So I was in Las Vegas. Peeking through the LV Magazine or something. And I saw a promo for 90210 and this guy was smack dab in the middle of the shot. Holy shit. LOVE IT.
Great All-American body, good definition, but still quite cuddleable. What I do love is the haircut… how it goes up, down and can grow out with a lot of texture to create a really cool cocal feel.
OK – this is just sick. This guy is 18. Yeah – that’s eighteen. 1 and 8. This is wrong on so many levels. Dammit.
But goddam – he’s goooooood 
Very nice indeed. And I’m totally digging the short hawk. Really like it! All in all great… I’m also noting his training plan for when I get back into training – it’d definitely be a (good) shock to the system – and one that I’d definitely use
More pics after the break!
Yesterday was a really interesting day! I was starving for most of the day. When it got to lunch, I couldn’t stomach another Whole Foods salmon, so went on the hunt for something more ’substantial’. I checked the Rogers cafe, but they had nothing of interest… so I went and purchased a chocolate danish from Tims. Then, realizing that I should be a bit better than that, grabbed a Swiss Chalet – half chicken and a baked potato. Not a bad decision.
I thought after the Swiss Chalet, I’d be full – but no! I could still down that whole danish! And only then did I feel somewhat satisfied! That was crazy. I haven’t been that hungry in a long, long time! I suppose it’s a good sign – feed the body. But it just took me by surprise.
On the downside, I went out with Molly last night – my superb lady from DWR. We went to this interesting restaurant called Lee – down on King West. Well – end of the story – food was outstanding – but expensive and I didn’t eat the majority of what was provided. I had half a small skirt steak and a ‘piece’ of carmelized cod. Admittedly I’ve never tasted anything like that cod before. It was incredible. I don’t have any reference for it. Plus just under half a bottle of wine. It had to be done. First wine in 3 weeks. Not bad
So yesterday was somewhat of a departure from the ‘perfect’ eating plan, but having put every item into the nutrition calculator, I think I still came out equal – meeting my 1,750 cals goal, which I was surprised at! Could help that I walked for an hour after work work yesterday. That was good to burn of calories.
So to today – workout was great. Tried a new supplement – NO Explode to replace the SuperPump, and felt it working! Still, workout was exhausting! But this is now 3 weeks into the plan! 7.5 weeks to go. I’m more than 25% of the way through the plan That’s quite exciting, as are the results that’re coming later today!
What can I say? Another great morning training! Did me 30 mins on the bike again. Still intensive. I’m definitely feeling the aches from yesterdays workout, which is great. And since we’re getting closer and closer to Friday, I’m quite excited to see what the fat loss is at :s
One thing I have to comment on, is that I feel quite tired / exhausted right now. Work’s taken a lot out of me this week – not physically demanding, but emotionally. There have been a couple of high-profile issues on a project that I’ve been working on (though the issues are not related to me), and it’s set a sad tone on the project – and my spirits. It’s fine – and it’s a fascinating insight into the way my company works. So I can see all the positive. Just I came back from work yesterday exhausted and starving (starving is a good thing – especially when you eat healthy!).
So I’m hoping the weekend up at the cabin (thanks Murray), will really help me chill, relax and get back on track. At least that’s the plan
Another great training day. This really stretched me this morning. I really felt it. I’m pretty exhausted right now!
Once again, this is the first time doing this particular workout. They’re swapped out every two weeks, and this is week 1 of the 2 weeks. A great routine, but one that really pushes you.
I’ve noticed that strength has decreased when compared to my mass gain cycle, but that’s to be expected. I have a tiny concern with that, but I’m referencing the bigger picture, and I’m satisfied.
I have to admit that I’m both excited and nervous for my results this Friday. Seeing where I’ve got to. Whether I’ll be able to maintain the results from the previous week. I’m not sure – I’m sure I’ll be less, but I’d like to be on the same level. So far food is good – I won’t say excellent as I keep sneaking fries in every so often. But when I talk fries, I mean literally not more than 5 single fries. I just need a bit of that goodness. I don’t think it’ll really impact my results, but the taste, the badness of them it such a motivator!
