00cbr929’s BodyBlog

Okay so I had my 4 week check in today with the trainer. I told him before we started that I knew I didn’t drop hardly any BF or gain any muscle this month. He asked how my diet was and I was honest in telling him I followed his plan to the letter. So I got on the scale and it said I lost 1.2 lbs. The pinches told the real story. Only reduction was in my chest and thigh. So I dropped an amazing .5%! WTF! How is that even possible? I hate to sound like a biatch but I worked my ARS off this month.. So we went back through the diet and changed it again and he is using this next month to see how my body responds to a regular carb intake instead of restricted. Nothing fancy just 6 meals a day.

So once I left the gym I sat in my car with my new diet and my month supply of Beverly Int. UMP protein and thought to myself "this is nuts!" Why am I busting my nuts in the gym if I am just spinning my wheels? What if this is my brick wall and I can’t get any lower than this? Then my little voice inside my head went off on me! It reminded me that someone once said that I can’t get down to 10% or lower.. That unless I stop lifting and stop eating it will never happen(he is an idot btw)!

At that point I put my car in drive and headed back to work with my never say die attitude and I won’t stop nor can I be stopped!! Can’t died in the poor house old and fat son so get off your lazy ars and DO WORK!!!!

I was thinking last night about what I am eating right now(cause I love to eat)… So Ithought I might share it. This what I eat every 7 days give or take some different stuff

50 oz of skinless chicken breast.

98 egg whites (poor chicken population)

2.5 lbs of lean ground turkey

1.5 lbs of lean beef

6 to 12 oz of Talapia, tuna or salmon

21 cups of a veggies

7 cups of a starchy carb(mostly oatmeal, rice, or patato)

21 protein shakes

Last but least 1330 oz of water( I gotta pee now)

Now I see whay people ask me if I have a tape worm or something? Man I am hungry! Time for my mid-morning shake!! Yum Yum

I am going to try and keep this short a sweet. So here it goes..

The past 5 or so days for me has been very stressful on a personal level. I can handle most all kinds of stress without any problems but when it comes to the "Big D" I am going through it has its way of kicking me in the NADS! The first couple of days I worked through it pretty good but when the weekend hit my wheels fell off a bit. Now I didn’t blow it completly but I did slide a little. Here is what I did…

The stress was building mostly because someone was riding me like Sea Biscut this weekend(and not in a good way either). I was sticking to my meals and my diet fine but I could feel the pressure building inside me to finally I said enough is enough. I need some F’n comfort food or something(WTF is up with that). So I drove around Saturday night looking for something that would make me feel better. Finally after missed attempts at fast food places I stopped at a gas station and got a Coke and a candy bar. Man it was good but soooo bad too. I will admit it did make me feel better but it also made me stumble a little yesterday too in the way of a few boneless wings.

So now it is Monday and I am back on track and all is good(well kinda) in my world again. So why did I post this you ask? Two reasons.. (1) to remind me not to be weak and fall next time. It is just stress and it will pass. (2) to not beat the **** out of myself for falling. We all fall so we can learn to get back up! So I go this  Thursday to get pinched again and I am hoping for some good results. I feel as if I have packed on a little muscle these last few weeks but not feeling any smaller in the middle. We will see what the ‘ol pinchers say cause we know they don’t lie.. I will post the results this weekend with pics I hope.

Oh yeah 2 more things.. (1) the good news I didn’t fall all the way off the wagon and let it run over me and (2) I didn’t turn to beer cause that is what I would have done months ago when all the fun started for me.. So take that BIATCH!!!! So much for being short and sweet huh?

So this is what happens with no carbs…

Today well just now was a carb load meal. Had my bananna..yum! Had my sweet potatoe with sunflower oil..yum yum! Had my oatmeal..wait! I forgot to add water!! Yes that is correct I cooked my oatmeal with out water! Good thing it taste okay after heated dry then done the right way! Good lord that was bad…

Well today is Wednesday and it is my rest day. I am sore today like no other!! My legs are still sore from Mondays workout and my back workout last night was intense to say the least. I tossed in some dead lifts last night to make things interesting. I have never really done dead lifts before and I have decided to add those in on my back days for a little while. I think my lifting partner hates me!

It is August the 13th and by now in my gym everyone that was hitting it hard in March is now gone or they are only coming in once or twice a week. We are hitting it 5 times a week. Some guys are saying.."man you need to get out and live a little!" Well I like to think I am. Especially when the head trainer comes to me on Tuesday night to ask if I would mind if he joined us for legs on Monday. I said sure but may I ask why? His reply was simple.. Intense! He said that I come in and train with a purpose everyday!(shouldn’t we all) He says he wants his legs to grow and he thinks I can help. I am flattered.. But also looks like I might have to turn it up a notch on Monday. Can’t let the traiiner out train me now can I?

So last night was leg night for me and my workout partner. I always do legs on Monday and always have. I feel like it sets a good tone for the week. I am usually rested and ready to rip it up come Monday night.

So my workout partner is on vacation this week but not going anywhere. After warming up on some high rep squats he looks at me and says. Lets just kill ‘um tonight! OOOOPS! Wrong thing to say to me on leg night. We then did 6 sets of 15 reps with 275 and then went straight to the leg press machine for split sets of close and wide presses. We did 3 sets of these.

