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Hey It's my turn. Fuck the rest of the conference. Bama's going down this year.. so we are all going to ride LSU's coattails this year...

That's beautiful. If I ever get a 2nd one I would love one that style. Picked this one up last year (photos are from the seller not my place). Holds about 425. I have it about 3/4 of the way filled. Had it all organized in cellar tracker until the right side filled in recently. So badly need to pull everything out and organize.

Day 19 update... just cause I haven't in a while. Still going somewhat strong.. gotta keep finding my motivation. Only 1 cheat day 2 weeks ago. Since then have stayed on track. Found out my scale wasn't calibrated correctly. So was only down around 8lbs after my 3 day fast instead of 14. But this morning I checked and down to 228 so down 12 in less than 3 weeks I'll take it. If I can motivate myself to run some I could likely get down to 225 this week.. but the big accomplishment was going into the 3rd belt hole this morning. Down another notch. I need to start cooking some more now, already tired of lettuce wrapped burgers. Need to finish up all the fruit in the house and stop nibbling on that, carbs add up too quick. Still not drinking either.. might break that on wed for a wine tasting though.. haven't decided. I've given my body 2 weeks now of recovery. Is that enough for the recovery of the last few years of heavy drinking and obesity? Nope.. but it's a start and dry red wine is at least not crab heavy like my beers i drink..

AWESOME job... I know what you mean. I'm down 14 but haven't changed more than 1lb in past 4 days, put my pants on this morning. tightened my belt.. looked down earlier and was 3 notches in instead of 2. when I started the 1st notch was pushing being too tight. Keep it up!!

Broke my fast at exactly 72 hours, last night at midnight... with beef stock and half a central market rotisserie chicken. Then an hour later or so 4 strawberries and 4 cherries.. just a little treat. Breakfast this morning was 4 pieces of bacon, 2 fried eggs (in coconut oil) over easy, and then 4 of these coconut flour pancakes that are gonna be a new standyby. so freaking tasty. Then put some Maple flavored syrup..made with monkfruit on them. So goood. https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/coconut-flour-pancakes-recipe-cream-cheese-pancakes/ Been taking it wasy today, a few glasses of water but enjoying being able to drink my waterloos again. No weight change last 2 days of the fast. still down 13 overall. Gotta get some cardio in.. and plan this week out. No alcohol for me until July 31st, my 3rd wedding anniversary. Likely going to have a day out at the spa relaxing with some drinks and then have a special dinner at Wolfgangs 560 (helps when you have connections to the GM).

Deciding if I'm following my advice. afternoon has been hell.. so damn hungry. going home to sleep and ignore it for now. 42 hours in. 30 to go.

Go with what your body tells you... I'm feeling great this morning..now almost 34 hours in. Down 5lbs this morning. so only 2 more till I reach my goal for the fast. I might ride mine out through Sunday if I'm still feeling like this.

Damn good job bud.

2,019. I use the keto calculator I found on reddit to determine what my %'s should be and what caloric reduction I wanted to do. I went with a 20% reduction in calories for https://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/ It says my BMR should be 2052kcal for my weight, height, sex, and age. Being lightly active puts me at 2527kcal. 26.5 % body fat based on measurements i put in.. I think it's a little low % wise but hard to know. Says I have 170lbs of lean body mass, so my goal of 185 would be pretty hard to get. For now, I put my carbs at 30 since that's manageable. I might drop down to 20g in a month or so. As mentioned I did, 135g of protein, as I'm doing some cardio but not strenuous workouts right now. Then I decided how much fat I wanted to take in based on how much I wanted to reduce my caloric intake. 20% was the baseline to move to "moderate deficit - fast weight loss" instead of average and easy.

Not really counting calories... MFP gives me a daily total based on those macros and I watch more so my carb count than anything else, otherwise I will eat when I'm hungry if I'm not fasting. Or if i had say a chicken breast for lunch I would make sure to eat nuts, cheese sticks, and or coconut oil to balance the fat.

Good deal. I noticed my pro version is off now, so I can't adjust my macros on the app... but I CAN on the webpage instead. I set mine at Carbs 6% 30g, Fat 67% 151g, Protein 27% 135g. I'll readjust that after another couple of weeks. Started my water fast (only water with real salt and green tea allowed) at midnight. So I'm a little over 9 hours in.. at least 63 more to go. Almost back to my weight prior to eating that burger on tuesday. Walked into work this morning from the train station as the "cold front" that blew through yesterday knocked the lows into the 70s this morning. Just have to keep myself busy for next 7 hours before leaving work and going to the gym here at work. Will do 30 minutes to an hour of cardio. Goal is to be down to 225 by Monday. 7lbs to go.

Exactly. after the deuce but before the shower.

Apple cider vinegar. I usually take a tablespoon in some water (don't drink it straight or will burn throat.. get the one with the mother still in it). Started my fast at midnight... gotta stay strong through saturday night.. likely break sunday for brunch.

Mhmmm Flan... one of my biggest weaknesses. Hardest part about doing this in the summer time is peaches and watermelons... But I had a few a couple weeks ago. Damnit.. as I just remembered i bought a gallon of peach juice in fredericksburg a while back...

