Starting Over Journal

Making this thread to keep me consistent and save progress

I got lazy and gave up PE for a year throwing all my previous work. I also got to 100kg (220 lbs)

My measures were:
BPEL: 17 (6’6in)
MEG: 13,5 (5’3in)

My measures now:
BPEL: 13 (5’1in)
MEG: 12.5 (4’9in)

I let myself go, I have poor EQ due to my horrible lifestyle I got myself into and overweight.
Planing to lose weight and return to PE aiming for a 7x6 unit.

Starting with a lot of cardio and new diet
Bathmate for 2 weeks to get into PE and then:

2on 1 off
Manual Stretch all angles x30s
Jelq 5s x100
Bathmate 3x5min

Kegl 5s x100 + Subliminal (works really well for me)

What’s your diet/exercise plan? Strongly recommend a tracker like “my fitness pal”, I use it 5-6 times a day.

Those were excellent gains! You should recover them a lot faster than it took to get them the first time.

Good. A big dick isn’t very useful if you look like Jabba the Hutt’s little brother.

What kind of cardio are you doing?

Diet, well… not eating 10.000 calories a day :D I started cooking and eating to have a relief from severe depression.
I’m gonna stick to 1500-2000 calories a day eating mostly eggs, chicken, whole grain bread and veggies.

I walk/jog 10km (6miles) to a swimming pool in my city, swim 2hrs and then go back 10km home. If i don’t feel like it then I do skipping. Cardio at least 3 times a week or more.
I also found arginine and gaba working well cause they make you relase more HGH and it helps to lose weight A LOT (I been through it before)

Sounds good.

That’s a big commitment in time! Will the pool be open all winter?

Yes it’s an ”inside” pool and it’s actually an olimpic pool, the best in my country and one of the biggest in europe, they are open all year.

I got to 95 kg. I will do morę swimming and skipping with a weighted jump rope.

As for PE, I have got very improved EQ, a lot of morning woods and even feels like higher libido. Measurements seem a little better, but not measurimg yet.

Now I am going on a 30 day strict routine with 4 days off total (6on 1off)

In that priod I aim to be about 85kg and 16 BPEL x 13.5 MEG

Till the next month

Now would be a good time to start body measurements. The more fit you get, the less normal weight standards will apply. "By the numbers" on the standard medical tables, Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered "obese" when he was taking Mr. Olympia titles.

Use a tailor’s tape or seamstress’ tape. Measure:

Chest (around nipples)
Waist (at belly button)
Butt (at base of penis)

Those are good repeatable points, but it’s easier if you have a mirror or a helper so you can keep the tape parallel to the floor.

If you have a helper, around the shoulders will be a good indicator of upper body muscularity, but it’s almost impossible to get repeatable readings without a helper, and even then you might have to use pieces of adhesive tape to hold the
measuring tape level.

Also do:

Upper thighs (at largest point)
Calves (at largest point)
Ankles

There’s a medical condition called lymphedema. The early symptoms manifest as swollen ankles. Since you have the tape in your hand, you might as well check them too.

Upper arms (at largest point)
Forearms (at largest point)
Wrists

Wrists don’t change much in size; they’re mostly tendons and connective tissue. But "repetitive stress injury" will sometimes show up as swelling of the wrists, and the tape is in your hand… RSI can be serious, requiring surgery to repair, but if you catch it early it can be stopped.

Neck. This is replacing BMI ("Body Mass Index") as the "magic number" doctors like to use for determining obesity, and it’s no more accurate. But a lot of exercises involve the neck muscles, and that will show up in neck size. And it helps to know where you stand should a doctor decide you’re "too fat" because you have a muscular neck.

Make a paper chart, text file, or spreadsheet, and put all the measurements in a column. Every month (or two, or three), measure again and put the results in a new column. This lets you scan left-to-right and see your progress.

The measurement set will give you a whole-body picture of what your diet and exercise plan is doing for you, way more detailed than simple weight on the scale.

Thanks a lot. I will do these in the morning and track the changes. I appreciate that.

In fact my body is a bit messed up. For example I have two posture problems. My body does change a lot depending on the excercises I do. One of the changes are my height. I used to be 1.5 inch taller some months ago when I was doing pullups, bar hanging and inversion (hanging upside down).

I wonder how much could I increase my height. I should get on that too.

One day I might make a full thread on gaining height cause some people are into that here.