Oakley's Diet and Training Log

[Valdosta]

You guys see any negatives or reasons not to take 25mg of hctz at the end of a high day? Obviously you need about three parts water to carbs in order to store glycogen. I've always made major weight swings after my high day from the crazy amount of water I hold. I also notice my hands hurt or are uncomfortable in the morning after a high day from the GH and all the water.

If I pop a hctz at night before I go to bed on my high days, I don't get the huge swing in weight, and my hands don't bother me.

Just wondering if I won't store as much glycogen doing that or if I'm hindering my high day at all. My understanding is that hctz prevents you from absorbing too much salt, which in turns prevents the bloat. So if that is the case, it wouldn't effect glycogen at all, correct?

i was popping it regularly and then it seemed to stop working

 

[Oakley6575]

i was popping it regularly and then it seemed to stop working

Interesting. So that is why you are always so dry.

 

[Valdosta]

a lot of this is obviously dietary, and i was leaner at first, but heres before i tried it, when i first starting using it, and when it seemed to stop working. pretty shit diet throughout, slightly less lean in the end pic too though


itd help if you could see the eyes and top of cheek near the eyes, but not tryna get doxed

 

[GasmanX]

I did fall off. Honestly, I got to a point where I didn't enjoy bodybuilding anymore. I can't stress enough the respect I have for all you guys who have gotten huge.. It takes a special kind of person to be mentally strong enough to eat when you aren't hungry, and do that for months on end.

Just after Christmas, I talked with Justin and we put my account on hold. Based on my pictures, he wanted me to continue growing as he felt I was still in the 12%-14% bf range. He thinks that is where growth rates are optimal. The issue for me was the fact that from the end of the rebound phase, my appetite was gone. That means I was choking my meals down from September through December. It just took a toll. I didn't want to eat, I didn't want to train, I could have slept 12 hours a day easily, etc. It was miserable. I'm not a competitor and I will never make money or anything doing this stuff so I just hit a wall and had to quit.

I still have six months paid for with Justin so I'll probably eventually go back. Maybe not. I'm not sure.

Since I gave up like a bitch, I've been cutting back down. Feels so damn good being hungry. My goal is to get back down to a lean state where I feel good about myself, and then find a happy medium between living like a bodybuilder, and living like a normal person. I was as strict as I could be for all of 2024. Made huge progress, but at a cost of not wanting to do it anymore. So I just need to find a happy medium where I am enjoying my meals, and wanting to progress in the gym.

The last couple weeks have been eggs, steak, chicken, and Fairlife shakes. No added fats, no carbs. I do two high days a week with a cheat at the end of the night. I'm not counting anything or weighing anything except for my carbs on my high days. Started with 600g and moved to 800g this week before my cheat. I'm getting somewhere between 200g-300g of protein on low days, and probably less than 200g of protein on my high days.

Started at 221lbs Jan. 2nd and I'm 205lbs this morning.



Like tbda said, the pictures of me when I started with Justin was where I was at after my first growth phase. He leaned me out before rebounding, but didn't get me as lean as I got myself before my first growth phase.

I've had great results with getting lean, before trying to add size. Your body is a machine with food when you have low body fat.

Now I'm all caught up. I wasn't getting any notifications and was like wtf happened to oakley. Nothing wrong at all with your decision bro, got to do what's best for you, physically and mentally. you can always push again if you want.

 

[Oakley6575]

Been doing some crazy shit the last week with my diet. Eating two meals a day, but my meals are enormous. Cut out all highly processed foods. Only been eating animal products, fruits, veggies, nuts, and legumes. Basically only whole foods. Very high fat compared to what I ate all last year. This is literally the longest I've gone without needing/wanting/craving a cheat meal. I've always known my body thrives on fats, but this has really cemented it for me. I've always noticed while carb cycling that I look best right before a high day. When I'm mostly depleted and I take in a higher fat diet, I get really veiny and love how I look.

My mood, sleep, digestions, hunger, everything, is on point. Will I get huge eating like this, no, probably not, but it would be interesting to see how much muscle I could put on with this style diet. Here is an example of what my meals have been:

New York Strip
5-6 whole eggs cooked in either Mac oil or butter
1 whole Avocado
Parmesan cheese (a thick slice off of a wedge)
BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella slices
Hand full of Pistachios
Either a glass of Fairlife milk or a fat free greek yogurt
Butternut Squash
Bowl of fruit (banana, clementine, pineapple, grapes, and an apple)

@tbda had me track one of my meals just to see where the macros landed. 1,700 calories and 150P/85C/85F. Eating one meal around 10am after some fasted cardio, and my second meal around 8pm after a walk in my neighborhood, and my training session.

