Once a Fat Man......but NEVER again.
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ali2
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Ah, my dear sweet dirty minded Ali......
I have been up to little or nothing recently. Some business trips out east but really little to write home about.
You been doing anything interesting?
Dirty-minded??? Lil ole moi??? Whatever gave you such an idea? I'm as innocent as a schoolgirl...
Did you do anything fun while you were out here?
I have been working my tail to the bone lately and haven't been to the gym in a week...sniff, sniff...
I hate when life gets in the way...
Bigguy
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innocent as a what? ok. Ill buy that one Ali.....
work, work and more work. Sometimes it seemed like i was never going to leave the hotel room.
No gym does not make Ali happy. Is there anyway you can work some time in?
You and me both but sometime life is what you gotta do.
aint too bad sometimes.....
ali2
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innocent as a what? ok. Ill buy that one Ali.....
You better buy it Brian, do I need to send you a picture?
Never leave the hotel room??? Sheesh, that sounds boring...not like there is a lot to do in a hotel room...
Not right now, saving my proverbial ass has taken priority over everything else right now. I'm eating well and will add it back in when time allows...
You and me both but sometime life is what you gotta do. aint too bad sometimes.....
Doing life?
Not too bad...not right now
Bigguy
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Hello all.
I have been fantastically swamped at work and am lucky i am able to be on my computer enough for work purposes much less posting here but I have some time today.
Well- I have not been eating right. That much is a given. Actually let me amend that- I have been eating right just not in the quantities required to lose weight. I am not upset about the lack of WL but just ticked over the lack of control I have with my eating sometimes.
I am back on my heavy WT program. I am not holding back to recover anymore. I worked out hard yesterday and it felt great. I felt strong and good. I am running as often as I feel I can without injuring myself. I also feel real good in that dept also.
I am really starting to get the whole 'scale mentality thing'. It is hard to understand when you are fat and out of shape that the number on the scale doesn't matter. But once you really start to see changes in yourself you do begin to realize that it is what is in the mirror that counts not the number. I don't care if i do not lose another ounce as long as my body shape and cardiovascular shape improves.
10k on 8/17.
Wife is good, pregnancy is good. Work sucks but hey- something has to suck right? All in all I am a happy man. Life is going to get bad in sept due to an extreme workload but that is why they pay me.
Thank you for reading my drivel.
I have been fantastically swamped at work and am lucky i am able to be on my computer enough for work purposes much less posting here but I have some time today.
Well- I have not been eating right. That much is a given. Actually let me amend that- I have been eating right just not in the quantities required to lose weight. I am not upset about the lack of WL but just ticked over the lack of control I have with my eating sometimes.
I am back on my heavy WT program. I am not holding back to recover anymore. I worked out hard yesterday and it felt great. I felt strong and good. I am running as often as I feel I can without injuring myself. I also feel real good in that dept also.
I am really starting to get the whole 'scale mentality thing'. It is hard to understand when you are fat and out of shape that the number on the scale doesn't matter. But once you really start to see changes in yourself you do begin to realize that it is what is in the mirror that counts not the number. I don't care if i do not lose another ounce as long as my body shape and cardiovascular shape improves.
10k on 8/17.
Wife is good, pregnancy is good. Work sucks but hey- something has to suck right? All in all I am a happy man. Life is going to get bad in sept due to an extreme workload but that is why they pay me.
Thank you for reading my drivel.
Bigguy
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ahoy all.....
So, I have been absolutely swamped with work. Last week was one of the worst weeks overall that I have had in several months. The good news is that I am maintaining, the bad news is that I am maintaining. I find myself picking at food all evening due to stress and quite honestly because I am hungry.
I am working out 5 times a week still and am feeling real good to be honest. I am back on heavy weights and I feel so much stronger now.
I have a 10k this weekend. I have decided that after this 10k I am going to reduce my running so I can eat less. Running takes so much fuel for the energy I expend that if I ate in a significant deficit that I feel I would get injured. So after Sunday I will count cals and run less. Still workout and do cardio but less running.
My wife is doing fantastic. She is 4 months + and beginning to show....
We will hopefully find out what we are having next week.....
Man this time has flown past.....
So- recap if you do not want to read the above:
Maintaining til Sunday. Work sucks. Life is good.
So, I have been absolutely swamped with work. Last week was one of the worst weeks overall that I have had in several months. The good news is that I am maintaining, the bad news is that I am maintaining. I find myself picking at food all evening due to stress and quite honestly because I am hungry.
I am working out 5 times a week still and am feeling real good to be honest. I am back on heavy weights and I feel so much stronger now.
