The Chronicles of “B”

I just came across something on Yahoo this morning that kind of freaked me out and so I thought I would blog about it here and see what others think about it. 

Jason Grunstra has started a site called MyFreeImplants.com where women cam go to get free implants.  Seriously!! 

How it works is the women set up profiles and the men surf these profiles and decide who they wish to donate money to.  Sounds simple right??  Hold on!!  Seems these women provide a little service for these men in exchange for those donations in the form of nude photos, maybe a little cam show, and some have auctioned off articles of clothing such as their panties!  Didn’t your momma ever tell you there is no such thing as something for nothing??

  Grunstra’s idea came in Las Vegas, at a bachelor party, in the company of strippers.

One of the strippers had recently gotten breast implants. Another was sad because she could not afford them. So Grunstra started raising cash for the flat-chested one.

Here is little excerp from the article:

Thus the concept of "MyFreeImplants.com" was born, and it stayed with Grunstra even after he returned home from Las Vegas and sobered up. The idea was simple: Set up a Web site to raise money for women who want breast implants. The women pose for photographs on the site, and  so-called benefactors pay for the right to look — and to "interact," as Grunstra puts it, via email and blog posts.

Just two years later, Grunstra claims the site has over 10,000 benefactors and one thousand women competing for their attention and their dollars. He says 28 women have already made their goal and are featured prominently on the site in before and after photos.

Benefactors create profiles and buy message credits at $1.25 a pop, which allows them to send messages to women they see on the site. A dollar goes toward the women’s goal; 25 cents goes to Grunstra and the site. Grunstra says the site has more than 5 million page-views a month, brings in $1,000 a day, and generates a monthly profit of about $3,000.

Hummmmm, very interesting!! 

It seems none of the money goes directly to the women but goes straight to the plastic surgeon for it’s intended purpose. 

A lot of critics liken this to prostitution but good old Jason say’s he’s just bringing people with similar interest together.  That similar interest being boobs! 

Grunstra say’s no one is being hurt by this and the women who use the site agree.  But I don’t think you have to be a genius to see that you are setting yourself up for potential stalkers and all other forms of perverts and who knows if these picture could come back to haunt these girls someday.  Grunstra’s own girlfriend say’s she thinks this sets women back 50 years. 

I have some pretty strong opinions about this but I would be interested in seeing how others view it.  If you read this please tell me how you feel.  If your a women would you use this service??  What kind of message do you think this sends to younger girls who already feel shitty enough about their bodies???  If you’re one of the 5 or 6 people who read this let me know how you feel. 

One word of warning!!!  What I’m about to say might piss some people off and if it does you might want to re-evaluate why you ever decided to pick up the weights in the first place. 

Ok here goes!

Getting fit and building the type of physique that others will envy is hard freaking work!!  It doesn’t happen overnight no matter what amazing new supplement you may be taking that makes promises to the contrary! 

Changing eating habits that have been engrained in us since birth requires will power and dedication and try as you may you are gonna backslide once and awhile but the difference between a contender and a pretender is the contender picks themselves up and drives forward….the pretender whines and cries and say’s, "I can’t do this it’s just too hard!" 

Here it is in a nutshell my friend….if you want to make gains then you have to expect pain…..lots of it as a matter of fact!! 

Look in any bodybuilding mag and look at the pics of your favorite BB’er working out.  See that grimace on their face???  That’s not no bullshit poser!!  That’s real pain you see on their face.  Contenders grunt and groan and make f*&ked up faces when they lift.  They yell and spit and fart and they get results!! 

The pretenders bitch about being sore and stand around in between sets chatting and whinning with the other pretenders about how hard this is and trying to figure out why they aren’t making any progress.  Or they stand around secrectly making fun of the ripped guy or gal over on the free weights who just about shit their pants while pulling off a huge deadlift!!

If you want results quit your bitching and whinning and embrace the pain!!!  Hell yes it’s hard but if it wasn’t everybody would be doing it and we would all be running around looking like Arnold clones!!    Quit looking for excuses and find solutions instead!! 

