Where to begin. I guess with several years ago I had reconstructive surgery on my knee, then in the process of rehabbing that I fell off my bike and broke my radius and ulna, messed up my shoulder. All on my left side. It's amazing how fast atrophy can occur.
End of 2023 I got a dexa scan to see as accurately as possible where my body composition stood. It was not good. I'm 6 feet tall, 37 now. My dexa revealed 255 pounds with 148 pounds of lean mass. Not good.
Needing to rehab my broken self while also knowing I had become super fat was frustrating. Building back my left side in a deficit was not working. So I went for body recomp as best I could.
Well now I'm 252.8 and have 170 pounds of lean mass. Lots of work and effort and lots of frustration with the scale since it's hardly moved.
Feeling dare I say back to pre injuries minus a few minor twinges that may stay with me a while, or forever I don't know. It's time to square with the scale and drop some serious fat.
I happen to have a triathlon on the schedule for November 16. It's a sprint, I'm confident I will complete it. But at this weight it's gonna suck and take forever.
I'm starting a 16 week tri block this coming week and the main prep for this thing is going to be shedding as much fat as I can and I think I'm finally at a point where I can say I'm done rehabbing and rebuilding and ready to drop the rest of this dead weight.
I'm going to nerd out and track all the data as I go.
Objectives:
1.Cut as much fat as possible in next 16 weeks
2. Maintain as much lean mass as I can
3. Continue to eat whole foods, don't go over 2810 calories, hit 200 g protein every day
4. Strive to finish tri in 2 hours or better
To achieve this I will take weight every morning, track every gram of food into my mouth, track my NEAT through steps, and track my workouts. I will average everything every week and use the delta from week to week to give me guidance on how I am doing.
Only supplement I'm taking is electrolytes.
Buckle up.
End of 2023 I got a dexa scan to see as accurately as possible where my body composition stood. It was not good. I'm 6 feet tall, 37 now. My dexa revealed 255 pounds with 148 pounds of lean mass. Not good.
Needing to rehab my broken self while also knowing I had become super fat was frustrating. Building back my left side in a deficit was not working. So I went for body recomp as best I could.
Well now I'm 252.8 and have 170 pounds of lean mass. Lots of work and effort and lots of frustration with the scale since it's hardly moved.
Feeling dare I say back to pre injuries minus a few minor twinges that may stay with me a while, or forever I don't know. It's time to square with the scale and drop some serious fat.
I happen to have a triathlon on the schedule for November 16. It's a sprint, I'm confident I will complete it. But at this weight it's gonna suck and take forever.
I'm starting a 16 week tri block this coming week and the main prep for this thing is going to be shedding as much fat as I can and I think I'm finally at a point where I can say I'm done rehabbing and rebuilding and ready to drop the rest of this dead weight.
I'm going to nerd out and track all the data as I go.
Objectives:
1.Cut as much fat as possible in next 16 weeks
2. Maintain as much lean mass as I can
3. Continue to eat whole foods, don't go over 2810 calories, hit 200 g protein every day
4. Strive to finish tri in 2 hours or better
To achieve this I will take weight every morning, track every gram of food into my mouth, track my NEAT through steps, and track my workouts. I will average everything every week and use the delta from week to week to give me guidance on how I am doing.
Only supplement I'm taking is electrolytes.
Buckle up.
