Droped calories again

Started taking two tablespoons of flaxseed oil. That has upped my calories by 260 so I've had to drop my calorie intake to 6x body weight.

Still targeting the end of April to be down to 200-205lbs. As I've got it in my head that I want to be able to see my lower abs I may have to drop below 200. At this point I can't see dropping below 180 but I can't be sure.

Calisthenics are progressing slowly but well. Doing push ups with my feet propped up on a 3' box. I still need elastic bands to help with my chin ups. Ab roll outs are a hard one to measure progress on but I'm happy with them. Currently doing two super sets of the following (subsets are done per minute for 30 minutes overall):

5 squats + 5 ab roll outs (minutes 1-5 & 16-20)
5 squats + 5 chins (minutes 6-10 & 21-25)
5 squats + 5 elevated push ups (minutes 11-15 & 26-30)

When I'm doing ab roll outs from my feet (instead of knees), true chins (no bands), and true head stand push ups I'll decide on if I want to combine all three and squats per minute or to work on explosive (i.e. jump) versions of the squats, chins, and push ups.

Interesting thing about the lowered calories is the lowered energy and motivation levels. I think the lowered energy levels negate the ease I should feel from the weight loss. Once I hit my goal body fat percentage and start upping my calories I'll be able to do more (swimming laps and running are two things that come to mind) and that will mean I'll need more calories in order to maintain body weight. At this point I'll need to figure out what milestones will need to be met before I start adding muscle. I hate cardio but with the allergies and asthma I'll need to suck it up and do it if I want to progress. I would think cardio and maintaining strength in the calisthenics will be the deciding factor on when I would stop trying to gain muscle. I was thinking, say, 2x body weight in a squat or deadlift would be a good indicator but I remember when I had OK gym lifts but was pretty weak compared to my body weight.

Gold

Was a twit and held on too long to the GLD and GDX. Sold the GLD at 104 for $13 profit. I'll sit on GDX til it comes round again. Hopefully sometime before 11 years.

As sharebuilder doesn't like DZZ I went with GLL instead.

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Hmm, ZSL might have been better. Ehh

Satisfaction and Irritation

Well I'm down to 235 and I'm guessing that 10% body fat will put me at 200.

Based on my activity level I'm finding seven times my body weight to be a good weight loss calorie intake.

Why is this irritating? Well, when I moved down here at the end of 2005... before my allergies put me down... when I was weightlifting 4-5 times a week, I was 256 and wore size 36 pants (35 if I could find a pair that had room for my thighs). As of today I could just squeeze into 36 pants.

What does that mean? It means I've lost well over 20 pounds of muscle.

Oh well.

My allergies and exercise induced asthma may not yet allow me to play with the weights but I'm now able to push myself and progress with my calisthenics.

Probably early but

I sold my PCU shares and am now watching DBA for an entry. Even if early a $11.49 profit is plenty nice.

Holding GLD and GDX for now and watching DZZ for hints of a real reversal.