Updated Diet

Because of the change in my focus of training I have to alter my dietary habits. Normally I would strive to eat just around maintenance level or just slightly under maintenance level for a slow weight loss. With my hand being semi-retarded though my training will be drastically altered so I need to compensate for that with my food intake.

Basically that will mean a larger reduction in overall caloric intake. This will allow me to drop a more significant amount of weight while increasing the amount of conditioning and cardiovascular training that I am doing.

My overall macronutrient breakdown will not change. While at one time I was a firm believer in dropping my carbohydrate intake to lean out I now think that is a mistake. The truth is your body needs carbohydrates just like it needs proteins and fats. Each serves a different purpose in the body. The more I studied nutrition the more it opened my eyes to what each nutrients role served within the body.

One thing that most of these cookie cutter weight loss plans ignore is that everybody has different nutrient requirements. Some people will require a higher carbohydrate intake while others need less. It takes months, sometimes years, to determine what your individual needs might be. For a person significantly overweight it is not really an issue as any reduction in caloric intake will result in weight loss. It only really becomes a factor when one is trying to drastically lower their body fat percent levels for bodybuilding.

I am going to write out a typical day’s food intake. I try to eat 6 meals a day spread out every 3 hours. This gives each meal the time to digest before consumption of another meal, but they are spaced in such a way to keep the metabolism charged up throughout the day.

Non-workout Day

Meal 1- 6:30 AM

2 Slices of Multi-grain or Ezekiel Bread. ¾ Cup of Egg Beaters, 1 Whole Egg, 1 Egg White Scrambled with 2 Slices of Turkey Sausage or ham

 1 glass of Gatorade powder mixed with creatine.

Meal 2- 9:30 AM

One Blended Shake- 1 Cup of 2% Milk, ½ of Wheat Bran, 2 scoops of protein powder, 1 banana

Meal 3- 12:30 PM

10 oz of sliced flat iron steak, ½ cup of rice, 1 bowl of mixed greens salad topped with Italian dressing with olive oil

Meal 4- 3:30 PM

Protein Bar or Protein Shake (1 cup of water, ice cubes, 2 scoops of protein powder, 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter, and one squirt of honey blended together).

Meal 5- 6:30 PM

10 oz of tilapia with ½ cup of rice and side of mixed veggies

Meal 6- 9:30 PM

½ cup of cottage cheese

Slowly but surely I will be cutting the calories back. This will involve small cuts here and there. Cutting the milk from the AM shake, removing the ham or turkey sausage with breakfast, cutting back the PM shake to a teaspoon of natural peanut butter and only a single scoop of protein powder. Etc.  

One thing I have noticed is that I need a bit more fruit in my diet. More berries and such. 

My Missy

My god have you ever seen anyone as beautiful as her? That does not require an answer. In fact I don’t care one iota what your answer would be. This blog entry is going to be all about one thing, my lovely finance Missy, and how much I am in love with her. This post isn’t for you the reader, nope not at all, it is for me. I have so many emotions built up in me when it comes to her that I need to get them off my chest.

I want to start off by saying that Missy is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. This includes people I have seen in person, on television, online, or in books and magazines. I am dead serious when I say that I have never once laid my eyes on a woman that I thought was as attractive as Missy. A lot of guys don’t believe me but I am completely honest when I say that I do not check out any other women. Some of these men claim to be in happy relationships and that there is nothing wrong with “window shopping.”

For me though it is not a matter of whether it is right or wrong to check out another woman, I simply don’t want to. I am sure some people reading this are going to think I am full of shit but just because you have never experienced this don’t for one minute belittle someone who has. In fact if you doubt what I am saying then FUCK YOU. Yep you read that right. Just because you are a miserable unhappy fuck don’t put your bullshit off on me. If you are with someone else and feel the need to lust after other women then that is your own damn fault and not mine. Am I saying that my relationship is stronger than yours? Fuck yes I am.

