Gro-Ben’s BodyBlog

Before I go into my main goal of this, I ‘d like to say that there are some really GREAT people on BodySpace. If there are people that are willing to help you out and make suggestions, be sure to listen to them. Or if they blog about what they’re doing in the gym or eating, try it. If it seems to work, THANK THEM. There are way too many people that only say something when it’s bad. I’m the exact opposite, if something’s good or someone goes out of their way, that’s when I speak up. For that reason, thanks to people like ChickenTuna (her website has excellent nutrition advice), Marzia Prince (amazing website) and Nicole (AKA Romantic1983).

It was Nicole that kind of kicked me in the head woke me up….just by a little suggestion. She said, "you should put up more pics". I’m thinking to myself, "but if I put up pics, I’ll look terrible. Besides, I put up all the pictures I have of myself". Since the Arnold, my stringbean self has been trying to gain some actual muscle. Which in my mind let me eat sort of what I wanted. Unfortunately, I got lazy on the easier eating schedule. So while I’m lifting more than I ever have (and weighing more), I feel like a glutton. That’s the point of the pictures. To check yourself.

So starting 5/11 I’m going back a cleaner diet and at least 2 extra cardio sessions per week (I currently do 4-5). The original plan was to wait until after Memorial Day. But why? No more laziness. Thank you for the Wake Up Call

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/ChickenTuna/

http://www.bunklers.com/

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/Marzia/

http://www.marziaprince.com/

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/Romantic1983/

The 22nd to be exact, but I’m already dreading it. Worst of all, I really don’t have a great reason to do this other than I set a date of March 5th and I’m sticking to it. It isn’t as if I’m competing (DUH…really). I literally just set a date to work towards and am sticking to it.

I love working out and eating healthy…most of the time. However, just to let everyone (if anyone’s reading this at all) know, I have one basic rule. You only live once and since you are the only person that looks back at you when looking in a mirror, I have to know I did the right thing. Therefore as much as I respect someone like ChickenTuna (she’s SO awesome) for her diet. I’m most likely never going to diet like her as I love pizza and ice cream (Ben & Jerry’s) too much. And when I do come close to dieting like her for just a 2 month stretch, I feel like I’m going to go crazy. I can’t live like that year ’round.  I also know I don’t really crave a build like jakespeptalk (very impressive) as I enjoy life too much. Not that I party or anything like that. But there is more going on in the world than just the gym and eating right. I like keeping everything in balance.

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