On Track

The first week of the new eating plan I created went awesome.  I think it has been one of the best weeks to date.  I don’t have to track every day, I am portioning out my meals properly, I don’t…

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Nutrition Change

“Hey, I think I want to try bodybuilding, too.” When my wife said that to me as I walked in from exercising, I was a little taken back.  Mostly happy and excited, but still somewhat shocked. I had told her…

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51lbs

On December 20, I got up and went for a walk.  I have been using a weight vest for 99% of all of my walking and this was no different.  If I have the time, I like to walk at…

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Goodbye, Schiek. You were awesome.

This morning I finally had to bid my favorite lifting belt goodbye. I have been in this position before. I remember many years ago, before our gym moved to the new location, I had once lost enough weight to need…

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Nutrition & Progress: Week 8

To say that last week was stressful would be putting it mildly.  Our dog had minor surgery but threw our sleep schedules entirely off.  Our daughters had an extremely busy week with school and extra-curricular activities.  I felt like we…

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Nutrition Update – 4/23

I got on the scale Sunday morning and was down another 3lbs.  Total loss of 9.2 since tracking again.  Just goes to show how far out of whack I was. I have done really well hitting my numbers.  The biggest…

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Nutrition Back on Track

Cliff’s Notes: Down 6lbs in the first week. The last time I weighed, it was during the men’s night event at our gym where I did the 3RM deadlift.  I weighed in at 279.  I would be lying if I…

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