Rodney’s BodyBlog

Well, things are going well stayin on  track…and not letting anything stoppin me now…down about 10lbs ….kinda stuck right now but I think I have put on a little muscle..have a long way to go..but its not a sprint. I have been paying close attention to my diet to see where I might need to make some changes. I am going to cut down my carbs for a few days and see I can jump start the fat lose again. I ahave been staying around 35-40% protien can crabs and around 25% fat of my daily calorie intake. I think I will up my cardo a little to some AM as well. Well, keep up the hard work friends talk at ya soon

Well i am still at it…down almost 10lbs. I had to make some major changes at home. No longer have roomate but i did let that stop me…normally i would have gotten off track but in am determinded this time..and my bodybuilding.com friends are keeping me motivated i know what kind of body I want and i am gonna get it…Hell I might even compete for the fun of it just to see what happens..anywayI will be posting updated pictures and mesurements soon…I feel great today eating well need to check out my diet a little i think but other than that doing well gained some muscle I believe…will keep ya posted…work hard and work smart….

Well six months since a Blogged…it seemed that every time i got ready to get back to the gym that something would stop me my last post was right after my surgery. Then a great friend of my need some help and now is my roomate and well that got me side tracked (he was real sick). Got started back then went to see my mom out of town. I found out that life will go on reguardless and this has to me a priority no matter what and do my best to stay consistant even if other things come up. I will never reach my goal if I keep letting other people of life "stuff" stop me…My roomate is a great cook (has been to chief school) and said he would help me with the food part…man that is gonna be a great help. It already has been never had brocolli tasts that good or fish…I have even for the 1st time set my alarm 30minutes earlier to get up to do 20-30 minutes of cardo in the AM before work…thats a 1st I would say I was gonna get up but then I would never do it. I really am serious about getting down to 200lbs or my BF being 10% or less. My roomate believes i can really get there and so do I. I have had great workouts this week and eating has be clean clean clean have to give myself an A in the department. But with a great cook in the house thats a huge pluse…well keep watching see how it goes this time.

Well, I finally got myself up and in the gym..I know it would be just getting over that intial first step..I have made a promise to myself …NO EXCUESS!!! because you know we can come up with a bunch of them…I really want to get back on track to reaching my goal wieght and waist size…So I am hoping to lose around 40lbs in the next 5 months…hopefully that will put my BF around 10-12% will see…and would like a 33-34 inch waist…nothing there has changed..so I am back on the road to achiving those goals….Work hard!!!

Wow my last post was forever ago…Well I obtained an unfortunate hernia in April of this past year. I bought a belt and continued working out taking it easy. However, in May my stomach starting bothering me not real bad just enough to let me know it was there. Went to the doctor in May and he shut me down couldn’t  do anything. I had to wait till September to schedule a surgry due to insurance changes. Well needless to say I got the surgery at the end of Oct. and just got released from my DR to go back to my active life style..THANK GOD man i have been going crazy now just got to get myself in there and get back in the routine. Not looking forward to the soreness however…but I can lift without worry on the physical side i am 100% healed and no worries…will check back in when i am off and running ….work hard friends and Happy New Year !!!!

I have to say depression sucks yuk….I fight it a lot without medication, harder to lose any wieght that way. However the gym helps. I have to remind myself that feelings don’t dictate actions, even though in our western culture that is normal don’t feel like I don’t do it or the oppisite. I remember playing high school and college ball. Very seldom did I ever feel like going to practice but I always went day in day out. Maybe cause I wanted to play on Friday nite or Saturday afternoon. Most athletes probabaly don’t enjoy the practice its work, its painful, its just down right hard. But they do it anyway. I believe this is called "Discipline" doing the something regardless how you might feel. A coach I had in college give us a very simple definition of discipline that I have never forgot. Discipline is not doing what you want to do, its doing what you  ought to do.  I am makiing my body transformation priority again, just like I did a couple of years ago. When i first started this journey. I wieghted 270 and lost 30lbs. Since then I have been a little stuck. Leting other things get it the way people, games, lazy, ect….and some of the depression which none are and excuse. One thing I have learned about people being in the Mental Health field most of my life and that is, gerneally speaking most of the time people do what they want. I am not much different I want this just how bad guess will see. I look at the transformations on this sit and know that if they can do it so can I. It just has to become a priority and then discipline is the key. besides when we look better we "FEEL" better. I was just offered Cheese Cake at work and turned it down whoot…I Love chesse cake but its not on the menu. Discipline won that one. Ok in 12 weeks I want to be at least 25lbs lighter. As the saying goes "Just DO IT"

ok finally I am back on track. After a go around with some dpression and the a good case of pheumona. I am healthy and headed back to the gym. I almost gave into what did a year ago and stopped for a good 6-8 months. Not gonna let that happen. Really have no reason to. I am single no kids and not much else to do but work and movies, video/computer games. OOO what a life right. So why not get my you know what in that gym and reach my goals. I really do want that 10% BF so onward I go. I am again making this my priority and gonna be the major one…Still would love to have a workout buddy…hopefully that will come soon..ok gang keep up the Hard work ….

Ok well I have taken some time off….been a little sick, the holidays ect…got lazy as well…not to mention a little down in the dumps..But i refuse to allow myself to do what I did last year about this time and not lift at all for almost 7-8 months…not gonna happen…so i am going to get back at it and do another 12 weeks of hard foucsed lifting and watching what i eat. I would like to cut another 20-25lbs off in the next 12 weeks..so will see what happens..I will be updating pictures soon as well…so we will be checkin in later…keep up the hard work….

I find myself in the same potions this year as I did last year down to about 240-239 body fat 26% so I have gained muscle for sure…last year I stopped going in the middle of January and didn’t go all winter or summer until sept when i started back put 15lbs back on that I had lost now I am stronger and lost a good 15-20lbs. Don’t want to repeat the same pattern I really really want to get down to that 10% body fat or less 8 would be even better. I am writting this cause I only made it to the gym twice this week and ate like crap can feel that too…don’t think the eating hurt me to much haven’t gain any wieght my mucsles acutally feel full and tight…I just don’t want to loss my progress and I can’t imagine what i could look like another 12 weeks from now…I get tired I guess of going even though I really enjoy it…and I am alittle tired of working out alone even thought of paying for a trainer just to have someone to talk to and push me alittle might not be bad idea I guess….well I am going to resume my normal rountine next week…goal is to make it x5 to the gym and eat clean all week. Already know my part-time job will interfer with that some so hopefully I will get in 4 workouts and 5-6 cardo days….got to get over this cycle and start over and hit it hard not repeat the past….ok keep bustin it hard gang….

well pulled a muscle in my upper back on wednesday and well that pretty much kept me out to the gym this week other than monday and tuesday…yuk…feels much better now so hopefully will get back on track this week..Really need to focus for anther 12 weeks to see about getting this other 20-30lbs off…tough though been running into just life issues to try and distract me but we’ll keep pluggin away….diet even went to pot this week but don’t  think it hurt much will see come tomarrow…until then bust butt….