Jesse12345’s BodyBlog

Oh, glorious day.  This morning was my official weigh in for my fight in the Bronze Gloves in a week and a few days.  After four and a half months of cutting, I managed to get myself down to a lean 141.6lbs.  I am fighting in the light-middleweight division, which is a max weight of 142 pounds.  Now that I have my weight recorded as within the limit and signed by an MD, I’m free to start bulking again!  Today I started loading up on creatine and did a solid arm workout.  I’m really exited to be eating more and doing less cardio.

This will be my second time bulking since I started weight lifting.  Although I first picked up a dumbbell almost four years ago, I feel that my first three and a half years or so lifting were not very effective.  I managed to put on some mass during that time, but I have made almost as much progress in the past eight months that I had made in the first three and a half years combined.  Even though I am now bulking and cutting more effectively, I’m aware that there is still so much I don’t know.  Everything I do know though, is credited to the members and staff of BodyBuilding.com.  If anybody actually reads this, I’d just like to say thank you for teaching me .

That being said, I plan on bulking better this time.  I put on some muscle last bulk that I am very happy with, but I also put on a lot of fat.  In order to slow down the fat gain this time, I plan on cleaning up my diet.  No junk food or meals with lots of cheese or creamy sauces.  I also am planning on doing a bit of cardio, as I train for boxing twice a week.  Last summer the closest thing I got to cardio was walking around at work!

I’m currently sitting at about 6.5% fat right now.  I will continue to bulk until I can only see my top row of abs, which I estimate is about 11%. 

The other day I was sitting in class sipping on my well-loved Bodybuilding.com water bottle.  I drank close to a quart of water in two hours.  During a break from the class, a large girl sitting in the row next to me asked, "How much water do you drink?" I told her that I aim to drink at least a gallon every day.  She was horrified.  She reacted as if I was actively commiting suicide by water intoxication.  She rambled on about how I’m flushing out essential nutrients and that I’m placing enourmous amounts of stress on my kidneys.  I didn’t really care enough to argue with her, so I neglected to tell her that anyone who has taken a beginers nutrition course knows that water is the most essential of the 6 nutrients required in the human diet, and that athletes require higher levels of nutrition than other people.  Ironically, while this obese young lady was lecturing me on how I will most certainly die if I drink another drop, on her desk sat an enourmous Starbucks cup.  I wonder if she thinks that 20 ounces of cream, expresso and syrup is a healthier alternative to water.