Shape-Up 2009 general discussion

Only 11 days to go!

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Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

thank god. I need some cake.

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tubbyman


thank god. I need some cake.

I think nearly every post you make mentions cake lol!  Perhaps change your avatar to off eating cakes (only after the next 11 days ofcourse!)

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Need to up the effort if there is just 11 days left...

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thank god. I need some cake.

I think nearly every post you make mentions cake lol!  Perhaps change your avatar to off eating cakes (only after the next 11 days ofcourse!)

 

Did somebody say cake? 

It's only in the last 5 months or so that I've realised just how much junk food there is in supermarkets - sacks of donuts - 2 for £1, rows and rows of buscuits, cakes and sweets, fresh pastries and muffins.

It's torture

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Gone a bit quiet in here?  Just over a week to go! 

I think tubby is too busy rocking back and forth in the fetal position reciting the recipes to various baked goods to get on the computer and post on the foums

1 week remaining. OMFG. On a positive note i saw some people this morning who i haven't see for a year - they are friends of my Dads and chinese and not normally known for being naything other than quite abrupt and rude in conversation.

The wife pointed out straight away how much better i looked and asked me if i had lost weight Nice to hear even if i'm thinking - haven't lost enough.

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

Nice one Chris, always a boost to the confidence when others make comments like that 

I'm starting to prepare the voting thread as we speak, so anyone who is definitely a case of "I'm out", please say so as will save me a bit of needless work at this point.

I'm still in but ;





She did catch me off guard a bit, but yes it's always nice to hear a compliment. I'm just not very good at taking them. The logical side of me thinks it's better to be humble, but the emotional side of me also finds it very uncomfortable.

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

Thanks for that Fi, I would say I'm out.
I've done what I said I would do but for a shape up comp it's not worth the effort and I'd be wasting yours and everyone elses time.

Cheers.

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Haven't updated my journal much, still got lots of personal poop going on which has eaten into the evenings and prevented training but still been on the diet about 95% of the time and also morning cardio.

If I hadn't have been distracted for the last 6 weeks I would have made more of a difference :/ Still made some good progress though

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Thanks for that Fi, I would say I'm out.
I've done what I said I would do but for a shape up comp it's not worth the effort and I'd be wasting yours and everyone elses time.

Cheers.

OK if you're sure, I hope you have made some personal progress that's the most important thing

Welshy


If I hadn't have been distracted for the last 6 weeks I would have made more of a difference :/ Still made some good progress though

Look forward to seeing the finish pics, you dark horse - bet you're ripped to shreds with big boobies (beeeetch!)  

I look forward to pics of big boobies too (other than my own)

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

ROFL !!

I am nowhere near ripped but thankfully I haven't lost much boobage

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well i weighed my self and im down 5lbs in the last 7days (after having gone up a couple on my last carb up)

all well and good but i dont appear to have lost much fat really, im very light now (imo) at 175lbs and i think im starting to look really skinny in a bad way i think my cut could well have been a disaster but we'll see at my next carb up.

My strength hasn't really gone down though.

I've been ill and not eaten much - looking a little bloaty and watery.  All thanks to one of the girls coming in with a bad stomach and passing it onto me.  Been sh1tting thro the eye of a needle.  Still, will try to get some decent carbs into tonite, within reason...

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I can say the same thing Welshy but instead of a mine would end with a

Still thinking i'm gonna do a comedy set of photos with sprayed on abs to go along with my untouched set at the end of the challenge.

No idea about makeup or suitable paint to do it though.

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

Here starts the trotting out of excuses .....    

If i can get a professional makeup artist to paint my skin to look all ripped and vascular i'll look thoroughly mahoosive, then hire a professional photographer to make it look convincing and winners podium here i come.

Hmm - probably best not to post the details of my fiendish plan on here. Did i learn nothing from bond villains!

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RedHotF

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Thanks for that Fi, I would say I'm out.
I've done what I said I would do but for a shape up comp it's not worth the effort and I'd be wasting yours and everyone elses time.

Cheers.

OK if you're sure, I hope you have made some personal progress that's the most important thing

I'm sure, I've dropped 5 kg in weight which puts me in the 90 kg class.
I've also competed at 2 Power Lifting comps, qualifying for the British in both that'll do for now.
 

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Here starts the trotting out of excuses .....    

Wish I was making excuse.  Felt rank for 3-4 days now.  Still, up at 6.30am tomorrow for more cardio - won't let some pathetic bug beat me!

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Are you feeling any better today Big P? 

Nope

Really really gripey guts.  Tender and sore.  Know its not my stomach playing up as it right down in my intestines.  Not good.

Stomach is bloated and distended.  Still, meant I couldn't over eat at the weekend!

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essex_chris


If i can get a professional makeup artist to paint my skin to look all ripped and vascular i'll look thoroughly mahoosive, then hire a professional photographer to make it look convincing and winners podium here i come.

Hmm - probably best not to post the details of my fiendish plan on here. Did i learn nothing from bond villains!

How about one of those  muscle suits?

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It's got to look convincing Hazel

I may just use my extreme photoshop skills instead!

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

Stomach now feeling better - wooooooooo hooo!  Gym time

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That was a quick recovery!  

That's the wonder of male illnesses - they have an incredibly quick onset, burn brightly (as do our mentions of them), but then mysteriously disappear to never be heard of again - almost as though they didn't exist

Womens illnesses however have a similar description, only tales of them hang around forever

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

essex_chris


they have an incredibly quick onset, burn brightly (as do our mentions of them), but then mysteriously disappear to never be heard of again - almost as though they didn't exist

Sounds like most men I have met. 

Nah, i've had the sh1ts for about 4-5 days, just the day or two before was just uncomfy, the weekend made me feel like junk too

Somehow cleaned itself up as today progressed

Back to cardio in morning

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Low carbing last week actually worked....dropped 3lbs down to 13stone1lb now total loss is 16lbs

About another 2 or 3lbs should do it.

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I may have my final pics up later. Being dragged to Scootland for a week on Friday so will prob be too rushed before/after to do em.

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And so the end is nigh!   

Just a reminder folks.....

Competition ends on Monday 27th July and you have until midnight on Sunday 2nd August to get your pics up.
As with the before photos - at least one of your after pics must have the date displayed in it in some way.

Look forward to seeing the pics!

Thank fook for that.  I'm desperate to be able to eat carbs again.  I think on Monday morning, I'll have a Maccy D's breakfast, KFC for lunch, Burger King dinner and a Pizza Hut for the evening. 

Mega calorie day

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PL - that day is called Wednesday

I'm going to take a few sets of photos and try and pick the most flattering ones to post up.

I'm looking to the new competition already as i want to be in a better situation by then. This one has been more of a warmup

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

Is there gonna be another shape up from say end of January 2010?

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I'm going to need to go on a 5 year bulk after this

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The end already.....it's come to soon....I defintly haven't improved enough

Should beat my two preious last placings though

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