mdrane’s BodyBlog

Day 1 of eating clean has been completed.  I will continue to countdown, right here on Bodyspace for all to see, the consecutive days that I am able to eat clean.

I will see 205lbs!

Imagine that…I decide I want to lose 13 -14 pounds…the next two days my wife cooks Lasagna and Fried Chicken!  What ever.  It was her treat to me and the ruff 12 weeks I have ahead of me.  I was looking at my pics from October when I was 223 and I was definately leaner.  I don’t know how or why because I am sure I have more muscle mass now, and I am definately stronger (even with the shoulder) but the pics are the important part and they scream FAT BOY IN A LITTLE COAT!  Initiate plan sexy!  See you in Sept.

I’m down to 220lbs.  Unfortunately that has nothing to do with fat loss and appears to be all muscle.  I’ve been doing cardio (waaaaay less than before Vegas) and trying to get 8 - 12 sets of lifting in.  But right at about 10 sets I start feeling this D@#m shoulder and I have to stop.  It doesnt’ hurt enough to make me stop but pushing through it will get me nowhere in the long run. 

I guess I’ll be the 190 pound fat guy soon.  But hey, I have the pictures to prove where I’ve been right?

I am back from VEGAS!!!!  I would tell you how it was but What happens in Vegas…

I hit the gym this morning.  (actually lets start before that)

I got the results of my MRI on my shoulder and the 3 Phase Bone Scan on my knees early last week.  Diagnosis, tendenosis in the right supra spinatus, with signs of a previous injury.  Nothing in the knees.  My doctor is refering me to the Cleveland Clinic or the Mayo Clinic.  He says whatever is wrong with my knees is bigger than him and I should be looked at by a group of doctors who have sport specific knowledge.

 That being said I took the rest of the time I was here before Vegas as well as the time I was in Vegas off   But like I said I’m back from VEAGAS!!!

I hit chest today (calfs are now everyday).

Flat Bench

250 x 20

300 x 6

250 x 8

250 x 12

Incline Dumbell

100 x 8

85 x 12

60 x 15

Machine press

90 x 15 x 3

All in all I felt OKAY, for taking the last 2.5 months off.  Marked strength loss, but I was only going about 75% and I am down 15 lbs.  I still feel like I was probably pushing it at this point, but I’m getting stir crazy!!!

I refucse to let this shoulder stop me.  I took two weeks of from the gym.  I did nothing but cardio last week (3rd week).  I tried to lift Monday…pain!!!!!  But I’m not going to let that stop me.  First week was 20 min cardio.  Earlier this week was 30 min.  Today 50 min.  By the time I can lift again I’ll be at 90 min if I have to.  I’m going to make progress on something.  I don’t care what it is.  Abs and calfs here we come!!!

Okay.  I’m on Saturday of my week off.  I’ve done good until now but I’ve been really busy at work.  Now I’m starting to get the itch.  I’ve only got the rest of today and tomorrow but I really want to get in the gym.  My body feels good.  I feel like I need the rest befor this last big push in my mass phase.  Especially after some of the comments I recieved have me in the mindstate for a couple personal vindettas (sp?).  I’m going to stick it out and eat like a hog.  Calories are calories for the next 30 days.  Can I gain 2 pounds per week??? We’ll see!!!

Okay.  I’m on Saturday of my week off.  I’ve done good until now but I’ve been really busy at work.  Now I’m starting to get the itch.  I’ve only got the rest of today and tomorrow but I really want to get in the gym.  My body feels good.  I feel like I need the rest befor this last big push in my mass phase.  Especially after some of the comments I recieved have me in the mindstate for a couple personal vindettas (sp?).  I’m going to stick it out and eat like a hog.  Calories are calories for the next 30 days.  Can I gain 2 pounds per week??? We’ll see!!!

I have gotten some really good feed back from all my Bodyspace friends.  With accountability partners like you guys, I’m sure I will always have someone to push me and call my bluff when I’m not holding up my end of the bargin.  That being said, I would like to take the time to publicly thank MuscledBrute for the pain, suffering, and progress that I have in my immediate future.  The rest of you will have to be my inspiration for the spring.  But for now, I’m going to wow "The Brute"!  I promise.

I’m tired, I hurt, and I think I’m getting bored.  I’m going to take a week off.  My lifting partner is going to Florida in 6 days, so of course he wants to cut weight a little bit.  I can take the week off to rest and rejuvenate and he can run all he freakin’ wants.  When I come back, 4 weeks of hard, heavy, mass gaining.  I can’t wait to take pics at the end of March.  I want to see a dramatic difference between my March pics and my June pics.  I want to put on 8 to 10 more pounds in the next 5 weeks, then lose 8 - 10 over the course of the following 3 months.  Hopefully that will leave me around 235ish with 9 - 11& bodyfat.  I’d take that…yeah, I’d take that!  The last time I was 9% I was 215.

Forced myself in again.  Was in the emergency room with my son all night Wed,worked all day Thursday, and will work 48 hours between noon Friday and 9:30 Monday I night I will work 50 hrs…so I forced myself to get in the gym Friday morning before it all begins. 

 Decent work out considering no rest, little motivation,  and no partner.  Was only my second time in for the week so I did the big movement for all the major groups.  4 Leg Presses, 4 Deadlifts, 4 Bentover Rows, and 4 Bench Presses.  Went fairly heavy on all.  Don’t expect much gain from it, but shouldn’t lose much either.