Modesty anyone.......?



LOL........


Best wishes

Chillen

Good suggestions!

I'm being rather foolish, I have Alan Aragon at my disposal and I really don't tap his knowledge. He's a trainer, nutritionist, writes for Men's Health and is paid to travel & lecture...so what do I do? Meet with him once a month, get pinched, weighed and we run off to lunch as he breaksdown the numbers. He just keeps telling me I'm doing amazing and to keep up the good work. But he also tells me that my whole physiology, metabolism and everything I'm experiencing is just 100% completely off the charts and very inconsistent with how most people respond.

Every meeting is lower and lower BF% and yet the actual weight-loss is marginal.....he entirely attributes it to muscle-gain. He actually gets to see me in-person and physically evaluate me. You just can't get that kind of evaluation over the internet. I really don't have any questions.

If you work-out super hard while you're still sick....you're body can stop you cold in it's tracks. I just tend to push too hard and wait until something almost goes wrong before re-evaluating. But I'm telling you, I'm getting more and more compliments from people about my weight loss. Just last week I put on a size-medium Nike shirt and it fit. Dude....size MEDIUM! And it wasn't just a fluke, many of the larges are getting a bit baggy on me now. Best of all, they're loose around the waist and snug on the chest. My trainer Roz keeps telling me I'm getting more and more cut and she's watching the muscles blossom-out.

The direction is positive...fat is going, muscle is gaining, clothes sizes are shrinking and more often people are freaking-out when they see me. Probably time for some more pics.

Oh, the stomach is getting leaner, but still not quite any signs of horizontal cuts....just the side verticals are very pronounced, and maybe the first horizonatal line is starting to come in on top. Hard to say, but every day I'm eating lite & lean and really putting-in the time in the gym with both weights & certainly cardio. I'll get there....I'm fighting a headwind, even Alan says he's never seen someone work so hard to make progress, but like I told him....if it takes 1/4-pound per month, it'll just take longer!

Thanks for the support & concern.

OMG....I have a journal???

Okay, let's see...it's been about 8 months. Despite what seems like laziness...I've still been pounding away on the iron, spinning away in spin-class, swimming, mountain biking and playing racquetball...all the while keeping the calories down and staying the course.

To date I've continued my monthly appointments with my nutritionist and I've always lost BF% while having marginal losses on the scale. More definition, less fat, more muscle...it's all good.

Most recently I took a spin-instructor from my gym on my favorite long-haul ride: 2.5 hours, 23.4 miles, 3,200-feet of total ascent, grades as steep as 17% and a typical caloric consumption in excess of 2,000...it's a tough ride. This guy is a former European Cycling Champion and halfway there, going up a steep hill...I passed him. On the way back, he lagged behind and totally fell behind on the last portion of the climb. I was, to say the least, surprised. Inspired, I took some pics. I hadn't realized how much progress I'd made until I compared my old pics to current. I think I'm most proud of the last picture, it caught some good cuts in my arms. You don't see that kind of bulk grinding peddles on the trails, or swimming a mile or even flying around the racquetball court.

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you are serioulsy a very funny funny man

BUT, and this is a big BUTT!!! you have really come a long way, but not as far as you can.

your performance is getting very strong man

"push past the pain" <----- not an FF saying-- that is potentially stupid, depending on the pain.

"willing to suffer" <---- IS AN FF saying -- this is advanst in dumb!

You definately have "dumb" in the bag! And with your continued ethic you will soon be advanst in dumb!
SO- STAY SMART! sacrificing comfort for better health is what the mediocre will never do. Sacrificing health for a one time performance is what immature athletes do.

BTW- you Sir, have become an athlete!

you have alot of resources at your disposal, and you seem to be tapping them and using them. Good on ya for that.

FF

Dammit, FF...how many times do I need to tell you NOT to mention my many mistresses on the forum!

Short of that, thanks for the mints....complimints and for conveying on my a "dumb". You know it'll make no sense to anyone visiting my journal, but it means the world to me. Okay, maybe not The World, but certainly a lot.