On a sidenote – dropped my computer in for upgrades, so I’m home theatreless for a week! First time in about 3 years. It’s quite the change – it’s amazing how well integrated that computer is with my life. Scary even. But it’ll be larger, faster and Windows 7′d up when it comes back! Exciting times. Oh – and the reason I tangented onto that, was to say that in the free time, I’m able to spend more on walking, reading, relaxing 
Short trip to the gym this morning – just a cardio workout. Not bad at all – still a stretch to get through 30 mins of pretty intense biking. But good.
Last night I have to put my hands up and say I had a Swiss Chalet for dinner – it wasn’t too bad, but wasn’t the best. It was half a chicken (less than that because I avoid all the fat) without skin, a baked potato and then two white rolls. Yeah, I know, white rolls – I consider them a little treat They’re so good!
I felt extremely full at the end of it, and I didn’t feel the food was as ‘good’ as I normally have. It’s funny, I could take the rearing of the chicken… whereas I now have fully organic, hormone free, etc… you do taste that in your food. And I guess I’ve become accustomed to it now. It’s good. I like it.
On a separate note, I was thinking last night about my approach to this whole transformation thing. I think it’s a fantasy that I can grow huge, like Ted or like the other bodybuilders I have on this site. Bodybuilding isn’t an obsession for me. It’s not how I choose to define myself. Health and fitness is how I choose to define myself.
If I take a good hard look at my life, I’m reasonably active… like most of my pursuits are active: hiking, trekking, biking, snowboarding, travelling, etc… In those situations, I can’t control my exercise or nutrition as much as you need when you’re a bodybuilder. And when I was on my last trek, sometimes I found the additional weight – or the focus of my training – to be a disadvantage – it was harder to trek. And given that that is such a huge part of me, why should I be doing something that contravenes that?
I’ll go back to the point I made earlier – that the buff body is a fantasy. It’s something I’ve always desired. Perhaps it’s not the body I want for myself – perhaps it’s the body I want in my partner?! Perhaps I’m getting the two mixed up.
As I’ve discussed before, you need to do what’s natural in this – not force the body, not force yourself into something that’s unsustainable, because that’s going to have far reaching impacts with regards to maintenance, etc…
Recently I noted as a reflection in my journal, that I strive for what I call the transcendental best. It’s a funky name for something that basically means I go for something that makes the most sense, that the soul / gut loves intensely and that transcends time: a classic. When I created the reflection, it was meant to apply to furniture, clothing – materialistic items – but I think applies here as well. I’ve got to do the transcendental best for me – what feels the most right?
And I can tell you – the energy, enthusiasm – well, let’s just focus on the energy – that’s huge in comparison to the last phase… I love it. And my self consciousness is disappearing too. I can walk around with reduced love handles – they’re not totally gone yet, but I have confidence in this process I’m on. They will disappear and they are disappearing.
I have to admit – and this is going to sound really vain – but I don’t think I’ve looked more healthy in my whole entire life. I feel so healthy. I feel focussed and motivated. I feel mentally attuned and acute. And that was my goal – to convey health and be fit. To not cover that up with excess muscle and fat because I was too lazy to put in the effort to cut it all out.
Yeah – I think my approach has to change… reflect my circumstances, not what the ‘horny’ brain tells me is my fantasy that it wants to become a reality.
Great workout today. Didn’t push everything quite as hard as I could’ve – because it was my first time doing the routine, but I feel that everything went well. I certainly felt both the chest and triceps. They were definitely worked
On thing I didn’t mention last night, which I meant to, was an update on my nutrition over the whole of last week. I was a total of 1,803cals under my goal. That’s good news. This DOESN’T include the chocolate fudge cake I treated myself to on Friday night. Because it was a treat. And that’s the only treat I’ve given myself. Promise.
