uriDium’s BodyBlog

I have always struggled to get rid of that last little bit of midsection fat. Definitely have abs and they are under there. But I can just never get rid of that last 1% or 2%. One of my friends got a book about what you should eat for your blood type. I am A+ and they told me that i should stay the hell away from dairy.

I have my protein shake with low fat milk. I wonder if this is what i making it almost impossible to extra ripped. Almost makes sense. When I lose track a bit and eat sweets and crap and forget to tak my protein shake I almost look better which has always confused me. I just assumed that there might be quite a long delay between eating crap and looking crap. But maybe it is because i wasn’t have milk.

Could this be true? Anyone know anything about this? And if it is maybe true will switching to soy milk be better?

Today I felt inspired and to my normal plain oats i added half a bananana, 4 strawberries, a handful of rasberries and blackberries. To top it off a dash of Maple syrup and almonds. Not too bad minus the maple.

Anyway, later today i must go meet some friends on what we call the Gatsby run. A gatsby might be a uniquely south african thing so let me explain the evil PURE EVIL to you. It is a foot long filled with french fries and then something like crumbed calamari. It has tonnes of thousand island dressing. So how bad can this thing get. White bread, oil for french fries, bad carbs from french fries. More bad oil and crumbs on the calamari. This IS THE ULTIMATE fat receipe. This is my meal off. And i have been working my butt off. Thank goodness we are sharing. But i think you will understand why I am off to gym to pay the ferryman.

I finally actually got around to putting up some progress pics. It is the first month of Spring so I have at least another two months before I need to be beach ready and I think I will be looking at these latest pics.

I think the next area I need to work on his shoulders. More shoulders plz sir! Let me know what you think.

Some good news and a a bit of a rant. First off I should say that not all old guys are grummpy as hell, look as Santa Claus, he is quite a happy kind of guy. More rambling on that later.

Last week I got pretty sick, puking every where. It started late at night. It was either a tummy bug or the fact that I was eating so much peanut butter. Either way I can’t really stomach peanut butter yet. Also I couldn’t get warm to save my life. The next day I still felt like puking so I took the day off week, gym and eating. I was going to hunger strike the crap out of this stomach bug (maybe over indulgence in peanut butter). The only thing that I could eat was half a grape fruit, almonds and two slices of bread the whole day. Next day was not much better. So I took off gym for a whole week and by the time the weekend came I started the "tomorrow diet". Don’t worry, I will eat this pizza now because tomorrow I will start again. So the "tomorrow diet" turned into the "Monday Diet".

Last night I looked at myself in the mirror and I couldn’t believe, I looked more ripped now than ever. The wife can’t believe it either. We just don’t get it. I skip gym for a week, eat like crap and suddenly I am looking better. Jumped on the scale this morning and I am missing 3 kilograms. The only place I look a little smaller is my chest.

So my new diet recommenedation to everyone is, puke until your abs hurt from the contracting, skip gym, don’t eat then for two days straight eat whatever the hell you want. NEVER, it is a freak of nature. For all I know the effects of my outage will sneak up on me by the end of the week. I will suddenly turn into Santa Claus and look like a pie eating, present giving and abuse taking mobile shadow stand.

This morning’s workout was GREAT. I did shoulders. They are fast becoming my favourite muscle to workout. I have got to the point where I can see all three muscles in the shoulder as I workout. I love seeing my muscles in action. Very motivating!! For some reason I stay incredibly lean in my shoulders and you see muscles and veins like I am 4% bodyfat. I just wish that I could say the say for my arms, chest and abs. I know what I need to do. Just keep losing bodyfat, you can’t select where your body holds it.

Okay, onto the grummpy old man. There is this old guy at gym and he must be the rudest most inconsiderate (or TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS to anyone but himself). After gyming in the mornings I come out to change. There are a couple of guys, maybe 3 or 4. We all need just a little space but I can’t find any. There is just stuff everywhere. Towells, jocks, shoes, shirts. I can’t find a single spot. Odd seeing as there are only 4 of us. Then I notice ALL the stuff belongs to the old guy. He has spread himself out so much. He sees me looking for a spot and ignores me. WHAT THE HELL? He has done this to me a couple of times now. Next time I am going to tune him, or throw all his stuff on the floor.

P.S. Tomorrow is either chest or arms. I am think chest since I am convinced that I have lost some mass there the last week of my epic diet.

So does this sound right to you?

The other day I decided to workout exactly how many calories i need given my weight and my goals and activity levels. I also worked out stuff like BMR, the thermogenic effect and took into account calories burnt on workout days and non workout days.

Shock freaking horror. According to the science i need to increase my calorie intake on non training days. Apparently I get enough protein with the shakes on these days but when it comes to carbs I need a lot more. That and fat. So I have removed the protein shakes from these days and added peanut butter on low GI whole wheat bread. That almost satisifies the carbs and makes up for the fats. I am still a little over on protein but not enough for me to care.

The other discovery i made was that on workout days I am quite horribly under in my carbs. Not even 1 gram carb per pound body weight. Protein and fats I am almost spot on with. The next time I go to get protein shake I am going to make sure that it is one with 1 gram carb to 1 gram protein. That doesn’t get me to the exact amount of carbs I need but it is in the vicinity.

I know that if you don’t get enough calories then your body goes into survival mode. Meaning that it will hold onto the fats as long as possible and rather sacrifice your muscle. I hope that the science is right and that feeding my body more will help me shed the last little bit of fat.

