annabolic’s BodyBlog

I was going through some old pictures on my computer the other day and I found one that completely blew me away…in the bad way. It was taken a few days before I moved to Hawaii to go to school back in December 2004 (I will put up that picture eventually).  I have struggled through a recent bout of complacency with regard to my workout routine. Stumbling upon that particular picture was enlightening. I didn’t realize how far I have come and how much I have perservered through. I remember very clearly a hike that I took in HI a couple weeks after I moved there. It is a four mile hike, and at the end there is a beautiful waterfall. It was so hard for me to make that trip. I was so out of shape. I had to stop a lot. What should have been a nice, calming and brief Sunday hike ended up becoming an endurance challenge that I would have never forseen. I felt miserable and discouraged throughout the whole day. Of course that was 50 pounds and 30% bodyfat ago. I am going back to HI this Septemeber and I will be making that same excursion again. I will take a picture of that too and I will put up the before and afters. All of that being said I am surprised that I have had such a difficult time lately. Fortunately I have re-vamped both my diet and my excercise routine. I am feeling more motivated than I have in a while. The past few months have been challenging and I have been really struggling to keep my head above water so to speak. Anyhoo, I will put new pics up soon. I think that feedback will help my progress and my mentality.

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