Other than that, motivation is still strong. Stress levels are quite low right now, but they will increase as the day and week go on. Today in particular – I’ve got back to back meetings till about lunch and then I have to deliver documents that meet the requirements from those meetings. So fingers crossed it’ll all work out fine. We’ll see
This weekend was really good. I can count it as the second one with acute mental alertness. Surprisingly, I can commit to saying that it’s even stronger now than when I was on holiday. It seems as though the plan of having holidays maintain this level of mental acuity is working well. Well – that’s a single holiday
Gym wise and nutritionally, this weekend was fantastic. I stuck to my nutrition plan completely – nothing off to the side. And I have to admit, I’m finding an insane amount of energy inside me. It’s quite incredible – I’m loving it. Both yesterday and today I felt like I had to leave my apartment and do something. Sadly it involved shopping on both occasions – but thankfully, didn’t spend any money this weekend (although eyed two beautiful lamps I’m purchasing next week). Perhaps fitness of my bank account will be a 2010 New Year’s goal. I think it’d be a valuable one.
I’m satisfied with progress. I’m also scared with the training plan – they’re looking to really increase intensity in 2 weeks. For now, my goal tomorrow is to push to failure in each and every one of my sets. Hope for the best. Break this body down.
And my reward for doing all of that is to have bacon with breakfast. Up till now, I’ve had a lot of eggs, but sadly I haven’t been able to finish them every morning, I need some incentive. I had toast without butter, but that’s little incentive. I’m going to see if the bacon can be my incentive. Adding some well needed flavour to egg whites
So – today was a tough day. Bad design meeting at the end of it. I considered having a nice glass of wine – which I realized was a stupid idea, so I quickly turned that one down! Yippee. But now just trying to get over the awkwardness of the day.
So results wise… the goal was to continue the weight loss – I lost 2.2lbs last week. Here are this weeks’ results:
All in all – that’s pretty good! I sadly lost 0.6lbs of muscle – which isn’t desirable by any means, but it’s a part of this process! I would’ve liked to have dipped under 23% bodyfat, but that’s OK. I can live with that.
Losing 2.7lbs is good – more than the average, but I was thinking that the diet plan has been extremely strong and strict, so that’s a very good result indeed.
To be honest, I almost thought that I’d lose more than that. To be within the 3-4lbs loss, because I’ve been so good on diet for a week. It shows that while the diet is strong and good, that I need really to stick to it in order to achieve my results. It’ll also need to be maintained if I was to sustain my results in the future… well, apart from the gain cycles!
So – how am I on my goal of 15%! Well – in the past 2 weeks (yeah, I’ll call it two weeks), I’ve lost 1.5% bodyfat. A total of 4.9lbs (4.1lbs fat, 0.8lbs muscle, approximately). I guess realistically I should’ve been on 23% bodyfat by now. But c’est la vie. Tis all good!
You know – I was about to say that I shouldn’t expect to be able to maintain these results – but fuck it. You know what, I’m committed to this. And I want to really achieve it. REALLY achieve it. So – based on my understanding of these losses, I’m changing the determinants – I’m looking to lose 2lbs of FAT a week. Assuming that I lose minimal amounts of muscle, let’s say ~0.5lbs of muscle, I should be losing a total of 2.5lbs a week.
Ah – you know what – who gives a fuck. I’ll lose as I lose. Having steadfast goals is a bad thing. As long as I continue to lose 2lbs of fat a week, I’ll be well on my way Woo hoo!
It’s funny to think how time passes (I know that statement makes me sound extremely old!). I can’t believe that I’ve been back from holiday for 2 weeks already and have been extremely successful doing this new training plan for that amount of time. And considering that as of Monday, I move to the next step in the training plan! Wow. That’s fast LOL!
Today was another great day training. I got to use the new Leg Press machine, and apart from being a bit jumpy at times, it’s better to have than not! It’s a good addition.
Feel great after the training once again, and excited to later today when I can check my weight. Once again the goal is 1% bf / 2lbs. I’d love to see a little bit more than that disappear – meaning I’m closer to my goal, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. I really do hope that I’m not under 2lbs. Because I’ve been so good with diet this week (so far). I sense some rumblings for a chocolate fudge cake inside me… so we’ll see what the results tell me. But I also expect that the rumblings come from the fact that I’m tired from work – and therefore this more subdued side of me (the one that lives on bad food) is finding it easier to penetrate the more focussed and dedicated side of me. Boo.
