Mike’s BodyBlog

Okay, so I wanted to be 200 pounds and 10% body fat. Well, my doctors have all decided to change my mind on that goal. My medical doctor talked with my cadiologist and my nutritionist. They tell me that I can not weigh 220 pounds even with 10% body fat, not with my families medical history. In my family medical history tree, we have heart disease, stroke, high cholsterol, high blood pressure and weight issues. So my doctors told me that I will have to reduce my overall size by at least 40%. My doctor (who is also a leading medical advisor to the US Olympic Team, so I take his advice seriously) told me that with my family medical history, I will need to reduce my overall total weight down to 165 to 180 pounds. He said that with a family history of weak heart and stroke that I would be playing with fire if I did not follow his orders, since my heart would have to push itself much harder to force blood flow through the dense muscle mass and that as I am now, I stand in danger of a heart attack or a stroke by the time I reach 55 years old, and that is 13 years away. He told me that I need to lose weight, fat and muscle mass (fast) to get down to my new target of around 175 pounds. I know how to lose fat but I am not altogether sure how to lose muscle mass. Any ideas?, my doctor recommended that I do 1 hour of cardio 6 days a week until I reach 175 pounds. Does anybody have any thoughts on this? I do take his advice seriously, but the whole "reduce muscle mass" thing has got me wondering how to really do it.

Any thoughts or comments will be very much appreciated.

Thanks eveybody,

Take care,

Mike 

Okay, so I wanted to be 200 pounds and 10% body fat. Well, my doctors have all decided to change my mind on that goal. My medical doctor talked with my cadiologist and my nutritionist. They tell me that I can not weigh 220 pounds even with 10% body fat, not with my families medical history. In my family medical history tree, we have heart disease, stroke, high cholsterol, high blood pressure and weight issues. So my doctors told me that I will have to reduce my overall size by at least 40%. My doctor (who is also a leading medical advisor to the US Olympic Team, so I take his advice seriously) told me that with my family medical history, I will need to reduce my overall total weight down to 165 to 180 pounds. He said that with a family history of weak heart and stroke that I would be playing with fire if I did not follow his orders, since my heart would have to push itself much harder to force blood flow through the dense muscle mass and that as I am now, I stand in danger of a heart attack or a stroke by the time I reach 55 years old, and that is 13 years away. He told me that I need to lose weight, fat and muscle mass (fast) to get down to my new target of around 175 pounds. I know how to lose fat but I am not altogether sure how to lose muscle mass. Any ideas?, my doctor recommended that I do 1 hour of cardio 6 days a week until I reach 175 pounds. Does anybody have any thoughts on this? I do take his advice seriously, but the whole "reduce muscle mass" thing has got me wondering how to really do it.

Any thoughts or comments will be very much appreciated.

Thanks eveybody,

Take care,

Mike 

Okay, so I know that I said I would post some pics when I bought a camera. I bought a camera and read the 200+ page manual. It was all very simple once I took it back to the store and had a 19 YEAR OLD BOY!!! show me how to use this fool thing. I figured out how to use it, then I started working a lot of crazy hours with only time to workout, eat, sleep and y’know. So, I took some pics today and posted them, It was a lot of fun. I just can’t hardly wait until I have a hard body again to show off.

It’s a brief blog, but what can I say.

Blog you soon!

Okay, so it has been a few days since my last blog. Thank you to all of you who sent me comments and compliments. I am trying to get to my target weight by Christmas of this year. If in fact I do reach my goal I am going to go buy all new clothes, can we say: Merry Christmas to me!!?….I’ll need to, nothing is fitting anymore…….pity me, huh

I will enjoy going to a store and buying smaller sizes. I can hardly wait.

Oh, and thank you to everone who sent comments on a digital camera. I bought one today and it is charging up even as I type. I will take some pics so that you can put a face with the blog…so to speak.

I did find a great online diet program that is sort of like the Zone Diet…can I say that name here?. If anyone is interested I will be happy to forward on that info. The plan is very easy to follow and it is real food that you cook yourself, no frozen dinners at all.

Well, I guess that is all for now. I have to go read the 294 page owners manuel on my new camera that I paid way too much for, but I was assured that it is the top brand and best performer…..yeah, right, can we say "commission bonus"?

Blog you later,

Mike

I’m not altogether sure what I am supposed to write here, but, here goes.

I suppose I could tell you a little more about myself, my name is Mike, I live in Dallas, Texas, it’s August, so it’s hotter than hell here. I have 2 dogs, Zeke and Sadie a/k/a Satan and the Anti-Christ, because they are mean as hell (pics are coming), they are Pomeranians and they both have an "I’m-God" attitude. I feel like I live in their house and pay their mortgage and they allow me to live here. Yes, of course I spoil them to the point no return, I did it and I know it, I don’t blame anyone but myself. I guess I need to post some pics but, I need to buy a digital camera, but, since I am not an electronics buff, I don’t know which one to buy. I guess you wont see any pics until that time, huh?

Anybody have any suggestions on cameras?, when I need electronics I usually go to BestBuy and find the youngest geek guy  there (because they are the most intuned with the lastest things) and have him to help me, now of course they sell me the most expensive thing there. Why?, because I am a sucker for a good sales pitch, I get that from my Dad……thanks Dad. I mean no disrepect to any electronics gurus out there, truth is, I’m a little envious, I wish I knew more about electronics.  

Well, as I was saying in my Profile, I need to lose a lot more weight. I’m still not sure why or how I let this happen to myself. When I was younger, I was really into martial arts and at 18 I had my first black belt, by 29 I achieved my 6th blackbelt, I was in incredible shape. When I was 21, a friend of mine told me that I could make a lot of money dancing……okay, stripping (I’m not shy), at a local ladies only club. I asked my friend Chip if he thought I could go it, he laughed and said, yeah, and the money is great and with your blue eyes, dimples and your 21 year old bubble butt (which I want to have one again) you can make a killing, so I tried it, I liked the money, the money was amazing, the drunk women pawing all over me?, eh, I guess it was okay.

You’ll find that I “drift” sometimes, it’s not old age, just an annoying habit, but my point is, I was and in great shape. I suppose I fell into the denial trap, after 30 I told myself, oh the weight gain is just a fact of getting older, and I bought a size larger pants, I have always been a “novice” fitness person, to me taking the dog for a walk was cardio to me……a real 4 legged dog and not what you thought….perv , now I have to get serious, did you read my profile? damn scary, I will never need fiber ever again, cuz that scared the shit out of me. Okay, in Texas it’s actually Shiiii-it. We can make anything longer than it is…….get your mind out of the gutter perv

When I turned 40, I told myself that it was just getting older and I bought bigger pants. People I lived in denial all the way up to a size 42 pants and they were tight at that. There is no way in hell that I am going back to that. Now, I eat right (Zone Diet…yea!), get plenty of sleep, take my supplements and drink plenty of water. I refuse to allow myself to become an obese invalid, I REFUSE!, especially when I can prevent it.

I have read some blogs of men my age and saw their pics and I am blown away at what some of these men have accomplished in a year or even less. So I know that I can do it too, give me another 4 months and I WILL BE at my target weight, talk about Merry Christmas to me!!?

WOW, for someone who didn’t know what to say in his first blog, I really have been blogging away for the past hour and a half haven’t I. I guess this is proof that Texans are long winded, huh?

I guess thats enough info for now, it’s 9:30pm and I have to go to bed.

Blog ‘ya tomorrow,

Mike