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[RaginCajun]

Have a wonderful one 405! Take care of the wifey

[bikeral]

Yo, have a great trip man. Enjoy the food and the sights.

[JohnnnyBlazzze]

vacation starts now!!! Woo hoo!!!

Congrats dude, all your hard work has paid off and led to some much earned time off. Enjoy it man.

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Thx guys. Lazy day today.. Woke up and was gonna do fastEd cardio but just didnt feel like it. May go 4 a run later.. Have to find a suit jacket, Get packed, and take the dogs to "the farm" (they get a vacation too!) .. Thats about it.. Nice having nuttin really to do

Id also like to note i had a good wkout yesterday.. Think i need to go up on weight with squats.. Did 4 sets 10 at 315lbs fairly easily.. Just a little scared of adding weight without a spotter.. Could prob do 405 ...

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Im outta here fellas!

Meal 1: blueberry pancakes and bacon courtesy of cracker barrel!

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Well fellas i made it back in one piece! Will be very interested to see how much fat i gained.. I know i gained some but not as much as i thought i would (at least going by the mirror).. Id also like to note i ate 3-4 desserts per day and prob 10 sourdough rolls with butter per day as well as all the other food i ate ! It was awesome!! LOL..

[JohnnnyBlazzze]

Well fellas i made it back in one piece! Will be very interested to see how much fat i gained.. I know i gained some but not as much as i thought i would (at least going by the mirror).. Id also like to note i ate 3-4 desserts per day and prob 10 sourdough rolls with butter per day as well as all the other food i ate ! It was awesome!! LOL..

Glad you enjoyed your vacation man and sounds like you had a blast lol. Welcome back.

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oh i almost forgot.. i weighed last nite at 189.6lbs up from 184 on sunday ... was at 186 this am.. so 2lbs heavier than sunday.. not that i care how much i weigh..

Jut thought id add to this posted On 4/25/12.. Weight 186..

Did preliminary weigh-in today: 197.2! Now its the end of the day and ive eaten a fair amt today.. Thats 11lbs in 11days LOL!!

SteM just as i suspected im gonna have to cut for prob 4 weeks before i do any maintenance.. Ill be interested to see how i fare after 1 week back on diet.. Im sure a lot of this is water.. But i did eat ALOT of food.. Bad food that tasted good! Have no clue of macros but at a guess at least:
4350-5000cals
150g pro
600g - 800g carbs
150g +- fat

Somewhere in that neighborhood im sure LOL..

[Back In Black]

Ha ha, told you it would be about 10lbs! Run a maintenance this week N see where you are, I reckon you'll be back to weight in less than 3 weeks.

Glad you had fun, hope the family did too. Did your wife enjoy showing you off?

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Ha ha, told you it would be about 10lbs! Run a maintenance this week N see where you are, I reckon you'll be back to weight in less than 3 weeks.

Glad you had fun, hope the family did too. Did your wife enjoy showing you off?

LOL she tried to get me to buy a speedo short-shorts tight bathing suit.. I have a pic ill post tomorrow of it.. I actually considered it! There were a few european guys wearing them and i def lookd better than them! Surprising wat some people will wear! We had a blast! Swam with dolphins.. Literally! Held both fins and got pulled thru water! Very very cool!

Maintenance huh? Not strait into cut?

[akali]

haha sounds like a blast, glad you had fun buddy!

[bikeral]

Welcome back. Glad you had a good time.

[ironbeck]

swimming with dolphins is on my bucket list....cool

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Welcome back. Glad you had a good time.

Thx al! Yeh i did dude ready to go again glad to be back too.. Nice being on here with yall ..

[bikeral]

Thx al! Yeh i did dude ready to go again glad to be back too.. Nice being on here with yall ..

Place was a bit quiet without ya dude.

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swimming with dolphins is on my bucket list....cool

Beck do it man! Funny it was on my wifes "40 before 40" list! It was very cool to be in the water with such a powerful animal that was so eager to please and loving and just awesome dude!! I woulda given her a hug if i couldve

I actually tapped the water and held my hands in the aIr and she swan up to me and stuck her upper half out the water with her stomach facing me and i grabbed both fins on either side of her and held on and she flipped backwards and towed me thru the water while she was upside down!! It was freaking amazing!! To move that fast u could feel her power!! Do it dude! First chance u get!

[ironbeck]

I plan to this summer we(me and wifey) r going sky diving first...but I grew up on the ocean and I think Dolphins r majestic mammals.

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Yeh thats also on her list LOL (skydiving)..

Yeh dolphins r awesome!

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Place was a bit quiet without ya dude.

Well im back buddy!! lets make some noise!! I got some work to do gonna be fun seeing how i respond after this 9 day cheat..

[RaginCajun]

glad you and the wife had a good trip! 11 lbs on a cruise, very doable! hahaha!

