Alright, well since this is my first blog I guess I will give a little background of myself. I am 21, currently a senior in college. I have played baseball for 14 years before stopping and focusing on football where I just finished my 8th and final season as an offensive lineman. I started working out about 8 years ago with my high school football team. As a freshmen in high school, never having lifted a weight before I weighed 215 pounds. Once I started lifting I immediately shot up to 255 lbs within one year. I weighed 260 sophomore, junior and senior year. I was recruited by a handful of schools ranging from Division IAA to Division III. I always had intentions of playing football in college and I decided to continue my career at Pace University which was NCAA Division II football and reasonably close to my home in Staten Island, NY. I arrived at camp in August at Pace weighing about 270 and by January I was 293! I was very lucky and started as the left guard as a freshmen. I don’t know what I was thinking gaining that weight though, I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I felt weighing more would help me play even better. Not long after did I realize I was making a mistake by gaining weight and dropped to about 285 for my sophomore season. I continued to get into better and shape and played my junior season 280 lbs and my senior season about the same. I took pride in being athletic and quick for my size running a 4.9 second 40 yd dash at 280 pounds.
That gets us to about where we are now…
For a little over a month, from November 5th, 2006 (my last game), until the holidays I tried to watch what I put in my mouth but took some time off from working out to give my body a break since I was shot from the season. After the holidays I made a deal with one of my friends at home to see who could lose more weight by March 3rd, 2007. I wanted to lose weight and needed a little motivation so this 50 dollar bet was just the thing. On December 30th, 2006 He weighed in at 211 lbs and I weighed in at 273 pounds. My body type is definitely an endomorph. I have big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs and a naturally high degree of body fat, especially around the midsection. Thats the thing, I was never called the "fat" kid, I was the "big" kid. I have a big frame, wide shoulders and the fat on my body is concentrated on my stomach. I have well defined legs and shoulders, my triceps are big and toned as well. I have always had a huge stomach though. I wanted to change all that so I started doing cardio 4 times a week and watching the amount of calories I took in. Today is February 22nd, 9 days away from the weigh in and this morning I weighed 246 when I woke up. I dont know how much my friend weighs but I feel so much better with how I am doing I want to keep this up for good, it isnt even about that 50 dollars anymore, It is about my self confidence and satisfaction. Not only to physically reach my goals of being able to see my abs and veins but to be healthy. I know high blood pressure and high cholesterol runs in my family and I dont need increase my risks any greater.
So thats it… thats where I am at this point in my life when it comes to training and nutrition. If anyone has any stories, tips, advice, workout plans or just wants to talk about anything… feel free to let me know.. I’m looking forward to it…
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