Big_James’s BodyBlog

Today negativity was sneaking into my mind. I was sitting there working out and for some reason I just said to myself I will never get lean. I have to keep that kind of thinking away. Muscles are looking very good today could be results from my cheat day over the weekend. Muscles tend to look fuller after you chow some fatty foods. I am still busting my ass I have an exact goal now I am targeting 15-10% BF by end of August and I think I can get there. I have a lot of fat to lose but I am doing good I am averaging about 3-4 lbs per week we have nearly 10 weeks until goal that’s 40 lbs. I don’t need to lose another 40 lbs if I did I would really be below 10% BF. So goal in mind I am working hard to get there.  Tracy and I had a great time at the Brad Paisley Party Tour. Yeah that’s right we went to a country music concert. I like all kinds of music and country was part of my childhood as I spent up until 5th grade in a small farming town.  Anyways we sat just a few rows up from Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jason Alexander, and Zachary Quinto (Sylar from Heroes).  There was a few other celebrities there but we didn’t know their names.  Jason Alexander was chatting up everyone seems like a really nice person wouldn’t have minded chatting him up a bit but we were a few rows higher and we didn’t want to intrude.

DIET: Going lower on the carbs keeping it super high for breakfast and than really slowing it down with just green veggies.

WORKOUT: I missed my Sunday legs day so I did a double workout today about 2 hrs modified legs/abs/arms. I don’t know why but the acid from my legs must have went to my arms because they were just burning today.

MIND: As stated above negative energy entered my mind I really need to keep them out. I have not been doing my own meditation for about a week and it is showing so I need to step that up.

Keep up the fight!
James

Yeah you read that right 7 lbs already gone. I would have already had 10 lbs gone but I rebounded a bit not sure why I still was very clean over the weekend. I did do a cheat day on Sunday but my weight didn’t change from yesterday to today. I will be eating clean for the rest of the week including a trip to San Fransisco to meet with a friend of mine for dinner who is a CTO of another company. My workouts have been amazing I see other people now running my hill I still call it my hill because I have lived here for nearly 10 years and I have not seen anyone else run it until this year. I was suppose to run the hill today but I was just too exhausted from the Hermosa Beach AVP event this weekend. I will run it on Wednesday and Friday as planned I might go do cardio this after noon to take my mind off other stuff going on.

My weight training has been spot on except Sunday. I missed my legs yesterday but that’s okay I got a pretty good leg workout carrying 60 lbs of gear all day and walking through the sand. I have arms today and Chest on Wednesday.

Diet: Okay as you can see from my 7 lbs loss I changed something up. My caloric intake is about the same or higher. I basically went to a caveman diet or at least what I would think a caveman would eat. So breakfast is fruits vegetables and egg whites, second meal protein and carbs based on oat meal. After my second meal the carbs are pretty much taken out with exception of veritable carbs.

Workouts: Intense except I think today I am going to be a little hard to get into it as my body is just saying sleep you need rest. I have gotten tons of sun exposure (burned in some areas did use sun screen just not enough) and it was exhausting running from court to court to cover the action through the sand.

Mind: I need to regain my focus today if at all possible I am bit down almost depressed and I can’t be upset with a 7 lb weight loss so I don’t know what’s going on. Could just be the fatigue from the weekend.

James

Well I am off to a good start I did interval training at 5:30 am; 30 minutes uphill. I had trouble sleeping last night felt like someone was pressing down on my lungs felt great after I ran this morning. My arms workout was insane pushed it to a new level my friend John was very impressed with my latest arm growth. Still have to do my picture today I did my weight this morning and it’s not accurate so I will measure over the next 3 days to get a baseline. Tomorrow morning going for a walk and Wednesday I will go for my run before a plane ride to PHX and chest when I get back from PHX that night.

I have to get a simpler way to get the images from my camera to the PC my wife is letting me use our strange Fuji camera which has a card type not supported by my 20 different PC slots. Go figure! So I have to drag the camera down and I am trying to keep it in the same place for consistency in the photos.

I got slapped around in the morning on emails but I landed okay for the day.

Diet: Spot on perfect BABY!! Super clean today brown rice, ground turkey, protein shakes, oat meal, egg whites and a small portion of fruit with my breakfast.

Workout: Interval training first thing on an empty stomach followed up by intense arm training. I made my workout partner scream as we did negatives at the end of our sets. Oh the fun pain!

Mind: I need meditation each day so that I can clear my mind and picture myself where I want to be not just my body but health and wealth as well.

Have a good one.
James

A lot of people comment on my blogs, my profile, my changes. Everyone agrees I am on my way to building that perfect body they say things like "You have all the tools and know what needs to be done!" They are right the problem I have had over the last couple of weeks has been nothing but excuses my lifting has been good and strong but my cardio is lacking; not any more. I will hit my cardio and hit it hard I will make sure I get the 30 minutes in before food first thing in the morning. I will train as I have never trained before because I am on a mission. I will lose 20 lbs by July 4th I will lose it and I will take a photo a day to make sure I stay honest. June is the month for change I will destroy my goals and set new ones much much higher. I will attack each day with new vigor and drive to make it all worth it. This is my time and my life not anyone else’s and I will defeat anyone who tries to take it away. The only one standing in the way of my goals is me and I will not let myself do that ever again.

I take this oath to not be my own crutch to not let others be my excuses to do what ever it takes to get what I want in mind, body, and health. I take this oath so that others see my commitment to change, to excel in everything I do.

If you want to take this oath with me sound off let me hear it. Screaming it at the top of your lungs if you can let the World know you are not it’s bitch any more.

No updates on lifting, diet, or mind as the above takes all the precedence.

James