Rock’s BodyBlog

It’s been over a year since my last post. What have I been up to? Of course I remained addicted to the gym and fitness. In fact I spent about nine months trying to create a figure similar to but better than what I had last week. I say ths because I’ve promised my coach a sacrifice of…well, my sacrifices.

Let me start over. Since Last fall I have been accepted to Towson University. In an attempt to be more involved with the University and a part of my new surroundings I decided that I should join, attend, and be an active member of various clubs and activities on campus. Early in the spring semester I attended an involvement fair to see what I could be a part of. I was overwhelmed with the amount of clubs to join but I remember one table in which a girl from the club screamed out at me, "Hey you! Come play dodgeball!". Done. Dodgeball is always fun, so why not? Then, admist the enthusiastic line-up of clubs there was one group of about four guys kind of focused on themselves and a portable dvd player. I looked at the poster hanging from their table and it read "Men’s Rugby".

We’ll start with the beast. I got my first car two years ago, a ’93 Jeep Cherokee Sport. I liked to call it the beast; A. because its ridiculously electric blue color reminds me of Beast from X-men(My favorite character when I was young) and B. because of its unpredictable functionality. and I guess with can also throw in C. for alliteration purposes. I love this car. It’s been a good friend to me these past two years.

Suddenly, the beast sleeps. Without warning. Shutting down where/whenever he feels. Long story short…possible crack in the engine block.

So now it’s three days later. I don’t have a functioning car, there’s no food in the house and I’m hungry. I want meat. I figured that since I missed my boxing session today I need some sort of exercise. I decide to go to giant and look for dinner. I start walking. I get to Giant in about 25 minutes, pickup a 14oz steak(and some deodorant…). I pay and walk out. It’s starting to rain. I say to myself, F-it. I’m going home. Then for some reason I decided to start running. Maybe just a little so I can avoid some rain I thought to myself. I ended up running the entire way home. Then I proceeded to sweat like never before. I made my dinner, played some bass, played some guitar, played some more bass, and here I am. Hungry again…

I just have to write about this so I can laugh again later.

For starters, the most I have ever weighed is about 203lbs. I have been trying to eat as best as I could but then came yesterday. In the morning I was 198.5. First someone came by the office with free doughnuts from the Fractured Prune. I couldn’t resist. I ate two. They were great but I felt bad about eating them. Then my supervisor decided to buy pizza for the interns at my work cause it was the last week for most of us. And I’ve been known to eat a ridiculous amount so I coudln’t tell her no. So I ate half of a pizza. Then I was hungry again and I ate another doughnut. I stopped myself there. The rest of the day I had my regular meals and shakes.

This morning I was 201.5. For lunch I had three Five Guys burgers. For those of you who dont know, each has two pattys…And then I had another leftover doughnut. Tonight for dinner I went to the Mongolian BBQ which is basically an all you can eat place where i ate tons of meat and seafood.

I weighed myself tonight…206.5. Damn.

…more self-conscious than ever. More analytical of who I am and how I look. More determined to say the least.

I’ve joined the gym. I’ve started running more often and harder. I walk home from work. I’ve been taking the stairs instead of the elevator at work. I’ve been eating the best that I can. I drink almost only water. I try to lift at least 5 times a week. All in all? I’m not satisfied. Proud? Yes. I’m a completely different person now. But I want more.

 I feel that being on this site with you and watching your progression and successes help continue to motivate me. So thank you in advance. And thanks for taking time to read this…there was no real point to it really. I just want to be more involved here.