dunkonu9’s BodyBlog

I was doing so good made it through the holidays eating normal. Feeling good about my progress. Gotten some good progress started. I had some good advice to start bulking for awhile. I was prepared to do this but after a week of trying it I got sick. It has kicked my butt pretty good. It sucks I was really prepared to hit it I got some new supplements and try to put a little mass on.

Well I am feeling better. I hit off a cardio session and lifted hest and tri’s not real hard lifting, got back in the groove. I do not think I will be trying to bulk now I think I am going to just continue cutting. I see many two a days in my future. It is just a minor setback. I do not think I will see abs by Feb but I will just start working hard to have them showing by April. Maybe March if I am lucky, I can have them. Diet is the biggest issue I have been working. I am still learning about the nutrition, the protein carbs fat mix. I am learning reading and figuring it out. It is just a work in progress with the diet. Figuring out all the right amounts of what to eat what is good bad and other just sucks a bit. I wish it was as simple as hard work in the gym. I am good at that part.

Well the sickness is gone and hard work is in effect. Now it is time to play catch up on the days I missed in the gym.          

I was a skinny guy growing up. I was 6’6” my freshman year of college at less than 200lbs I played two sports and worked out constantly. I had not drank up to that point but I worked at a pizza place ate it everyday and ate everything else that did not run from me. Mainly junk and all the stuff you would expect fast food fried all of that. I had to train in college got up to about 225-230. I joined the navy still a little slim. Then from there it was one party after another. I drank allot never really ate right but still lifted only occasionally when I was deployed and there was nothing else to do. I really never got in to great of shape got strong even got to where I cold bench over 300lbs. I was playing basketball almost daily so I was still thin had picked up a few lbs but on my frame could not tell. Then I get married and we have kids so the nights of playing league ball slow down and the will to take the little time I have at home away to the gym decreased and I got complacent. I could still just show up to the semi-annual PT test and do my 100 sit-up do my 70 or so push ups and run a mile and a half in under 11:30 which is all above what is required enough to keep me out of trouble. So I still considered myself in shape. Year before last I took a more physically demanding assignment. I was required to meet all of those fitness requirements but my run needed to be under 10:15. I sent out ran it a few times and realized it was damn hard to do. I had fell off allot. I did make it but barely. Still I made it so I did not worry at all. As time went on I picked up a few lbs did not worry less active more beers. Went to a school that required you be in shape I was the last one most of the time my back was hurting and I had to sit out like 2 weeks of the class on the doctors orders. I still did not get the hint. Then right before I left this time I was in the bathroom getting one the scale to see where I was at because the PT test was coming up. I was at 293 my wife walked in was appalled and said your disgusting. She is everything to me and for her to feel that way hurt me badly. Not to mention she would occasionally make comments about other guys physics. Then I measured myself and I was huge there is no way I could have passed the PT test just so happened I shipped out the week they were giving it and because of my previous scores were not concerned with me taking it.