Hey all 
It's been a while since I last visited.
I have finally taken a few photos of myself (along with my latest trophy catches of course) Sure, I might look a little more buffed / blown up, if I had just gotten done with my weight training > but I have SOOOOO far to go with all that, that I'd kind of feel goofy to even try to flex and pose right now anyway
Anyway, just a recap;
In Oct. 09, I weighed 272 lbs (but had as many or more health related issues as most 300-400+ lb guys my age)
My blood pressure averaged 150/110.
And I had the most horrendous, life altering stomach and digestion issues one could even start to imagine !
In a nutshell, my whole life SUCKED !
So, after a week of particularly bad stomach issues (I guess you could say, I had hit rock bottom) it finally came to me that my choices were this simple, 1) I could jump off of a really tall building, or 2) I could change every single thing about about the way I ate, exercised, and basically just, my entire lifestyle.
Sure glad I chose the latter.
Anyway, by Aug. 10', I was down to 192 lbs, for a loss of 80 lbs, which was all good, but my body fat % was still about 23% (skinny fat).
That's when I started weight training. Shortly thereafter, I bought a full suspension mountain bike that I just LOVE 100X's better than that hideous stationary thing sitting in my living room !
Apr 11; (and here's where I'm starting to feel really proud of myself) my weight was up to 212, a full 20 lbs gained ! However, drum-roll please...... my body fat was down to 17%, for a full 6% loss at the same time !!!!! Whooo Hooo !
So anyway, this brings us to today. I'm currently on a fat cutting cycle, and intend to get down to 199 lbs, in the next few weeks or a month > at which point, my body fat % should be about 14-15% ! Probably lower than it's ever been in my adult life !
Honestly, I don't really even want to go any lower until I can stack on some more muscle mass. > Not trying to be skinny ! I'm trying to be BUFFED !
My 3 1/2 year goal, is to get up to 225 lbs, at 9% BF. That would be by my 50th b-day. And I think that would be pretty darn good for an old guy, with my health history.
Oh, almost forgot, my stomach problems have basically vanished, and my blood pressure now averages 105/58.
Okay... okay.... Photos
Before:
During: (of course I still have a LONNNGGG ways to go for 225 @ 9% but....
Finally, I have 1 pretty important word of encouragement.....
I don't hear this mentioned very often, but this has certainly been the case with me....
Losing all that weight was a pretty darn big accomplishment, and I felt really good about myself because of it. However, I was freaking starving all the time ! Sure, I had moments when I felt like, "Wow ! It was sure a lot easier to climb that hill..... or to stand up... or to tie my shoes"
However, I think that my body was still in kind of a state of shock ! For one thing, it was constantly telling me, "Your starving" ! EAT ! EAT ! I also had plenty times when I didn't have much energy, with my metabolism trying to slow down to conserve energy (and fat).
I definitely had X's when because of this stuff, I questioned the whole thing with > Is this all worth it ???
Well, here I am going on 1 year since I lost all that weight, and having gained a substantial amount of muscle + some time for my body to adjust to it's new healthier self, I feel even WAAAAY better than I did after having just lost all that weight. WAY stronger, no doubt, but also much more energetic !
In fact, lately I have been having some inner struggles with trying not to ride the bike so hard (too much cardio) which could interfere with my muscle gains.
Imagine that.... having to use self control so I don't do too much cardio LOL
All I can say is, It's absolutely worth it you guys !
Peace,
Fish Chris
It's been a while since I last visited.
I have finally taken a few photos of myself (along with my latest trophy catches of course) Sure, I might look a little more buffed / blown up, if I had just gotten done with my weight training > but I have SOOOOO far to go with all that, that I'd kind of feel goofy to even try to flex and pose right now anyway
Anyway, just a recap;
In Oct. 09, I weighed 272 lbs (but had as many or more health related issues as most 300-400+ lb guys my age)
My blood pressure averaged 150/110.
And I had the most horrendous, life altering stomach and digestion issues one could even start to imagine !
In a nutshell, my whole life SUCKED !
So, after a week of particularly bad stomach issues (I guess you could say, I had hit rock bottom) it finally came to me that my choices were this simple, 1) I could jump off of a really tall building, or 2) I could change every single thing about about the way I ate, exercised, and basically just, my entire lifestyle.
Sure glad I chose the latter.
Anyway, by Aug. 10', I was down to 192 lbs, for a loss of 80 lbs, which was all good, but my body fat % was still about 23% (skinny fat).
That's when I started weight training. Shortly thereafter, I bought a full suspension mountain bike that I just LOVE 100X's better than that hideous stationary thing sitting in my living room !
Apr 11; (and here's where I'm starting to feel really proud of myself) my weight was up to 212, a full 20 lbs gained ! However, drum-roll please...... my body fat was down to 17%, for a full 6% loss at the same time !!!!! Whooo Hooo !
So anyway, this brings us to today. I'm currently on a fat cutting cycle, and intend to get down to 199 lbs, in the next few weeks or a month > at which point, my body fat % should be about 14-15% ! Probably lower than it's ever been in my adult life !
Honestly, I don't really even want to go any lower until I can stack on some more muscle mass. > Not trying to be skinny ! I'm trying to be BUFFED !
My 3 1/2 year goal, is to get up to 225 lbs, at 9% BF. That would be by my 50th b-day. And I think that would be pretty darn good for an old guy, with my health history.
Oh, almost forgot, my stomach problems have basically vanished, and my blood pressure now averages 105/58.
Okay... okay.... Photos
Before:
During: (of course I still have a LONNNGGG ways to go for 225 @ 9% but....
Finally, I have 1 pretty important word of encouragement.....
I don't hear this mentioned very often, but this has certainly been the case with me....
Losing all that weight was a pretty darn big accomplishment, and I felt really good about myself because of it. However, I was freaking starving all the time ! Sure, I had moments when I felt like, "Wow ! It was sure a lot easier to climb that hill..... or to stand up... or to tie my shoes"
However, I think that my body was still in kind of a state of shock ! For one thing, it was constantly telling me, "Your starving" ! EAT ! EAT ! I also had plenty times when I didn't have much energy, with my metabolism trying to slow down to conserve energy (and fat).
I definitely had X's when because of this stuff, I questioned the whole thing with > Is this all worth it ???
Well, here I am going on 1 year since I lost all that weight, and having gained a substantial amount of muscle + some time for my body to adjust to it's new healthier self, I feel even WAAAAY better than I did after having just lost all that weight. WAY stronger, no doubt, but also much more energetic !
In fact, lately I have been having some inner struggles with trying not to ride the bike so hard (too much cardio) which could interfere with my muscle gains.
Imagine that.... having to use self control so I don't do too much cardio
LOLAll I can say is, It's absolutely worth it you guys !
Peace,
Fish Chris
