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Just anecdotal, when i look at my abs in the PM (as i approach the end of a 24hr fast), i notice lots of green veins. This suggests to me an active blood flow in the area? Like ive been eating into that bodyfat or something haha.

I have a question about visceral fat. It seems my body doesn't burn that all off like it's supposed to around 15%. For some reason it remains intact, dieting doesn't do much if anything for it, i still have that visceral belly :/ But if i start playing basketball i'll quickly lose that inch or two around the belly. it's not subcutaneous fat, only have a little of that atm. I must be a special snowflake.

Bodyweight: 82kg/180.9lb

I'm due for a whoosh but this wasn't it. The fat around my hips feels squishy, so i'm expecting one soon. Will do fasted walking etc today.

Training
CND - TM 3.2km in 45 mins

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Fair. So I went to USA for the first time and even though I had kept my expectations somewhat low, I fell in love (as I tend to do lol) with the place, life and ppl. Now i'm even thinking i should move there and wish I had done that a long time ago.

In the way of training, after i left, i did some long walks around the hills in california. Found my calves surprisingly sore for the first time from just walks lol. Then eventually my dumb ass got a pair of shoes and i was able to do some running - mostly hill sprints lol, and then jogging downhill. Man it was amazing.

There was a few days in hotel gyms i messed around with dbs too, and did some chinups that was about the total of my training while there.

I fasted around 24hrs everyday, which im still not sure was a good idea or bad but it allowed me to look forward to a nice dinner every night. it allowed me to get somewhat leaner, although not much, cause the ppl i was eating with didn't have much of an appetite, so i ended up eating 2x my portions :/ all good, food was amazing.

Now we start from scratch, i weighed in at 82.5kg, not quite ripped as i hoped :/ think i will finish cutting down to just under 80kg/170lb and while doing so, work up to some modest lifts like a 130kg fronty and a 140kg backy. As usual, my gains are cinderalla like, i lose everything at the slightest provocation.

and i need to get the fuck out of this country, as much as i love it, i wasted my 20s in the wrong place..

BW:83.5kg/184.09lb

Lost a pound, looking a lot leaner but not lean enough. I need a rest day, so this will have to be it. But i'll still try to do some fasted walking through the day. Aiming to fast about 22-23 hours today, or around there abouts.

It's funny, if you asked me where i'd need to weigh to be lean, i wuda guessed 82.5kg. Now that's starting to look pretty reasonable since at 83.5kg i'm not quite there but I imagine losing a kilo should get me close to single digit bodyfat. Though that's not really remarkable since one always thinks he's one kilo away from being lean. #Fatproblems.

BW: 83.7kg / 184.53lb

Have fasted: 21 hours so far. (will update this til my first meal..).

Also going to try 3 doses of caffeine (200mg) in the day spaced by 3 hours or so. This is not a great idea but i kinda messed up taking the first dose late (12pm). Should take it earlier to space them out by like 4-5 hours instead.

The good news is i'm going to do a carb refeed tonight, so hopefully i'll be able to get a good night of sleep for a change.

Planned Training:

Session #1	Session #2	Session #3
Fasted TM	BP	Squats (II)
Squats (I)	Chinups (I)	Dunks
	Fasted TM	Chinups (II)
		Conditioning

Training:

Session #1	Session #2	Session #3
FBS 1x122.5	BP 3x87.5, 2x88.5 WCU 1x95	FBS 1x125 FS 0Fx132.5 BS 1x132.5, 5x120, 4Fx122.5, 5x120 WCU 2x106.7, 5x96.7, 5x94.5,        2x5x92.5, 5x91.5, 5x90 Dunking - 3x5 ~ 20 total Sprint Intervals - 5x(20s on, 25s off)

Squat notes:
I did 2 sets less than i've been doing in the first (fasted) squat session, saving some in the tank, so to speak. Maybe this will help me do better in the 2nd session. So far 2nd sessions have been just awful.

After another terrible 2nd squat session i'm calling an end to this sorry experiment. Worst idea i've ever tried. Never again.

Upper body notes:
Had the idea to try doing a primer chinup session. Wasnt sure whether to attempt a last single of +15kg, but in the end I decided against it in case it detracted from tonights volume chins.

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Day went well, exhausting though. Too much training. I almost did a running session on the treadmill before bed but decided against it. Carb reload was quite clean. I ate 2 wholemeal bread sandwiches consisting of a baked chicken breast i shredded up and topped with a bit of bbq sauce. After that i had 400mL of lowfat milk with a scoop of whey. Finally 4 slices of homemade vegetarian pizza. That's the lot. Not a huge carb refeed by any means, but i think it's ok since i'll do another one monday.

Guess US wasn't all that bad considering they only lost 1-0 to germany in the group stage..

BW: 84.4kg /186lb

6 days to go..

Waist is down to ~34.0" .. i get "lean" around 33.0" i think? i cant remember wud have to look it up when i dieted down to <75kg/165lb. Either way have a while to go yet (in terms of waist circumference not bodyweight lol)

Might do a 24hr fast again today, im really pleased with how fresh i feel today even though i did sprints for the first time yesterday, ive got no crippling doms, none in hams, quads or glutes. I can't explain that shit but im putting it down to the way i ate my whole daily intake postworkout fast. 

Training
FBS 1x125
BS 1x132.5
OHP 5x60, 5x4x60

FBS 1x127.5
BS 1x130, 3x122.5, 2x5x120
AbPD 3x15
CND ~ 18 minutes running (with breaks lol), 26:30mins total time spent on TM.

Squat notes:
Gave the 2-a-day squat thing another chance. I think i picked the right weight for fs/bs singles but the last bs single felt like a 1rm so i prob erred there. My lower back is acting weird though, so that might have something to do with it too, idk what's going on with it.

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decided to cut fast short at 19hrs have a meal and i'll train later tonight.

hey vag. benefits become apparent closer to single digit bodyfat, to get rid of stubborn fat etc. for me im about a kilo away from looking leanish as in visible abs veins and what not. apart from that, no real benefit from fasting if you're just doing a normal cut that'll do just as well. i'm also using stims like caffeine to get there sooner since i have a deadline, normally i wouldnt bother using it for fat loss either. hopefully i can wrap this up soon, think im not far from being lean enough for my purposes.