I have noticed that there are some seriously delicate hands out there. I see them walk in and come straight over to the cardio mutchien, my friends from fat burning hell, put on their gloves and do a 20 minute session. Please can someone tell me what the hell the gloves are for. I am on those machines for an hour every morning and then another hour at night. My hands haven’t turned into hooves yet. Glove are for the weights, i hope you at least take them off when you at home.

Hi guys

Today’s post sucks. There are some terrible crimes against humanity going down in South Africa right now. You may have seen it on the news. There have been some terrible attacks on foreigners. These foreigners are refugees that have fled their own countries for whatever reason. Most of the countries they come from are pretty much war-torn places. Some of these refugees come from Zimbabwe. To most of the world Zimbabwe is a joke, the economy has inflation at around 400 000%. This is not an exaggeration. They recently held elections hoping to end President Mugabes 28 year reign. The opposition party, MDC, should have won. Mugabe has rigged elections before and he appears to be doing it again. The whole world, the election observers even Mugabe’s own party admited that the MDC had won. However the results were delayed for over a month. Plenty of time for him to rig it. Now they say that the vote is too close and they need a re-vote. In the mean time their people are starving to death. Many come to South Africa looking for a better life.

South Africa has its own problems. Unemployement is rife and the vast majority of South African’s are uneducated. The government is trying its best to fix the situation but years of apartheid need to be undone. The Zimbabweans have come here and are hard working and showing entrepreneurial spirit. South African’s living in squatter camps believe that the Zimbabweans are stealing their jobs. For this reason they have started beating, killing, looting and raping Zimbabweans. This is quite upsetting but it has reached all new levels of hatred. Just the other day South Africans took to setting a man on fire. He died covered in flames. A photographer and journalist covered the story. Here it is. Please be warned that this is extremely graphic.

I don’t really know what to do. I know that terrible stuff happens all around the world all the time but this is outside my door. Literally! A squatter camp not one mile from where I live had police raids and military intervention the other day at 04:00 in the morning.

Please spare a moment and some prayer for South Africa. We really need it right now.

I am quite impressed with myself so far. Not one thing past my lips. I am almost bored of rubbish food at this point. But I know temptation will come around again. But I think knowing that I have already been 8 days without 1 thing will make it so much easier.

I have already lost 2 kgs. I haven’t taken a body fat measurement again. I will try to get around to it tomorrow. That and I need to take some progress pics. My jeans i bought when I was at my leanest fit nicely again. Almost as nicely give it another week I am sure.

I worked out twice today. In the morning I ran on the treadmill at 2 degree incline starting at 10 km/h, then 11 at 5 minutes, 12 at 10 minutes and 13 km/h at 15 minutes until the end. I was finished. I then did some ab and chest work.

This evening I was back for round 2. Thank goodness for fat burners giving me energy. I started with a 20 minute ellipitcal trainer, then 30 minutes back work (P.S. I can do 14 unassissted pullups. ) and then back for another 15 minutes on the trainer.

When I got home I went to look in the mirror but all the definition I saw while changing at the gym was gone. Either the gym has really good lights or maybe I am just bloated from the 1.5 - 2 litres of water I drank while training. Tomorrow might be another double whammy. Good night!

I measuered my body fat % last night using two different methods. First came up with 12% and the 2nd with 10%. I am more likely to believe the 1st one though. So after 2 months of bulking I have increased my body fat by 4%. Not too bad. So to get where I was I only have to shed 1% a week. I am sure that I can do that.

Yesterday was a brilliant day. Not one bad thing past my lips. No coffee, no tea, nothing. Not even a sweetner made its way into my calorie count. Let me break it down for you:

• 3 caps fatburners
• Workout
• pwo whey protein shake
• Breakfast: 1/2 cup oats, 1 banana , diced almonds
• Whey protein shake
• Lunch: 150 gram chicken breast, 1/2 cup of brown rice, 1 cup of mixed steamed veg
• Whey protein shake
• Supper: 6 eggwhites and 2 eggs
• Just before bed, 1 whey protein shake

Workout was good. Fatburners gave me some good energy. 40 minutes fairly intense cardio followed by 30 minute weights for the back. It was a good session. I am still quite strong at the pullups. I can manage about 10-12 of them . Obviously as i drop weight i can manage more

Today has been a good day too. Nothing stray. Working out shoulders and calves tonight. I am going to start off with 2 super circuits. I have faith that the circuits are the ultimate cutting tool.

Next week i am going to start the double gym session, one morning and one evening. Got to go have my tuna and brown rice. I must remember to take some progress photos so that i can keep motivated.

I am going out soon for what i am calling the last supper. Not one more cheat for the next 28 days. I have bulked up and now I want to loose the extra fat. I am going to have my favourite pizza in the whole world. The place’s name is Col Cachio. Best pizza ever (yes free props, i wished i owned shares). I am going to have th maroturi pizza (or something like that). It has avocado, bacon, chicken and pepper dews.

Once my 28 days are up i will reward myself with another one. Until then it is only oat meal, protein shake, chicken, tuna or frozen mixed veg. I am quite stoked. It is going to be rough but i know what i am getting myself into. I also get to buy supplements tomorrow. Lank excited about that.

I am going to get some whey and a fat burner. Any recommendations on a fat burner. I am thinking of MuscleTech Hydroxycut hardcore. Anyway, let me go get ready for my pizza.