Every single day I look better and better in the mirror.

 

[Valdosta]

Been doing some crazy shit the last week with my diet. Eating two meals a day, but my meals are enormous. Cut out all highly processed foods. Only been eating animal products, fruits, veggies, nuts, and legumes. Basically only whole foods. Very high fat compared to what I ate all last year. This is literally the longest I've gone without needing/wanting/craving a cheat meal. I've always known my body thrives on fats, but this has really cemented it for me. I've always noticed while carb cycling that I look best right before a high day. When I'm mostly depleted and I take in a higher fat diet, I get really veiny and love how I look.

My mood, sleep, digestions, hunger, everything, is on point. Will I get huge eating like this, no, probably not, but it would be interesting to see how much muscle I could put on with this style diet. Here is an example of what my meals have been:

New York Strip
5-6 whole eggs cooked in either Mac oil or butter
1 whole Avocado
Parmesan cheese (a thick slice off of a wedge)
BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella slices
Hand full of Pistachios
Either a glass of Fairlife milk or a fat free greek yogurt
Butternut Squash
Bowl of fruit (banana, clementine, pineapple, grapes, and an apple)

@tbda had me track one of my meals just to see where the macros landed. 1,700 calories and 150P/85C/85F. Eating one meal around 10am after some fasted cardio, and my second meal around 8pm after a walk in my neighborhood, and my training session.

Every single day I look better and better in the mirror.

premium feasting for sure

 

[Oakley6575]

I'm seven weeks into my cut. Left pic is my last check in with Justin, and the right pic is this morning. Definitely still have a lot of fat to lose but I'm happy with my progress considering I haven't done any cardio so far. This week I'm going to add fasted cardio in and get the rest of this fat off.

 

[Valdosta]

massive. why no cardio?

 

[GasmanX]

I'm seven weeks into my cut. Left pic is my last check in with Justin, and the right pic is this morning. Definitely still have a lot of fat to lose but I'm happy with my progress considering I haven't done any cardio so far. This week I'm going to add fasted cardio in and get the rest of this fat off.

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Looking great brother!

 

[Oakley6575]

massive. why no cardio?

Lazy. The first couple weeks I was getting 10k-12k steps but then I stopped because I'm an idiot. So last five weeks I've done zero cardio and steps have been 3k-5k a day..

I'll get on it starting today.

 

[Valdosta]

Lazy. The first couple weeks I was getting 10k-12k steps but then I stopped because I'm an idiot. So last five weeks I've done zero cardio and steps have been 3k-5k a day..

I'll get on it starting today.

more cardio = more food. and less boredom imo

 

[Oakley6575]

Fucked off on cardio again last week. Only went on a walk three or four days but I am impressed with the changes over this last week. Something I've noticed recently is on the days that I eat more calories, which is usually an extra ribeye, I drop weight dramatically the day after.. I'm eight weeks into this cut as of today. I'm wondering if stress is starting to creep in and the extra calories are pushing it back down...?

Here are some pics as of a few hours ago. Been ZERO CARB for six weeks now.

 

[Meetketchup]

What made you go 0 carb?

 

[Oakley6575]

What made you go 0 carb?

Beginning of the year I was trying to figure out how to get rid of the cheat meals. I think, actually, I know, they where a huge factor into why my offseason went to complete shit. Even though Justin was pushing a lot of food on me, I constantly thought about my cheat meals. I had this issue all of last year. I would eat 3k+ calories during those meals.

Once I started back on my own, I started playing with a higher fat approach with lower carbs. I noticed that my body wasn't really craving doughnuts and ice cream like I thought I was, I was just craving fats in general. Obviously bodybuilding diets are centered around low fat, and high carb. For some reason, my body doesn't like that at all. Probably from the years of overeating and being a fat ass, but I don't know.

These last eight weeks, I haven't had a single cheat meal, and it has been EASY. With this diet, I can easily get lean, stay lean, and be satiated. Mentally, it has been a game changer for me.

The first four weeks without carbs was really rough in the gym though. After a hard set on the leg press, I felt terrible. I don't have that problem anymore, but it sucked for a while.

 

[Valdosta]

I constantly thought about my cheat meals. I had this issue all of last year. I would eat 3k+ calories during those meals.

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/6DyE4vzGw8Q?feature=shared

 

[Oakley6575]

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/6DyE4vzGw8Q?feature=shared

That's no joke.

 

[Oakley6575]

30 minutes of fasted incline walking did me well last week. Having my first high day today being back on carbs. Can't wait to see what 2-3 more weeks looks like.