Do contenders bitch and whine??  Of course they do!!  But like I said a contender will have their little hissy fit and moment of doubt and then they kick themselves in the ass for being such a pussy and find a way to drive through the pain and doubt. 

Do I whine and bitch!!!  I think we all know the answer to that…..hell yes I do but I don’t linger on it….I find a solution.  For example I have been bitching lately about the amount of fat I’ve been retaining around my belly.  It’s freaking disgusting and I’m sick of it so I’ve declared war on that fat by stepping up my cardio!! 

An hour of running and sprinting every morning on an empty stomach and 30 to 40 minutes of cardio every night after my workout.  My very intense workout I might add.  I’ve also started doing ab work everyday.  Does it hurt???  Damn straight it hurts!!  I’ve had the dry heaves in the morning and actually spewed while running at night.  I’ve had to roll out of bed onto the floor and then pull myself up because my damn legs hurt so bad I could barely move but I still stretch and go out and run again.  Why??  Because I want to be a contender not a whinney ass pretender.

I truly want to see everyone on here who has the desire to be fit succed.  I really do!!  That’s why I’m saying this even at the risk of hurting someones feelings.  I want to light a fire under someone and maybe push them to be a contender instead of a pretender…..why????  Because it’s worth it!!! 

So, do you truly want to lose that weight???  Do you want the physique you’ve always dreamed of??  Then quit looking for someone to wipe your little chins and butts for ya and dry your little crying eyes and get to work!! 

How Do They Know This Stuff??? 

Used to be I wouldn’t get 3 e-mails in an entire week but suddenly I’m getting sooooo many e-mails I’ve had to put a trash filter on it to filter out all the bullcrap.  The funny thing is that it’s all started since I’ve joined BodySpace and since I’ve been seriously working out. 

Now suddenly I get at least 15 to 20 bodybuilding related e-mails a day!!!  How do they know???  It blows my freaking mind!!! 

Oh and did you know that girls really like bodybuilders???  Hell yes….they must because I get at least 5 to 10 mails everyday from girls who are hot just for me and wants to be with me.  I wonder how they found out I was a bodybuilder??  According to these e-mails I could have any of these babes I want…..that is as long as they don’t find that I’m also apparently on the tiny penis list!! 

That’s right!!!  Much to my embarrasment it also seems that several people knows I have a small penis.  Thank God though that they are willing to share their penis enlargement techniques with me before all the hot girls who are wanting to go out with me tonight find out!!!  Now I just have to chose from the many many offers of penis enlargement I get everyday!!  Desicions, desicions!!!!

Well here it is, Sunday morning and another week is nearly done.  Another week closer to April 12th and my first contest!!  Yipeeeeeee!!  I think!  LOL! 

I really am getting very excited….it seems like everyday I see a change in myself.  A curve here….a new muscle there, a different bulge that wasn’t there yesterday…..it’s all pretty damn cool.

This week has been really awesome as far as my workouts.  I’ve hit it hard and like I said it is really starting to show.  I fell back on the morning cardio a bit this week because it was freaking raining every morning and I will not run in the rain.  It’s miserable having rain drip off your damn nose and having your clothes sticking to you and your damn shorts riding up higher and higher with every step you take.  No thanks!! 

I did step up my ab work this week though and that will continue till that dumb ass blob of goo is gone from around my belly and all I see are abs.  I really believe abs and backs win contest so I’m hitting both very hard. 

My diet has been right on all week except for a last night.  My little granddaughter had her first birthday yesterday so I ate a small piece of cake and a little sliver of ice cream.  That wasn’t too bad but on the way home we went by this old run down TruckStop where my wife and I used to go when we were dating.  Actually we weren’t really dating…..we were both stuck in unhappy marriages and we use to meet there to cheat on our spouses….Don’t Judge Me!!!  LOL!! 

