{"id":4268,"date":"2017-03-31T05:33:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.14.234.116\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2017-03-31T05:33:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:33:54","slug":"compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/?p=4268","title":{"rendered":"Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.<\/strong><\/em> -George S. Patton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This quote brings to mind why &#8216;diet&#8217; selection is so important: Can you continue to comply over time, and not fall off the wagon and derail your progress? \u00a0Is the Slow-carb method the most effective or efficient way for me to have lost weight? \u00a0No. \u00a0But I&#8217;ve stuck with it for a full 5 months now, and am very, very close to my initial goal of 185lbs. \u00a0There will be a post of epic joyousness when I get there, but for now I&#8217;ll just say &#8220;I&#8217;m close&#8221;. \u00a0The results (from above, with dates) since Halloween look something like this:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4270\" src=\"Https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bodyweight-graph-31Mar17-1-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bodyweight-graph-31Mar17-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bodyweight-graph-31Mar17-1.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been lifting as much as I&#8217;d like, but for this phase the real plan was just to get a comfortable buffer between the size of my ass and the Army height-weight standard. \u00a0I did manage to maintain my top-line deadlift numbers, though squats, press, and bench all fell off (mostly because I wasn&#8217;t doing them often enough). \u00a0Once I hit the bodyweight goal, the plan is to shift from gradual, continual weight loss to gradual, continual weight gain by (re)executing the Starting Strength beginner linear progression protocol. \u00a0Since I&#8217;ll have a 15lb buffer, I should be able to rock the program for 2-3 months without worrying too much about being over my allowable weight, and should be\u00a0<em>well<\/em> within the tape-test standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. -George S. Patton This quote brings to mind why &#8216;diet&#8217; selection is so important: Can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4275,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268\/revisions\/4275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}