Tony Barnes' 2010 shapeup entry - ALL DONE - FINAL PICS p22

lol, cheers, I felt it was important to keep you in the loop

Just cracked open the cheese I bought in amsterdam... mmmmmmm awesome!!!

Body isn't as good at coping with booze as it used to be

Managed to stop at just a small pizza and a tiny ice cream for lunch, sat with a Red Stripe watching gladiators, score!

Actually felt reasonably rough from drinking last night today, so not gonna go mad tonight. Think I'll do a weighted walk with Henry shortly, might make me feel better about the copious empty calories I'm getting through.....

Lager plan worked well last night, for a while... about 8 pints in I decided to get a rum & coke, spotted Woods 100, so asked for that, but then ended up with a mix of that and Wray & Nephew.... all bets were off soon after that and I was drinking like a fish. Wouldn't of been too bad except I then stopped at a burger van, on the way to the pizza shop!! Oh bugger....

Eaten a big lump of cheese so far today, from now 'til friday (I think) only carbs are gonna be from 1 stop and salad. Would like to just quickly dump about 4lbs to make up for recent slackness, will see how I get on!

Will be training later once belly is a bit more settled...

Burger van on the way to the pizza shop. That's quite impressive.

Hah, thought you'd like that!

Well training was a complete fail, did chest, shoulders, and was getting started on back and arms and I just gave up, far too tired.... bugger

Weekly weigh in: 83.3kg - so dropped about 1/2lb since last week, considering weekend binge, not too bad, lol!



Finally got pic from friday's tea - this is why it's better for Jess to cook than me, I go a little overboard, that's a big ass bowl it's sat in...



That said, first day of no carbs was yesterday, meant I had to suffer through this for my tea:



Bugger eh??

I've got a pile of sausages and bacon to get through this no carb week, then a quick low sodium re-carb at the weekend and all should be good for the pics. Hopefully...

I have debated whether or not to do this to quite some length - it has the potential to screw things up for the shots, but also the potential to make me look the best possible for the shots. End of the day I figured frig it, in it to win it mentality, might as well try it!

Last week now, head down and get the most out of the last few sessions, good luck everyone!!

You're having a go at carb depletion/loading aren't you Tony?

Edit: removed my "plan" and posted in my own journal!

Oh yes - carbs stopped on sunday (well, technically I had a burger & pizza at ~ 3am on sunday, but meh!), will return on saturday.

I'm planning to be bursting at the seams

Had the above meal for lunch, spot on, gonna miss it when this week is over!!

how much weight have you added now bud, was the graph from halfway or from the beginging?

Graph is from day 1, so I ended up adding about 6lbs, but have since lost them all... basically at square 1 now!

I had planned to gain mass first, then tighten up, so it's good on that front, just I had hoped to end up weighing more at the end of things. Never mind eh? That said a carb deplete and reload will do some funny things to the scales for next monday!

Tony Barnes


Graph is from day 1, so I ended up adding about 6lbs, but have since lost them all... basically at square 1 now!

I had planned to gain mass first, then tighten up, so it's good on that front, just I had hoped to end up weighing more at the end of things. Never mind eh? That said a carb deplete and reload will do some funny things to the scales for next monday!

I remember what you said about how everything plays mind games when it comes to weight etc, and i can see exactly what you mean...you have gained 0 lol but look huge, i have gained 11lbs and look leaner its seriously weird.
 
But its how it all looks in the mirror thats the important bit i guess!
 
How tall are you?

In that 6 week shot I was about 5lbs up IIRC, but I've filled out plenty more since then and dropped a lot of weight... you're right, very mentally odd! I think you've certainly thickened up with the 11lbs you've gained, a bit more leaness can be expected from the focus on training I guess.

Yes, I'm happy with the mirror at the minute, will see what I'm like tonight pumped with 3 days no carbs, will probably be a bit flat, but will be a good way to gauge how lean I am. My big worry is what's going on with my back development - impossible to tell day to day! Looking at my before shots I'm pretty sure legs have come on a lot, but again, need photos to be sat side by side to tell for sure

I'm 6' on the nose mate

Yeah, have you been taking any back pics?

In the pic in your sig is obvious your lats have come on alot so if youve been sticking to the same training and high protien then fingers crossed they should have grown even more. You def have a much more tappered look.

Looking forward to the pics though for sure, be good to funally see everyones results!

I did 1 back shot several weeks back, but it was on my phone, whilst chinning, so can't compare it really. I am more tapered than in that recent shot though, so yeah, if they're showing through from the front, I guess all's gravy from behind! Duh!!!

Yeah, I can't wait to see how everyone has gotten on. Even though I've had some great feedback, I'd bloody love it if there's a handful of folk who completely show me my arse, would be great to see! I reckon some of the cutters are going to look VERY good....

Quality training session finished, everything felt great, strength high, plenty of energy, lovely pump all round, happy days!!

No issues with flatness at all, will see what happens when I train on thursday. Hoping this ultra low carb malarky kicks away a bit more bodyfat though...

Just getting shake down me, then gonna have a couple of bits of tuna and some garlic mushrooms... mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Good news matey...

I just filled a rucksack full of logs...

cant beat em, join em :)

I'm going to take your advice from another post on the lighting mate, took some pics tonight with the flash and it it's not what I see in the mirror.

Nicely - make sure that there is enough light in there so that your cameras ISO doesn't have to go crazy, as you could end up with blurred or noisy shots. In honesty I cocked this up a bit for my before shots as I'd left my camera in a manual mode without realising, didn't realise until it was too late!

Nearly there mate hang in