We just started out as friends at work and we used to go there after work and we always ordered a deep fried bologna sandwich with cheese and mayo and coffee.  It was all very innocent at first….we just sat and talked and then we went home.  Nothing romantic just 2 friends sharing a meal and a little conversation but the more we got to know each other the more we realized just how compatible we were. 

 I don’t know if any of you believe in soul mates and all that jive but if you do I’d have to say that Maggie and I are and try as we might to deny that back then we just couldn’t keep it from happening.  So after a couple months of fighting it we finally give in and admitted we loved each other. (we had sex. LOL!) 

Anyway, I think you see where I’m going with all this babble….we decided to stop there last night just like old times and have that deep fried bologna sandwich.  I paid for it this morning but it sure brought back a lot of cool memories….especially when we made out in the parking lot like we used too.  LMAO!! 

To make up for that little cheat I got up this morning and ran till I puked….I mean I literally ran till I puked it was freaking disgusting!!  I’m looking forward to another great week and I hope everyone else has a great week as well.       

Yesterday my honey had the day off from work so we decided to take a little shopping trip to town.  I wanted to pick a couple of things up from MC Sports and she likes to go and check out the clothes there. 

We had a pretty good day…spent too much money but all in all it was a nice afternoon.  On the way back home though, and out of the clear blue sky my wife turns to me and says, "You know what?"  "Your a fitness snob!"  WTF!!  "A fitness snob??"  I kind of chuckled and ask her what would make her say that. 

"Well," she explained, "We were hardly 2 blocks from home and you saw that guy sitting on his porch drinking a beer, remember?" 

"Yes"

"Well after you saw him you went on for 5 or 10 minutes about how fat and unhealthy he was and how all he probably did was sit on his fat ass and drink beer all day and then moan and groan all night about how shitty he feels."  "And instead of bitching he should toss that bottle and get up and exercise."

"So"  "He was fat and unhealthy!"

"So from there you started going on about how you used to tell your mom how she should throw those damn smokes away and start walking even if it was just to the mailbox each day and how she never would…..and how all my dad does is bitch about how bad he feels because he’s had a couple of heart attacks yet all he does is sit on his fat ass and chew his nasty ass tobacco all day." 

"What’s your point?"

"Well my point is," she explained, "That you are in great shape which is really fantastic….I’m glad your fit and healthy but you look down your nose at those who don’t follow your lifestyle!"

Since that conversation I have been considering that question…..Am I a Fitness Snob???

Well I would like to think I’m not any kind of snob cause Lord knows I have many faults but after thinking about it I guess I could come off looking that way. 

I really don’t mean to it just that I believe in being physically fit and I think everyone owes it to themselves to do the same. 

I mean we only have one life why would you want to live it in pain and misery or have it shortend by disease.  If you do that aren’t you denying your loved ones a chance to spend quality time with you.  I mean I don’t want my loved ones to remember my final days in a hospital in extreme pain so drugged up that I didn’t even recognize them.  What kind of memory would that be??  Not a very good one and I’m speaking from experience.

I know it may not sound like it to some people but in reality I say stuff like I did yesterday because I’m concerned.  I really don’t want anyone to be unhealthy and it pains me to see people throwing their lives away when there is a better way….a healthier way.  It’s just so frustrating to me at times….I just want to grab someone and knock some sense into them…so to speak. 

Now I know why Richard Simmons is always crying and hugging people…..I used to think it was just hormones!!  LOL!   

"Be The Ball Danny!!"  "See the Ball!""

Remember the scene fron Caddyshack where Chevy Chase blindfolds Danny Noonan and tells him to putt the ball???  He tells him to visualize the ball going in the hole….be the ball!!! 

Even though that was just a scene from a movie, voted the best golfing movie of all time by the way, (Caddyshack 2 was voted the worst) visualization is a powerful tool and if used correctly can bring about amazing results. 

When UCLA came into Notre Dame with an 80 some game winning streak (88 I think) Coach Digger Phelps at the end of every practice that week had his team practice cutting down the nets in preparation for the upcoming win on Saturday.  He told his players to not just go through the motion of cutting down the nets but to try to actually feel the emotion of what it would be like to end the longest winning streak in NCAA history….to become a part of history themselves. 

