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I apologize right now for the long post. They will get much shorter after this intro to my log.
Ok. This is my first log. This is about my journey from being morbidly obese at 416 pounds and taking back my life on a journey to physical fitness and now into bodybuilding. I don’t currently have plans for ever competing, so this is more about lifestyle bodybuilding at this point in the journey. Will it ever be more? At my age, I would say not likely, but I never say never anymore to things I thought were impossible. I want to give you a little backstory so you can understand where I’ve come from and then maybe understand more about where I am trying to be. Up until January of 2023, I had reached up to my highest weight of 416 pounds. Basically, I was told by my doctor that I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, raging diabetes, and my labs showed that all of my organs were struggling and that in the near future would be dealing with life threatening emergencies and he would be surprised if I had 10 years left in me and that the quality of my life would drastically be reduced within 5 years. I had a new grandson and I decided on that day that I was going to live to see him grow up and have children. That day changed the trajectory of my life. My wife and I were both morbidly obese and she decided to come along beside me on this journey. Now fast forward. Since then I got to as low as 198 pounds and am hovering around the 200 pound mark since then. A total of over 218 pounds lost. The before pics you see are at 416. The after, at 198 pounds.
At the beginning of January, my wife and I reached out to our current coach and he graciously agreed to take a chance on both of us and coach us since we had reached a point where we needed additional guidance to reach our changing goals. Since then the transformation for both of us has been nothing short of amazing.
I don’t like pics that show the loose skin I still have, but I will post some showing my recent check-in pics to show my progress since we started training with Coach. I know that sometimes feedback can be critical and hard to hear. But at this point, it is what it is. I’m just working my ass off to continue to transform into the man I want to be. I just can’t thank Coach enough for the excellent coaching and guidance he has given me and my wife. The future is looking brighter for both of us.
So since January, I have been in a pretty hard cut. Initially we were preparing for skin removal surgery and getting as lean as possible for that and also for prepping my body for a growth phase. Surgery got postponed, so coach agreed it was time to start the growth phase. This is the beginning of my log. I will log the progress being made since the end of my cut. I started reversing out of the cut the first week of June and moving froward, balls to the wall, with the plan to pack on as much lean muscle mass as possible. This will. It be a dirty bulk. The plan is to stay lean and add quality muscle mass.
My plan is to post updates weekly at least 3-5 times a week and sometimes daily when time allows. My current macros are as follows:
Training Days
Protein: 250g
Carbs: 295g
Fat: 50g
Calories: 2,630
Rest Days
Protein: 250g
Carbs: 225g
Fat: 50g
Calories: 2,350
My training plan is UL/PPL. I train 5 days a week as follows:
Monday: Upper
Tuesday: Lower (Legs A - Quad Focused)
Wednesday: Rest Day
Thursday: Push
Friday: Pull
Saturday: Lower (Legs B - Hamstring Focused)
Sunday: Rest Day
My wife and I train at 3am fasted. So I will start posting the workouts and other pertinent information probably starting tomorrow sometime or whenever I’m able to after my log is approved on here. I’m new to logging, so bear with me while I figure this out.
I want to thank, in particular, my coach and @~Vision~ for their advice, guidance, coaching, and answering the millions of questions I always have. Their support in this is priceless and I wouldn’t be where I am right now without their support.
More later, my new Evolutionary friends. I’m excited to start this part of the journey and see just what a nearly 56 year old former fatty can do! This will be epic as far as I’m concerned.
Ok. This is my first log. This is about my journey from being morbidly obese at 416 pounds and taking back my life on a journey to physical fitness and now into bodybuilding. I don’t currently have plans for ever competing, so this is more about lifestyle bodybuilding at this point in the journey. Will it ever be more? At my age, I would say not likely, but I never say never anymore to things I thought were impossible. I want to give you a little backstory so you can understand where I’ve come from and then maybe understand more about where I am trying to be. Up until January of 2023, I had reached up to my highest weight of 416 pounds. Basically, I was told by my doctor that I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, raging diabetes, and my labs showed that all of my organs were struggling and that in the near future would be dealing with life threatening emergencies and he would be surprised if I had 10 years left in me and that the quality of my life would drastically be reduced within 5 years. I had a new grandson and I decided on that day that I was going to live to see him grow up and have children. That day changed the trajectory of my life. My wife and I were both morbidly obese and she decided to come along beside me on this journey. Now fast forward. Since then I got to as low as 198 pounds and am hovering around the 200 pound mark since then. A total of over 218 pounds lost. The before pics you see are at 416. The after, at 198 pounds.
At the beginning of January, my wife and I reached out to our current coach and he graciously agreed to take a chance on both of us and coach us since we had reached a point where we needed additional guidance to reach our changing goals. Since then the transformation for both of us has been nothing short of amazing.
I don’t like pics that show the loose skin I still have, but I will post some showing my recent check-in pics to show my progress since we started training with Coach. I know that sometimes feedback can be critical and hard to hear. But at this point, it is what it is. I’m just working my ass off to continue to transform into the man I want to be. I just can’t thank Coach enough for the excellent coaching and guidance he has given me and my wife. The future is looking brighter for both of us.
So since January, I have been in a pretty hard cut. Initially we were preparing for skin removal surgery and getting as lean as possible for that and also for prepping my body for a growth phase. Surgery got postponed, so coach agreed it was time to start the growth phase. This is the beginning of my log. I will log the progress being made since the end of my cut. I started reversing out of the cut the first week of June and moving froward, balls to the wall, with the plan to pack on as much lean muscle mass as possible. This will. It be a dirty bulk. The plan is to stay lean and add quality muscle mass.
My plan is to post updates weekly at least 3-5 times a week and sometimes daily when time allows. My current macros are as follows:
Training Days
Protein: 250g
Carbs: 295g
Fat: 50g
Calories: 2,630
Rest Days
Protein: 250g
Carbs: 225g
Fat: 50g
Calories: 2,350
My training plan is UL/PPL. I train 5 days a week as follows:
Monday: Upper
Tuesday: Lower (Legs A - Quad Focused)
Wednesday: Rest Day
Thursday: Push
Friday: Pull
Saturday: Lower (Legs B - Hamstring Focused)
Sunday: Rest Day
My wife and I train at 3am fasted. So I will start posting the workouts and other pertinent information probably starting tomorrow sometime or whenever I’m able to after my log is approved on here. I’m new to logging, so bear with me while I figure this out.
I want to thank, in particular, my coach and @~Vision~ for their advice, guidance, coaching, and answering the millions of questions I always have. Their support in this is priceless and I wouldn’t be where I am right now without their support.
More later, my new Evolutionary friends. I’m excited to start this part of the journey and see just what a nearly 56 year old former fatty can do! This will be epic as far as I’m concerned.
you look amazing, tight and lean, and really happy about your transformation. 
but now i came back strong like you!
I don’t think it’s serious but it is definitely very sore today. Glad it was leg day today and rest day tomorrow. Hopefully, it will be feeling good again by Thursday. Today was good. Tough day, but productive. Endurance is definitely coming up. Appetite is increasing. Everything seems to be going exactly as it should. 
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