Buckfever's General Progress Log

9/15/2024

1.93"X9" tube

5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg

Tube down length position: 7-1/4+"
Pack 2-7/8+"

So pretty big jump on how much of the shaft was packed. Maybe I jumped the gun on the tapered tube as it seems that we’re seeing decent progression. But given as I don’t know what I’m doing, you don’t know till you try.

Weight: 177.2 @ 18.1

Pretty pissed about the weight. Took the girl out again, she’s been combative and I wanted to change the mood. She visited Greece on her trip and fell in love with Greek food. I found a new Greek restaurant set up like a fast food place but higher end food. Food was delicious but greasy. There’s no fucking way I’m going to lose the rest of the weight if I keep eating out. There was probably 500 extra calories of grease in that meal. I’m going to institute a going out to eat strike for the next 2 weeks to get this going. I need to see a 174 print.

Yesterday activity level: 2 X 1.3 mile walks.

I do wonder about me and relationships. I kind of don’t care about what women want, I do a little bit but not a lot. I think that’s why it’s always been easy for me to get laid, because I’m a challenge. But I remain a challenge in a relationship and that causes friction. At one point yesterday I think I told her, you want me to be a fucking woman and I just can’t. And I don’t want to be that.

I did point out to her that I am thoughtful and intelligent and considerate and gave her examples. It went better after that and for sure there must be a better approach but my God I do not give a fuck.

Anyway, I’m definitely getting laid today. What are you going to do.

9/16/2024

1.93"X9" tube

5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg

Tube down length position: 7-1/4"
Pack 2-3/4+"

Less expansion today. Discoloration day over day was less.

Weight: 176 @ 17.8%

Weight is going back in the right direction. At 16.8% I look acceptable, but it isn’t just 1% of weight loss because you lose muscle when you’re cutting, 15.8% is the look I want in terms of lean, but really the end goal is to put back the lost muscle so we’ve got quite a ways to go and life has a way of getting in the way and making things take longer than you figure.

Yesterday activity level: 16 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest, upper body weights about an hour, 1.3 mile walk and started painting the deck. The deck has so many railings that’s going to take a while, but I am insisting on the fitness being the priority over the house projects.

As far as intimacy I told her I was too fucking tired, I was falling asleep. I have the afternoon off so maybe today. I need to get in better shape and I am, I was much stronger in the gym on everything, but I’m about 65% of where I was in May and that’s a problem because when you don’t have the power you get worn out. Things needed to get done and that’s fine, but fitness has to be a priority now. It’s different when you’re older, things fall off quickly without the maintenance.

9/17/2024

1.93"X9" tube

5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg

Tube down length position: 7-1/4"
Pack 2-3/4+"

Expansion about the same.

Weight: 177.2 @ 18% Starting to think we land at 174, lose a little more weight and gain a little muscle. Definitely getting stronger.

Girl came around.

Focus has slipped a little overall, got to get back to work. Updated goals this morning.

9/18/2024

1.93"X9" tube

5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg

Tube down length position: 7-1/4+"
Pack 2-7/8"

Maybe a little more expansion than yesterday.

Weight: 178.2 @ 18.1 % Weight jumped but I was up early today so not so sure. BF reading is good. It’s starting to show that I’m lifting.

Got a new SUV with off road capabilities and the stock tires they put on it suck. Especially for snow so please take more money, because I don’t want to wind up in a ditch. What are you going to do? Next week, at least I have 7:00 am appointment to not blow the day and I did get a really good price.

Which I find interesting. 3 months prior the SUV I bought which is a First Edition had dealer markups of 10K above msrp and I just bought mine for a 5K discount. And I did not negotiate. I just inquired and then had to commit to the purchase immediately so that they could trade with another dealer for the vehicle and three days later I took delivery. At work all my colleagues and business partners are reporting a major slowdown. I’m getting bombarded with discounting from vendors and yet somehow the political rhetoric is promoting that the economy is strong.

I have taken advantage of the pricing to increase inventories but data is always lagging, and I’m thinking we should tighten our belts.

So the tapered tube arrived. The orifice looks to be spot on at 2" diameter so actually a little bigger than the metric based 1.93" diameter tube that I have been using. The amount of taper is not listed, but I took a measure of the outer diameter at around 7 inches and it is smaller by a half inch in circumference, so we’ll see how it works out tomorrow.

