Lol, I see everyone's been busy and paranoid as always while I was gone.
Just wanted to give a small update, to all the haters:
Hired this fellow Danish guy as a coach - that goes under the nick: Heliotropen or Helio in certain communities, he is famous from training some of the world winners in international fitness and such: etc. the danish Henrik Kristensen back in his prime ... and bla bla bla ... think he is former special ops himself like myself - but not entirely certain (quite sure digging into his fb profile I found some hidden images of him that suggested this)... Was lucky he took his time to help me because he seems to be retired as a coach these day, and it's really been interesting.
By following his advice instead of the advice from the fools in this thread, I'm now down at 122 kg from 140 kg ... Have experienced absolutely no suffering at all, and exercise and everything is going great again, where I was way too heavy to move around before.
Tirzepetide fixed all my problems as expected!
The best decision I ever made was to start it, despite what everyone tried to talk me away from it... I'm running 2,5 mg once a week.
The second best advice was not to overdo the training and activity part!
My goal is long term, and Helio advises me to think in terms of what I can build the next progression on, and to think back worth from my real goal 40 years from now, instead of just burning it all off right now.
Really think it's true, using time on planing and thinking, is worth it ... not only will it make you go where you want faster, it will keep you from going in the wrong direction and ending the wrong place.
Didn't take me long on Tirzepetide to be light enough to walk btw, and then soon after I became light enough again to train... Had already been starting with some pullups and pushups though.
Starting out I had a dexa showing:
140 kg - 308 pounds
Lean Mass 86.0 kg
Fat Mass 53.4 kg
38-39% BF
Now it shows
122 kg - 269 pounds
Lean mass 88.2 kg
Fat Mass: 33,2 kg
27-28% BF
Remind you all that I'm only 178 cm, then again, so is Mike Tyson.
My diet is on gefuel:
1) I try to get as much lean protein (without fat and carbs as I can)
2) Though I try not to feed when I'm not hungry, I do have to force some protein down though.
3) I try to keep kcals and carbs as low as possible.
note: To be honest I feel a bit to low in protein.
Example of a daily meal:
A typical breakfast will be.
Pancakes + coffee shake
2 Eggs
1 banana
20 grams whey
Easis pineable icecream as toppings, 35 kcal
400 ml, laktose free skim milk
30 grams of whey
Instant Coffee
Ice
I sip clear whey during the day, trying to get protein up higher.
Veg Soup at night,
500 grams of different suited vegs (Bok choy, brocoly, spinach,
250 grams of skinless chicken breast
Broth dice + spices (soy sauce, chilli, fish sauce).
Sometimes some sugar free gummies, about 40 kcals in total.
This is my typical eating style at the moment, though I have similar recipes that I switch between.
I supplement with magnesium, zinc, vitamin D, vitamin K, multivitamin, and electrolytes (I'm careful not taking to much though, like 1/4th teaspoon combined, given that there are like 8 grams in a normal teaspoon you can quickly kill yourself on that stuff).
This diet is no different than what I have lost 10-30 kg on 3 times before, and crashed on as well regaining 10-20 kg more than I lost each time!
But I'm absolutely certain, ABSOLUTELY certain, Tirz will make all the difference here and keep me from binging back.
Training.
I lift 2 times a week and try to keep volume low and intensity high.
I go for 2-3 sets of 3-5 reps, depending on feel (not recommended to anyone who has not lifted for ages), always staying 1-3 reps away from failure!
Mon:
Squat
Deadlift
Presses
Lateral Raises 2 x 8-15
Thurs:
Squat
Benchpress
Rows
Pullups (weighted +30 kg)
Biceps curls 2 x 8-15
Turs:
6-8 min HIT (metcons)
Walking as long as I can fit in
Fri: 6-8 min HIT (Metcons)
Walking as long as I can fit in
Metcons I choose (not shift between, but after if I'm at the gym and what i feel like) between
Metcon 1:
10 kettlebell swings
200 m running repeats with 1 minute rest periods
Entire thing repeated 4-6 times.
Metcon 2:
5 Power cleans
250 m row
So far repeated 3-4 times.
I never take it outside of 10 minutes!
Otherwise, I'm mostly sedentary, which is fine because right now this feels like the maximum I can recover from.
The biggest problem with all the sitting is the blood in my legs and swellings, it's getting a lot better.
I didn't expect to gain any strength on this kcal deficit, but In a very short time, I have almost doubled the strength I started with (still far from my old streng and shape though).
Current levels:
Squat: 220 kg x 3 reps (1 from failure).
Deadlift: 260 kg x 1 reps (2-3 from failure).
Overhead presses: 92 kg x 3 reps (1 from failure).
Bench, not sure, it's not going well for me yet in the bench, my 1rm is probably around 120-130 kgs.
Strongest is my Pullup, did 8 reps with 30+ kg, at my weight that made me feel quite badass again.
Right now I'm working on form in stead of weight, because I'm not back at perfect form.
Remind you all that a few months ago I could barely walk.
I'm impressed that Tirz made it possible for me to do this much on 800-1600 kcals (probably what I swing between I would guess).
Wish I had found that med 5 years ago, and I would never had been obese a day in my life.
No clen or anything has been needed for energy as I feared would be needed, all my energy came back when tirz put me in a kcal defict.
I'm waiting with HGH a few months yet, till I get into problems with recovery.
Later I'm going to add Reta to the Tirz.
PS: Won't go into debates or talks if anyone comments: just putting it up here in case its helpful to others in a similar situation to the one I was in a very short time ago.
PS: Won't be keeping a log or be online... but might do an update the months apart when I will log in.