was worth a shot...

you might have to negative rep him a few times

I love this thread. You guys are hilarious. It's like a comedy routine going on in here. It always makes me laugh for one reason or another.

shhhh - steve likes it when we're serious in here - so he can get out all the important information that he has to give - to make us like smarter or something.. .

Well, you know what they say...you are only as good as the people you surround yourself with

god if that's the case - he's seriously screwed

oh wait -his pal gordy and his wife are aces..

Well, look at it like this - if you are going to be screwed, you couldn't ask for better company IMO.

James, you can't stop this. Accept it for what it is.

A dynasty.

Oh is that what you call it ... a 'thing' ...

btw i found out some of the food i was eating had a few more calories than i thought, possibly partial reason for plateau.

3 way? im up for it! Can you imagine the skin flapping!

Hope you have a fantastic 4 day weekend.. get lots and lots of much earned rest and relaxation and do lots of fun stuff for you...

So it's crunch time for me and Gordy's business. And it couldn't come at a worse time. Fishing season starts this weekend and I just can't get out of it. Ya know, I have always fished my ass off for the first few weeks of fishing and love every second of it. Frankly though, I'd prefer skipping out on this season until the business is up and running and fish later in the season. Unfortunately, my friends are being asshats and turn the tables to be something they're not.... me dicking over my friends. God forbid I do something for myself.

The only reason I'm keeping my cool is, if those of you who have been around remember, this is the same weekend I spent for the last few days of my friend's life, Jared. We went to this same spot fishing for opening weekend and he died a couple of days after. Plus, his younger brother is taking his spot.... so that's cool.

But to be honest, I don't really like most of the guys who are going. It should be interesting.

On another note, I'm pretty sure I'm going to start dieting next week. I haven't planned it out yet but this bulk is going nowhere. I just don't have the time to eat how I need to in order to put on the size I'm hoping to have. And I'm not too happy with my current physical state. So if I'm not going to get bigger, I might as well get leaner. It's a little earlier than I had planned but big deal.

I believe I'm going to kick off the cut with something like Lyle McDonald's modified protein sparing modified fast. It's a bugger of a diet.... it's literally a diet developed by doctors trying to maximize fat loss while maintaining as much lean body mass as possible. In order to do so, they say what nutrients are essential to the body and health. Once identified, they then said, let's give people only those essential nutrients and nothing else. It turns out that's not a whole heck of a lot of food, especially relative to how I normally eat. Lyle modified it to maximize muscle maintenance even more and also to minimize metabolic disruptions with things like refeeds and whatnot. It should definitely be a challenge, but I *think* I'm up for it right about now.

You'll get some quality time with the fishies, and with a nice cool beer... or three... or more... I do hope you'll get some restful relaxating enjoyment out of it...

that diet sounds rather severe but no guts no glory I suppose... just don't make yourself miserable... you're plenty attractive the way you are... but you can do better

That's just it though, this trip isn't relaxing. There is no beer drinking. It will be cold. I meet these guys at 4 in the morning. They fish all day and it's physically taxing actually. It's just not the *break* I've been looking for. But I'm going and that's that.

Oh I'll be miserable, lol. It's impossible not to be on this diet.

But it's very short-term. And I can deal with misery for a couple of weeks as long as the outcome worthwhile.... it's about focusing your attention. It's also about making sure you don't rebound by pigging out as soon as it's over. I'm excited for it. Gordy actually started it last week and lost 9 lbs.... he started at 185.... so not much to lose to begin with.

I hope your friends appreciate what you go thru for them... probably not... but you know where to come when you want to be appreciated...


9lbs in one week? Ok so much for every nice thing I've said about Gordy - I hate him... and his willpower and his discipline... where'd he's got to lose weight from?

Gord doesn't NEED to lose weight. Neither do I.

But we always go through cuts this time a year to lose the fat we gained during the previous bulk. I don't particularly like dieting. It's not about the deprivation, b/c honestly I don't really deprive myself and actually like being in a caloric deficit. It's just about the slow results. I dont' like to be dieting slowly b/c that delays how soon I can get back to my real goal of adding muscle.

That said, the PSMF allows for very fast results. For me it's sort of like I'd rather be punched real hard in the nose than flicked a thousand times in the nose.