dcollister440
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Hey, my name is Derek. I'm 26 and have been working out since I was 22. I never did any sports in high school and was always the fat kid last picked for dodgeball. I couldn't get laid for shit so I said fvck everyone Imma get in shape. I went from 350+ to 238(that's the lowest I saw on the scale) in less than 2 years. I had no idea what I was doing just kind of starved myself and worked out. I ended up getting a girl and kind of gave up on working out and over a matter of a couple years went back up to 315. I put on some good muscle during that time because I would hit 5-day splits for like 2-3 months at a time then stop for 2-3 months. Just kind of bull shitting. At the beginning of this year I got sick of all the excuses and bullshit and got serious about my physical fitness once again and went from 315 to ~280. I've been stuck here for the past couple months and am having trouble getting down any further. I'm 5'11" and these are my measurements the last time I got them taken.
Chest 52
Right arm
17
Left arm
17.25
waist 46
hips 46.5
Thighs
right 24.5
left 25
Calves
right 18.5
left 18.5
Body fat % 30.3
BMI 38.8
Body weight 278
Fat weight 84.2
Lean weight 193.8
The BF% was taken using one of those machines where you hold onto it, I haven't gotten calipers taken in sometime and plan on doing so at my local gym here pretty shortly. My diet is pretty clean. I don't eat any fast food nor do I eat sweet or anything. Most of the time I just feel like my body type and BMR is just fucked by bad genes lol. I can describe what I eat if you wish, but I've been on this journey now for like I said 4 years, it's actually more like closer to 5, and anytime I do the 5 smaller meal thing with certain amount of protein per meal and whatever I also stay at a plateu or gain weight. I eat 3 smaller meals a day. Breakfast is 2/3cup quinoa with 1/3 cup hemp seeds with 3-4 tbsp of almond butter. Lunch is 2 servings of cheerios with fat free milk, and dinner is a can of tuna and a light progresso soup. I just started this type of diet like 2 weeks ago because I realized I kept gaining weight with the 5 meal plan. It's like I forget what works in order to lose weight then beat myself up for not knowing or for really just not making any progress with losing, I stop looking at the big picture, which I think anyone/everyone in fitness/working out can get caught up in sometimes.
I'm not too concerned with losing muscle mass, as it's very easy for me to put it back on, and I do put in hard work. Currently I swim 3-4 times a week, 2 street runs a week, then do a combo cardio day 2 times a week. I was running or swimming every morning after work (I work graveyard at a hospital 5 days a week) then weights when I woke up (5-day split chest/back/legs/arms/shoulders M-F) but I was supping creatine and eating for the gains with lifting and got sick of seeing the scale go up. .
anyways I'm sure I'm boring you guys. I'm kind of sick of being at the weight I am and have been contemplating doing a cutting cycle, but really want to stay natural because I'm in recovery and have been clean for 6 years 8 months and some change. Yes I'm an addict to street drugs, and I do go to meetings, have a sponsor and all that. Staying physically fit is part of that I believe. Thanks!
Chest 52
Right arm
17
Left arm
17.25
waist 46
hips 46.5
Thighs
right 24.5
left 25
Calves
right 18.5
left 18.5
Body fat % 30.3
BMI 38.8
Body weight 278
Fat weight 84.2
Lean weight 193.8
The BF% was taken using one of those machines where you hold onto it, I haven't gotten calipers taken in sometime and plan on doing so at my local gym here pretty shortly. My diet is pretty clean. I don't eat any fast food nor do I eat sweet or anything. Most of the time I just feel like my body type and BMR is just fucked by bad genes lol. I can describe what I eat if you wish, but I've been on this journey now for like I said 4 years, it's actually more like closer to 5, and anytime I do the 5 smaller meal thing with certain amount of protein per meal and whatever I also stay at a plateu or gain weight. I eat 3 smaller meals a day. Breakfast is 2/3cup quinoa with 1/3 cup hemp seeds with 3-4 tbsp of almond butter. Lunch is 2 servings of cheerios with fat free milk, and dinner is a can of tuna and a light progresso soup. I just started this type of diet like 2 weeks ago because I realized I kept gaining weight with the 5 meal plan. It's like I forget what works in order to lose weight then beat myself up for not knowing or for really just not making any progress with losing, I stop looking at the big picture, which I think anyone/everyone in fitness/working out can get caught up in sometimes.
I'm not too concerned with losing muscle mass, as it's very easy for me to put it back on, and I do put in hard work. Currently I swim 3-4 times a week, 2 street runs a week, then do a combo cardio day 2 times a week. I was running or swimming every morning after work (I work graveyard at a hospital 5 days a week) then weights when I woke up (5-day split chest/back/legs/arms/shoulders M-F) but I was supping creatine and eating for the gains with lifting and got sick of seeing the scale go up. .
anyways I'm sure I'm boring you guys. I'm kind of sick of being at the weight I am and have been contemplating doing a cutting cycle, but really want to stay natural because I'm in recovery and have been clean for 6 years 8 months and some change. Yes I'm an addict to street drugs, and I do go to meetings, have a sponsor and all that. Staying physically fit is part of that I believe. Thanks!
)! Just good Ol 40/40/20 clean diet, lifting heavy and some slow steady cardio after lifting. So thank you Ology! Keep reading and applying your new found knowledge dcollister!