Just thought I'd say hello

[iFarted]

Hiya, my names iFarted, everyone calls me Josiah or Joe though. Bit about myself I'm 23, 188cm current weight is 104.5. Fulltime student.

I've had a read through some of the threads on here and there are some pretty cool peeps on here so I thought I'd sign up and make a profile to get some advice/motivation. I've been doing iifym through myfitnesspal, currently on a 41 day streak and weight has been fluctuating between 102.9 at its lowest to 105.2 at it highest during this time. My maintenance calories from myfitnesspal were 2940, I dropped it down to 2500; 250 carbs, 219 protein and 69 fat. The biggest drawback for me is the weekends, I can honestly say my diet Monday to Friday is 100% on point, I hit my macros and stay in a deficit. But from Saturday to Sunday it's real bad. I play league and we have court sessions after every game which turns into an all night drinkup in the clubrooms often ending early Sunday morning. I don't want to eat healthy food when I'm hungover so I eat alot of pies, maccas and pizza. My seasons over (suspended lol)  so I thought I'd try and get into better shape for next season. My goal is to lose fat and gain muscle. I've recently started doing 5x5 for maybe 2 weeks now, downloaded the app and the weights I've been given are very light for me but just gonna stick with it, following that up with a fullbody workout because I feel 5x5 on its own isn't enough work for me. Since I can't play I haven't been going league training but I've been doing 300-400 calories on the exercycle every rest day and 20mins treadmill walk on an incline after lifting. Gonna start a workout/diet journal soon too. 

So yea, any diet or training advice would be awesome. Chur. 

 

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

welcome bro, why did you get suspended lol? also good start with your diet, you say weekdays are 100% on point, not many people can say that so keep it up. obvs the drinkups and getting loose as over weekend gonna set you back a bit so probably a good starting point is doing a reality check there to see what's more important to you right now.

 

theres heaps of programs around, can't fault 5x5 with bit of cardio added. keep at it for them linear strength gains. you might want to add some accessory work too. i find it kind of crazy how you can run on so little food and still train hard though, 2500cal at 100kg seems so low, then again everyones body is different.

 

any idea what your bodyfat % is? taken progress pics and all that stuff? whats your current strength stats/goals?

[Pseudonym]

Hey Joe. Welcome.

 

4 hours ago, iFarted said:

The biggest drawback for me is the weekends, I can honestly say my diet Monday to Friday is 100% on point, I hit my macros and stay in a deficit. But from Saturday to Sunday it's real bad. I play league and we have court sessions after every game which turns into an all night drinkup in the clubrooms often ending early Sunday morning. I don't want to eat healthy food when I'm hungover so I eat alot of pies, maccas and pizza.

Not sure what I can add to this. You know what the problem is... you know what the answer is!

 

Obviously the ideal is to not eat crap (or not so much crap) during the weekend either. But if that's not possible, maybe consider whether you could eat less during the week to offset the weekend. As a follower of IIFYM, you'll know that it's just the overall numbers that count - ie, your weekly average.

 

Just for shits and giggles, have you put the weekend's crap food into MyFitnessPal as well? It'd be interesting to see what that does to your weekly average.

[iFarted]

22 hours ago, FellowshipOfTheRon said:

welcome bro, why did you get suspended lol? also good start with your diet, you say weekdays are 100% on point, not many people can say that so keep it up. obvs the drinkups and getting loose as over weekend gonna set you back a bit so probably a good starting point is doing a reality check there to see what's more important to you right now.

 

theres heaps of programs around, can't fault 5x5 with bit of cardio added. keep at it for them linear strength gains. you might want to add some accessory work too. i find it kind of crazy how you can run on so little food and still train hard though, 2500cal at 100kg seems so low, then again everyones body is different.

 

any idea what your bodyfat % is? taken progress pics and all that stuff? whats your current strength stats/goals?

Cheers for the advice bro. Got suspended for a high shot and then threw some punches in self defence lol What accessories would you recommend? I dont feel like I'm starving or anything on 2500 cals, do you think I should bump it up a little?

No idea what my bodyfat is, I guess I'd be around mid 20's maybe. Probably start taking progress pics regurlarly too. As of now I'm pretty weak and I've no idea what my strength stats are currently, only got back into the gym in June. But ultimate strength goals is to one day OHP 100kgs, Bench 140kgs, Squat 180kgs and Deadlift 220kgs. 

19 hours ago, Pseudonym said:

Hey Joe. Welcome.

 

Not sure what I can add to this. You know what the problem is... you know what the answer is!

 

Obviously the ideal is to not eat crap (or not so much crap) during the weekend either. But if that's not possible, maybe consider whether you could eat less during the week to offset the weekend. As a follower of IIFYM, you'll know that it's just the overall numbers that count - ie, your weekly average.

 

Just for shits and giggles, have you put the weekend's crap food into MyFitnessPal as well? It'd be interesting to see what that does to your weekly average.

Thanks for the advice bro. Yeah I'm gonna make an effort to curb my weekend splurges, helps that I'm not playing anymore so I won't feel pressured to drink. 

I have actually but I stopped tracking when I got 3000 cals over my calorie limit lol

[Pseudonym]

1 minute ago, iFarted said:

I stopped tracking when I got 3000 cals over my calorie limit lol

Hahaha! I know that feeling well. "If I won't like the answer, I won't ask the question."  

 

Seriously though... one day of a 3000cal surplus is the equivalent of adding 430cal to every day of that week. (That's an oversimplification, I'm sure, but it illustrates the problem!)

[tyreguy]

On 25/07/2016 at 7:39 PM, iFarted said:

Hiya, my names iFarted, everyone calls me Josiah or Joe though. Bit about myself I'm 23, 188cm current weight is 104.5. Fulltime student.

