PT-qualified dad of two, trying to get lean before our next Romania trip.
Weekly posts on training, food, stress, and the weeks where life goes a bit sideways.
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Week 2: 3 Sessions Done, Good Sleep, and a Chocolate Croissant That Still Fit
Nothing dramatic happened this week, which helped more than anything clever. Compared with last week’s first proper update, this one felt almost suspiciously normal. Nobody was ill. Sleep was good. Stress was low. Training was fine, food was fine, and home felt better as well. Apart from the car making strange noises and me waiting to find out how much that is going to cost, I have not really got much to moan about. ...
Week 1: Down 1.2kg, Chicken Pasta Bake on Repeat, and a Poorly Toddler
First proper week done, and it went better than I expected. Training Three sessions, all completed. The best bit was hitting a new PR on the incline chest press machine: 107.5kg for 8 reps, 3 sets. That felt solid. I did skip one exercise during the first session. Crunches on the machine. I had barely slept the night before, and I just was not feeling it. Rather than forcing everything and making it miserable, I did what I could and went home. I would rather do that than skip the session altogether. ...
I Know What to Do. Doing It Properly Is the Hard Bit
This is me making it harder to quietly pack it in. I am Razvan. Dad of two, full-time job, PT-qualified, and trying to get lean before our next family trip to Romania. I started this properly back in August 2025 when we got home from the last Romania trip. At that point I kept it simple on purpose. I was not trying to sort everything out at once. The only goal was to get back into the gym and make that stick. ...