Rainmaker

Thanks a lot farflight. I am going to keep at it this time. Not going to give up. Only been 2 and a half weeks. But I am happy with my discipline.

I didn't show up here as I couldn't bear to write about my failures. Had some personal issues, so I gave up on my clean eating. Ate a lot of sugary things and bread, bagel stuff. Added even more weight. I can see a visible stomach now. I used to be OK but got worse. I was so upset with myself. I called the local gym and got a deal. I am done with home workout. I have started stronglifts 5X5 again. M, T, W - Add weights every time. simple but powerful. I did this in 2014 and gave up. I wanted to see if I can keep my end strong before posting. I have done 2.5 weeks without skipping a day and without skipping the weight increment. This forced me to eat healthier. I am still with Fruit smoothie. I only had 3 bread slices with Nuterlla 3 times in the last 2 weeks. No any other sweets. Salad for lunch. Chicken and eggs to keep me full, Fruit smoothie is my quick breakfast and "coming home from work" meal. This doesn't fill me. But I am ok for now. Now I have a bigger challenge. I am 5' 6" and 165 lbs now - 38 years old. life just passes by. Need to do it this time.

This totally makes sense. I crave sweets a lot. Tim bits, doughnuts, a lot of things. I am trying to change that. I am going to leave all the sweet except sugar in coffee out and see how it works out for me. last night I was working and had raisin bread with nutella. Felt aweful as soon as I finished eating and felt full.

Thanks SO MUCH.

Thanks for this. I am trying again after 3 years. You are right. squeezing the butts and pushing the head forward when the bar goes up is the key. I have added 10 pounds to the 45lbs bar so far, it hasn't hurt me yet.

Thanks.

July 28, 2017 This week was not bad, but good either. I did 2 days. Monday and Wednesday. I skipped today as I was totally sore. Not sure if i can catch up today evening. First picture I took was on June 19th - I look at my body today and nothing much has changed. Deeply demotivating. Feels like I am not getting any where. It may be the diet. I still eat starch for dinner - Something made of rice flour or wheat flour. May be that is what it is. May it is the 2 coffees I have a day. May be the cookie I eat once in 3 days. Or may be it is a lot of fat I have accumulated all these years. it is taking a long time get rid of. May be because I skipped workouts in the middle. Last 3 weeks have been consistent. May be, I will just give 2 weeks and see what happens.

Thank you!!

Thanks I will look in to those three.

July 21, 2017 This week has been great as well I did the same weekdays and sunday (5 days) On top of the early morning workouts, i added additional at night. 15 mins. Now I have the eagerness to do it every day. I need to work on my diet. Get it cleaner. Also wondering about the workout schedule as I regularly seem to struggle with time. I added this thread. Let;s see if it works.

Hi, Is it ok to workout with breaks instead of working out in one stretch of time? Like below: 6:00 pm - 6.05 pm - Squats 10 X 3 6.30 - 6.40 - Single hand row (10 X 2 hands) X 3 7:00 - 7:05 - Single Single hand shoulder press (10 X 2 hands) X 3 7:30 - 7:40 - Pushups (5 X 3) With kids at home, this would work better for me. But is this effective? would it give results? Regards, Shiyam

July 14th, 2017 It was the best week so far. I worked out on M, W, T and F skipped Tuesday. 20 mins every day. I am increasing the weight. I think I can add more routines as well. My body seems to respond better. I am not that tired. It is giving me energy. Its good.

Thanks!!

Thanks!

Thanks RainCloak.