Big_James’s BodyBlog

Yeah I know what happened well here is the story my wife and I were the wonderful recipients of an online stalking.  This mainly stemmed from a yahoo messenger ID we have that my wife and I shared.  We met someone in one of our friend circles who was asking about how we kept our marriage so fresh (10 years and all.) So we told them than they asked us advise about their own marriage.  Well not thinking to much about it we explained that communication is the key and that her guy really needs to open up on communication.  Well not more than a week later we get a disturbing phone call in the middle of the night with a little bit of a threat behind it.  The husband of this person was tracking everything she did online so using some basic information pulled from our Yahoo ID (Stupid us had our last name in it.) He found our photography site and called the phone number which happen to forward to my cell phone.  So he called and gave us his threat and told us how much we were in the wrong and all that fun stuff.  Now keep in mind our worry was not for our own safety but for that our kids.  We immediately reported it to the police and we provided them with the number he called from.  We kind of felt dirty because we have so much information online that we just started closing everything out.  Mainly because we felt betrayed and violated and at that time we were not positive on how he got our name as the Yahoo ID in question is a made up name.

So after a while now it seems that we are returning to some of the places we loved and one of them was BodySpace.  I will put some photos back online soon maybe after our vacation coming up I am getting there I have broken 315 lbs on my bench press and my barbell bicep curls are becoming the stuff of legends.  So I will have to post soon the wife is working out and doing really well she has his 5 days this week without missing that’s amazing.

Take it easy!

Big James

Yeah I changed the title I don’t want the teeny girls coming around thinking there is some information about the now larger than life movie that is coming out. So New Life sounded good I mean I am starting a new life healthier, more open to doing new things so a New Life. I am playing the guitar now and I have lessons once a week I am really excited about it I know several cords already but I want to be able to play good. My diet was off yesterday but Wednesday was fairly good and included a great chest workout. Thursday I put in an hour on the cardio and this morning again along with an amazing back and shoulder workout. I am getting up early tomorrow for another hour of cardio work. My diet tonight was spot on perfect very low carbs veggies and lower than normal calories.

Diet: Off Wednesday and Thursday I say off but I didn’t eat anything like candy I just didn’t eat as clean as I would have liked. Today though spot on perfect I love it when it goes the right way I could have reduced the calories a bit but I think with the protein / carb mix that I will have good results in the morning.

Workout: I again set a new record for myself with a 230 lbs lat pull down not including the sled. I also did 100 DB Rows I could have gone up but I don’t have more weight. I did bent over row and did 205 lbs Bar Bell rows. I also put in an hour of cardio this morning and 120 super ball crunches.

Mind: I did mental work on Thursday night which paid off big time today and I will do it again tonight. I really need to do it before we go out anywhere I just have to remind my self to do it and I think I will be able to handle any situation.

James

Hello fans yes I have fans today…nope you are not my readers you are my fans that makes you special. Well I am still cruising along with the infamous Twilight diet and well actually starting to feel like a kid again….strange. My skin is softer too and my tan is starting to wavier. The disappearing tan is of course been caused by my intentional dismiss of the sun. Still I feel better overall in fact I feel great. I did cheat a bit tonight I had chicken but I still kept my 92/8 split I just got caught out without a shake. My own fault really but still I was surprised at how little the amount of chicken it took to fill me up. Still losing weight I am now looking at numbers I have not seen in a while even my digital scale said "good job" instead of "OUCH!" My workout today was great I got some lat pulls that were heavier than I have ever done at least that I can recall. No emotional outburst still feeling good like I said today I felt like a kid really really good.

Workout: 100 crunches, 220 lbs lat pulls not counting the sled, and some 80lbs DB shoulder presses really good lifting day. I also did 40 yard sprints today for some interval training I cut my time down by a second but my start was better as well.

Diet: Well I can say I was prefect but I wasn’t 5 shakes today and a small amount of chicken including my egg whites and chopped onions for breakfast. My wife is getting impressed with the muscle definition she is starting to see. “Your arms are so huge!” I like it when she talks like that….

