bmd332’s BodyBlog

 I took some new progress pics on Saturday and man was i disappointed!!! I look in the mirror and practice my poses as often as I can and thought I was strarting to take pretty good shape. Once I took the pics and had a real look at them…..the camera doesn’t hide anything. I am sure if I had some color, practiced my poses more, and really concentrated more on the pose, them might be a bit better. But all in all……I NEED ALOT OF WORK BEFORE MY A** EVER STEPS ON STAGE IN 18 WEEKS!!!!  I think this was a real wakeup call for me. Time is ticking away.

 So I have been working my butt off training for a comp in April, and have seen some good changes since I started way back in February. The problem for me is I don’t see many changes the last month or so, and I have not been able to add more weight to my frame in a while also. Could it be that I am shredding some of the body fat, have I hit a plateau that I hear so much about, or is it time for a change in routine and diet?

 I am not really patient when it comes to some things. When I want things I want it NOW!!! The good side to that is that I focus on it and make it happen, the bad side is that if it is something that takes a while it drives me nuts.

I am not sure what I should look like 25 weeks out, am I behind, am I right on track, ahead of the game. When I look in the mirror my back seems to be doing well, legs and calves seem to be ok, but abs, chest, and forearms seem to be lacking what I had hoped they would look like after this much training.

Maybe it’s just me not having patients…..oh well….. I will keep at it and see where it takes me. Just needed to vent..lol.

 Back in April of this year I went to watch a good friend of mine compete in our provincial show. I was always interested in getting in shape and maybe someday competeing, but after seeing the show..I WAS HOOKED!!!!  I made the decision that i was going to comepete in 2010 in out provincial show and started training for it. 

 So to the topic of support, I think we all need it to reach our goals, no matter if it is to get in shape, lose weight, train harder, or get on stage to compete. My girlfriend Amy, whom I love and adore, is definatly there for me 110%. Her and I have a weird sence of humour when it comes my diet, training, going to the gym, and wanting to compete. I work back shift 7:30pm-4am Monday to Friday, so I usually sleep until 11am or so after a night of work. Amy works from home so she wakes me at 11am on her first break letting me know it’s time to get up and on the move. She has coffee perked, poured and in my fav cup. After a coffee and little chit chat I usually head to the computer to check Facebook and BB.com. She always asks " Are ya checking on all your buffy daddy friends on your work out site?"  I usually reply with " Yes Dear". 

 As out morning progresses into afternoon I boil up my 10 eggs and get ready to eat and head to the gym. Then I hear " OMG what is that smell?" I laugh my ass off and say " you know its my eggs, I didn’t fart sweety" LMAO!!! Then its on to shower and get my stuff ready to head to the gym. Take a few supps, chuck down my 1st litre or water, get dressed to go. By this time we are both sitting watching Corner Gas on the Comedy Network because she is on her lunch. Everyday she looks at me and says " So are you heading to gymnastics class at 1 sweety?"  Yes she loves to call my gymnastics class which I think is hilariouse, I laugh and say " Yepp. Going to learn new cartwheels today in my spandex bodysuit".  I love that we have this routine everyday and banter back and forth. Being somewhat OCD and loving to have a routine, this helps beleive it or not.

 I will babble on to her when I get home about my workouts and what I did at the gym that day. She sometimes gets this glassy look in her eyes like she is tuning me out and wondering what the hell this nut is going on about. But because she loves she, she smiles and nods and says that is great.LOL.   Now as far as competing, she thinks it’s going to be funny as hell to see me in a posing suit on stage. She usually asks " So you are going to get your a** in one of those speedo thingys and flex around the stage huh?" I am not sure if she thinks I am having some kind of mid-life crisses or what, but I tell her that yes I am, it’s what ya wear to compete. To be honest, I am really not looking forward to that part, I am not one to be walking around in a speedo..lol.

 So to end this little rant, In her own way she supports me, with humour, love, putting up with mr buying crazy supps, eating weird stuff all the time, and generally going on about wanting to train and compete. We all need someone like this in out lives, whether it be here on BB.com, at the gym, or for us lucky ones…someone at home who loves us and supports us to reach our goals no matter how silly they may seem.

 So to you Amy, thank you sweety, I love you!!!!

 Well this weekend is my 20th high school reunion. I have been training pretty decently the last few months knowing I wanted to look pretty good going there. And i think I have accomplished that goal with some room for improvement, but nothing major.

 Yesterday I was sent the date for the provincial show I want to compete in. April 10, 2010……36 weeks away. So this weekend is the last of drinks, any type of fatty foods not on my meal plan, skipping workouts, or not doing 110% in the gym to be ready for next April.

 Monday is the start of the intence training, goal setting, and total comittment to the success of me stepping on stage for the first time at 39 years old. I’ll be blogging more and more and keeping this up to date. Comments along my journey are more than welcome. Bob

 Just a fast blog, I am set and ready to train hard, eat right, and add the mass and muscle mass i have been trying to find. Trained chest yesterday and it made me feel great, so I headed to GNC, picked up what I needed, and made the comittment to be ready to compete in April 2010.

