One Year Gone
For any Zeppelin fans out there, hopefully I’ll still be working out in 9 nine years and can do a similar post (maybe even with music by then!). It was roughly a year ago that I started lifting more regularly and more seriously. I was not as disciplined about working out and my diet then as I am now, but thoughts of weight gain goals and cleaning up my diet were percolating.
So, how has the year progressed? Over all I’m pretty happy. In terms of lifting, I’ve definitely expanded my repoirtiore and have a good idea now of how to lift to achieve the goals that I want. In terms of diet, I’m *a lot* more educated about how to eat to get where I want to be, whether bulking or cutting, and whether the scale is going up or down, overall, everything that’s going into my body is much, much healthier than it used to be.
As far as the numbers go, this time last year, I weighed about 10 pounds less and my body fat was around 12.9%. Around 9 months ago (before I had really focused in on bulking), bf had dropeped to about 8.8%. Up until December, I worked out generally to get stronger and bigger, but didn’t have specific goals or a plan in mind. Over the last few months, since I joined BB, everything I’ve done has been with a purpose (thanks to everyone who contributes here, because everyone’s shared experiences has helped provide me with some direction). My bf has gone up from my low to about 12.2%, but that seems sort of inevitable when bulking. The good news is that compared to a year ago, my bf is a bit lower and I’m about 10 pounds heavier, so I’ve got a least 10 lbs of lean mass to show for that last year’s effort. Looking forward to putting on those last few pounds and then cutting to see what happens.
