Ponyboy76’s BodyBlog

I usually weight myself in the morning about every 2 weeks. I know that muscle grows when you are resting and not when you are working out. Is it the same for actually losing weight? So, for instance when you workout all week, hit the cardio hard and all that, does the loss show at that point , or is it a gradual thing?

Today I officially start my 12 week program, changing everything, from the way I work out to what I eat following Hugo Rivera`s "Body Re-engineering transformation guide" I got my bodyfat measured on Saturday and it is 18.1% right now. I am hoping to get it down to 17.1% by the end of March and will get it measured once a month to check my progress. I will weigh myself every 2 weeks to see if I have lost or gained any weight so that I can adjust the program accordingly. I am also going to start taking a note of what I eat everyday to see where I`m going right or wrong. I always thought that was kind of a crazy thing to do, but I can see how it works so I`ll give it a try.  Wish me luck.

I`ll start here:  meal 1) 2 slices of toast 8:00 am
                      
           1 whole egg 2 egg whites
                      meal 2) 1/2 cup of oats 11:00am
                      
            1/2 of Banana
                      
            1/2 tbsp peanut butter
                      
             in a protein shake w/semi skimmed milk
                      
             1 plain wheat pita bread w/tbsp of Hummus
                      meal 3) tuna/broccoli pasta salad w/ 1 piece of steak 2:30pm
                      meal 4) tuna/broccoli pasta salad 5:00pm
                      meal 5) Muscle Milk Protein 1hr before workout
                      meal 6) Muscle Milk Protein w/ 1 cup of oats 1 tbsp of peanut butter
                    

In the passed couple months I had been doing so well. My motivation and positive energy was pretty high especially for me but this week, its been really rough. I look in the mirror and I swear I`m going backwards with my progress. I don`t even want to take pictures. I weighed myself on Saturday after a fasted cardio workout and was only 242lbs, which is just a 4.4lbs gain. I knew I`d gain weight with this 6 week bulking program and it did pay off because I gained size in my chest and shoulder. That`s great, but the midsection does not look how I want it to. There are only 5 months until Summer and if I`m going to realize my dream of being able to take off my shirt at the beach and being proud of what I look like, something drastic needs to happen. To top it off I seemed to have fatigued my delts which means I can`t really lift as well. I`m just kind of lost right now with what to do. I`m going to try and start on some Two a Days with cardio and see if that jumpstarts the fat burning process.