The Intro

I haven't even begun to explore how blogger works, so hopefully you guys can work with me with this upcoming wall of text that you're about to read, with no pictures yet. Sorry!

Anyway, this blog is serving me two fold. I am a really apologetic person, especially to myself. Especially to a fault. I have tried numerous times to become a healthier person on a consistent basis. Where going to the gym and eating healthy is like second nature. The former, I have pretty much accomplished. Going to the gym totally rules! The later though... I have problems eating healthy, on a constant basis at least. I can do ok for a week or two. But then a cheat meal becomes a cheat day which becomes a cheat week which becomes a cheat month and so on and so forth until I get annoyed with myself. That's the problem, I always let myself get to that point. I guess I feel that keeping this log will give me some.... reason to keep on going (I know there's a word for this, I have been trying to think of it ALL day). As if I let you readers down, then at that point I am letting myself down.

But it's weird since I am doing this healthy thing for me, not you.

So here's the deal, I will be posting what I eat and summarize what I do in the gym, hopefully everyday, but I know right off the bat that's gonna be really tough. I have also been asked to give recipes for what I make, which is doable, since it's nothing complicated. To you give you an idea of what I've been eating (started on Monday), it's a plan that gets me to eat (4)5-7 meals per day (every 2-4 hours, roughly) with a heavy focus on protein. I am talking about 30-50 grams PER MEAL. Chicken breast, beef jerky, cottage cheese, salmon, tuna have all been eaten regularly since Monday. I also compliment (supplement?) it with whey protein. It's a powder that's heavy on protein and you use it to make a shake. It comes in flavors (currently have a tub of chocolate) and is pretty decent tasting.

Anyway, I also have a serving of veggies per meal. Even if it's just a leaf of lettuce... I don't have to remind you how good veggies are for you :). Lastly, the big thing is eating "healthy" fats. I am not a dietitian or nutritionist, so I am not going to go into detail on "healthy" fats, but it's based on cheeses, natural peanut butter, nuts, olive oil... that sort of thing. I also eat complex carbs, or "starchy" carbs, like whole grain bread, multi-grain bagels, brown rice whole wheat pasta, etc...

Basically I need to get out of the mindset of "breakfast" "lunch" and "dinner" they're just meals and I can just as well eat chicken breast first thing in the morning and cook myself an omelet at the end of the day, I have that luxury!

Now I also have a routine that was outlined for me, and as of now (thursday) I've only spent one day in the gym so far. I went in on Tuesday and did a routine focusing on lower body. I did heavy squats (2 sets of 5x225lbs and 1 set of 5x245), straight-legged pull throughs (think stiff-legged deadlift with cables), bent over rows and calf raises on the leg press machine. Everything went smoothly, I lifted heavy but was able to meet the set and rep requirements. I definitely "felt" it, but it wasn't anything I haven't been through before. I also did about 10 minutes on the stairmaster (it was semi broken and everything else was taken). Next day (Wed) I went walking after work with a co-worker (about 40 minutes) and everything felt fine still. Got home, sat down for a couple of seconds, tried to get back up and holy shit, I have not felt so much pain in my legs before. My calf muscles were in so much pain that I had to walk on my toes on my left foot so I didn't have to put pressure on the calf, and it still hurt. Needless to say, I didn't move very much last night, and most of it was me rolling in my chair from the computer to the kitchen and back. Today was better, but not by a whole lot. I could move, I made it to work, but the morning sucked balls. Right now, I can still feel it, but I am feeling so much better then what I did 24 hours ago. I plan on going to the gym tomorrow and once again on Sunday.

Anyway, hopefully you stayed through all this and hopefully you'll continue to read. I'll be sure to answer any questions that may come up. THANKS FOR READING.

First edit! It should also be noted that I am not drinking soda anymore and my beer consumption has diminished. It's just WATER WATER WATER WATER WATER. I am not quitting drinking the alcohol, but those days will be few and far between!