Hardness23’s BodyBlog

What I’m loving now that I’m not competing for another 6 months-

-  Filling out my jeans and feel sexy again instead of a bony pile of muscle and skin
-  Sleeping in

-  Thinking about other things other than food and workouts

-  Not counting calories (OCD-ish mentality and compulsiveness)

-  Spending time with loved ones I have neglected
-  Doing cardio only when I feel it’s necessary

-  Doing "fun" cardio, trying new things like yoga, taking my dog for a run without worrying about burning off the muscle

-  Lifting HEAVY again with long rest times, getting sore as hell but getting STRONGER
-  Feeling my muscles HYPERTROPHY during my workouts from the creatine and water retention

-  Mental clarity

-  Eating to GAIN

-  Cooking real food and being able to make sauces

-  Eating as much salt as I want!

-  Drinking a big glass of iced tea, competition day that’s all I could think about

-  Fruit!

-  Milk!

-   Protein shakes again!

-  ENERGY- I have to control myself from overtraining because I have so much energy during my workouts.  I want to run everywhere I go even though I’m sore

-  Enjoying my workouts again, every set and every rep.  I never liked how while cutting you’re not building muscle when you lift, just maintaining it.  That made me not enjoy my workouts as much.  Now I know when I lift, I’m actually growing.  Who cares about the fat!  The muscle will burn it off anyways.

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