Gun Chief’s BodyBlog

Well it’s been a little over a week and a half and I’ve managed to maintain 217, I’m hungry all day long and I’ve been eating every 1.5 - 2 hours but no weight change.  My workouts feel real strong and I just did 305 on the bench (first time in 2 1/2 years) at my lightest weight ever for that weight.  I also did 305 on the deadlift (no hip or back pain - another first) again at my lightest weight ever.  Normally these weights were either max or near max when I weighed 230 and in the 3 - 5 rep range when I weighed 245.  So to do these weights now is (to me anyway) phenominal.  I’m really happy with all the comments I’ve been getting from my friends on here and I’ve been really impressed with some of their progress as well.  I’m considering competiting but I’m not sure if getting on a stage is for me yet, while I’m starting to get bigger on top I know I’m not even close to being the size I would need to step on stage and be respectable (especially for my height).  I’m guesstamiting that I need to gain about 20-25lbs and drop at least 5% more bodyfat, really not too sure I guess I need to keep going down this road and see what the next intersection holds.  I’m considering doing maybe a strongman or powerlifting competition just to give me a definitive goal to attack instead of blindly going on.   I guess the next step is too research and see what’s coming up in my area.  And to to contact those individuals who are already successful in BB and try and see what I would need to do to be respectable on stage and not the "WTF were you thinking" guy.  LOL 

I never knew that I would be complaining about losing weight but I’ve dropped 7lbs (down to 220 from 227 on 10/26) since last friday and I feel like I’m panicking over it.  Granted it’s been a rough week and a horrible weekend stress wise but I’ve been eating, working out and sleeping the same.  Even more confounding my bodyfat has dropped also (which I really can’t complain about), so much so that one of my coworkers noticed that I seemed thinner then last week so we did my BF with the tape (12%), Caliper (11.7%) and the Bio-impedence (14.2%), this is down from the last time of an average 15% (bio was 17%).  I’m not sure what the f is going on but it’s bothering me (especially the weight loss).  On the positive side my strength is still on the upswing and I seem to look better everytime I take my progress pictures (all relaxed not flexed) but I didn’t expect it and I’m kinda at a loss to explain.  Maybe I’m just ranting because I’ve entered a realm I’ve never been in with a body I don’t recognize and a strength that in theory surpasses anything I had in the past.  Do I have ya’ll who read these blogs and have made such positive comments to me to thank for this?? Most Definitely!!  Since ya’ll are the biggest difference in my life I kinda have to give ya full credit, Thank You for all of your positive feedback, your inspirational stories of trials and success, and most of all your support.