When I was a very young man I coached a little league baseball team.  They weren’t a very good team because I got stuck with all the kids that weren’t good enough to make the other teams….kind of like the Bad News Bears, another really good movie.  Well they got better and better each game but still lost every regular season game.  Then the tournament came along and by some amazing stroke of luck we won our first game which put us in the championship game against the best team in the league.  The week before of practice before that final game I also used a visulization techniqe.  I had the kids practice going up and picking up their tropheys for being tournament champs.  I told them to imagine how awesome it would be to go back to school and rub those bozo’s nose in the fact that the got their butts kicked by a bunch of "B" teamers!!

Well the same technique can also work in bodybuilding.  Visualize the muscle growing…actually see and feel it.  Picture the kind of body you want and then go out and make it happen….be the ball Danny….imagine the pride you’ll feel when your friends and family comment about the changes you’ve made….how they’ll envy your success.  Any motivational speaker worth his salt will tell you that visualiztion will work if you truly see it and believe it…be the ball….see the ball!  The mind is truly an amazing thing!!

By the way, Notre Dame did go out and ended UCLA’s winning streak when Henry Clay hit a baseline jumper, and my Bad News Bears went out and beat the best team in the league for just our second win of the season and became tourney champs!

As for Danny Noonan…..did he make his blindfolded putt???  Well…not quit but what the hell….it was only a damn movie watta ya want a happy ending everytime??  

Still a work in progress but I’ve posted some updated pics of the new me as of today!  I’m still more than 7 months away from my first contest so I still have time to make much needed improvements but I think all in all I’m really getting there.

At the start of this year I weighed 248lbs and was just a fat disgusting couch potato.  I had no energy whatsoever and I was getting old fast.  Life was wearing me down!! 

I managed to whittle my weight down to about 228 by spring time but the only reason I had lost that weight was that I was working lots of hours so I wasn’t eating and I was on my feet alot at work.  Then I finally woke up after seeing a picture of me with my grandaughter which is posted in my progress pics….freaking gross!!  Now my weight is holding steady at 225 but I’m slimming down, losing fat, and putting on muscle.  I actually look for and expect my weight to go up as I try to pack on as much muscle as I can before my contest. 

I need to update my measurements but I know for certain that my waist is now at 34" from a 36 and my bicep has went from 14 to 15 and a half!!   I will get my wife to help me later tonight and update the rest of my stats.  

It is really weird how your body reacts to the changes you put it through.  It’s like being hurt in a car wreck where you have to be in a bed for an extended period of time.  When you finally get to stand and walk again on your own your body has forgotten how and has to be trained all over again. 

That’s how it is after being fat.  You get so use to standing and walking with your fat gut protruding out in front of you that when you get fit again you have to retrain your body not to be fat….in other words I find myself arching my back when I stand or walk and I have to remind myself that I’m not fat anymore!!!  Keep that tummy tucked away!!!  Stand up straight….walk with your shoulders back and your chest out proud!!!  It’s crazy!!!  I catch myself in the mirror or a storefront window walking like I still weigh 248 and carrying that gut.  Thank God I’m not.

So anyway that’s where I’m at as of today.  My new diet seems to be doing the trick but I’m still adding some extra cardio after my workouts each day to see if I can speed up the fat loss on my abs.  I’m also taking the advice of a friend and I will now be working my abs everyday!  I would certainly welcome and appreciate any comments, good or bad on the new pics, and if anyone has any advice I am always open to suggestions.       

Final Word on Plastic Surgery!

Ok, Ok people!!  Enough is enough!!  Before every women with breast implants start sticking pins in a vodoo doll of me let me make one thing perfectly clear.

I never said there was anything wrong with having breast implants!!!  And I certainly never said they made someone a freak or less of a women.  My exact words were, "It’s a matter of personal choice!"  If having store bought boobies makes you feel better about yourself and more attractive to others then by all means get them.  What I said was as my personal choice….I don’t like them. 

