Okay, I'm 38, ugly and getting fat. I can't do anything about my first two issues, but I can do something about these love handles.

I've posted mostly in SAMA and Get A Life, but have been a frequent reader over here in The Over 35 Lifter. I thought about posting in the 'log' forum, but wanted the support of my fellow old bastards.

I'm flying to Oahu for the Say Famille annual Hawaian vacay on January 16th. Between now and then I am going to transform my body.

I will be posting pics over the weekend to show you what we're starting with.

My current workouts have been basic 5x5. Today's work was:

Deadlift: 165*5
215*5
265*5*3

Bench Press: 165*5
215*5
265*5*3

Smith Machine Squats: 160*5
210*5
260*5*2

Pull-ups: 3*8

I'm currently nursing a nagging click in my left shoulder, a nagging click in my left knee and I tweaked my hammy today on the squats which is why I stopped after only 2 sets at 260.

My diet doesn't suck, but lately I've been hitting the whiskey (and wine, and beer, and rum, and schnapps) a little too hard. Today's food was:

Meal 1: 2 scoops Metabolic Drive
1 cup blueberries
1 cup broccoli
1/4 cup instant oats
Serving of super food
5 g. Creatine
4 Flameout Tabs

Meal 2: 4 hardboiled eggs
Mayo
Few cornichons

Meal 3: Surge
5 g. Creatine

Meal 4: Can of Salmon
Handful of mixed nuts

Okay...I guess today's food has kind of sucked...I'll plan, cook and eat well for 4 days and then fuck up...add to that my love of booze and you get my current fat gut.

I've read Gus Pacho's transformation several times and think my body is pretty close to his before body. I think Gus probably had 10 lbs on me as I'm currently 201 with about 18% bf. My goal is to follow Gus's plan and see what kind of transformation I can make before flying to Hawaii.

Welcome sen say. I've enjoyed your posts in those other forums over the months, nice to see you posting over here.

Hey Sen Say!

Welcome aboard! Your posts are pretty entertaining to say the least.

Always good to have another in here. I'm still going the opposite way (ie bigger), but when I'm ready to cut back down, it will be good to see what you've done.

I followed Gus' PC pretty closely and started his plan about 2 weeks behind him. I did the one month in January and had pretty good success with getting the weight down. I don't know that I'd go that route again, but always interest to see what works for folks!

Looking forward to this one!

Hey welcome , Im new here too,
I must say you are one funny dude..
good luck

kmc

Welcome, guess I better go over and read some of your stuff on the other forums. I don't get out of here much. So you dead, squat, and bench all on the same day? That can be brutal. How many times a week?

Some of the guys in here know a lot about different routines and can provide some really good info and feedback. I'm here for the morale support.

Aloha Sen
Welcome and jump in and some fun with the mature crowd!

Welcome to the best kept secret.

Two months and counting down. I can feel the pressure already.

Giv'er shit and best of luck. Forget the luck, work your ass off!!

Welcome aboard.

I like your full body routine, including the pull ups.


Welcome to the gentlemen lifters site. I

thinks it's a little more quiet over here.

Thanks for the welcomes and good wishes fellahs.

My persona over on SAMA and GAL is pretty nutty, but I'm pretty sure most people over 17 know I'm usually full of shit...well...I guess 25 is the new 17, but anyway I wanted to start this thread to prove to myself that I can still kick ass in a serious way too.

I dead, squat and bench all on the same day. It can be brutal...but I work out at the gym where I work and we don't have a squat rack, so I can only squat what I can get over my head and then get back over my head after my set...so the most I've squatted was 215lbs...I just recently moved to the Smith Machine because my legs suck and I want to go heavier on the squats even though I don't like the Smith Machine and have had some knee troubles from it in the past.

I was following Chad Waterbury's Total Body Training for the past year and that calls for 3 workouts per week...couple weeks ago I switched over to Reg Park's 5x5 program...only I didn't know what one of the exercises was in his program, but I was pretty sure pullups was a good substitute.

I'm ready to work my ass off for the next two months...for me that's going to mean working it in the kitchen and stayin' off the hooch ! And wouldn't you know it last night I got a call from She Say asking me what we were doing last night and I said, 'going for a walk and avoiding alcohol' to which she replied, 'aw baby, I thought you'd wanna take me out dancing and show off my new boots'...and...I know I can't do that without tossing a few down, at least not yet, so we ended up staying home and watching Enchanted with the kids...all in all an enjoyable night, but not the same as kicking up the heels and drinking with a short skirted, boot wearing wife.

38.5 inches around the belly button.

I know my posture sucks.

Back.

Last Thursday's breakfast, just for fun...scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, capers, shallots and a dollop of sour cream.

Today I'm having:

2 scoops meatbolic drive
1 serving superfood
5g Creatine
1/2 cup blueberries
2 cups spinach

I'm not 100% sure what the hell I'm doing for my diet yet. Just got the itch to do this yesterday about 5 minutes before I posted and posted before I could chicken out. I'm thinking of taking in 2,000 calories per day mixed up between 2 or 3 shakes and 2 or 3 whole food meals. I'm going to keep carbs below 50 grams.

What do you guys think? Do I need something more drastic? I was thinking about the V-diet for a coupled of weeks to jumpstart things...

I'll have updated stats on Monday, but as of 1/6 I was:

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 196
Abs: 36.5 (This is gut sucked in as that's how the girl wants it)
Chest: 44"
Neck: 15.25
Bicep: 16

Skinfold Measurements:
Bicep: 4
Tricep: 8
Subscapular: 16
Superilliac: 10
Total: 38
% = 19

Breakfast's Raw Ingredients

Blend and Chug:

400 calories
Pro: 45
Fat: 5
Carb: 41

I added 1/4 cup instant oats....looks like I'm done with carbs for the day.

I'll be drinking this for breakfast every day for a while.

Have a great day gentlemen. I'll be taking 2- 2 mile walks today. I got a 2 mile walk in last night in the rain and will be doing the 2 mile walk every night. She Say and I usually walk 3 out of 5 weekday nights and maybe 1 weekend night, but bad weather and other activities sometimes get in the way. I'm figuring 60 days to Hawaii at 2 miles a day will give me 120 miles walked before I leave. Not sure wtf is the significance of that, but sounds fun.

Great start. you should try starting with a 53" waist 8*)

Great presentation on the breakfast plate. most people don't bother.

Train Harder,
Old Lardass

Lunch:

Salad:
Baby Spring Lettuces
1 Avocado
Olive Oil
Olives
Capers
Lemon Juice
Chili Powder

Broccoli:
Baked with Olive Oil

Entree:
Grass Fed Beef Short Ribs
Marinated in Soy Sauce and Chinese 5 Spice

Not sure on the macro/calorie count. Not going to worry about it.

EDIT: Cal = 1,288 Fat = 115, Carb = 33, Pro = 38

I know you bastards like to see how pink it is inside.

Yeah Bay-Beeeeeeee...nothing but bones and gristle.

dont throw that gristle away, ill take it. good looking meals u cheffed up there!