I’ll keep the blogs updated, the pics up to date, and make myself proud.

 Well back on May 28 I went away with some buddies for fishing, camping, paintball and beer for a few days. After I got back to civilization I lost my motivation for some reason. I started cheating on my meals, not eating meals, and then finally just started eating whatever whenever. Now this weekend past was not much better. I went to my parents cottage to help them set up their pool and get some yard work done. Once again, bad food, beer, and lack of motivation to hit the gym on Monday. 

 So what’s with me? Do other people go through the "lack of ambition stage" during their training? If so, how do you get back on track? I was feeling so great while i was following my meal plan ( see previouse blog post), training hard, seeing the changes in the mirror and in the pics I post here on BB.com.

 My long term plan was to compete in April 2010 at the NSABBA show. These 2 weeks of screwing off really is messing that plan up.  I figured write a blog, see if that helps motivate me, and confessing to slacking off helps make me accountable to other people on the site, and to the groups I belong to.

 So if you think I am slacking off…..messege me telling to STOP BEING A LAZY B**** AND TRAIN!!!!!  MAybe that will help.

 So in my quest to increase my size and lean muscle mass, I asked a on of the guys at work who is a very accomplished body builder for some advise. I explained that I seem to hover around 182-187pds all the time. I have seen some changes in my body as far loss of some fat and more muscle definition, but I am still lacking the size I want. He suggested this diet for a few weeks and see if it helps.

BREAKFAST: 10 eggs (8 whites plus 2 whole eggs), 2 packs of oeatmeal, 2 tbsp of Udos Oil ( can be replaced by a handfull of almonds or cashews)

MEAL #2: 10 ounces of chicken, 8 ounces potatoe

MEAL#3: 10 ounces haddock, 1 1/2 cups of rice

MEAL#4: 10 ounces red meat, 6 ounces potatoe, 1 cup of veggies

MEAL#5: 10 ounces of chicken or salmon, 4 ounces of baby carrots, 1/2 a cucumber

 Also during the day i need to drink 5 liters of water, 500mg vitamin C, 10 g of glutamine, and 1 multivitamin.

1 meal needs to be consumed 1 hour before a workout, and another meal 1 hour after a workout.

Well this should be interesting to try and stuff all that down in the run of a day. This week I am going to slowly add all this to my meal plan i am using now and within 2 weeks I should be on this diet 100%. Wish me luck!!!

 Well it’s the day after the surgery on my hand, and it went well. Not as bad as it could have been, and not the best it could have been, just went well. 1 of the 2 tendons the were cut last year and re-attached healed properly but the other one ruptured and came apart. There was also alot of scar tissue that was stopping the tendon that healed from moving correctly, so the doc fixed that also. So my hand is in a half cast until next week and the the doc will see how it healed. So until then I will be working legs and abs and hitting the cardio like mad!!!!! 

 Well my training has been going really well. My eating and diet, training 5-6 days a week, getting some great advise from BB.com, and really motivated to DO WORK!!  Then came a phone call on Friday that I was not expecting to get for for another year and a half to 2 years. Last April I smashed up my hand and cut 2 tendons to my index finger on my right hand. They had to open up the back of my hand and stitch them back together, which left me in a half cast and wrapped up with no use of my right arm from the elbow down. After all that and some pysio i went back to a specialist to have it checked because my index finger was not extending all the way open. He said that there was alot of scar tissue and that maybe the tendons did not heal correctly and that he would have to open it back up and restitch it over again. The waiting list was supposed to be about 2 years to get in. So back to the phone call…. they had a cancellation for this Tuesday and booked me in to have it done. So I ether say no and wait god knows how long to have it done, or do it and be out of commision on my training ( mostly upper body) and not be ready for next April when i want to compete. To top it all off, my girlfeind and I found a great new apartment that we want and may be moving it to it the end of next week. Lots a fun trying to see if i can move furniture with a cast and not much stregth in my right arm. 

  So more than likely I will be having it done and just have to train legs and abs and cardio for the next few months. I’ll post some new udated pics later today since it will be the last i will post for a bit.

  Well for the past few months I have trained by myself and it has not been to bad. But…….I have been shying away from using heavey weight and maxing myself out with low reps to build some solid slabs of muscle. Today….THAT ALL CHANGED!!!  I said to myself……self…..add the weight and push it!!!! I had a great chest workout, pumped more weight than i have in a long time and it felt awsome. I am not one to bug people at the gym for a spot.  So from now on I am doing it on my own, I really surprised myself with what i could do on the smith machine with the incline bench and also decline bench with dumbell presses.  I would do one set, and it was pretty easy, add more weight…that was easy too, so lets add more till i could just press out 8 reps and feel the burn. Now the next time i will know where to start with my weight.  Any thoughts or comments are welcome.