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THE ANIMAL wrote:

Buddha wrote:

THE ANIMAL wrote:

BMAN wrote:

Looking good big lad!

Thanks steve..... I will be honest mate I am finding it tough down 2000 calories on what I'm used to eating.... energy levels bit low & feel starved but im getting some mct oil & vitamin D to give me a boost hopefully !! I no it will be worth it in the end lots of other people noticing Too.... so something must be happening lol cheers HE ANIMAL 

Its worth it in the end though. Were those forearm measurements done with the arms straight or bent?

yeah think it will be Buddha... real tough though !! measurements were done with arms  straight, Ive got big forearms tbh even before i trained people said they were big !! Ive been a ground worker all my life they get some battering from digging etc all the time, like bloody popeye lol 

Thats an enormous forearm and your natural as well.

yeah i agree........... but some off the pro BB's /  & AA's users there forearms arm's are massive...... It's the Ifirst thing i notice when i look at them.... Apart from there huge traps & shoulders, Back, chest, legs, Arms in fact everything !!

Had to measure mine.. 14 inch with skinny ass 6 1/2 - 7inch wrists lol

Your spot on with the pro's / users, a lad a my gym's forearm and wrists are unreal! Think at his last show her went in with 19" bi's weighing in just under 13 - looked emence!

just another update weighed in at 256lb this morning.......... I no this sounds daft but i do really feel light, feel as if i'm shrivelling up like a prune....... it's proving much more difficult than I thought I'm always hungry but im being good and sticking to my diet, currently eating 3000 cals this week will adjust next week if ive dropped a pound or so i'm losing approx 1 1/2 pound each week so thats about right really, I could go berserk with cardio but dont want to lose muscle mass as well...... Ive done no cardio at all it's all been with diet  & training, will post another pic end of next week that will be 10 weeks into my dieting, hope your all well.... regards THE ANIMAL

1 1/2 a week is grat big lad - battle through the hunger - maybe have more meals like pasta to keep you fuller.

BMAN wrote:

Had to measure mine.. 14 inch

Alpha Male wrote:

BMAN wrote:

Had to measure mine.. 14 inch

LOL Average isn't it.. 

I find copius amounts of veg that are high in fibre helps keep hunger under control and a nice strong cup of coffee or 2 does the trick. Well done for sticking to your guns though Animal. It's a shock to your body from bulking.

BMAN wrote:

1 1/2 a week is grat big lad - battle through the hunger - maybe have more meals like pasta to keep you fuller.

yeah nice one mate..... I'll keep battling threw 

DarrenA wrote:

I find copius amounts of veg that are high in fibre helps keep hunger under control and a nice strong cup of coffee or 2 does the trick. Well done for sticking to your guns though Animal. It's a shock to your body from bulking.

yeah your right there mate right bloody shock to the system & the shopping bill come down !! we normally spend £180-£190 a week on food shopping..... come down to £140.00..... so can't grumble at that !! Already have handful of peas & brocoli with my chicken @ 6 ish......... the next two meals after that is protein !! can't stand coffee mate never drunk the stuff the smell is enough to put a starving lion off it lol, just have green tea now & lots of water everyday............... might have to move to ethiopia see how they starve each day... now i no how they feel poor bastards !!

Afternoon everyone...... just an update of my cutting diet as of this morning i'm 254lb, so that's a loss of 20 lb in 10 weeks feeling much better for it Too !! ive posted new avatar my muscles are starting to pop out everywhere now pic is crap to be honest can't really see much definition but it is showing threw for real....... you can see how big i still am the door in front of me is 30 " door wide so in comparison i'm still a big unit............ post another avatar in 4 weeks time hopefully lose another 10 lb by then....... regards THE ANIMAL

Excellent progress Animal. The muscle definition looks really good tbh and the waist looks smaller too. Keep up the good work mate.

looking good mate and well on target for your goal! Hows the strength looking as well these past weeks?

DarrenA wrote:

Excellent progress Animal. The muscle definition looks really good tbh and the waist looks smaller too. Keep up the good work mate.

yeah cheers mate, waist is currently 35 " need to get it down to at least 32 ", gonna drop calories a litte more tommorrow !! 

matt87 wrote:

looking good mate and well on target for your goal! Hows the strength looking as well these past weeks?

cheers matt, need & want to get down to 240lb ideally so still got 14lb to lose so going to be cutting for few more weeks yet, strength is good mate, I'm doing 5x5 at the moment have been for the last four weeks it's working well i'm losing the fat & gaining good strength, mon & friday is squats / bench / rows & one isolation being tricep dips then wednesday's squats / millitary press & deadlifts & one isolation being barbell curls it's all working well so i'm sticking with it, lots of people noticing & commenting on how much better i look so thats a bonus and boost motivation......... so it's all good !! 

Great work dude. It's hard sticking to such a huge drop in calories.
Any idea what the bf% will be around at your target weight.

nassau  wrote:

Great work dude. It's hard sticking to such a huge drop in calories.
Any idea what the bf% will be around at your target weight.

hi nassau......yeah must admit it is difficult cutting all them calories & carbs but it's working for me....... my bf % will be around 11 - 12 %  when I reach 238 lb goal, go on holiday in few weeks so things might get a bit stale  gotta chill out a bit but i won't be going berserk..... my protein & supps will be coming with me & will be finding a gym for the time we are away. 

ANIMAL is that avatar picture really you ??? I'm thinking photo shop has had a play about with this picture,

ONLY JOKING

Well done on the weight loss big guy and best of luck with the rest of your cut.

Great work big lad and great vest marks

Keep up the good work!

Like the split too, done someting very similar myself.