Well had a very shitty monday afternoon that stressed me the fuck out.. so I caved in.. didn't actually eat lunch or dinner.. just had 3-4 beers. The stress was still around tuesday and I was extremly hungry so made a bad decision of going and getting a double hamburger with the bun at murphys deli. it was filling and that and a glass of milk was calming. Got to learn to deal with stress in a healthy way.. its going to happen. Beer and carbs aren't the way to fix it.. overall still down 7lbs in 6 days but up 3lbs from where I was yesterday morning. Deciding if I'm starting my fast tonight or having a full 2 days of being back on keto first.. just see how I'm feeling today. Time for ACV, cheese stick, and some coconut oil to hold me over till lunch.

Down 5 lbs over first 3 days.. But haven't been hitting my carbs goals. Yesterday I drank 3 cups of milk not thinking about it in a pint glass (love good milk) and there went 36g of carbs. Too it off with a cup of cherries and I topped 54g of carbs without thinking except trying to get rid of tasty things 8 had around... Portion control. One cup of milk and 1/4 cup of cherries would have been fine. Cooked some seasoned chicken breasts up in the sous vide and will have that as a mixed green salad for lunch today.. With raw brocolli and nuts (macadamia, pecans, walnuts, or sunflower) and some tea or waterloo. Dinners gonna be a stuffed pepper with Cajun ground beef for dinner. Psa. One of the best Steaks (non aged) is on sale for 17.99 a pound right now at central market. "natural Angus beef, usda prime, boneless ribeye Steaks. 4 bucks off. We cooked one up in the sous vide finished with the cast iron grill pan.. So freaking good. The fat tasted so good. Picked up another one to have sat / sun once I finish my 3 day fast. Another favorite from cm is the tortilla soup... Put a couple slices of pepper jack or Mont jack in there.. Or any creamy cheese and it's a great low carb meal.

I won't do it forever but I throw everything i do in myfitnesspal. short of restaurant items they have a lot of stuff in the diary section already. set your macros up and go.. you can even scan barcodes now to find items. Time for a steak salad at roti..

Well, I had one last day of crap food for the 4th along with 4-5 Treehouse and other IPAs. Now it's time to start. Started the morning with 2 fried eggs over easy in coconut oil. Gonna stick to the salted nuts, chomp stix, salad with steak today. get on the scale tonight for the starting weight (pretty sure around 240) and go from there. Start planning out food for the next few days before i start my extended fast.

thanks bud. was gonna wait till friday because i thought for sure there would be beers, bbq, and whatnot. doesn't look like it.. oh well. live life. let's do this.

Thanks. guess i'm starting tomorrow.

How big a boy are you? 6'3. The 185 I would be happy to get to in a year or so.. i know it's gonna be tough. that's every man's dream weight to be the weight they were when they were in the best shape of their life.. playing football and wrestling as a Sr in high school.

Alright... it's time to get serious. I've said, I'm in the worst shape of my life for the past year or so but over the past 3 months or so.. it's gotten even worse. I WILL NOT buy a large pair of pants..not a larger set of shirts... I have to make changes. Been drinking too much craft beer and enjoying life..and loving being able to take scooters instead of walking half a mile. So here's the plan. Keto. I've done short stints of it before and the weight melted off, 10-15lbs in the first week.. Yes I know that's a lot of water weight.. but that's how it works.. Starting either Tomorrow or Friday.. (depends on 4th plans). I'm going back Keto. Keeping my carbs under 20-30grams per day... maybe throw a 16-8 fast in Monday. Next, the biggie. A biggie group took on the challenge a couple weeks ago and I wasn't ready. Next wed, the 10th. after dinner. I'm starting a 72 hour fast through which I'll break saturday night or ride into sunday morning. All I will drink with it will be Water with Real salt in it (real salt has more magnessium and other minerals in it than table salt). and green tea. No Water drops or flavorings. I'm around 240 right now. I think the first goal is under 220. Then the goal I haven't been under since likely high school is 200. The ultimate goal is 185.Also. Starting tomorrow. as I mentioned. I can't walk half a mile right now without being winded. So that's what I'm gonna do for a couple of days. then try to push it to a mile.. my body knows I can do this.. so gotta zap it back into shape as well as push my mind. Then it will be to run a mile. then a 5k. the goal then would be a 5k under 30 minutes. I was there... not more than 3-4 months ago...

Nope... honestly I didn't even get to watch and find out what happened until friday night. Thursday was my birthday... I was off work... and at Peticolas brewing in Dallas for a giveback thursday event raising money for Operation Valor, the nonprofit I work with...(we raised over $650 btw) and having a good time.. I saw the 7th and then the 8th.. and then got called into an emergency work situation (because what's better than saving the works ass when you are about 10 dukes or peach ales in on the day... didn't get home till 2am, then had to go back up on my day off to fix shit before work started.. well problems arose and had to battle those. left work at 1pm, got home and passed out till 9pm. Birthday dinner with the wife.. then came home to finally figure out just wtf happened.. I didn't go to any sites at all till I watched the game. Yes we lost. it's a lose that hits me harder likely more than any other men's game in our recent history. we just didn't get the job done. and it sucks. bad.

Well that's that. we play again tomorrow.. with the Freshmen pitcher of the year going in JT Ginn. If we beat Louisville though, not sure who we would pitch against vandy on friday in game 1. (40% chance of rain) rain could get us back to ethan small. Tomorrow is my birthday. We are going to win.

If they are chanting sec it ain't us.. we aint got crap to chant about. gotta keep it to 3.. and see what we can do in the btm of the 9th.