blsmith’s BodyBlog

Brand new year coming up and with it comes all of these transformation contests…Hydroxycut, Musclemag, Ironman, Gaspari, etc.  I wanted to join one of them to really get started with this, and lo and behold not one allows anyone outside of the U.S. to enter.  I understand international laws and everything, but just once I would like the companies to recognize that there are other people beside Americans that would like to use their products, but what incentive do we have to try them?  I am planning on really starting hardcore, finally getting some supplements, but whose do I choose? I have an idea of what I want but…

Anyways, enough about that. I am feeling good. Kicking ass in the gym ready to finally get rid of this fat once and for all and be proud of how I look.  I know this won’t be an easy journey, but I am willing to sacrifice anything to get there.

If I don’t talk to you beforehand, have a wonderful Christmas (Hannukah for my Jewish friends) and a wonderful, prosperous and fit 2009.

Here are some of my goals for 2009:

The three main ones for the year are:

To complete the CN Tower stair climb
To not say anything negative about myself and work my ass off in the gym
To lift 1,000 lbs total in the three powerlifting lifts
And the rest:

 Health and wellness:
1.) To be able to fit into a pair of size 44 JEANS
2.) To stay away from all processed foods

Financial:
1.) To move to a bigger apt. and purchase brand new furniture
2.) Increase the amount I put into my pension fund

Recreation:
1.) Take ballroom dance classes with my wife
2.) To go to the Arnold and enjoy myself completely

Intellectual:
1.) Learn to speak French
2.) Take some accounting courses

Relationships:
1.) Go and see my parents and siblings more often
2.) To spend more time making my marriage work

Career:
1.) Learn as much as possible about the Angus system
2.) To establish a much needed filing system

 And then one BIG one for 2010:

I WILL BE ON A BODYBUILDING STAGE!

Good morning my friends,

I am up earlier than usual on a Sunday morning because of this damn cold that won’t shake free. Started off it wasn’t too bad but then it just got worse and worse even with trying to take all the precautions to avoid it.  Not planning on going anywhere today so some ret and fluids are on the menu for today.

I want to talk a bit about the title. Alot of you are asking what the heck is the ANBIT Challenge. Well, I will tell you!  About mid way through this year, I was telling everyone that I wanted to participate in this year’s big transformation contest that my friends Steph and Maddi particpated in last year. Well, the only contest I see is the Hydroxycut contest that is going on, and its not open to Canadians.  I was talking to my friend Lisa (MissNfinity) about it as she wanted to join it this year, but she can’t use Hydroxycut so she can’t join either. So we decided to come up with our own challenge called the ANBIT (All Natural Bodybuilding International Transformation) Challenge.  No prizes are invloved (unless someone wants to kick something in, LOL.  I think that it will be a great way to keep ourselves honest and on the right track.  We are also opening it up to anyone else that might be interested in coming along and get some great support and motivation. So if anyone is interested, please feel free to let me or Lisa know.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Talk to you all later!

I think I have figured out one of the main reasons why I get down…

Yes, I encourage others, I like to think I am a great cheerleader to my friends. But I think I use that to compensate for my lack of esteem. That I make everyone else feel so great that I ignore MY feelings and I get low as the others around me feel high. It is something I have always done and it is hard for me to think about ME first. VERY hard.

This is something I have always done, even during my childhood. I was all about other people, making them feel good, possibly because I was using the old adage that do unto others as you want them to do unto you. But I never got that back. The first time I got the feeling of people truly caring for me is in here on this site. So this is still very new to me.  I have to learn to self-help, but I honestly don’t know how. Please, if anyone can shed some light on this and possibly help me help myself. I would be forever greatful.  I have been given some names of books to read and I am going to look for those but if anyone has had similar experiences would love to hear them.

Enjoy…