mhunter69’s BodyBlog

In the words of the immortal Samuel L. Jackson, "Hell MuthaF@*#ing Yes"!

I finally dropped some weight - 4 lbs to be exact and I am freaking excited. It is about time. After busting ass on the cardio, changing diets for the umpteenth time, psychological tricks on my mind, etc, etc, etc I finally got some of this damn weight off.

How did I do it? Well…..I sure the Hell didn’t eat 6 times a day. I didn’t eat only chicken and brocolli. I didn’t cut out all of my carbs. I didn’t count calories. I didn’t work some macro nutrient magic. I didn’t even do cardio! I went against EVERYTHING that is preached, taught, extolled, etc on this and every other site, book, magazine, etc I have read over the years. Yes….. I went against them all. Why? Well for one, I can only make myself eat so much chicken, eggs, and brocolli. I want a great physique, but really! I’ve only got one life and I don’t want to sit on my death bed trying to remember what a damn pizza taste like. If eating that prolongs my life, well I don’t want to say I don’t want a long life, but can’t we all just get along (with food)? I LOVE food. It’s kind of like Dennis Leary  said (man I am quoting everone here LOL) about cigarettes, "Yeah it takes off the last years of your life, but those are the worst years anyway. The years your shitting yourself and drinking dinner through a straw".

So in my quest to bust this gut I found a forum by 2 dudes who have given me my tast buds back - Wave_length and Fatdaddy67. Both go extensively on how they lost weight and shredded by doing IF and the Warrior Diet. Wave_length is eating a ton of great freakin food - yes, fried food too! Dude drinks protein shakes all day (100 grams) and then eats like a S.O.B. Man, he’s got pictures of the food and everything! Same with Fatdaddy67. Also, Wave_length talks about some dude named TImberwolf who is SHREDDED! Does pretty much the same thing.

Pizza! BEER! Burgers! Fries! whatever. Oh, and did I say BEER! Yes you can have beer or wine on this venture. I pigged out at a Mexican buffet yesterday (and you know that stuff ain’t healthy!) and then later drank like a fish. Weighed myself today and BAM! 4 lbs off. Some may say that I would have 5 lbs off without the beer, but I’ll take the beer and 4 lbs.

Did I get hungry for the week? Yeah a little bit. But I just munched on some carrots (that’s what I had at the time), an occasional handful of almonds, and a little protein powder. Plus my 1 1/2 gallons of water and I was fine. In fact, I felt MORE energized than I did on the 6 meals a day protocol.

I will continue this journey and report results. If anyone actually reads this post, go to the forum and type in wave_length 2009 (he also has a fat loss for noobies forum), fatdaddy67 (warrior diet experiment), and the official warrior diet forum to get info on this strange but effective cutting deal. I did and so far so yum yum good! 

It used to be all about the Gunshow - Tickets are free and everyone’s welcome to see! 

For the longest time all I have concentrated on were my arms and chest. Hell with the rest of the body man. As long as I looked good in short short sleeves and had that chest pumping. Yeah I would attempt the obligatory row here or there. Maybe do some half-assed squats, maybe a little shoulders, or God forbid some abs (still don’t like doing crunches), but the real focus was on my arms and chest. In fact, I did chest so much that my shoulders now are rotated forward (dumbass!).   

I think for the most part that is what every guy concentrates on. At least that’s all I see them looking at in the mirror at the gym. Hell that is all I saw anyway. Didn’t really even need to have a full length mirror - I only focused on the waist up. Now for you ladies, don’t think you are immune to this. I have noticed you all looking at your butt and thighs. Continually posting pictures about how your glutes are coming along and how the thighs are developing. Your mirror just has to be from the waist down! Shame Shame Shame…lol! 

Well I have been struggling with weight loss lately and couldn’t understand it. I read story after story how muscle burns fat 24/7, what could be the problem? I mean, the guns were being worked out all the time, why wasn’t the weight begging to be released? 

Well obviously I am not the sharpest tool in the shed.  Why not work the largest muscles in your body? Duh! I have had to do some PT work because of a hurt shoulder and the guy basically told me that I need to work the back WAY more and the chest WAY less (for awhile anyway) or I my shoulders would be almost touching each other soon. 

Then my good buddy Bahamaman was kind enough to write a blog about chicken legs that cinched the deal - do the legs, Man! 