Mind: Child like today I found new wounder in some very old things. It could be the diet making me feel so youthful or it could be that two of my former class mates from High School have reached out to me. I am going to visit one in PHX soon when I head back over for work. Mood has been good and I am starting to see the progress and goals become a realization.

So I will keep with the Twilight diet until day 7 than I will change it to show a count down number. I am going to stay on the diet I think until Breaking Dawn’s release see what happens.

Have a good night.
James

Yes I made it without cheating now I am putting myself to the ultimate test we are going to the movies.  I will have the smell of popcorn my kids eating it so close WOW this is really going to suck.  Anyways I think people are going to be amazed at the weight drop I know I am starting to get a little freaked but my energy is still high and my lifting is good.  Tomorrow will be Back and Shoulders should be a good workout I can see it already in my mind which is a good thing.

I had to go to the eye doctors today and boy I can’t believe how much glasses cost these days.  Well I got mine ordered it will be a few days before I get them I will share a picture once I get them in.

Diet: Yes I made it Egg whites and green onions for breakfast and nothing but Protein shakes for the rest of the day.

Workout: Today is an off lifting day and I did not do any cardio because I was traveling to a customer location in the morning.

Mind: Still very focused and relaxed in fact more so than I would figure maybe I just have messed up DNA everyone talks about the anger that comes with low carbs but so far so good.  My wife says I am actually kind of cheery.  The happiness could be caused by the fact that I stood on the scale this morning.

As a side note post number 100 WOO HOO

James

Yep I made it day 3 so far no mood swings good to know. My wife is keeping me in check and she plans on taking me out Kung Fu style if I get out of line. I have lost some weight but I will wait until the final day give you the update. I might extend it past 7 days if everything goes super good. So far no strange cravings tonight I made it easily through my kids chicken tenders and french fries. Tomorrow will be a challenge I have to go into Costa Mesa for work and will be with others so I have to take some shakes with me to make it through. This is going to be interesting good thing I have a backpack for a briefcase now.

So any Vampire changes? Nope my hearing is still good although I did seem to read someones mind today like 5 times so that was interesting. I will also have to see if my eyes change I have a eye appointment tomorrow…

Tracy is now fully into the Twilight Universe she is reading like mad and will have the book done before I finish my second reading of New Moon. I will give her New Moon no problem as I am not a big fan of that one and I have two other novels to read. I might read them all again after Breaking Dawn comes out.

Diet: Well I had eggwhites and chopped green onions for breakfast and everything else has been protein shakes. Just like the original diet plan was stated. Pretty easy so far you can really stop thinking about your diet. lol.

Workout: Oh man today was heavy Chest and I was going into it looking forward to trying to get over 300 lbs that didn’t workout today. I didn’t have my partner and without the help on the lift and the safty bars be a bit higher I only did 275 lbs. So I was a little bummed I did drop down to 245 did that for 5 than 225 for another 8 and than 185 for 12.

Mind: Really I have to say one thing I like about this diet is that I seem to be more tired around 10 pm so sleep has been good. I am always trying to maintain my relaxed stated so that seems to be helping as well.

Enjoy,
James

So I made it through my first night even with me cooking dinner for the wife and kids. Not an easy task mind you but something I have to do seeing how I work from home. The kids are looking at me strange and I even heard one of them ask "Why is Daddy not eating with us!" So tonight I will push my self a bit more by sitting at the table with the kids drinking my shake. My wife says I am as calm as usual and that I seem to be relaxed a bit more could be that I am focusing on relaxing. Well again today real food for breakfast and than shakes for the rest of the day.

Diet: Still on my Diet I saw no change in weight this morning we will see what happens tomorrow. The protein powder I am using contains 3g of carbohydrates per serving and I have two servings per shake so that means I am having 30-36g of carbs per day.

Workout: Oh man really heavy yesterday near 400 lbs squats, 170 lbs bar bell curls, 100 lbs push downs.

Mind: A bit more focused and relaxed should be interesting to see how the diet starts affecting my mood.