I've had a read through some of the threads on here and there are some pretty cool peeps on here so I thought I'd sign up and make a profile to get some advice/motivation. I've been doing iifym through myfitnesspal, currently on a 41 day streak and weight has been fluctuating between 102.9 at its lowest to 105.2 at it highest during this time. My maintenance calories from myfitnesspal were 2940, I dropped it down to 2500; 250 carbs, 219 protein and 69 fat. The biggest drawback for me is the weekends, I can honestly say my diet Monday to Friday is 100% on point, I hit my macros and stay in a deficit. But from Saturday to Sunday it's real bad. I play league and we have court sessions after every game which turns into an all night drinkup in the clubrooms often ending early Sunday morning. I don't want to eat healthy food when I'm hungover so I eat alot of pies, maccas and pizza. My seasons over (suspended lol)  so I thought I'd try and get into better shape for next season. My goal is to lose fat and gain muscle. I've recently started doing 5x5 for maybe 2 weeks now, downloaded the app and the weights I've been given are very light for me but just gonna stick with it, following that up with a fullbody workout because I feel 5x5 on its own isn't enough work for me. Since I can't play I haven't been going league training but I've been doing 300-400 calories on the exercycle every rest day and 20mins treadmill walk on an incline after lifting. Gonna start a workout/diet journal soon too. 

So yea, any diet or training advice would be awesome. Chur. 

 

Hi mate

Welcome aboard! Just want to ask what position on the field  do you play? 

[iFarted]

3 minutes ago, Pseudonym said:

Seriously though... one day of a 3000cal surplus is the equivalent of adding 430cal to every day of that week. (That's an oversimplification, I'm sure, but it illustrates the problem!)

Yeah true, I'd be around my maintenance calories. But I think went well over 3000 on that day lol

[iFarted]

Just now, tyreguy said:

Hi mate

Welcome aboard! Just want to ask what position on the field  do you play? 

Thanks bro. Mainly second row/lock but play a bit of prop and centre sometimes too.

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

in self defense ay? hahah. nah i was just shocked that anyone of significant weight survived at 2500 cals tbh, though im not one to go off on that sort of thing.. i can eat 3000 cals and still lose weight and im only half your size.  since you got it planned already and measuring cals, may as well start from that and see how you feel in a few weeks time. if completely recked, up it a bit so you have energy. think someone on here said about fat loss that a maintainable amount was something like half a kilo a week, more than that and probably you headed for some kind of fatigue later. anyway, good starting goals . keep consistent with what you commit to and take regular measurements

[tyreguy]

3 minutes ago, iFarted said:

Thanks bro. Mainly second row/lock but play a bit of prop and centre sometimes too.

Sucks you cant train with team though even if suspended. Theres been  a couple people on this forum that have been playing union or league,  get injured and end up getting into some sort of powerlifting just sayin. 

[iFarted]

13 minutes ago, FellowshipOfTheRon said:

in self defense ay? hahah..... think someone on here said about fat loss that a maintainable amount was something like half a kilo a week, more than that and probably you headed for some kind of fatigue later. anyway, good starting goals . keep consistent with what you commit to and take regular measurements

That's my story and I'm sticking to it lol Ok cool, I'll keep the half a kilo in mind. Cheers bro. 

 

10 minutes ago, tyreguy said:

Sucks you cant train with team though even if suspended. Theres been  a couple people on this forum that have been playing union or league,  get injured and end up getting into some sort of powerlifting just sayin. 

I can train with the team but I see no point in training if I can't play lol Odell Manuel comes to mind. There's a powerlifting club at uni that train at my gym so yeah might have a chat to one of them when I get a bit stronger though lol

[Rainbowdevil]

Welcome Joe :)

[iFarted]

21 hours ago, Rainbowdevil said:

Welcome Joe :)

Cheers, thanks for the warm welcome.

[kiwicannon]

Welcome aboard bro!

[iFarted]

22 hours ago, kiwicannon said:

Welcome aboard bro!

Thanks, good to be here

[Bruce Al]

Hi.

How many times a day do you pass gas on average?

[iFarted]

9 hours ago, Bruce Al said:

Hi.

How many times a day do you pass gas on average?

 

Hiya.

Haha not sure mate, never been asked that question before but, maybe bout less than 5 good rippers on average.

[Bruce Al]

Thats pretty poor, the average person farts 18 times per day.

Might want to look at your diet, you may be lacking in something.

[tyreguy]

18 minutes ago, Bruce Al said:

Thats pretty poor, the average person farts 18 times per day.

Might want to look at your diet, you may be lacking in something.

He needs more high end peanut butter in his diet bro.

[iFarted]

4 hours ago, Bruce Al said:

Thats pretty poor, the average person farts 18 times per day.

Might want to look at your diet, you may be lacking in something.

 

4 hours ago, tyreguy said:

He needs more high end peanut butter in his diet bro.

 

 18 times!? Wow, that's rough. Glad I ain't the average person then. Pb gives me the runs and only a very brave person chances a fart with the runs. I'll look into supplements that induce farts though

[tyreguy]

On 29/07/2016 at 11:46 PM, iFarted said:

 

 

 18 times!? Wow, that's rough. Glad I ain't the average person then. Pb gives me the runs and only a very brave person chances a fart with the runs. I'll look into supplements that induce farts though

Not a dig at you bro

Just referring to @Bruce Al peanut butter thread lol.

[iFarted]

9 hours ago, tyreguy said:

Not a dig at you bro

Just referring to @Bruce Al peanut butter thread lol.

 

Nah yeah I was just kidding bro, love peanut butter as long as its crunchy.