giant81’s BodyBlog

the last half of 2008 has been a struggle for me fitness wise,  i hurt my shoulder  in late july and haven’t been able to lift a wieght for my chest or shoulder since.  instead of lifting i ran on the treadmill and track alot, i am proud of myself for that because i hate running.  clean eating seems to be out the window the last 2 months since i have been home after surgery,  sitting home alone most of the day is no fun and i ate really bad for the holidays. 

i am really looking foward to next year when i can get back in the gym and go to the max,  my shoulder is feeling alot better and i am starting to get some movement going thanks to PT.  i have started to run again and do some light cardio without any shoulder discomfort ( positive signs thank god).  i really need to do good in 2009 because i am getting married in 2010 and i want to look my best for my wife to be, but must importantly i would love to get my future wife to workout as well, she does not share the passion for working out or eating healthy like  i do, so that is probaly my biggest challange of 2009.  i have a big year infront of me and i can’t wait, bring on 2009,   i hope everyone has a happy new year and reaches all there goals for 2009.  best wishes and good luck

went to the doctor today, it has been  almost 3 weeks since my shoulder surgery, and the doc says everything is going good.  i feel alot better, each day i am in less pain and most importantly able to move my shoulder alittle more.  the doc said i don’t need a sling anymore, which is good because i hated the sling, my shoulder feels alittle strange not being in a sling but that will last prob a day.  i also started pt which i am exicited about, i am on the road to recovery and can’t wait intil i am back in the gym, i know it will be a while but the first step has been good mentally for me.  hope all is well out there and take care everyone.

i just had surgery on my shoulder.  tomm. will be 1 week.  i cant say that i have eaten as good as i would have liked,since i cant go to the gym right now.  thanksgiving was hard, i kind of threw the clean eating out the window. i cant wait to go back to the gym, i feel trapped in my apartment going from the tv to the computer.  sorry for the negative post, just venting

i was about to eat a cupcake someone made and had bought to work for thanksgiving but put it down because i knew it wasn’t worth it.  sometimes you hear from people that you are crazy, 1 cupcake isn’t going to kill you,  just make today your cheatday.  I hear that everyday, and if i cheated everyday because someone wanted me to eat a cupcake i would never get any results.  It kind of makes  you think wow am i the only person who cares what they put into there body, as you watch all your co- workers and friends eat cupcakes and be jolly.  but then i got onto this site and realized that i am not crazy, there are tons of us who want the same things, have the same goals and are going through the same problems, and it felt good to know that i am not alone.  i know there are millons of us who care about working out and fitness but to have access to talk to everyone and see progress pics of people is very insparational to see.  now when i reach for junk food i think of all the bodyblogers that i have spoken to and i don’t want to let them down.  right now i am inactive because of a shoulder injury and am having surgery the day before thanksgiving and will be having alot of free time to be on this site and i just wanted to say thanks to everyone of us so called nuts ( health freaks) for the motivation while i am sidelined with injury.  keep up the good work

I just found out on monday that i have a torn labrum in my shoulder and will need surgey to fix it.  i haven’t lifted andy wieghts since late july because of the injury and now i won’t be lifting any intil sometime next year.  it is fun to watch your body respond to lifting wieghts,  your skin feeling tight and everytime you move feeling the muscle working, there is nothing like it.  now i am on the opposite side of things, i haven’t lifted in a while and i see myself shrinking, all that hard work that i will have to redo,IT KILLS ME.  I am still doing cardo, i run about 20 miles a week just to make myself feel better and not go nuts while i am losing all the muscle that i had.  i figure after my surgery i am going to try to learn how to cook healthy meals for myself, since i am going to have ton of time and nothing to do with it.  i just have to stay positive, i am starting the road to recovery and i can’t wait intill i can pick up that first dumbell again.

today is halloween and that is only the start of the big three holidays were you have to see food that you want but cannot have.  Halloween the first of the three is the easiest, thankgiving gets harder and by christmas you just want to eat everything infront of your face.  There is junk food everywhere from the office to your own fridge with leftovers, and every corner you turn. so i wish everyone luck out there to stay away from the junk food while in the danger zone of the next 2 months, i know i will need some.

and happy halloween

i have been lifting wieghts for some years now and i have just had a injury to my left shoulder and i can’t lift anymore until it gets better(which will take some time).  at first i was going crazy not lifting,  feeling dirty everyday because i couldn’t workout.  so i started to run on the treadmill alot, my best friend being my trusty i pod with all my music that kept me sane during the countless hours on the treadmill.at first i hated running and now i kind of enjoy it, i just turn on my music and run, not thinking about any of the days worries or problems.  i am starting to think this injury is a blessing because now i don’t mind doing cardio and when i can get back to lifting wieghts i will be all the better for it

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