 

[GasmanX]

30 minutes of fasted incline walking did me well last week. Having my first high day today being back on carbs. Can't wait to see what 2-3 more weeks looks like.

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Looking solid brother! Enjoy the carbs!

 

[erichuff1994]

What’s current weight?

 

[Valdosta]

nvm not a fat kid

 

[Oakley6575]

What’s current weight?

Was 194.4lbs this morning at 5'-9". Looks like I'm about a week away from being the same condition as Justin got me in before he rebounded me. I'm 12lbs heavier right now so looks like I might have put 8-10lbs of muscle on in the 4-1/2 months he rebounded and bulked me. Couple more of those phases and I would be at the weight cap for classic.

 

[erichuff1994]

Was 194.4lbs this morning at 5'-9". Looks like I'm about a week away from being the same condition as Justin got me in before he rebounded me. I'm 12lbs heavier right now so looks like I might have put 8-10lbs of muscle on in the 4-1/2 months he rebounded and bulked me. Couple more of those phases and I would be at the weight cap for classic.

Awesome! Looking solid bro!

 

[Oakley6575]

@Meetketchup, can I get an honest critique? I know I just need more overall size, but based on my latest pics, do you see any lagging body parts, or places where I should add/pull volume from?

 

[Meetketchup]

@Meetketchup, can I get an honest critique? I know I just need more overall size, but based on my latest pics, do you see any lagging body parts, or places where I should add/pull volume from?

DM'ing

 

[Oakley6575]

Fasted Weight: 194.6lbs

Medium Day​
Calories​	Protein​	Carbs​	Fats​
2,390 cal.​	252g​	168g​	79g​

Getting back in the groove of things so I figured I should start logging again. I'm on the back half of this cut now and wanting to get to the leanest I've ever been.

Current Gear:
600mg Test C
300mg Primo E
18iu GH (zero need for this in a cut and planning to half it soon)
5mg Reta
80mcg Clen

Current Training:
For some reason I just don't seem to be a fan of frequency. When I up frequency to more than 1x/week, I just don't progress as consistently. Every time I go back to 1x a week or even less than 1x a week, my strength and progress seem to climb every session. Right now I'm doing single body part days and hitting everything once every 9 days. Low volume but I've progressed with this through the cut, even when calories where really low. Here is today's session.

Calves / Abs​	Sets​	Weight​	Set #1​	Set #2​	Set #3​	Set #4​	Set #5​	Set #6​
Hanging Leg Raises​	3​	BW​	BW​	BW​	BW​	-​	-​	-​
Decline Sit Ups​	3​	35lbs​	35lbs​	30lbs​	25lbs​	-​	-​	-​
Calf Raises​	6​	220lbs​	220lbs​	200lbs​	180lbs​	160lbs​	145lbs​	130lbs​

 

[Meetketchup]

18iu GH (zero need for this in a cut and planning to half it soon)

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Well God damn son!

 

[Oakley6575]

Fasted Weight: 194.6lbs

Medium Day​
Calories​	Protein​	Carbs​	Fats​
2,391 cal.​	252g​	169g​	79g​

Quads​	Sets​	Weight​	Set #1​	Set #2​
Squats​	2​	200lbs​	200lbs​	180lbs​
Leg Extentions​	2​	180lbs​	180lbs​	160lbs​
Leg Press​	2​	495lbs​	495lbs​	445lbs​

Need to bump the weight on squats. Just added them back in my rotation. Haven't squatted for almost a year so just learning the movement again. Everything else felt great.

 

[Meetketchup]

If that's a medium day, I'd hate to see the calories on a low day! Oh and I'd give my left nut to make gains on that volume.

 

[GasmanX]

Fasted Weight: 194.6lbs

Medium Day​
Calories​	Protein​	Carbs​	Fats​
2,391 cal.​	252g​	169g​	79g​

Quads​	Sets​	Weight​	Set #1​	Set #2​
Squats​	2​	200lbs​	200lbs​	180lbs​
Leg Extentions​	2​	180lbs​	180lbs​	160lbs​
Leg Press​	2​	495lbs​	495lbs​	445lbs​

Need to bump the weight on squats. Just added them back in my rotation. Haven't squatted for almost a year so just learning the movement again. Everything else felt great.

I’m liking this volume . A/B workouts for legs?

 

[Oakley6575]

If that's a medium day, I'd hate to see the calories on a low day! Oh and I'd give my left nut to make gains on that volume.

Low day is only once a week and it’s 2150 calories.

I’m liking this volume . A/B workouts for legs?

I’m doing single body part days except I do calves and abs together.