After crushing him there I took him over to do some leg extensions(to grade how I did). He could barely get 100lbs for 8 reps. We did 3 sets of these and then limped over to some stiff leg dead lifts. He does his first set and looks at me and says "this doesn’t feel right" I tell him to suck it and keep going. We finish our deads with a drop set with dumbells. That was a good touch if I do say so myself!!

So now the night is over and I ask how it was..he kinda shrugged his shoulders and said "it was good". I left thinking I could have done more to him. I had a lot left cause I am trying to baby my right knee a little. So I told him we’ll do it again next Monday.

I just now got a text from him that says and I quote "OUCH..I F’n hate you and your crazy leg workouts!" It hurts to sit on the toilet!!!!

LOL..That is what I thought!!!!

Okay I had my 4 week check in but it was actually 3 weeks in cause I got started a few days late. My results were good but I am a little mad at myself(always am) as I could have done better. Here is how the 2/2 split worked for me.

Started at 208lbs with a scary 23.6% BF.. Yesterday on my trainers scale I was 199 @ 19.5% bf. The great thing is I dropped 9 lbs of straight fat with no muscle mass lost but none gained either.  :0(

All my pinches went down and my biggest drop was in the belly which is what I like to see. I didn’t loose a lot of strenght on this diet and my mood was pretty good on this after I got past my first week. The first 2 days with out carbs was hell. I will not lie. I can go 2 days now with no problem.

So now like everything else it is time to change it up. Now doing 3 days regular and 2 days no carbs but switching up when my carb up meal is from last meal on day 2 to post workout and mid day during non-training days.

Like I said I am mad at myself but I always think I should have done better. My trainer tells me I am nuts. Results were awesome for only 3 weeks and being sick this past weekend. So I got 4 more weeks to hit it hard and stay focused. My goal is 10 - 12% BF and then we will see what happens next. My trainer says I have no choice..I’m getting on that stage! We will see.. The stage isn’t nice to people who are shy!

I’ll get my latest pics up this week!!!

Well it has been about 3 weeks since I last posted anything. I promised myself I wouldn’t waste a bunch of time each week posting my gains or stalls. A little over 3 weeks ago I switched my diet up and let me tell you this has been my best run at getting leaner yet. I started near 205 lbs and I am now holding under 195 lbs. Work outs have been good but not great as all of you know how hard it is to train when you don’t eat carbs on those certain days. I must say that it isn’t near as hard as I thought it would be.

Now for the really really crappy part(no pun intented)… How in the world do you stay on track with your diet when everything you put in your system flushes it self out? Where I picked this bug up I have no idea. I hope it goes soon.. I mean I want to get below 190 but not like this. Today should be a carb,protein & fat day but I think I am going to just do no carbs since I can’t keep anything in my system.

This Thursday is my "4 week check in" with my trainer. I will post my results next weekend and hopefully some pics that show some good progress. Have a  great weekend everyone.

P.S. When you have a stomach bug make sure you get all your cold food last when you are shopping!!!!

Well it is day 2 of my on 2 day off 2 day diet. Yesterday was fine. Didn’t really get hungry as I was spot on with my meals(work did not get in the way). Energy was pretty good to even for legs last night. My last meal of 10 egg whites was at about 9:00 last night and my first one today was about 30 minutes after I fell out of bed… bout 7:30. I am 45 minutes away from my first protein shake and I feel like a complete idiot! Energy is low I am pretty hungry and I feel like I am having an out of body experience. I can’t focus at work(thank god I am the boss). Man I can’t wait for my vanilla UMP shake!! Come on 11:30……. 

So this morning I was taking my pups for a walk. I came to my buddies and neighbors house and of course he was outside nursing a hangover. So he starts our conversation by giving me crap for not going to a party with him last night. I explain to him that I wasn’t feeling up to it because I was tired and just didn’t have the desire to be around a bunch of bad food and beer! He starts his normal thing calling me a girl and other stuff… this is all fine cause well he is a friend and I know he is just giving me a hard time.

So it gets fun when I tell him that I don’t want to mess up my diet as I am 100% invested in it and I want the results I deserve. He then tells me(mind you he is a nurse by trade but knows little about fitness and diets) that a person with my size and frame can not naturally get my bodyfat down below 12%. WTF? Well first I hope to hell he isn’t right! Which I know he isn’t. He goes on to say anyone who tells me I can get below 9 or 10% is a Liar! WOW… He has know idead what he just did. He just tossed gasoline on an open flame! Thanks man…

Now some of you might say that kind of motivation never lasts for people! Here is why it works for me and why I will prove him wrong..way wrong! About 15 years ago when I was probably(until now or shortly) in the best shape of my life I was told by a local golf pro that I should forget ever being any good at the game. He said "you are too big" to ever really be able to play golf and you couldn’t break 90 with your build! That pissed me off enough to go buy clubs and start hit’n balls. Now I am no Tiger Woods but I did manage to get down to a 9 hadicap and I made sure that golf pro knew it!

So tell me PLEASE I can’t do something!!!