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The back got worse and so did the aches and pains. My friend who is a real tough guy cowboy biker type turned out to be a Yoga Instructor on the side helped my find a stretching / full body flex ability routine. In now time the aches and pains were gone, Got back on the ball with my workout and to top it all off my attitude is 110% better.  My ass is looking good in jeans and I have been naked in public a few times. Not bad for the big fat guy!

Cheers

David

Come a long way, I have lost 122 lbs and added muscle/strength/ endurance.  Each set back taught me a great deal about myself.  I have learned about nutrition and supplements. And I will find a way to stick to my program.

But…

My greatest challenge is my attitude. Now I am finally looking more "normal" I realize how far I have to go to look the way I want. I know that it will be another two years before I like the way I look. Then I will be 38 years old, I could spend all day asking myself why I did not get on track sooner.

Do I really have the emotional stability to succeed at anything. My personal history says no. My current state of thought agrees with my history. My contract with my job ends as we are in the worst economic downturn in my lifetime. My love life is a fractured mess, my relationships with friends and family seam fragile, and I don’t like the person my work has made me.

I feel every pain and ache that a guy could feel. My back has caused periodic trouble to prevent training.  I have meds I take daily that will no longer be an option if I lose my health insurance.  I am getting old! What the hell is that about?  I still think of myself as the guy I was 15 years ago.

Ok, I know I am just bitching. Today is another day, and if its going to be rough for awhile at least I am not some 400lb freak facing this shit. If I can go from a 62 inch waist down to 38, i can survive the "Bush" economy.

My flexibility is amazing, my muscles are growing faster than when i was in High School.

I cannot give up or give in.  I am here to find my path and my body is part of the answer.

cheers

David

Recap Lost 60 gained strength and health long way to go….

I am here to develop life long habits and perhaps take my shirt off in public again.

Thanks for all your help in 2007.

2008 is the year for some great things in my life. Because I started working out, I started living again. I have my dream job. Great friends and an awesome attitude!

Rock on Bodybuilding.com  other sites  are whinny and depressing this is were the cool kids hang.

Just wrapping up four weeks of training.
I like the way I feel. I run circles around my work load and still have the energy for fun. I have my friends joining the gym because my new attitude motivates them.
I feel stronger, motivated and my cloths fit really loose.
I am still losing fat in spite of quitting smoking. I am taking ZMA and getting about 8 hours of sleep every night. And despite of some aches and pains I feel like I can take on the world.
Thank you all for the motivation!

Just wrapping up four weeks of training.
I like the way I feel. I run circles around my work load and still have the energy for fun. I have my friends joining the gym because my new attitude motivates them.
I feel stronger, motivated and my cloths fit really loose.
I am still losing fat in spite of quitting smoking. I am taking ZMA and getting about 8 hours of sleep every night. And despite of some aches and pains I feel like I can take on the world.
Thank you all for the motivation!

Just wrapping up four weeks of training.
I like the way I feel. I run circles around my work load and still have the energy for fun. I have my friends joining the gym because my new attitude motivates them.
I feel stronger, motivated and my cloths fit really loose.
I am still losing fat in spite of quitting smoking. I am taking ZMA and getting about 8 hours of sleep every night. And despite of some aches and pains I feel like I can take on the world.
Thank you all for the motivation!

I feel Great!

It’s almost embarrassing how good I feel. I have been at it a few weeks now and have developed decent nutrition and workout routines. Today my back is sore and it is a source of joy to me to know for the first time in a long time my back is sore from training and not just from carrying all this weight around my waist.

I am still working on setting some general goals and targets. It’s a source of frustration to many of my friends that I can’t tell them how many pounds or inches I want to lose. In fact if I can get into shape and feel great I don’t really care about short term stuff.

A funny thing did happen I want to share. I have several friends who joined my gym during and after the holidays and we try to workout together.  One of my friends has turned bluntness into an art form. Last week we were in the steam room talking about the workout we just did and she shared with me her admiration of my unabashed attitude in the gym.  I started thinking to myself “My attitude is great. Then she explained “that even though she was in relatively good shape she was a little intimidated by the gym and she admired the way I was almost shameless in walking around the gym at my size.  I had to laugh. I love going to the gym and I am proud that at my size I don’t let anything stop me.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
- Frank Herbert

Yesterday was a bit of a bitch.

I went to the local GNC to look into supplements and use the digital scale.

First they had none of the supplements  I had previously read about in stock,then the Scale...

At my gym my weight has been around 370 to 380 on the locker-room scale. The GNC scale put me in at 399.9 wich is bummer enough and then realize that the scale quits at 399.9 UGH!

Now I know that weight is not a great measure and the last month my health has been improving but it still sucks ass.

Took the day off to let my quads rest.This was a lot easier before i turned 30 

New attitude for 2007

I will not let the lack of success at keeping a better body discourage me from transforming myself. I feel better this time, I am ready for a change in body mind and spirt. 

In November I quit smoking, renewed my gym membership and started a nutrition program. In a few weeks I will begin with some supplements. I will turn my half ton of blubber into a mountain of strength.