Jumbo Rider’s BodyBlog

Having so much weight to lose I will never finish this 12 weeks with a male equivalent of Maddi’s body or anyone’s body in the competition for that matter.  I will lose 40-50 pounds, better than my 35 pound loss goal at the beginning of the contest, but in the end I will still have 130 or more pounds to go.  That is a lot of blubber and it takes time to get to that end game of body transformation.  You know what, I am cool with that!

Sure, there are times my mind gets off track and away from the now.  There are times that I spend some time in my self-pity house, but then I force my head to come back to the now and take care of business.

So far I have had great success. I am down to 342.5 from 366 for a 24 pound loss.  Now I have a secret for you guys and gals, I have been slacking.  I have not made all of my swimming or walking sessions.  Workout consistency has been in the crapper.  Today I correct this issue.

My workout:

When I started my workout I could not complete all of the sets.  Now I complete the sets with relative ease except the push ups.   I will increase the reps and focus on form for the next 5 weeks.

As you have seen in my workout video I have added a mobility exercise for my shoulders to the routine.  What you have not seen is that I am also including face pulls to the routine as well.  Other than the days I video my workout for the contest, the time between sets is minimal.

The pool opened a bit ago after some maintenance.  I only went swimming one time after it reopened.  Getting to the pool at 5:30 in the morning in the cold was enough to push me out of the routine.  I promised myself to replace it with walking but that promise never was fulfilled.

Will I lose more per week now that I won’t slack?  I really don’t know and don’t care.  2-3 pounds lost each week is marvelous.  Everything is working as it should be.  If I lose more fine, if I don’t fine.  It is all about the now!

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