I have a 10k this weekend. I have decided that after this 10k I am going to reduce my running so I can eat less. Running takes so much fuel for the energy I expend that if I ate in a significant deficit that I feel I would get injured. So after Sunday I will count cals and run less. Still workout and do cardio but less running.
My wife is doing fantastic. She is 4 months + and beginning to show....
We will hopefully find out what we are having next week.....
Man this time has flown past.....
So- recap if you do not want to read the above:
Maintaining til Sunday. Work sucks. Life is good.
Weight isn't always the best way to judge your progress. Do you test your body fat percentage? Do you measure yourself? Those are better trackers, especially as close to goal as you are.
Bigguy
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Oh I am sure that there is something happening in the body composition side of things. I dont feel i look that much better but I certainly do not look worse.
Understand that i am not in anyway depressed that I am not losing right now, not at all, but I do want to start losing again beyond a shadow of a doubt. I do need to take new pics- forgot to a cople weeks ago when I was set up to.
I had my bf tested a month or so ago? I think. Not sure. Again though- weight has ceased being the only way I measure myself but it is still one way to do it.
I am happy where i am but would so like to be under 210- just for a little bit
Thanks guys!
Bigguy
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Keep forgetting to mention in this thing that one of the reasons for my stress is also because my wife does not have employment for this school year yet.
This is obviously an issue for me. She is a early childhood teacher and has her ESL cert and is not having any frigging luck gettting hired. She left the school she was in last year because her principal was an idiot and would not let Erin do her job.
Chicago public is a bitch because they hire late- many schools still have openings but they always wait to til the last minute. I just need her to get job but this is clearly adding to my stress.
Just wanted to get this in here to document this time on my life.
This is obviously an issue for me. She is a early childhood teacher and has her ESL cert and is not having any frigging luck gettting hired. She left the school she was in last year because her principal was an idiot and would not let Erin do her job.
Chicago public is a bitch because they hire late- many schools still have openings but they always wait to til the last minute. I just need her to get job but this is clearly adding to my stress.
Just wanted to get this in here to document this time on my life.
Bigguy
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Powercleans????
what are those????
j/k
i am getting the componants together and working on them. I have yet to put the whole thing together yet....
process man, its a process.
edco76
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Powercleans????
what are those????
j/k
i am getting the componants together and working on them. I have yet to put the whole thing together yet....
process man, its a process.
DO IT. This girl can do it. Why don't you?
I'm just kidding. I don't do them either but I know I should.
edco76
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OK, I'll bite. What's a power cleans? It sounds like it involves tubes and stuff going where it really shouldn't. Scary.
Click the photo above.
Bigguy
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Bc she is a strong ass girl who has learned all the componants...
I, on the other hand, have not gotten all of the parts of the lift down to where I feel I am comfortable with the whole thing.
i want them for the explosive power that is gained.
Bigguy
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I have a thread that I started around here where i asked some questions about how to jump into them. I was told to work on the parts first.
Really it is no more dangerous then squats or deads in the overall. I mean it looks like it is but doing any of those exercises with wrong for can really mess you up.
Bigguy
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Oh, and please dont bite.....
Bigguy
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ok.
So had my 10K yesterday. Just missed my goal of 50 min. 50:15.4.
Finished top 10 overall and won my age group. They gave me a trophy for this.
Thing is i did not expect the course to be what it was. this thing was so damn hilly it was insane. I hurt so much this morning it is crazy.
K- enough backslapping on my part and back to business.
This all being said I am slowly gaing weight back. This needs to stop today so I am counting cals again. I dont want to but I need to. BMR w activity is around 3000cals so my target is 2500. I am going to reduce my running slightly so I am not hurting myself any with my reduced cal intake.
I need to get my nutrition back under control and then i will get into the running. I will still do cardio and the like just not as much intense running like I have been.
Overall though I feel great. I really do.
I am happy I was able to accomplish what i did in the relatively short time I trained for it.
Who the hell would have ever thought 6 months ago that I would win a trophy for running.
So had my 10K yesterday. Just missed my goal of 50 min. 50:15.4.
Finished top 10 overall and won my age group. They gave me a trophy for this.
Thing is i did not expect the course to be what it was. this thing was so damn hilly it was insane. I hurt so much this morning it is crazy.
K- enough backslapping on my part and back to business.
This all being said I am slowly gaing weight back. This needs to stop today so I am counting cals again. I dont want to but I need to. BMR w activity is around 3000cals so my target is 2500. I am going to reduce my running slightly so I am not hurting myself any with my reduced cal intake.
I need to get my nutrition back under control and then i will get into the running. I will still do cardio and the like just not as much intense running like I have been.
Overall though I feel great. I really do.
I am happy I was able to accomplish what i did in the relatively short time I trained for it.
Who the hell would have ever thought 6 months ago that I would win a trophy for running.