MrVee
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Well anyway, I'm back and gonna go get back at it. Was 181 earlier this morning and have had a rough time of it recently both professionally and socially. But neither is ultimately anything too serious, and just had me down for a little bit. But fuck that, I'm too awesome to stay in the doldrums.
The good news is that I've continued to workout at the same regular pace and also kept adding pounds on the various bars I've been lifting. So some of that weight gain is certainly muscle. But not all of it. A co-worker last week commented how "jacked" my arms were for "someone so skinny."
Anyhow, time to get my act together. I've not been doing a lot of cardio (on purpose actually to try and maintain strength gains), but that has led to absolutely no room for error on the calorie front. So I'm going to ramp up the cardio again. It was a huge part of losing all of the weight in the first place, so I know it can work.
My heart rate monitor broke a long time ago and I've been unable to fix it. So I've been doing without for a long time now. So I'm going to shell out the $55 and buy another one off Amazon. Probably right after I'm done posting this. Training with a heart rate monitor helped me a ton in estimating calorie burn. Furthermore, if for some reason I screw up and ingest more calories than I should (usually because I'm chatting up a member of the fairer sex at a local watering hole), I at least would have the option of hitting the "tipsy treadmill" to burn it off.
The extra cardio shouldn't affect my weight training too much, except possibly my legs training. Fortunately that's both my strongest and relatively biggest body part. So it needs the "GAINZ" less than elsewhere on my body.
I got down to 162 once, so I should be able to do it again and this time I'm hoping to be a lot stronger once down there. If I can maintain my current strength levels, I should look pretty good down at that weight, and actually be comfortable with a slow weight gain back up from there.
Sorry for the long absence, and I'll try and pop in on folks tomorrow.
Vee
Well anyway, I'm back and gonna go get back at it. Was 181 earlier this morning and have had a rough time of it recently both professionally and socially. But neither is ultimately anything too serious, and just had me down for a little bit. But fuck that, I'm too awesome to stay in the doldrums.
The good news is that I've continued to workout at the same regular pace and also kept adding pounds on the various bars I've been lifting. So some of that weight gain is certainly muscle. But not all of it. A co-worker last week commented how "jacked" my arms were for "someone so skinny."
Anyhow, time to get my act together. I've not been doing a lot of cardio (on purpose actually to try and maintain strength gains), but that has led to absolutely no room for error on the calorie front. So I'm going to ramp up the cardio again. It was a huge part of losing all of the weight in the first place, so I know it can work.
My heart rate monitor broke a long time ago and I've been unable to fix it. So I've been doing without for a long time now. So I'm going to shell out the $55 and buy another one off Amazon. Probably right after I'm done posting this. Training with a heart rate monitor helped me a ton in estimating calorie burn. Furthermore, if for some reason I screw up and ingest more calories than I should (usually because I'm chatting up a member of the fairer sex at a local watering hole), I at least would have the option of hitting the "tipsy treadmill" to burn it off.
The extra cardio shouldn't affect my weight training too much, except possibly my legs training. Fortunately that's both my strongest and relatively biggest body part. So it needs the "GAINZ" less than elsewhere on my body.
I got down to 162 once, so I should be able to do it again and this time I'm hoping to be a lot stronger once down there. If I can maintain my current strength levels, I should look pretty good down at that weight, and actually be comfortable with a slow weight gain back up from there.
Sorry for the long absence, and I'll try and pop in on folks tomorrow.
Vee
YAY again!!!!!
Whoopwhoop, Vee came back out of the doldrums! 
