pionex’s BodyBlog

For the most part, I’m starting to see changes in my body, albeit small, mostly in the area of my traps and shoulder if anywhere.  But the biggest setback has been my supplement.  Unlike most people here, I’ve always had a problem with creatine, which I want get into deatails about, but suffice to say, it really upset my stomach.  Now I’m having problem with my protein and now that seems to be upsetting my stomach too.  So now, I’m kind of wondering, is it the protein that I’m currently taking or was the creatine, which I stopped a couple of weeks ago.

At the end of this week, I will probably some changes to my workout schedule

Well, it’s been a few days since my operation, and it hurts worse than the first time I had a hernia repair.  But the medicine they’re giving me in kinda of helping me to bear the pain so hopefully getting around won’t be so bad.  But it will be a little while before they will let me back into the gym.  Yeah, I’m hating on those who are working out, but I know I will be back lifting with the best of them soon.

Well, for now, all my weightlifting is coming to an immediate halt.  I have to have surgery to repair an abdominal hernia and won’t be lifting any weights for a while.  I hope that don’t gain to much weight either.  The little messhall here at the hospital isn’t all that great. 

A question for you guys here in Iraq and Afghanistan—How are dealing with your diet while deployed over here.  I’d personally like to think I’m doing OK, but there still a lot of temptation to go for the bad stuff.  I probably should just stick to the salad bar, but I don’t like tomatoes and mushrooms, and some of the other stuff is drowned in mayonnaise or other stuff to touch.  They do have tuna, but I question the quality of the stuff the serve here..  So how are you handleling it?

Well, I’m not completely over my flu, but I’m back in the gym lifting again, Wednesday through Sunday.  With arms on Wed.’s and back ending the week on Sun.’s.  This I would consider the best ideal workout to work around the crowd and put my heaviest workout at a time when there would be the least amount of people in the gym.  I’m still coughing occasionally, but other than that, I’m back–and feels great!

After about 2 weeks of working out, I’ve already been handed a setback:  I’m sick with the flu.  I guess I got the same thing that’s been hitting some of the people I know on camp.  But hopefully it will pass soon and I’ll be back soon.

Well, I’ve returned to Iraq, this time to BIAP, Camp Victory section with some commo unit, and not to one of those godforsaken outlying post that get hit with mortars all the time.  But I hate having to see so many officers from different services, and we’re all coddled up here.  Unlike most there’s not a lot to do, but I do try to hit the gym in the mornining despite the fact that it’s crowded M-F.  I was getting up at 4:30 in the morning, but I’m going to push for 4:15, because of a little laziness on my part, and to squeeze a little mor time in for a little cardio and abs.  It’s not bad here, at least not for me.