9/19/2024

2"X9" tapered tube

5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg

Tube straight out, length position from top of flange: 6-3/4"
Pack 3-1/8+"

Couple things here. The nozzle of the brake bleeder and the receptacle on the tapered pump did not appear to be compatible as I could not get vacuum even though it did click in. I just unscrewed the attachment form the straight tube used that and it worked well The tapered tube is clear there are no increments so the measurements need to be taken with a ruler. Another thing because the orifice is a hair wider it sits better so that the tube is straight out the way that you would take a bone pressed measure and the measurements are taken as you would take a bone pressed measure except that I am taking it from the top of the flange. I think this would be a more consistent measure, but the flange is 1/4" so the measurement will be shorter than before for comparison. But also because it is straight out, the angle on the line of sight will cause a shorter measure. So comparison to the previous measures will be off.

With that out of the way for sure I am packing more of the tube right off. At this point this is a much better fit for me and as I pack more of it, it will help alleviate the red dot issue. The quality of the tube seems fine to me, the cost was $29 on Ebay, brand is SIze Matters.

Weight: 185.8 @ 17.8 %

Yesterday activity level: Walked 1.3 Miles X 3, Archery 41 rounds, Sledding hill 14 flights with the 40lb vest, painting deck ~ 1 hour. Felt I should have gotten more done on the home projects but I wanted to listen to Powell’s press conference. I’ll do more tomorrow.

I need to get stronger.

I did find a clear adhesive ruler, in metric. So I ordered that for the tapered tube. I think that will make measurement even more precise.

9/20/2024

2"X9" tapered tube

5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg
2 minute rest
5 minutes @ 4 hg

Tube straight out, length position from top of flange: 6-3/4"
Pack 3-1/8+"

About the same expansion as far as measures but it looked like more. As far as packing further we are right at the point of the small indentation so that will work as a bottleneck, but we do want to be working that. Even with the larger orifice we are getting a little pressure at the top of the base at the ligaments.

Weight: 177 @ 17.8%

Last 2 days added an extra serving to the meal plan, was too hungry. Clearly leaning up as the strength training is kicking in. Am trying for more protein.

Focus was great yesterday stayed centered the whole day. When you fall off, you just got to get a day where you deliberately stay on. Declared that as the goal. Yesterday was a good day. Today I’m off, so tomorrow we go again, get back on track.

Petechiae are back with a vengeance. I’m taking a month off.

9/21/2024

Quick edge.

What I am calling a quick edge is just bringing up a full erection as I would when going into the tube and that’s all. As much as anything just keeping that part of the ritual going but also preserving that process while I take time off. And since I am only hooking up a max of twice a week, more like 3 times every 2 weeks, I don’t think that’s enough erections for good health IMO.

I am thinking 4-6 weeks off to let the petechiae dissipate and heal up before taking another run at the pumping.

Weight: 176.6 @ 17.7% bodyfat

I ate an extra serving again of food yesterday and last night I got a solid 7+ hours of sleep. EQ this morning was insanely good. Generally I don’t get hungry except when I’m tired. Very important to get enough sleep on a cut.

My weight has been stable but we need to do another push here probably starting today. I think I have a date night tonight after work so it should be a pretty chill day. I might be off Monday so could get 4 workout days in the next week.

Activity level yesterday: 3 X 1.3 mile walks, 1.5 hours in the gym upper body, painting deck 3 X 30-40 minutes, lots of rounds of archery in the basement working on the bow.

I’ve got these deck railings to paint which are a pain in the ass, but it was really hot and sunny yesterday and I could only get 30-40 minutes at a time before I was soaking wet from the heat, so I just broke it up cutting 3 sections at a time and then taking a break.

On the weight lifting I’m doing more old school fewer exercises but working up to 5 sets of 10, except for the shoulder. I injured the shoulder last year and there is a spot that is still painful. So for that I am using very light weight and doing 4 sets of 20 reps. Over the years I found that repetitive movements through the injury with very light weights seems to heal it. Not sure if that is true but it seems to work and I decided to see if I can fix it. Higher reps on the abs too.

