Big Guns

Nice. Keep us posted. Just stick to you diet plan until you get the leaness you want....don't worry about the weight. We can switch the dietup a bit for that. Plus you will look bigger when you get lean!!

aberry33

I weighed in at 202 when I woke up this morning. Things have been going well. I typically have 1 or 2 slipups per week where I get some sort of fast food but other than that the diet is going well. I'm down 20 pounds and seeing more definition but I don't have enough of the six pack that I was wanting so I'll keep going. I don't think 200 will get me there so I'm going to shoot for 195 and see what that looks like. I'll try to get some progress pics up sometime this week.

Big Guns

Stay AWAY from the fast food. It will only hamper your efforts. Once you get to where you want...you will realize how much work you put in to getting there, that the crap food will not get eaten. But you can still have it once in a while for a fix

aberry33

Okay so lets see if I can post these correctly. I've been at it for almost 6 months now I'll post one of my beginning shots and then one of my pics of me about 3 months in and I have two pictures that I just took the other day.

To summarize I started my cut 2.5 months ago. I was 222 pounds and I am now 200 pounds exactly. I originally thought I would have close to a 6 pack at 200 but as you can see it isn't happening. I'm seeing more definition but not nearly as much as I want. I'm of course concerned about dropping too low in weight because I don't want to lose a lot of my hard earned muscle.

By looking at the last pics, if you guys had to guess what would you say my BF is at and if I wanted to get a more defined 6 pack, how much more weight would I need to drop from 200 to get there?

12/28/08


3/6/09


5/19/09


5/19/09

Big Guns

I would guess anothe 5 lbs...maybe 10. But you have definatley made some GREAT progress!!!

Nice work!!!

Critical Mass

Heck yeah that was some great progress! Congradulations!

aberry33

Thanks guys. Well I guess my next target is 195 and we'll go from there.

Big Guns

Keep your diet tight. You look bigger at 200 than 220!!!
You will lokk tight as shit at 195.

aberry33

Weighed in at 196.6 this morning. I'll get a picture update once I'm at 195. It looks like I'll have to get closer to 190 to get the look I am looking for.

My question today is, when dieting like I am and trying to lose those last few pounds to get lean, should I be doing any sort of high carb day once every few days/week? I've read a lot about that and the pros and cons. On any given day I'm anywhere between 120 grams and 250 grams of carbs.

I would like to be at my ideal look 3 weeks from now. I am progressing as far as my weight goes, so should I just continue doing what I'm doing, or should I throw in a high carb day every now and then, or should I be lowering my carbs daily from the numbers I listed above and make those numbers my high carb days?

Big Guns

I would do a high carb day if you are feeling really tired or looking flat and not getting a pump. 1 or 2 high carbs shouldn't hurt you. You've changed your body into a machine Bro!!! Work w/ it. Do a 400g carb day on Sunday. See how you feel. You won't gain any fat from it and you body will actually use it to repair.

"Just like landing a plane" !!! Slow and steady


You are doing GREAT my Friend!!!

aberry33

Thanks for all of the help and encouragement, I really appreicate it. When those times come when all I can think about is junk food it helps make it easier knowing that there are people here that are/have gone through the same thing I'm doing now.

I've gotten very strict on my diet over the past couple of weeks. My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy. Freaking peanuts are a delicacy to me lately. The only supplements I take is a multi, creatine and 1-2 protein shakes a day. I'm contemplating starting an ECA stack. I've never done that before and am doing some reading up on it today. I've already got some Bronkaid at home that I bought sometime last year so if I decide to go the ECA route I'll just need to stop by the store real quick to pick up some caffiene pills and aspirin.

Big Guns

When the cravings come...just tell yourself "Sunday man" Then look at youself and say "Do I really want to F**k up all the hard work I just put in?"

It does get easier. I rarely eat crap. I may eat a McD's 2X/year. Had my first donuts in Vegas in 3 years!!! Tasted great, but it will do nothing for my goal.

Dude take a day and just eat some shit!! It will do you good. Trust me. It will help you a great deal.

aberry33

Okay I weighed in at 194.8 this morning so time for another update pic. I'm definitely going to need to try going to 190 to get what I'm wanting. Can't really see too much of a difference from 200 to 195 but that's okay. Went to the bar Saturday night, got plowed and came home and ate an entire pie. Nothing like a gigantic insulin spike at 2 AM. I was hungover Sunday morning so the diet wasn't all that great until about Sunday mid day. I guess I got my carb day I was looking for. :/

Anyway, here are the pics:


12/28/08



2/27/09 Weight 222.2



5/19/09 Weight 200



6/8/09 Weight 194.8

Big Guns

DAMN BRO!!!! Little tan and you are set. Nice work. Now keep you protein high and continue and you will slowly build some muscle, but it will show A LOT faster