The reason I don’t like them is….number one, they are a health risk whether you believe it or not.  I have a cousin who can’t lift more than about 10 lbs because of an infection she got when her implants ruptured and has had other serious medical problems as a direct result of the rupture.  I also have, or should I say had a former female supervisor who is now dead because hers ruptured.  I realize they are much safer than they once were but there are still risk. 

Another reason I don’t like them is that they don’t last!!  Sooner or later they move or change shape and they begin to look so hideous that you have to go in and have them redone which means another operation and another chance for something to go wrong!! 

And last but not least I don’t like them because, I don’t care what you say they do not look real!!!  Period!!!  Even teenage boobs aren’t that perfectly round and perky!  Sorry they just aren’t.  And guess what….they don’t feel real either and I’m saying that from personal experience….maybe you think they do….I don’t! 

Now with all that being said let me also say that if I were a women who has had 2 or 3 kids and my breast looked like tube socks with a baseball in the end of them then I would most likely get implants if I could afford them. 

I can also understand that the competition between fitness models and models period is very fierce and if having plastic boobs gives you the edge over someone else then why not???  All is fair, right?? 

Like I said, it’s a personal choice!!!!  Lots of guy’s like girls with huge boobs!!  I myself like them as much as any guy but I prefer them to be natural…thank you very much. 

Actually I don’t know what all the excitment is anyway…..just as penis size doesn’t make the man the size of a womens breast doesn’t matter either….at least not to me.  Actually it is the last thing I notice on a women unless they are so freakishly huge and fake that you can’t help but notice.

As far as other plastic surgery well that also is a personal choice.  Myself I would never get liposuction or any other enhancements if it were possible to do it naturally.  Why the hell would I want to pay thousands of dollars to have my fat suctioned out when I can just watch my diet and talk a brisk hour long walk everyday????  Doesn’t that make better sense??? 

As a final word let me add that there are certain instances where I think plastic surgery is needed.  If a person has a huge weight loss and is dealing with a lot of lose skin there is no amount of situps gonna make that go away.  In that case I would say hell yes to plastic surgery.  I can’t absolutely say that as I get older and get more wrinkles that I might not have a face lift.  That is something I might consider…I doubt it but I would consider it. 

Anyway girls don’t hate me….if you want implants and you feel good about it and are willing to take a chance on maybe being disfigured or having your health ruined then get the damn things.  If you feel that you have to display them on this site then go right ahead just try to remember that this is a bodybuilding site not a boobie building site and use some good judgement.  This will be my last word on this subject….I hope!!!   

I Thought I Was In Shape!!  Think Again!

I’ve been bragging lately how I’m in the best shape of my life but I just got a big dose of reality yesterday. 

My baby girl Erika (17) had a cookout for her friends and family yesterday at one of the local parks.  She’s had it the last couple of years and even though her mother (my ex-wife) is there and we don’t really see eye to eye (translation: she’s a witch and I’m an a$$hole) I always attend cause she’s my baby and I love her! 

Anyway, there was plenty of good food and drink of which I pretty much abstained from and there was lots of fun activities like volleyball.  Now seeing as I’m the big bad bodybuilder and I run and work out and play tennis nearly everyday I figure I’m in pretty good shape right…..WRONG!!  BIG TIME WRONG!!

We all played volleyball for a couple of hours and to be honest I did really good.  I was digging balls out, spiking, diving for balls….I was kickin’ some volleyball ass!!  Till I got home a few hours later and discovered that volleyball  kicked MY ass!!!

Oh my God I was sooooo sore and by the time I went to bed I was completly exhausted and could barely move.  What a bunch of crap!!!  As hard as I work out and as healthy as I thought I was, a little volleyball laid waste to me!! 

This tells me that my overall conditioning most likely sucks.  I can understand being a little sore because I was useing some muscles that I don’t use on a daily basis but I should not have been as wiped out as I was.  Sooooooo it’s time to step up and work even harder on my overall conditioning. 