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Ok guys now official am weigh in (after peeing and dropping 2 deuces): 194.0lbs

Startn weight 186 @7.8%bf
Today weight 194 @8.3%bf

So 8lbs and 0.5%bf gain.. Not bad considering i had 9days of eating whatever i wanted i have some pics ill post when i leave the house (no internet here).. Pretty happy! It also gives me an idea of howmmuch a single cheat meal affects me (not much) considering i averaged 3 meals per day for 9days = 27cheat meals

[Bodacious]

Hey 405,

Glad you had a good time. I wouldn't say you did bad at all. Nine days of eating whatever and whenever. Did you workout or stay active any??? I am jw because I am going on one in July. I would be happy with 9 lbs. But it looms like they ha e a super nice gym on some ships. But anyways glad you had a good time. Ttyl

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Thx Bodacious.. Yeh i lifted 2 days: chest/back, shoulders/arms.. And did 4 days fasted cardio 60mins, 45,45,30 (as u can see i got slacker and slacker!) LOL

[joebailey1271]

Glad u had fun, u needed it after all that hard work.

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morning fellows and gals.. well here i go back in the gym for chest/bis.. after im gonna prob do a 4 mile run pwo.. stem u mentioned i should run maintenance this week then re evaluate after i see how i level out.. had planned on startn a carb cycle immediately to try to drop as much water and fat as possible as soon as possible.. was a little curious if u have a reason for suggesting this? (maintenance).. which i am running but it goes against my ingrained cutting instinct!

[JohnnnyBlazzze]

Ok guys now official am weigh in (after peeing and dropping 2 deuces): 194.0lbs

Startn weight 186 @7.8%bf
Today weight 194 @8.3%bf

So 8lbs and 0.5%bf gain.. Not bad considering i had 9days of eating whatever i wanted i have some pics ill post when i leave the house (no internet here).. Pretty happy! It also gives me an idea of howmmuch a single cheat meal affects me (not much) considering i averaged 3 meals per day for 9days = 27cheat meals

.5bf% gained over vacation isn't bad at all man wow haha. Nice sticking to workout and activity on vacation, that seems to be my kryptonite. Everytime I leave to visit family or something i originally plan to at least maintain cardio but it just never happens.

[Back In Black]

morning fellows and gals.. well here i go back in the gym for chest/bis.. after im gonna prob do a 4 mile run pwo.. stem u mentioned i should run maintenance this week then re evaluate after i see how i level out.. had planned on startn a carb cycle immediately to try to drop as much water and fat as possible as soon as possible.. was a little curious if u have a reason for suggesting this? (maintenance).. which i am running but it goes against my ingrained cutting instinct!

Your clean maintenance will drop you water and fat. Remember the maintenance cals should be that of your old weight, meaning you will not ingest enough to support your new weight.

What are your plans when you drop back to pre holiday stats?

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Your clean maintenance will drop you water and fat. Remember the maintenance cals should be that of your old weight, meaning you will not ingest enough to support your new weight.

What are your plans when you drop back to pre holiday stats?

dunno got any suggestions? LOL

currently im running 2600cals@ 260/260/60 pro/carb/fat

according to katch/mcardle tdee at 185 @10%bf is 3100.. i figured it prob to be closer to 2800 so im running 2600 to be safe

[Back In Black]

Yeah, I reckon knock 10% off, that's what seems to work for me. My maintenance of 168lbs is about 2650 so you are safe indeed!

Bulk, bulk, bulk, bulk, bulk!!!!!

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pre and post cruise pics... 1. pre 2. post 3. pre 4. post

[Back In Black]

A subtle difference I guess, maybe a bit smoother and maybe a bit fuller.

Soon be back to whatever normal is!

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not bad for 9 days of balls to the wall eating!

[NOSUPERMODEL]

I actually think the post ones look better. You look thicker. I know its water, but it gives the appearance of being thicker.

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Thx nsm for now id rather be leAner and less thick than fatter and thicker!

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Id Also like to note i had a good chest bi day and did cardio pwo which was freaking brutal! I startd planning on running 4 miles and had to stop at about 3/4 mile and walk cuz my calf/shin area was on fire! Havent experienced this in a long time.. Maybe cuz of the xtra weight?

So i decided to do 8 sets of sprints which was equally as brutal cuz my calves were burning in agonizing pain after each set.. On top of this i developed a stitch in my side and some heartburn also kicked in! It was more miserable than it sounds but i did manage to complete All 8 sets.. I vowed then to never skip my am fasted cardio because: "i can just do a pwo run" again!! And i mean it!! At least til i get back down to 185!

[ironbeck]

I think your calfs are just extra tight....try warming up slower and stretching them, its definitely not the extra weight(just a couple of lbs)...

[ironbeck]

While on gear if I don't stretch my parts for a week they get tight.

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well i weighed 193 today so down 4lbs from sunday..

did am fasted cardio(40mins) on elliptical and my dang calves were tight as heck again and it was tuff to get thru the workout but i suffered thru watching the clock like never before!

lunch will be back/tris

5meals just wasnt enuff yesterday so i modified diet today to get a 6th meal in.. new macros and cals;
2684
300g pro
236g carbs
59g fat

basically 45p/35c/20f

[Papiriqui]

Well after a long vacation for you and a huge absence for me i thought i dropped by and say Welcome back!!!!

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hey hey! my man pap!

thought id never see u again dude! wtf?? LOL