Kennyn27's Journal, 10 October 2019

Here is my contribution to the positive effects of resistance training. The first picture is last October, I weighed around 195 lbs, this is also when I started my resistance training. ( I've been going for one year now, every Mon, Wed and Friday) The second set of pictures is one year of training, I weigh 196.7 here. I weigh more but my measurements are all down and I am slimmer. I am by no means disillusioned and think I am super muscular! Lol, but everything is starting to fill in. I also feel amazing, I feel 15 years younger ( I am 46 ). Cutting calories helped me lose the weight, but lifting weights definitely helped with my body composition. This is why the scale can be deceiving for those who lift.

As per the weight gain, since August 1st I switched things up and stopped eating at a deficit and started eating at around 150 to 200 calories over maintenance. So I've gained 5.7 lbs since August 1st, but also eating at a surplus for the first time while lifting is amazing. Lol. The strength gains are through the rough, not the first month, but the past 3 weeks I really noticed a difference. I'll keep eating this way for a little more, then switch it back to a slight deficit.

196.7 lb Lost so far: 1.3 lb.    Still to go: 11.7 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1866 kcal

Fat: 70.96g | Prot: 169.25g | Carb: 136.71g.   Breakfast: Quaker Old Fashioned Oats, Isopure Whey Protein - Dutch Chocolate. Lunch: Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Milk. Dinner: Ham's Yam's Sweet Potatoes, Red Potatoes (Flesh and Skin), Chicken Breast, Carrots, Marie's Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing. Snacks/Other: RX-3 Reconstruxion Recover, Carlson Maximum Omega 2000, Walnuts, Natrol Tonalin CLA. more...