Ready Steady Go

Today is Bowflex day. Today is start the machine again day. Today, as the saying goes… is the first day of the rest of my life.

I woke around 10:30, after staying up late with B. It’s now 10:55am and inside the next 30, I’ll jump on the bowflex and do what I do.

So what are the stats?

I weighed myself just now. 179.80 lbs. That’s my average area. I usually fall in the 180 range often. I had lost a lot of weight, got down to 172 range, but then was taking ICON as well as supplements and got back to 179 area, meaning I put on muscle. My body is leaning up, B tells me I am getting the V shape to my frame which is a good thing. My lats are filling out, my shoulders are getting larger from doing shrugs and my legs are pumping up from squatting the deck. How I can walk after squatting 320 lbs in 4 sets of 10… fuck if I understand.

Today is bench press day. I love bench press, it puffs my chest up and gives me a hint of what it could look like if I keep pumping. I’m not small by any means, but this is a good thing. Positive affirmation if you will, you see what you’re becoming, before you become it.

Food wise, this is where I fail, badly. I need to pull 3500-4000 calories per day into my diet. I have it in my head if I want to tighten up the mid-frame and lose that dreaded chub around the abs that almost all guys have, I have to trim my diet down. This of course goes against what i would tell *EVERYONE* else. To lose weight, you have to EAT MORE.

Maybe now that I have written this here, I’ll follow it myself. I have to figure out how to sticky posts in my blog so I can make a post that says:

EAT MORE FOOD!

So today, is a great day. A really, really great day. I have everything in the world a man could want. Today, I start to take back control on my body.

Time to schedule food, water, supplements. Make a battle plan and follow it out! No more excuses. No more but… but …but…

Maybe I should make some meals like B did for me a a month back. Pre cook chicken, rice, veggies… freeze them and then pull them out as needed twice daily. That seems to to be the smart way. I need 270-360 grams of protein per day to build muscle the way I want. My shakes deliver 66grams each. I have my work cut out for me. I think I am going to make this an adventure, a challenge if you will.

Fuck yes, I’m pumped.