bigjeff0065’s BodyBlog

Well, I wanted to title this "Holy Freak’n Sh*t", but then thought that people might start thinking I’m classy for using all those high falutin’ words.

Short post to get to the meat:  Today was BF measurement.  Didn’t expect it to go well with the Memorial Day Refeed and a date with alchohol, pizza, and a girl on Monday nite.  Expected to be up a little.  Well, I measure 5 times and take the average, so that an incorrect reading initially would have negligible effect.  Finished the first measurement routine and stared… this can’t be right 8.0%.  I must’ve messed up.  Disbelief.  Second measurement…7.7%… big smile… did I screw up twice?  Focus now… third measure…8.4%… smiling a lot cause if it’s even close I lost 1% from last week.  Fourth measure…7.1%… no way.  Last measure…8.7%… still better than expected.

Well, math majors already know, the average is 7.98%, and no I am NOT going to just round it up to 8!  Throw out best and worst, the average is 8.2%.  Now, your visual is Carlton from the Fresh Prince t.v. show.  Yep, I’m doing that dance right freakin’ now, and it’s hard to type like that!  So, in the last 2 weeks I’ve lost @1.2 to 1.42 % BF whilst consuming beer and some pizza.  Can you say new diet?

Yeah, neither can I… 

It was a shock to my system and the changeup helped my body lose fat.  I gained some muscle too, because I’m at the same weight. 

You know, it’s because of you guys who read my blog regularly, and those who never have that I get inspiration from.  This site if used and studied is quite possibly one of the best things ever!  I’m serious.  I could not have done any of this without you guys that inspire me.  So tonight, after mixing up a fabulous, delicious Labrada Pro V60 protein shake as my nightcap, I will raise my BB.com shaker high and toast you guys, my supporters, my friends, my heroes!  Here’s to you, tonight is kind of special…

Today is D-Day.  June 6, 1944 was a day of fear, challenge, terror, and most of all courage.  Remember the opening scenes to "Saving Private Ryan"?  I know we had Memorial Day just a few days ago, but I think the significance of June 6 should be remembered seperately.  It was one of the defining moments of WWII and a key moment in American history. 

A lot of people hate America, even some that live here, but as for me, I’m American and damn proud of it!  Thank someone in the military today, it is them and those that came before that have allowed us to live free.

Actually it’s for the entire month of June!  First, the dryer dies.  Second time in 3 years.  Got a new one.  Finally got hot enough to turn on the air conditioning.  Nope, that’s broken too.  The unit is 15 years old and it makes more sense to replace it.  Closing on the assumption of my mortgage.  Not quite sure why I have to pay nearly $1,000 to get my exwife’s name off of my loan since she signed a Quit Claim Deed.  Vacation at the end of the month with my son at the beach.  Expensive, but I definitely need it.

So, I’m doing my part to aid a struggling economy by spending 14.4% of my take home pay this month in addition to my normal expenses.  What are you doing to help America?

Despite all this, I’m in a great mood.  Focused and still determined.  I was given a wake up call (via the computer) by a friend on here (won’t mention you by name without asking first).  You know who you are and I profusely thank you.  If that friend lived close by I’d take that person out for a nice dinner to show my appreciation.  So Friend, if you are ever in Atlanta, I owe you a nice dinner!

Looking forward to great workouts this weekend.  Considering changing up my routine after the beach trip to go to an old school workout by doing upper 3x a week and legs 2x, or taking up Muay Thai and doing 3 full body workouts, MT, and maybe Crossfit one day. 

Feeling introspective and reflective today.  I’m hating it too.  You see, while I recognize that I am far from where I want to be as a person both physically and internally, I don’t need the distraction of trying to re-invent the wheel.  You see, this introspective, soul-searching crap does not go well with my current policy of "No remorse, no regret".   I already know the things that I need to work on to be a better person, I just need to do it.  I don’t understand how it is so easy for me to make myself workout when I don’t feel like it and make it a good workout at that, but emptying the dishwasher is an insurmountable task to be left for another time.

Speaking of being a better person, my friend told me last year during my divorce when I was questioning myself over everything that "well, we could all be better people."  I agree, but why don’t people do it then? 

I think all this reflective crap came on because I am feeling like I have hit a plateau with my fat loss.  I can’t clean up my diet any, it’s already clean.  I’ve tried cutting more cals, increasing cals, cutting carbs, increasing carbs, changing cardio, changing routines, etc.  I seem to be stuck and refuse to admit that this might be as far as genetics may allow me to get.  Unacceptable and untrue.  Makes me want to scream.  Frustrating as hell.  Guess I’ll take it out on the weights tonite.  I knew the lower my BF got the harder it would be to get my body to accept going lower, but when is my body going to learn that I am the boss?  Probably just as soon as my dog does .

Ok, I don’t really care about my weight anymore, other than when used with BF measurements to determine whether I am gaining muscle.  However, I was surprised to weigh in this morning at 186.4.  I was surprised because of Memorial Day weekend’s self-sabotage (gotta live sometime) combined with the fact that I haven’t done cardio since a fasted session last Friday.  Yep, I’ve been skipping cardio.  I took Friday nite off, unscheduled since my son wanted his friend to spend the night and I was tired after chasing them around.  All in all, my HIIT last night was my cardio for last week. 

Ok, ok, my lowest weight is only .2 lbs. lower, but I’ve been hovering around 187-188 pretty consistent the last two months.  It will be interesting to see if it was the extended rest, refeed, and/or changeup in cardio amount that contributed to this.