GabrielBlack’s BodyBlog

There’s nothing more relaxing than a Saturday work-out as a beginning to a long weekend. The sun’s shining, the doors to the gym are flung open and a great workout ensues!

I picked up a little weight again - to be expected. My lady & I went to a birthday party. They had it at a Sunday lunch buffet spot. I was very good in my food choices - piling up on the salads, veggies and grilled chicken rather than the copious amounts of roast potato, lamb cuts and beef stew. Still, I think the weight came from eating a little more than I usually do.

We have a few more bank holidays this week. On Thursday we’re going to a pal of mine’s for a ‘legless party’. The point is to drink enough to be incapable of walking. Oddly I don’t feel up to this and would prefer to stay as sober as possible because I’m looking more forward to the gym workout the next day than the party. That’s never happened before…I also don’t think I can hold my liquor like I could before starting this training thing. One glass of wine at Sunday lunch and I was preeeeeetty happy!

Ciao for now.

Today I did the Legs & Abs workout. Damn I feel blind when my workout shows up on the home page and the guy below me is doing leg extensions to the tune of about 100 times the weight I’m doing! I feel like such a girl!

Yesterday I had the great idea of having soya mince for lunch. The ‘great idea’ is sarcasm by the way…

I usually have more of a salad-type lunch with a bit of protein like boiled eggs or chicken or something. The cooked slop called soya mince sat very heavy in my belly and I felt awful afterwards. There’s no way I’m having that again. In fact I think I’m going to give it away. Neither my lady or I will eat it anymore. I definately prefer fresh food that looks somewhat like where it came from.

You can tell a chicken wing came from a chicken but soya mince looks nothing like beans.

Ciao for now.

It’s freaky. I’m not exercizing my fore-arms at all but they’re looking the best they have in years! I suppose it’s the layer of fat that’s come off everywhere and I guess I am working them more than usual - I have to grip those iddy-biddy weights somehow!

Tonight it’s back to cardio for about 30min, tomorrow morning is a shortish workout - abs & legs. I hate working my legs. Mine tire so easily but forcing them to work’s paid off so far. They’re also starting to look the best they have in years. I’m starting to get that little chunk of muscle right above the kneecap like I used to have when I cycled everywhere as a teenager.

Ciao for now.

Okay, I get it. Weighing myself is fine and all, but what matters is how I look - how much bodyfat I have. The only way to keep track of that it seems is those body fat callipers and since I’m not in the mood to find a set, wouldn’t know how to use it properly and hence bugger up the readings and am not in a position financially to purchase some, the only option i have at my disposal is a combination of weighing myself and measurements with the tape measure.

I found a picture of me showing some flesh from a while back. It took some searching though. Actually it’s of me showing a lot of flesh - I’ve mostly got money where the fig-leaf should be and I’m, well, lard…I mean large! I’m not sure I’ve lost that much, but I hope to take recent photo’s soon so the public can compare. There’s nothing so damning as public opinion.

Ciao for now.

I’m looking forward to tomorrow. That’s when my weight routine starts again and I’m ‘allowed’ to lift weights.

I’ve been doing some cardio - the new routine will be 2days on 1day off with a morning session of 8minutes and an evening session of approximately 30minutes. I don’t like cardio but if I want to drop the fat it has to be done. Have to suck it up, put on my big-boy undies and do the cardio…

I’m worried that when I get to look good that I still won’t be satisfied with what I see and want to change more. I get that to maintain my goal I’ll have to continue working out etc - this is a lifestyle - I’m simply worried that it’s addictive and I’ll never be happy with the way I look even when I’m looking good! Looking good is still a way off though so I’m jumping the gun I suppose. It’s just that I can see results and I’m perturbed be cause I want to see more and faster!

Anyone care to tell me about this?

This week-end Tickle & I went on a retreat – damn those nuns can cook! I ate far more carbs and starch than I usually do and didn’t do any formal, planned exercise. I’d resigned myself to the fact that I’d have put on weight by the time I got home but this was not to be! I still lost weight – in fact I’m the lowest I’ve been since I started this BodySpace thingy. How did this happen? I’m as confused as all hell.

Today’s workout was good. It’s the mid-workout-week workout (Try saying that fast ten times!) where I do the parts I hate working the most. My legs and lower body. I don’t like working my legs because it feels as if they’re not strong enough and they get tired very quickly. They don’t seem to have any staying power.

The wierd thing is it’s my legs that have responded the best to exercize and they’re looking really good compared to what they were! I wish I’d found this bodyspace thingy when I first started so I could have pictures of the difference! I had a fleeting thought of putting the weight back on, taking pictures then losing it again. Sorry - not going to happen!

I never thought your mood could affect your workout so severely, but I got overwhelmingly brilliant news yesterday afternoon - night and it’s boosted me physically to such an extent! I’m quite astounded!

Ciao for now.

I got in some needed sleep last night. I wouldn’t say I’m 100% awake and I could definately do with some more sleep, but I’ve had enough sleep to cope.

This morning’s workout is the easiest in my 4 day regime. I haven’t been at the cardio since…um…Thursday last week I think, which is no good. I need cardio – I hate cardio but I need it or the fat simply doesn’t bugger off!
 

Yours truly,
 

Gabriel Black
 

I haven’t slept a full night since Sunday. I over eat when I’m tired. I know I’m overeating, I simply can’t help myself. I’ll be satisfied and simply carry on eating. I also don’t exercize to my full potential when I’m tired. Gym was good this morning, but not as good as it could have been.

Tonight I am going to get a full night’s sleep and start again tomorrow.

The weight seems to be simply falling off right now. I struggled so much to lose my first 6kg (before I found this site and bodyblog thingy) but it seems some equalibrium has been broken!

I really hope it doesn’t stop falling off until closer to my goal weight. That’d be very disheartening.