I really like the direction the Facebook page is going. I know not everyone is on there, or is comfortable linking their real identity to their CP persona, so I'm going to continue to post here. But I'm going to focus on that page because as Buck said, it's a place where we can just be ourselves. No online persona bullshit. I encourage anyone to get involved there. It's not just CP members.

We seem to have similar routine but there are some slight differences.

My week breaks down like this (not every week is the same due to scheduling).

Monday - Heavy lifting - 20 pull ups (currently weight assisted), 50 unweighted squats as fast as I can do them, 50 push ups (currently from my knees), 3 different planking/core exercises (holding a pose for 90 seconds). I do this routine twice. This has lead to a major jump in muscle building and strength.

Tuesday - Either swimming, biking, walking or rowing. I go at a medium pace for a long distance. Nothing that's going to wear me out.

Wednesday - Day off

Thursday - Repeat the heavy lifting routine and try to increase my reps or difficulty.

Friday - Slow moving workout

Saturday - Sprinting - 400 meter warm up, 6 x 50 at half speed, 6 x 50 at full speed.

Sunday - Day off

Prior to this routine I was doing the old school cardio and weight interval training. Once I made the switch about 6 weeks ago everything changed. Weight started falling off faster and muscle started building more quickly.

6'1 and 31

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edit I am roughly following the same plan I did when I decided to enlist all those years ago... I am just starting out at a much higher weight then I did back then. I don't know if I am still capable of it but I was able to put on about 10lb of muscle in about 120 days. I was going off the same small sample but the goals are all adjustable other than what I want the final result to be. It may take me out to 2015 to do it but damn it... I will.

235, even if you're stacked, is extremely overweight at your height.

Adjustments will be made down the line as I get closer to goals... no doubt but I would rather be 235 with muscle vs what I was at 317 and mostly fat.

Just dominated a footlong shlub-way. Time to go watch some football.

I feel like shit. Went blah about 2pm today. Of course I did get my hands on some green delivered fresh from the great state of Oregon. That may have been part of it. Rarely do I smoke during the day like that, but today was an exception. 20 grams carbs today, and a big ****ing hill climbed this morning. Jesus. Thought I was gonna die. I know the food log is a cluster****, but I'm posting it for myself to look back on.

Your Food Diary For: Prev Thursday August 30, 2012 Next
Breakfast Calories Carbs Fat Protein
Kroger Milk - Milk - 1%, 2 oz 25 3 1 2
Add Food Quick Tools 25 3 1 2
Lunch
Jimmy Dean - Hot Sausage, 2.6 oz. 260 1 22 12
Farmland - Center Cut 30% Less Fat Naturally Hickory Smoked Bacon, 3.99 slices (15g) 93 0 5 9
Egg - Egg, Large , 2.5 large egg 180 1 12 16
Sour Cream - Daisy Light, 2 Tbsp (30 g) 40 2 3 2
Olympia Naturals Mexican Style Shredded Cheese - Spicy Pepperjack, Colby Jack and Cheddar With Real Jalapeno Peppers, 1/4 cup 90 2 8 7
Add Food Quick Tools 663 6 50 46
Dinner
Kraft - Mayo With Olive Oil Reduced Fat Mayonnaise Mj, 1.5 tbsp 15g 68 3 6 0
Oscar Mayer Deli Selects - Rotisserie Chicken Breast, 24 slices 200 8 4 40
Kroger - Sliced Cheese, 1.5 oz 165 0 14 11
Add Food Quick Tools 433 11 24 51
Snacks
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Totals 1,121 20 75 99
Your Daily Goal 2,941 404 98 110
Remaining 1,820 384 23 11
Calories Carbs Fat Protein

Welcome to the low carb flu

It usually takes me close to two weeks to feel human again after cutting carbs that low but a lot of people adapt quicker.

I like to keep my body guessing a bit. The 100 degree weather has kept me off the bike, but I enjoyed mixing that in as well. I do forearm and side planks as part of my core workout, hate those puppies, lol. I'm constantly tweaking my routine to get the most out of. I sneak in 40 regular pushups as part of my core routine as it really stretches out my chest after the lifting the day before. I do know that when I switched from running on the elliptical machine in the pyramid workout to HIIT I dropped weight really fast.

Slept in, feeling sluggish, and don't want to do shit. Gonna be a challenge to get out and move today.

WELCOME TO KETO, bro!

It goes away after a few days.

Weighed in this morning, 303.8 PPW (pre-poop weight). I'll get plenty of exercise this afternoon getting work done in the yard.

My wife who doesn't have anywhere near the weight to lose that I do, nor has done most of the exercise that I have, got up exclaiming she's lost 3lbs already. Who knows where I'm at, frankly, not a single **** is given at this point. October 1st is going to be tough, but I really want to stay away from scales until then. The fact is, I have a **** ton to lose. Who cares if it's 5lbs, 6lbs, 7lbs, whatever pounds. I've got a lot more. (Talking to myself more than anything else right now)

We're starting to pick up some steam on the Facebook page. I have 3 cousins that have joined it, and people are inviting their own friends to join. How does everyone feel about that? I had one person drop because it was just too many people they didn't know in there, and I never really thought of that. Would we prefer a CP inclusive Facebook page? Because we can make that happen. Give me some input guys and gals. I figure the more the merrier myself, because I know first hand people join, then forget about it a couple of weeks in.

Something I shared on there as lightheartedly as I could. STOP MAKING EXCUSES! Focus on what you CAN do and do it! :)

I'm talking to myself on that one as well. Reading through stories, though, I just noticed that everyone was listing reasons for not being able to do things. To me, that's a little discouraging. You have to change your frame of mind. Asking yourself if you're doing as good as you can is something that helps keep me in check.