That is not to say that I don’t lust after a woman, because I do. It just happens to be that I lust after Missy. Since she has moved in with me I have taken over 400 pictures of her and I look at those pictures every day. That is no exaggeration, I have taken over 400 pictures of her and look at every single one of them every day. I carry two pictures of her in my wallet and look at those all throughout my work day. I have about 30 more pictures on my cell phone of her to keep me company as well. While other men are checking out some woman across the street bent over picking something up I am staring at my baby, the one I am going home to that night and every night.

Anytime I want to fantasize about a woman I fantasize about Missy. I picture her in my head acting out my wildest fantasizes while I count down the clock at work. Seriously look at her…

Why would I ever fantasize about anyone else? While this may seem arrogant it is the truth. She is my beautiful love and she consumes my thoughts. I am not going to go eat some 99 cents double cheeseburgers if I have a filet mignon at home. It makes no sense what so ever.

Ever since I can remember I have always had a clear picture in my head of my dream girl. She was tall and thin, long legs and dark hair. Big beautiful brown eyes and a lovely smile. Tattoos would adorn both her arms and she would look both devilishly delightful but also sweet and innocent. She would be dangerous looking while also have a sweet girl next store quality about her. I remember being a little boy thinking some much about this dream girl. I have also had a vivid imagination and I played out so many “dates” in my head with this mysterious dream girl.

As I got older I dated one girl and then another but in the back of my head was always my dream girl. This perfect girl for me that I never in a million years thought I would ever find. Then I met Missy and she was the dream girl. Everything I described in the previous paragraph describes her to a T. She was with me as a little boy all the way into adulthood. Imaging a life with her kept me going through the years and now I finally met the girl who I had been dreaming about the whole time.

Just thinking about Missy makes my heart race fast and I feel feint and light headed. Even though we have been together now for almost a year I still get those butterfly feelings every time I see her. Her striking long legs drive me insane and my eyes get lost in her gorgeous locks of dark hair. I melt every time I look into her enchanting big brown eyes. She is my dream girl, my baby, my love, and soon my wife.

Training and Hand Updates

This is a long overdue update to how my training is going. I will also give an update on my right hand which ties heavily into how my training is going.

I spent roughly 9 months on a hiatus from training. My life took so many twists and turns starting at the beginning of November of last year. By time things in my life had settled down I had broken my right thumb and had to have surgery on it. My hand never fully healed after the initial surgery and actually got worse after a couple of months.

I should have bit the bullet and started training several months ago but things were going so well in my life that I grew complacent and lost motivation to train hard. I also held out hope that if I avoided stressing my hand as much as possible, that it would eventually heal up on its own. The exact opposite happened and the joint connecting my thumb and hand deteriorated more and more.

This past Thursday I had to have another surgery on my right hand. They removed the joint that had deteriorated and fused the thumb to the hand. Apparently they had to use a bone from a cadaver as well, which is some morbidly good fun. I wonder if it was from a mass murderer whose spirit will now corrupt my mind and take control of that hand. Aww… I can only hope!

I had started training about a month ago. Things went absolutely great over the course of a month. My strength levels were almost back to where they were at the end of my last training cycle. It is really frustrating as my motivation is at an all time high and now I am unable to use my hand for another 10 weeks.

This time I am not falling into the same trap that I did last time. I will continue to work my lower body and make up for my lack of upper body training by doing more conditioning work. Spending time on the aerodyne bike, sled dragging, and boxing training with my good arm.

Another activity which I am really looking forward too is walking with my finance. She is a little firecracker and moves like Speedy Gonzales so it will be a tough time for my hulking self to keep up with her. I look forward to this very much. Ohio is full of beautiful walking trails in various state parks and scenic areas like Old Mans Cave, Dawes Arboretum, and the like. Plus there is no better way to get my heart rate jumping up than seeing her beautiful self bouncing around in front of me. Talk about some lovely eye candy, there is no better than the beautiful Missy.