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missed a few days. New job has sapped all of my energy and I am not getting to the gym as much as id like. However, spent a few hours today cooking up healthy meals for the rest of the week so lets see how that plays out.

Ouch

nice, two days in a row

for yesterday

Dayum Taco bell has some sodium, super long day at work and was starving so i injested the sweet sweet poison. Calories were alright today but macros waayy off

at least im fairly consistent with the amount of calories i eat? since im not really gaining weight either it looks like 22-2400 is what i need to eat to stay the same

with each day it becomes more clear why i cannot drop any weight

A little closer today, already on day two I can see my sodium is kinda high too and I'm a bit carb heavy.

Coming out swinging lol, dinner took too long and two brownies while waiting took me from ideal to 500 calories over

Ahoy all, a bit of background. I have been lifting heavy for a little over a year, and have done 3 obstacle course races (2xspartan, 1 warrior dash). I'm very pleased with the strength gains I've made (started 95lbs bench and 135 deadlift, now at 200 bench and 265 deadlift) and the running stamina however, I feel like I have been handicapping myself with a crappy diet and that I could have/can see much better results by cleaning that up. Despite nearly constantly working out I am exactly 3lbs lighter than a year ago. Last I checked I was 18% body fat still so I know there is a lot of room for improvement, realistically I am aiming for 185lbs (6"1 200lbs-ish now). I did have a meal plan drafted up for me, but being a vegetarian its laden with tofu and quinoa and there is only so much of this man can take so I often stray from it. I am sure I have the tools to achieve my goal, I am just needing the accountability to at the very least hold myself to a caloric maximum, ideally balancing macros too. Posting each days results should hopefully force me to track my food better, and at best not want to shame myself and get where I need to be. If anyone has had success in this arena or is going through something similar any advice is gladly appreciated. goal is to post basic macros and daily calorie, Below are the goals Calorie : 2,050 Protein : 200g Carbs : 200g Fat : 50g

thanks, I will check them out. Yeah my main thing is to lose the fat but not the muscle so they sound like a good resource.

Howdy my fellow green friends. To start a bit of background, have been vegetarian pretty much my whole life but am ok with dairy. I've been seriously lifting for about a year now, and am actually pretty happy with where my strength is at (can bench 200lbs now). I have been roughly 190lbs for the entire year. Can't seem to make headway dropping down a few lbs for more than a few days. Currently at 17% bodyfat so I am sure its possible to drop to a steady 180lbs. Since I get enough lifting and cardio in I am sure its diet based. Tried both counting calories, and just eating clean, both about the same. Anyone had similar issues and perhaps any advice?

Thanks everyone, yeah it was heaps of fun, obstacle wise I probably could have done the longer one, but I did not prep near enough cardio training so distance wise i was near my limit for now. Charlotte, I was continuing a bit of normal weightlifting which I had been doing for a few months but focused on a lot of bodyweight stuff or very light weights in quick succession. an example day would be pull up dip side push up (open one arm up toward the sky when you come up) kettle bell swings lunges mountain climbers push up plank right before the race i would do 45 seconds of each of those, rest, then do 30, rest, 15 seconds of each. i feel like pull ups and burpees helped the most, and just run, lots of running. I did not practice that as much as I should have and thats probably why my time was not phenomenal, but live and learn.

Completed the Ohio Spartan Sprint yesterday! I had been prepping for a few months to get in good enough shape to pull it off and I managed to do it. Heaps of room for improvement as my time was slightly over the 3 hour mark but for now I'll celebrate! Doing another in July and hope to cut the time down by 20-30 minutes now that I know what to expect.

ran the race yesterday, I managed to finish, but have heaaaappps of room for improvement, failed 4 of the obstacles, most of which were hanging based (monkey bar, rings, and rope climb), and the spear throw which is just bad luck I couldn't get it to stick into the target. This tells me exactly what i need to work on, gonna try to shave off 20-30 minutes for the next one which is in july.

Male 190# / 83kg 9 Pull Ups almost ten but had to go giraffe mode for the last one so it doesn't count ..

missed a day of burping, but still did leg day, as I stated earlier a little variety has helped me stick to caloric limit while still keeping protein high and fats low, with much less taco bell than last challenge. Still need to get around to the 3rd meal plan as well in the next few days

up to 3 sets of 18 for burpees, but sloooooow by that 3rd set. The reality that even giving all ive got is only enough to cover 2 failed obstacles puts the fear in me not to fail lol. I'm budgeting that I'll probably miss 2 or 3 on race day, so if I can do 90 in a day at some point before may perhaps I'll survive.

food prep still going strong, cooking a few days forward in big batches. The most recent plan is unlikely to be feasible unless most is prepared ahead, I gave it a try and I'm coming to find I may just vary pieces from one or the other each day and use small simple items like steamed veggies/peanut butter to fill in the gaps, the macros won't be exact but as I put all these foots into my fitbit I can easily see through the course of the day how im doing. Up to 3 sets of 15 burpees as of today.

Lack of update for a few days but I've been keeping along with the goals. I started meeting with a trainer who has done a few of these races before and sadly for my body she has upped the burpee requirement, adding one extra each set each day. We are doing other sorts of training to get ready as well, and I am quickly losing the illusion that this will be as easy as I thought at first. The next meal plan is almost done, and it includes (gasp) pasta!! Even though its an awful brown rice whole grain etc version, its sort of like normal food.. Mocha Oatmeal 6oz Vegetables Chipotle Brocoli & Tofu Stirfry Mediterranean Broccoli Isopure Rice Milk Shake Walnut Penne Pasta Speedy Pita Pizza 2 tablespoons peanut butter Chocolate Whey powder shake Total 1886 Calories, 167g of protein 200g of carbs, 51g of fat. This is a little lower than the other ones, and I will likely only be bothered to prep this on days I don't work out or weekends. That being said haven't tried this one it may be too bothersome, but several of these recipes seem to be simple enough that it should just take a few minutes.