James

Well I am not sure how many of my readers know the Twilight saga so for the ones that don’t some background. Twilight is a series of books by author Stephenie Meyer about a high school girl who falls in love with a classmate who happens to be a vampire. The story is at it’s heart a romance but even the manlyest of men will find the action / thriller parts intense and intriguing enough to enjoy the books (especially if you make it to Eclipse the third book.)

So what is the "Twilight" diet well I don’t really recommend this for anyone and the only reason I am doing it is because I want to experiment. The diet basically comes from a small analysis of how Stephenie Meyer’s vampires work. If we look down at this at the fine details her vampires still drink blood but more importantly they are still living (so to speak) beings. So lets look at their primary source of substance blood which is around 92% water and 8% protein. So the first thing I say to myself is "WOW no wonder they are all really fit they are on an extreme Atkins diet!" Additionally they are a lot like Camels in that they seem to go on for weeks without feeding or longer. Well I am not about to feed once and go for a week without feeding again although who knows lets see how this works out first. So at the base this diet is really a protein/water diet.

So my goal is to do this diet for only 7 days and at the end of the 7 days see how I feel and decide than if this should continue. The plan will sound strange and I am doing some more research on the net and depending on that research I might change this up. I don’t think it is very good for you to do this as all liquid and I plan on still having solid breakfast meals.

So I have purchased a 10 lbs bag of Whey protein and using just water and two scoops of protein for each meal; shake it up and down the hatch. I will be going with a 7 meal per day plan to keep my calories up there around 3000. Things that I can expect from this diet seeing it planned out is very easy to see crankiness for sure, energy dips, and possible more. As for breakfast I am going to keep it simple Egg Whites with a little green onion.

Lifting and cardio will have to be done in the morning cardio prior to eating and lifting a few hours after solid food (for better energy). Of course I could be wrong and the liquid protein diet could be the best thing for you making me into a Emmett (Twilight reference.)

The funny thing to note is that is actually makes sense that Stephenie Meyer’s vampires would have trouble with self control. Seeing how they are cranky as hell with only protein I am sure I will be working on that same self control to not yell at my kids or worse my wife. My wife is my monitor she is going to write down any outburst and I for one will be watching for them myself.

Diet: Well this entire post is about the new diet so I should just say “Twilight” Diet.

Workouts: Heavy with this much protein I might as well try and use it high set count 5-6 with very low reps 2-4 extra heavy. I will also be going with minimal exercises working basically the bulk of the muscle. I missed legs yesterday so today I will be doing Squats for legs and two different movements for my arms to catch up.

Mind: I am still having a hard time getting my mind squared around again although thanks to some great music I found I am starting to get there. I did some concentration and relaxation last night hopefully I can followup with some more today. I also think it is very good for you to turn off the TV and read a good book take look at the Twilight series you don’t have to admit that you have read them but hey…

Links: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html
I am sure some Google alerts are going to go off and if some Twilight fans end up here on my Blog go ahead and comment back. My wife and I are both fans and we are looking forward to August 2nd and December 12th just like you.

James

This strange urge to change my blog again is only being highlighted by the fact that I have not posted a new blog in sometime. I asked myself "Why do I want to change it again?" The answer is fairly simple I don’t think I have found the right mix of info, humor, and personal experience to get a good audience following. So I am not exactly sure how I am going to edit or change the blog again but I am open to suggestions.

My life recently has changed and it is hard to explain. My fitness is taking a hit I am trying to struggle and get back to the normal ways around me but we have had friends from out of town come in and it has set me back. I have been struggling with a sleep disorder that’s keeping me up almost all night so I really need to get back on track.

I am going back to heavy load workouts again creeping up to the 155 lbs mark for barbell curls. I need to add my cardio back in the morning but that’s when I am still trying to recover from the crappy sleep. My wife blames my sleep problem on the weather (I hate the heat.) She thinks once it starts to cool down around here end of Aug-Sept I will be a lot happier.

My diet sucks right now mainly because we are going out a lot because of our friends but I know I have my diet perfect so when they leave I will be perfect going into August. Trying to meditate right now usually results in me just questioning things around me and overall putting me in a bad mood.

Give me your feedback should I keep the Diet, Workout, Mind sections or just write more like this?

James

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