Ramblings Of A Bulldog Honky

reached a pinnacle today; for the first time in 9 years i hit footlocker and got a bunch of 2xl shirts. came home and nervously tried 1 on. bastard fit perfect, and i can definitly see some muscles under it.  seems like all the hard work is payin off and things are snowballin in a good way. i love it

tweaked the diet a little bit to 86 all retained water this week before my birthday. no sodas, no cheese. about 2500 calories/200 grams protein; about 1.5 gallons water

5am) 1 scoop whey in water - 50 minutes cardio

7am) 2 eggs/ 1 pack of quakers weight control oatmeal

9:30 handful of walnuts

11am) chicken breast or some steak / broccoli

3pm) scoop of sweet potato or another packet of WC oatmeal/ 1 scoop of whey

4pm) lift + 30 minutes elliptical - followed by 1 scoop whey

6pm) tuna or shrimp/scallops and spinach

8-9) 2 eggs (with spinach when im not lazy)
10pm) 1 scoop casein

had another good loss this week; -2.6lbs.  im only 2.1 pounds away from my 10+ year aspiration of weighin 280 again, and it will be realized by saturday (my birthday), really lookin forward to that.

definitly gonna be extra intense with the cardio and lifting this week .

ill probly kill the intake of extra salt and diet sodas on wednsday. gonna lounge around and lay in bed all day cuz when 4:50am monday rolls around,  its gonna be on

another great weigh in today -5.4 lbs; started just about 5 months ago, and im down 43.5 lbs.

low carb low sodium yesterday. finally have the diet zerod in and found a cool site where u can keep track of your macros-  fitday.com ;   ill definitly reach my 6 yr goal of bein 280 by my birthday.  basic food plan this week was

5am - wake - walnuts
*55 minute walk

7am - 2 eggs, 4-5 slices turkey breast, 1 fat free cheese

11am - chicken, steak, or shrimp; vegetable, fat free cheese

2 eggs for a snack if im hungry

2pm scoop of oats/ sweet potato, tsp natural peanut butter
3pm - *LIFT; 20 minutes elliptical; 1 scoop protein powder

5-6 - meat, vegetable
9pm - before bed - casein protein drink

basic guidelines:
* 1 gallon water, 1 soda, as many sugar free life savers popsicles as i want, no added butter, no sugar, eating as natural as possible

weighed in @ 290.1lbs this mornin, lowest ive been in like 9yrs, so im very happy. eating clean and the mornin cardio are habit again; and it seems like my body is not holding onto the fat like it was, now it seems to be speedin up the weightloss process. i think id look pretty solid between 260-270, so i finally see the light at the end of the tunnel
went off supplements during my trip and a week after i left the whey alone my skin has cleared up.  gonna try ON’s egg protein powder this week and see how my complexion does with that. after that ill add back green magnitude creatine

5am wake- 1 handful walnuts
45 minutes cardio

6:30 - 2 eggs, 4 slices turkey breast, 1 fat free cheese

10-11 - tuna, cauliflower

1 - meat, vegetables

3pm -PRE-LIFT snack -  scoop of sweet potato, scoop of oatmeal, dab of natural peanut butter

4pm LIFT
immediatly after liftin - 2eggs
5-6 steak, spinach

8-9 handful of walnuts

** 1 diet soda per day, 2-3 sugar free popsicles per day for sweets, water whenever i can