Get Fit, Stay Fit, Feel Good - 2026

[Holeshot]

@Holeshot I can't lose weight I hit the gym 4 days a week I have seriously cut my calories and I stay at the same weight even though I can see my body composition changing. I keep telling myself its because muscle is heavier than fat but damn I would love to see the scale go down once in awhile. Really don't want to cut more calories out but if this keeps up that may be my next step. or maybe count them I just cut portions quite a bit but haven't really gotten serious about counting them maybe I should start and then shock myself with how much I really am still eating.

Last night was a good night. I am still finding my weight for the lower exercises where I am wiped at the end of 3x12 sets. I am going up by 10lbs every session but still feel I can do more but don't want to make too large of a leap as I don't want to injure myself and miss time. so keeping in mind the mantra slow but steady every day.

IMO, body changing composition is the thing to look for. That's the easiest reward/ insta gratification...and that keeps motivation high. This is why I recommend regular pictures so the look-back shows a meaningful progression. It's weird what our brains will concoct in how we compare to last year, leading us to believe we were better back then...then the pic surfaces and we realize we duped ourselves. We're the best, now. We're individual in how we make our gains based on how our bodies react to our specific environment based on genetic differences and goals. I wouldn't worry too much about the weight thing if you're happy with your body developing/ goals met. I use the scale, but really just to confirm what I'm seeing and a metric for stability. The loss of poundage is weird, but maybe it's dehydration (likely my issue) and lack of eating needed nourishment. I don't have a large appetite, so that's the fight I lose from time to time.

Food for thought: I fixed much of the motivation/ post workout "did I work hard enough" last night by doing one simple thing: I shifted from a "get 3 X 12" done to a 2-4 second concentric followed by a 4-6 second eccentric movement. It was awesome...that simple thing inspired a new way to feel the weight and blood. It also turned out to be easier to move heavier weight and had no effect on my HR (which I try to run decently high). I didn't worry about rep count....I went until I wasn't able to get 80% or so movement on the concentric part. Some reps were 18, others were 6. Depended on the weight I grabbed. I also 2X'd a 30% (or so) drop set. That brought out all the blood...I like reading your workouts FWIW. It's nice to see others doing similar work and having struggles too...especially given I think we're close in age. Keep at it. Your commitment I admire.

I don't have any data links to reference...but I'm sure you'll know what parts to take and what parts to leave in my post.

found Dr Berg’s vids to be engaging and accessible …

Love when we find stuff in common J-man.

 

[Ridley]

@Sharxfan, I agree with Berto, the scale doesn’t tell the whole story. 5 years ago I weighed just over 185 pounds. I got back to lifting weights and running, then a year ago traded running for cycling. Guess what I weigh now…185 pounds. I know I’m in way better shape than I was. My cardio is good, my strength is high and I can see a difference because I know I’ve put in some hard work and have benefited from it.

 

[budman]

Glad I do not have that phobia.

I eat the food in 15 minutes or less so that plus a 5 min drive is the exposure.

 

[Sharxfan]

IMO, body changing composition is the thing to look for. That's the easiest reward/ insta gratification...and that keeps motivation high. This is why I recommend regular pictures so the look-back shows a meaningful progression. It's weird what our brains will concoct in how we compare to last year, leading us to believe we were better back then...then the pic surfaces and we realize we duped ourselves. We're the best, now. We're individual in how we make our gains based on how our bodies react to our specific environment based on genetic differences and goals. I wouldn't worry too much about the weight thing if you're happy with your body developing/ goals met. I use the scale, but really just to confirm what I'm seeing and a metric for stability. The loss of poundage is weird, but maybe it's dehydration (likely my issue) and lack of eating needed nourishment. I don't have a large appetite, so that's the fight I lose from time to time.

Food for thought: I fixed much of the motivation/ post workout "did I work hard enough" last night by doing one simple thing: I shifted from a "get 3 X 12" done to a 2-4 second concentric followed by a 4-6 second eccentric movement. It was awesome...that simple thing inspired a new way to feel the weight and blood. It also turned out to be easier to move heavier weight and had no effect on my HR (which I try to run decently high). I didn't worry about rep count....I went until I wasn't able to get 80% or so movement on the concentric part. Some reps were 18, others were 6. Depended on the weight I grabbed. I also 2X'd a 30% (or so) drop set. That brought out all the blood...I like reading your workouts FWIW. It's nice to see others doing similar work and having struggles too...especially given I think we're close in age. Keep at it. Your commitment I admire.

I don't have any data links to reference...but I'm sure you'll know what parts to take and what parts to leave in my post.



Love when we find stuff in common J-man.

Thanks @Holeshot. My wife gets on me to take measurements to track progress also I should listen to her she's a smart woman. But is just hard I know I am doing great work but wish the scale showed it. I could lose 40 lbs and be fine but it never shows. I may go back to a protein based diet 6 small meals every 2 hours I lost a ton of weight doing that but was also 12 years younger. Need to get that ball rolling to be in shape in 5 months.

You know one of the guys I see at the gym regularly hit me up the other day talking about Eric Berg and I was like uh huh don't do the facebook medicine thing but hearing all of you talking about it I will probably check him out. I also like Athlean-X on YouTube he has some good stuff.