One thing I think I’m gonna try is some yoga and pilates to increase my flexibility and strengthen my core muscles.  I’m also gonna try to vary my daily activities.  Most of my cardio has been playing tennis with my wife and running and sprinting in the evening.  I’m gonna keep on doing that but in addition I’m gonna try to get back to skipping rope and working out on the heavy bag and maybe riding a little bike.  Working on my flexibility though is priority 1!!! 

I’ve also been very lax when it comes to stretching after my workouts.  I usually head straight to the blender to whip me up a power smoothie after my workout when I should be stretching my tired sore muscles that I just laid waste to.  So from now on it’s gonna be at least a half hour of stretching and cool down and then nourishment for the muscles! 

Other than that though it’s been a pretty good week on the new diet and workout plan.  This week I’m stepping things up even another notch and I’m looking forward to a banner week.  I hope the 5 or 6 people who read this has a banner week also!!  

Soy you think you have a bad thyroid!

I read a lot of blogs on here and one thing I see alot, especially among the women, is many of them feel they may be having weight issues due to a thyroid problem.  They also complain of dry flakey skin and thinning hair which are two more indicators that you might have a thyroid problem.

Well before you run out to the doc and spend a few hundred dollars on the blood test to find out try looking to your diet.  More specifically the soy content of your diet. 

Now obviously I’m not a doc, a nurse or even a licensed dietician but I am a person who has watched and monitored his own diet for most of my adult life.  During that time I have learned a whole bunch of things mostly from research and trail and error and one thing I have discovered and I’m certain of is, "Soy is Bad!" 

Let me just give you a few facts about soy that are backed by extensive scientific research.  I won’t list the sources here because frankly they are just too numerous and I’m just too damn lazy.  But if you doubt what I’m telling you please feel free to research the facts for yourself. 

Ok, soybeans are high in phytic acid, a substance that can block the uptake of essential minerals such as calcium (brittle bones), magnesium (muscle strength), copper, iron and especially zinc which is essential for immune function.  Have you noticed that you seem to catch a lot more colds than the average person????

Soy also contains enzyme inhibitors that block the action of trypsin (look it up on wikipedia) and other enzymes needed for protein digestion.  Very important if you’re into bodybuilding and trying to digest 40 to 50 grams of protein at each meal.  These enzyme inhibitors can also produce serious gastric distress and chronic dificiencies in amino acid uptake.

Now here’s the biggie!!!  Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function…that’s your hormones folks….and have the potential to cause infertility and promote breast cancer in adult women.  These same phytoestrogens along with iodine blockers (goitrogens) are potent antithyroid agents that depress thyroid function and cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer.  Hmmmmmm….that could explain the dry flakey skin, thinning hair and weight issues!!! 

Want more???  Ok!!  Vitamin B-12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increases the bodies requirement for B-12 as well as increasing the bodies requirement for viatmin D thus lowering your bodies absorbtion of calcium even more….can you say brittle bones and teeth???  Free glutamic acid or Msg, a potent neurotoxin is formed during soy food processing and added to many soy foods and also contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and kidneys.

Now here’s the part that really pisses me off…..soy is often touted as a health food mostly by the main stream media and the idiots at the FDA who seem to ignore the tons of scientific evidence to the contrary.  And if your trying to avoid soy in your diet well……good luck my friend  because it is everywhere.  Don’t believe me????  Just go out in your kitchen and read a few labels.  It is virtually impossible to completely eliminate soy from the average diet.  Even if your eating a mostly clean diet of lean meat and veggies the meat, if it comes from grain fed beef will still contain soy!!! 

But if your having what you think are thyroid issues then by all means try to limit the amount of soy in your diet and see if you notice any change before you spend your hard earned money on the doctor.

If you think I don’t know what I’m talking about well….maybe I don’t, but at any rate I had some of these very same issues before I did my research into soy.  I consumed soy like crazy because I believed all the hype…..I drank soy milk and ate tons of soy and soy protein isolate products.  When I quit the soy the problems ended.  That’s good enough proof for me!  You can make up your own mind.