I’m not doin so bad after all :)
Anyone who read my post from the other day where I was complaining and all… I figured I’d let ya know that I found that I’m doin better than I had thought 
I looked through my journal and saw that when I had hit 169 lbs in October I was just filled with water… I was actually more like 167 lbs! I was 167 like the day before I woke up 169, and when I started my cut I dropped back down in like 1-2 days - water retention! Anyway, after my 2 week cut I started trying to gain mass slower, and it seemed to be goin good since the scale was moving up still, but very slowly.
I had gotten discouraged b/c after cutting for 2 weeks my arms had gone back down to 15.25. I weighted a few weeks to measure them again in hopes that they’d be back up… they weren’t 
OR, SO I THOUGHT!!!!
I measured my arms (along with the rest of me) last night, and they are back up to 15.5!!!! I must’ve measured em wrong when I did it the other day! I even took a picture w/ the tape around my arm…
This picture’s also in my workout journal - it’s bigger there, so ya can see it better
I also found that I’ve made some improvements over the past month or so…
weight 168.2 lbs (morning of 11/30/2007)
measurements:
waist = 33
hips = 38.5 (+.5)
thigh = 23.5
chest = 44.25 (-.25)
shoulders = 50.5 (+.75)
arms = 15.5
calves = 14.5
forearms = 12.5 (+.25)
neck = 15.5 (-.5)
bf% = 8.3% (really like 10-11%)
abs 13 (+1)
chest 4
quad 12 (-1)
So, not so bad after all!!!!
Also, I’m super happy b/c I started creatine this past Tues (5 grams per day) and this morning (12/01/2007) my weight is up to 170.4 lbs!!!! 2.2 lbs in just a day! hahahahaha I know it’s water retention, but it feels really cool to look down in the morning and see 170 lbs for the 1st time ever!!!!
Progress after all!!!
December 1, 2007 at 8:35 am
SGJ, congrats on the 170+. That is awesome. On the arms, the same (or similar) thing happened to me during my cut from 203 to 193 a while back, I did not realize (brain cramp I guess) that my arms carried water/fat so I measured them at the end of my cut and I had dropped from 16.25 to15.75, I was so pissed… That ended my cut
. I’ll have to slide over to the journal and find out all the latest, welcome back from the trip.
December 1, 2007 at 9:08 am
Thanks, Steve! Yeah, I already knew from previous cutting attempts that my arm size goes down after cutting (due to water loss and fat). I had been pissed b/c I had thought they would’ve been back up to 15.5 by now… and it turned out they are - I had just measured em wrong
Yeah, it can be discouraging when cutting and ya see your #’s goin down. I look at that as if mu strength isn’t falling too much then the size decreases are most likely fat and water
hahahaha I know how ya felt though!
My goal over the next 1-2 years is to hopefully get my arms to grow so that when I’m lean they are 16 inches.
Thanks again, Steve!
February 26, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Your becoming a monster dude. Great number!! Looking forward to seeing the results of your cut!