I got a new compound bow earlier in the year and these bows today use modules to adjust the draw weight and this bow is kind of stiff so I needed to sort out where I wanted the weight at. Shot way too many rounds sorting that out. Shoulder was very fucking sore but feels good this morning.

Need more intimacy.

I find petechiae are easier to get when I’m deconditioned. So I train through them, just more gently. Plus the other stuff (Firegoat rolls, serrapeptase, IR/red light).

Also, gentle pumping seems to help reverse some discoloration.

Anyway, you know you. It just might suck to take a bunch of time off only to find your petechiae come back at even lower pressure since you took a break to resolve them.

And once again, make sure you aren’t on any supplements or meds that make platelet function diminish.

After you mentioned it last time I looked at my meds and in fact the Crestor is associated with petechiae. So I feel I’m stuck with that. I’ll consider the rest of your suggestions.

9/22/2024

Quick Edge. EQ yesterday was through the fucking roof so that’s good. I wonder what the experience with edging is. I’ll have to do a search.

Weight: 178.2 @ 18.1% I over ate yesterday I had an extra serving of food, sirloin stuffed peppers that were amazing AND a slice of pumpkin pie. I was blown out from work and that was a bit of anxiety driven eating. Got 4 days to workout this week so we’ll go after it starting today.

Yesterday activity level: 2 X 1.3 mile walks.

We had a problem at work. There was a quality issue with one of the materials, just a bad batch but I couldn’t figure out what the fuck was happening, so it was gnawing at me. It’s funny how the brain works, it woke me up last night as my brain solved the problem and I wrote down what it is and the solution to work on, on Tuesday.

9/23/2024

Quick Edge. Very robust, EQ seems great.

Weight: 176.8 @ 17.9% Stuck with the meal plan yesterday

Yesterday activity level: 2 X 1.3 mile walks. 30 rounds archery indoors. Wanted to be more active but it rained all day. I’m off today will try to do more.

Unfortunately that material problem has been weighing on me so feels like I’m working even though I’m off. Talked to a business partner yesterday and we’ll look at the output and see what we need to do. This morning I ordered more material from a different vendor, but I can’t know where the issue with quality occurred, could of been in how it was handled. I’ll test the batches tomorrow in the morning when I go in.

Going to hit the weights first today before going to the sledding hill. Feels like the sledding hill wipes me out for the weights.

9/24/2024

Quick Edge. Very robust, EQ seems great, if this translates.

Weight: 176.2 @ 17.7% Stuck with the meal plan again

Yesterday activity level: 1 X 1.3 mile walks. 1:15 in the gym upper body weights. Painting the deck rails.

Wanted to do more exercise yesterday but I’m so sick of painting the deck railings that I decided to knock that off. And then I decided that I want to knock off the deck floor and stairs this year as my final house project of the year I figure there’s still time with the weather and it looks like shit especially now that the railings look so good. So I got to scraping the floor to get it ready and I discovered that one of the boards was rotten so I had to cut that one out. Years ago I bought a Milwaukee Sawzall it’s cordless. I needed it for one job and it’s expensive and thought do I really need this. It’s really a professional piece of equipment. All I have to say is if you have a home and want to do work on it. Buy the fucking thing, it just solves problems.

Thought I was going to get some yesterday but instead the Black Swan showed up and let me know how much of an asshole I am. Fuck if I know what I did. I just stayed centered and am planning to benefit either tonight or tomorrow, when the White swan shows up.

The meal plan definitely works I just have to stay on it, we are almost there.

Yesterday we hit the point with the weights where the muscle memory is kicking in and the strength jump was big we got to stay on that too. Need more protein though, yesterday I was so busy with the house projects that all I did was throw a bag of vegetables in the skillet and made a couple of veggie burritos with cheese. Healthy but not enough protein on the day. Got some ground angus for tonight though.

I need to get my body back, I just feel like a different animal when I’m shredded and the muscles are full.

On the PE front I decided to order the 1.75" tapered tube. Since the orifice on the tapered tubes are larger as they are not metric based I thought that might work a little better and with the taper on that tube I should be able to pack the shaft right off. It’ll be too tight, but that should solve the red dot formation and with the additional tubes maybe I can stage the tubes. Not really sure but it’s the only thing I have not explored to deal with the petechiae. Still taking a month off to let things heal up.