Week 41/42
Spent another week at the cottage and faired OK in the weight dept. I didn’t get to do as much of my pseudo-cardio swimming this time, though. My mom, who’s 74 and has some mobility issues, decided that she wanted to swim in the evenings with me, which is when I did my cardio swim. Since it’s on a lake and all that, I just couldn’t leave her to paddle around on her own and go swim off. She does fine in the water, but I just can’t leave her off in the distance.
I got through the week with no significant gain in weight, other than the usual water weight that I shed a day or so after getting back home. I am not getting back into too much lifting this time, though, because we are off to a family gathering this weekend. It’ll be interesting to see what, if any, comments I get from the other family members about my new appearance. Last week I had dinner with some cousins that I hadn’t seen in a year and there were no comments about my being down 20 lbs since last year. Sigh.
Got a great tip yesterday on the private messages from another BodySpacer for working on my biceps. I had posted a progress pic of my right bi from April to yesterday which spurred that tip. I’ll try that out in the coming weeks and see how it goes. I am willing to try anything. If it works, you’ll see pix. I am not looking to be huge, just some more size on the bis and delts would be nice… along with dropping the BF% some more while I plug along with the chest and abs.
Overall I am very pleased with my progress so far. I get the occasional "expert" opinion on my pix about how I am not getting far enough, fast enough. I ask, far enough and fast enough for whom? I have spent 30-some years of my life being chunky/chubby/overbulked/fat and am very satisfied with my progress to date. Yes, I probably could be bigger/leaner in the time I have spent so far, but I have chosen a slower path to that end, and doing it with a modestly appointed "home gym" which consists of a bench and a set of dumbbells. It would be nice if the "experts" would respect that. Not everyone has the time, money, or inclination to spend their life at the local gym… where there’s even more "experts" to deal with! On the Internet I can press "delete." When they’re in your face, it’s not as easy to shake them off…
So, we’ll keep liftin’ at home, making the progress slowly but steadily.
