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Hey All,Still rolling on CN (Since December)and feeling pretty good. Down to 211 and can finally see some abs taking shape for the first time in my life. Ive been kinda stalled at 211 for 3 weeks now, need some input to try to break through a bit. I actually had my CN this past Saturday and weighed in at 216 Sunday morning, which is normal post CN (+5)...with that said, I woke up this morning to find that I weighed 217.4, "WTF" was my first thought because I have never weighed in heavier 2 nights after CN and all I had yesterday was a staple ULC meal, Cobb salad with bacon/chicken/bleu cheese (Did use a different bacon from a local butcher, not sure if there was some type of sugar in the smoking process?).Anyways, I have my first vacation to Miami in 4 weeks and wanted to be as close to 205 as possible (and obviously as lean as possible as ill be on the beach)...Do you guys have a "go-to" system within CN to help speed things up a bit? Increase fat? Less protein? What could I do to speed things up a bit? I am lifting 3/4 times a week (Heavy) but no HIIT, should I be doing this? My CN is every Saturday, so maybe Mondays ill run a bit, and an additional day if you guys think it'd help? I know there are always "Pre-Competition" tricks I've seen/read, so i wanted to pick your brains.In the meantime, i'm going to drink my Starbucks with HC and start hammering away the water. Thanks in Advance!
Typically have the same 4/5 meals every week. Large coffee with extra HC in the AM, First meal around noon (chipotle or chicken/steak salad with cheese and olive oil), snack on some almonds or cheese around 530, lift at 6, followed by PWO and dinner (burger/cobb salad/taco salad/homemade chicken and veggie stir fry/omelet are all staples).
That's happened to me before with the weight metrics, but usually tracks fine to the next CN. More importantly it sounds like you're still getting results, maybe not on the scale at face value but you're lifting heavy so probably making gains and getting tighter. I recall your previous photos showed great progress.What are your current target daily macros?I've found HIIT after a CN to help, doing 30mins twice a week before some lifting. Though depending upon what you're ULC eating (and even your actual CN), you might find one session to be enough or energy for lifting taper in the week.
To be honest, i haven't been tracking macros much. I literally have the same meals every week and was consistently losing about a lb./week. Some of the larger volume dinners would have me weighing in at the same weight the next day, but a day I have a little smaller dinner I may drop more the next day. But regardless, I ended up around a pound less every Saturday morning. I think I'll need to start paying more attention. I did find that not eating as much protein helped (I think) in the past.I started this "project" at 235+ in December. My goal is 205 and under 10/11 BF. I'd like to maintain that all summer and then CBL in September. I still have a little fat sack on my lower stomach, it's stubborn there! I'll post a progress pic in a little bit...
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