So now I have seen the light. Sculpt the whole body. 

So no more total Gunshow (sorry folks). I have begun my legs and back transformation. And you know what? I am actually looking forward to training those areas. Don’t worry though, I still love working the arms the best. Still hate crunches though - can’t get over that one yet. Maybe need another blog from Bahamaman to “open my eyes”! 

My last post I pleaded with myself to love my body. Today I am realizing I have a love/hate relationship with my body. My freakin body must LOVE being at 225 - I can’t shake this S*&T! I weigh myself every Friday and I can’t seem to break that 220 barrier. It pisses me off to no end and I am frustrated today.

I work out everyday (m,w,f weights and t, th cardio 20 min HIIT or 30-45 min slow and go), eat clean - real clean from Sunday to thursday and try to stay pretty clean on the weekends (only 2-3 real cheat meals depending on our social/work scedule). And nothing.

I used to drink beer 3-4 times a week for the longest time (I’m from the Midwest - that’s what we do) and was relatively thin until the past 4-5 years. Albeit I did not have the muscle definition, but I wasn’t the fat ass I see in the mirror now. I used to eat like crap - fried food galore. I used to work out sporatically. I used to play music at the clubs at night - drink like a mutha while playing and come home to choke down a burger and big plate of fries. That was only about 4-5 years ago that I started to see a gain and wanted to get back to my "fighting" weight.

So, I switched to drinking 2 nights a week (friday and saturday) and from beer to red wine - no change. I also quite eating as much fried food - I mean really cut down - no change. I worked out with weights - no real change in weight but a little increase in muscle mass.

For the past 4 months I really cleaned up my diet, went down to drinking one time per week - and only Vodka and Diet Rite, and upped the workout intensity and cardio. No change. Got on a high protein Anabolic diet. No change. Worked out on an empty stomach in the morning - and I am not a morning person. No change. I drink 1 1/2 gallons of water a day - when I used to only drink 32 ounces. No change.

I am going to take supplements (BCAA, Glutamine, Ctrine, AAKG) and add another day of cardio. We’ll see.

I am sooooo frustrated today I can barely stand it. I should probably stop drinking all together, but I enjoy it. Do I really need to give up everything I truly enjoy to get back under 200? Damn! Maybe I just don’t want it as bad as I thought.

Man, I want to enjoy it as much as I can - do I really need to give up everything I like food and drink wise about life? I am so frustrated that I can’t shed the weight. Why does my body LOVE 225 lbs?!?!  

All of these changes should have yielded something! I am not looking ot get down to 4% body fat - just want to get under 200 lbs. Hell, i could even weigh 225 lbs but just get the bf down into the low teens.

This is the point in the past where I would say "F-it" and go back to eating, drinking, etc like crap. I will not succumb this time. But man, it is frustrating! I see Michael Moore’s fat ass lost 30 lbs by just walking for 30 minutes. WTF?!?!? Maybe i am killing myself with weights and cardio for nothing. Maybe all I need to do is walk 30 minutes a day. ARRGGGGHHHH!!!!

Ok, that felt better and hopefully I am done with this bitching and complaining. Just needed to get it off my chest.

I love my body. Not in a conceited narcissistic way, but in a reality check kind of way. It’s not a perfect body - Lord knows I can tell you everything that is wrong with it. I have analyzed the S*&T out of it in the past. I have just come to realize that I have to accept myself as who I am. It is my body and I have to stop comparing my body to other people’s body. I see awesome figures on here and cuss myself out because my body doesn’t look like theirs.

They say that whatever you focus on grows and my belly is proof of that! I  look down at my belly constantly. In the mirror all I see is belly. And I curse it. I get frustrated with it. I give up. Not good.

So I try this and try that and then try this again in order to get that perfect body I see on here all the time - everywhere. I buy into the stories of losing 80 lbs of fat and gaining 40 lbs of muscle in 2 weeks. Why are we (am I) so into instant gratification. Well the change hasn’t happened for me all these years and ……..I get frustrated and stop. Then start again and say, "This is it. This time I will."

I have to stop this crap. I can no longer linger on the negative. I have to focus on the positive. I have to enjoy the journey. It’s really the only way I can grow and have the best body I can have.

I love my body…..I love my body…..I love my body

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