011 at 23:14

Update, got my body fat measured earlier works out 18%, but I recon the person was a bit wrong an id speculate im roughly 20%.. so quite a loss since my last measurement. Either way Im feeling mighty confident I can do this easily.. Just put effort into it and keep it up.

BlackCoat2k10 · 9 Jan 2012 at 13:55

Just came across this thread again, well I did come close to my goal, got down to about 13% body fat. However since then I have let myself go and some how got fatter even with doing cardio and eating well. I am now back upto a 38 inch waist & 18% body fat and weighing close to 98kg but I am also overall larger.

Think I need another slap into the cutting world as I want to start a bulk for 16 weeks but with the fat on me I'm a bit nervous that I'll just look a tub of lard. Even if I do some HIIT in the morning and follow LeanGains timings to eating. But I am also worried that if I did cut up first I'd just look a bit skinny fat.. :/

What do you guys recon?

Bulk now, cut in 16 weeks.. or cut now to a 34 inch waist and then bulk for 16 weeks?

BlackCoat2k10 · 10 Jan 2012 at 09:15

B1C3P said:
Good Info

That's a lot of good info there, and you have answered a few questions of mine in doing so, as in the back of my mind I was wondering if a Targeted Ketosis Diet would be something to look at... but issue there is that the extremely low carb diets do infact make me look skinny fat with a bit of muscle but still some podgy belly. I tried KETO diet a while back and I just looked ill and the cravings were terrible and sometimes I'd cheat just to feel fuller and more pumped/healthier, also within a few weeks after I had pretty much gone back to my origional weight.

In reguards to sticking to a clean diet, well I did it once before when I dropped from 17.5 stone to 15 stone over a 4 months period, so I am sure I can do it again. Just lately I've been enjoying life too much haha. Also interesting idea on the water consumption cutoff, never have I seen or even thought of such a thing, I am sure to give this a go during the cutup.