Originally Posted by
BenM
Great to hear you guys are still going well with it.
Me, I got obsessed with trying to see my abs and bottomed out at 68.4kg in mid August, with body fat in the mid 15% range according to the scales. At that point I decided I was really getting too thin and the chase for a six pack could wait, it was also making weight training really hard when I was still eating at a caloric deficit.
I'm completely off the meal replacement shakes now, still tracking calories, and really trying to gain strength and muscle. I eat 5 or 6 quality (not big) meals a day, weight training 3 times a week, and walking/golf most other days. Unfortunately I am still a bit stuffed in the head about food and obsess over everything, I haven't actually gained a great deal of weight, been hovering between 70-71kg for the past 3 or 4 weeks, body fat high 15s/low 16s depending on the day. Which is both good and bad, I guess.....
Ultimately I'd like to gain about 5-6kg of muscle, and be able to bench 100kg for reps like my brother in law. Which seems a long way off from my laughably low numbers at the moment - but I'm making progress and on the right track. I have had a niggling lower back injury for the past couple of months, which I just can't seem to get right, that's not helping training either.