HERE WE GO

Here I go, I have been lifting hard for almost 5 years now. I think I put in a 7 year string in my late 30’s into my early 40’s. it has been a life style change in that I really changed my meal plan, which I have to thank Kris and Marika Gethin for. I have never completed Kris’s 12 week trainer, but my eating habits all come from him. I learned that I can actually lose fat at will on his plan, with very little to no cardio. It’s kind of wild, but the bad side is I have also learned that I can’t put on any significant muscle size very fast either, which brings us to here I go. With the motivation of seeing friends on BS do shows, my daughter always telling me I should do one, and friends at the gym telling me I should, last July I committed to doing the NPC March 2013 show at that time. I way weighing about 200-205 10% body fat I had gotten down to 9% and 195 in June, but hated losing all my weight and stopped at that point. Anyways, in July I started eating right, I had increased my calories to 4000 calories a day, trying to get up to about 230 so that when I cut I would come in at about 200 maybe 205. But from July to mid September I could not get above 212. To say I was pissed off would be an under statement. I was walking around bloated all the time had put a layer of fat on. It did not even remotely seem worth the price. I quit doing cardio in September. This is the first time in probably 7 years that I have not done some type of cardio, but I was able to get up to 222 briefly but settled in at 218 to 220. Now the time has come that was set aside in  July by my posing coach to start a slow deliberate cut. When Mike took me in he just looked at me and said “do you want to win cause if ya don’t want to win your not going to make it.” so I told him the truth, “I have never been that guy that has to win and gets all cranked up jumping around being a jackass full of him self but when you play me at any thing you will get my best game at 125 % so come March I am not going to die and cry if I don’t win but you can bet your ass my best body will be there, and if you beat me you earned it because I gave a 125% so here I go.” Monday is day one at that point I will be in the gym doing cardio or weight lifting 7 days a week until March, when I walk on stage and see what happens I know this is going to be very hard, most things in life that are worth your time; are. And as the saying goes in my home are you going to do it or are you a candy ass? there is no sugar here LOL the funny thing is the one thing that I am truly afraid of is shaving my body it seems like I am just going to itch and itch.  LOL    

About three weeks I was at 14% percent body My daughter has really been after me to get cut with her so I have really gotten strick with my diet which I am any way but I have been cycling carbs and really staying low on carbs over all I have to take things rather slow or I get feeling so deprived that I will go back to normal routine which for me is not bad. I don't add fat at all over all. Any way I have gotten down to 9-10 % and steadly going down this week I have found myself in what seems like a depression my coworkers are asking me if somthings wrong so far I gotten by with O I'm just a little off but after the third day I am kind of getting concerned I had a hard time going to the gym once I got in there and going everything seemed normal I guess to get to the point at my current body fat pecentage I should be to where I can get pictures in three weeks but if this keeps up I'm not sure I will be able to maintain.I have been doing so good for so long in the gym I don't want to let myself down might send me into a tail spin well I'll quit rambling if any one has run into this just let me know to man up or somthing that might have helped you keep training everyone it's a life style not a quick fix

I was able over the holidays to work out at the gym about three times I really had fun, and would love to do it all the time but with my work schedule I would not get there until late and the Golds that I go to is not a place for me to be at in the evenings to many people. I can't wait on machines once I start working out it is zone time and all business I probably put off a leave me alone vibe but any way since the holidays I have been leaving work early and doing Back on Thursdays and I do legs Saturday morning I really really like it and have seen some huge improvments in my Back and legs and have made a couple of new freinds I have generally had a great time which brings me to my point I have gotten a new job with my company that will allow me to do all my work outs at the gym and I am so excited I can't hardly sit still and if the the saying that stress causes fat storage is true I should have a six pack in 2 weeks just getting rid of the stress that accompanys my old position LOL so there it is I had to say somthing lift hard everyone and most importantly always BRING IT   

The year is going fast very fast I am watching my youngest daughter do a cut plan that seems to work but I am not sure that I could go with out carbs. that much and not lose it.She will lose a thought when we are talking very easliy I remember watching a Branch Warren video where he talked about this very thing it is just the first time I have seen it.I think if I did this I would lose my job, I could not be that off and do what I do It scares me.But that being said she is getting cut I am very proud of her she is a awesome daughter.I will know on my first triathlon lottery drawing about the first week in Febuary kinda hope I get it but at the same time I hope that I don't because my quars are showing good progress and they always go flat when I really start running during training but I love the mind over matter that it takes to do triathlons I think it is the same as heavy training ya just have to indure it longer have a great week to all