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Vancouver240sx · 03-18-2025, 11:30 AM

supafamous

This is a VERY common occurrence when people start working out, they feel better, and lose clothing sizes but their weight stays the same. I see this all the time at my work especially because we incorporate so much strength work into the programming. It means you're on the right track! Right now you're gaining muscle which is heavy and counter balancing the loss in fat. KEEP GOING! The newby gains in muscle will platea soon and that extra muscle will help the fat loss (especially if you're feeding it correctly). Celebrate the wins of your clothes fitting better and "day to day tasks aren't hard anymore", thats real shit, not what a scale says.

Well done man,
Rich

N.V.M. · 03-18-2025, 07:02 PM

I'm in. I have a rowing machine. it has video monitors, it has speakers, and I wear a heart monitor to motivate me into the action zone.(red)

p.s.- my Fitbit says I'm burning 400-500 cals per workout, and am totalling about 3500 a day. who knows how accurate that is?

sonick · 03-26-2025, 12:44 PM

ok guys, bulk ends March 31, cutting commences April 1.

Latest results, went from 158lbs when I first started in Sep/Oct, to 178lbs now:

Spoiler!

Reflecting back on progress,
Aug 2024 during cut: https://www.revscene.net/forums/7178...ml#post9146041
Dec 2024 mid-bulk: https://www.revscene.net/forums/7178...ml#post9157022

Just for context, this is what I looked like in Nov 2022 coming out of COVID

Spoiler!

red kryptonite · 03-26-2025, 01:14 PM

I tried to buckle down and get back on the weight loss train but failed all of march. I’m at 173 today, time to finish up all the snacks before April and hit it hard going forward.

Gerbs · 03-26-2025, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sonick

ok guys, bulk ends March 31, cutting commences April 1.

Latest results, went from 158lbs when I first started in Sep/Oct, to 178lbs now:

Spoiler!

Reflecting back on progress,
Aug 2024 during cut: https://www.revscene.net/forums/7178...ml#post9146041
Dec 2024 mid-bulk: https://www.revscene.net/forums/7178...ml#post9157022

Just for context, this is what I looked like in Nov 2022 coming out of COVID

Spoiler!

damn looks good how old are you, packed on so much size

sonick · 03-26-2025, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerbs

damn looks good how old are you, packed on so much size

40 in nov

Badhobz · 03-26-2025, 01:39 PM

You’re built like a brick shit house now!!!! How dare you be so handsome you rat bastard

unit · 03-26-2025, 01:46 PM

i had some dental stuff going on for almost 2 weeks now so it's hard for me to eat normal food, especially anything remotely crunchy. i've been eating lots of overcooked stews, soups, and generally softer food just to be safe until my next dental appointment. as a result i've lost weight, im down to 162 as of yesterday. i think for me anything close to 155 is like about the thinnest i should be.

i know this is a pretty lame and obvious question, but how do you guys keep motivated to workout? i have a really hard time with developing habits and routines and even my stretching rehab exercises arent as regular as they should be even though i know how important they are. they only take about 15m per day when i strip it down to the basics, and maybe 30m if i go through the entire circuit of like 10-15 exercises/stretches, but i still struggle with that.

sonick · 03-26-2025, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Badhobz

You’re built like a brick shit house now!!!! How dare you be so handsome you rat bastard

Don't worry, that's offset by my body dysmorphia and low self esteem

Jason00S2000 · 03-26-2025, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by unit

but how do you guys keep motivated to workout?

How are you not motivated to look and feel your best?

Since deciding to make the baby steps to return to society, one of those being coming back to online spaces that I used to enjoy, like WokeScene, I've:

1. Quit weed
2. Toned down my drinking big time
3. Coded non-stop with Cursor to get rich again

Now, next steps in life are to:

1. Get my cars fixed
2. Get my hernia surgery finally
3. Get back in the gym so I look fucking great this summer if I intend to visit Vancouver

Not eating like a slob, getting some new clothes, a haircut, maybe a new cologne, and socializing in new spots around town, this stuff keeps you motivated. If you just become a hermit, or you lose your social life like I did during COVID, you end up a fat, drunk slob who barely shaves and doesn't give a fuuuuuuuuuck!

90%+ of looking good and feeling good requires you to go be social. There is a reason why seniors get sick and die so fast when they stop being social. Nothing kill old people faster than isolation.

sonick · 03-26-2025, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Badhobz

^WHAT IS THIS!? a concentration camp meal!?!?!?!

For the record, this is what I made for dinner tonight, and probably make once a month or so

Jason00S2000 · 03-26-2025, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sonick

For the record, this is what I made for dinner tonight, and probably make once a month or so

During COVID, I perfected how to make the Japanese-style fried chicken that you fry twice after a brief rest in between. I got so fucking fat because I made it like 5 nights a week and my kid LOVED it!

I had to get rid of my deep fryer, otherwise I would just eat Japanese-style fried chicken 3 meals a day.

6793026 · Today, 06:45 AM

air fry or deep fry?

westopher · Today, 06:49 AM

Air fry is not fry

sonick · Today, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by 6793026

air fry or deep fry?

Shallow fry, with America test kitchen cast iron oven fried chicken. Then pic above is not my best results with the recipe, I was in a rush and some of the breading fell off. But it's a fantastic technique.

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Originally Posted by westopher

Air fry is not fry

+1 I don't own an air fryer but I do have a convection oven so same same.