Heavy Weight

Week 28 progress report

I skipped a week of updates since I was very static and still and my body was still recovering from coming off the diet for a few days during vacation amazing what just a few bad meals can do to your weight and bloat you. Took nearly two weeks to bring my body back to normal.

I am 170 today 160-170 is where I am going to maintain from now on. 160's seems to be the optimal weight range for me with my current lean body mass.

I have added weight lifting into my schedule along with swimming and biking. These extra workouts will help round out my fitness and increase muscle mass. I want to gain around 10-20 pounds of muscle now that I have reached my goal fat levels.

The "Goal Box" is not looking very good for this month. Hopefully I can bring it back out of the red before months end.

Here are the normal stats for week 28. The yellow bars within the PDF indicate days that I deviate from my diet, "splurge" days we can call them ;)

Chart	Food Log
Menu	Graph

Week 26 update.

No stats this week. I went on vacation in Portland for a fight. I deviated from my diet so the numbers are all screwy. I will update next week when my body normalizes again from the sodium bloating. It was really fun taking a weekend off from eating my strict regiment for a few days. However I did not find satisfaction in eating whatever I want. I prefer the feeling of healthy eating. I was bloated, sick and tired most of the time I was there. Not the normal energized feeling I have when keeping my organic healthy diet up.

Seventh photo shoot before and after pictures.

Before and After day is here. The seventh photo shoot I am down around 8 pounds from last months photos. Abs are really starting show up nicely and I am really looking good :) This is likely my last month of weight loss since I'm pretty much out of fat to lose. I will be converting over to a muscle gaining regiment around June which I will log the same way I have done my weight loss.

This has been amazing road of weight loss and success. I have learned more about myself and my character and the ability of the human body then I thought I could. While I set out in October to just lose fat and get back into shape. I have ended up changing my entire life from my daily work, sleeping habits, thought process, outlook on life etc. etc. The list goes on. I wish I could share the lessons I have learned about my self. Unfortunately these lessons cannot be taught or explained it can only be learned through experiencing it for yourself.

While this was the toughest thing I have done in recent memory it was also the most rewarding. I am looking forward to challenging myself more in the future to achieve difficult goals.

"you can measure success by what you had to sacrifice to get there"

Click Here to see the high resolution before and after photos.