Posts by mattywright

I've gained two pounds. I blame TTOM.

Okay guys - I'm not going to be around for a bit but I've got some stuff to share and I've got an exercise plan that we're all going to compete against each other in, if you want.

Super20, first of us who reaches 20 wins. I'll explain later!

****. I thought we were friends. I don't really understand the friend function. What's the purpose? I'll try and fix this.

On another note, do you actually have OCD??

Edit: I HATE how I can't swear here/

Nope - just a viral infection. Went away with rest. Thank ****.

And I own my own hookah, Carrie. I've never been to a bar though. Sounds super cool.

Everyone wants a six pack. But it's ridiculously difficult to get and you need discipline. But here's the basics.

1. You will never have abs until you get rid of the fat covering them. Sorry. You need 12% body fat at the LOWEST to have them visible. Abs are just muscles that wrap around your core so they won't grow outward and become more noticeable and "bigger" like your arms will with weight training.

2. How dedicated do you need to be? Pretty dedicated. You need to make sure you're taking in less calories then you're burning - so a strict diet and lots of heavy cardio is the answer. Do your best to get your share of protein, too. Also very important.

3. Stop doing 120 jacknives a day. Don't train any body part every day - muscles need time to rest and repair or you'll just destroy your core. Do abs Monday - Wednesday - Friday, and do cardio on the other days. I'd get a couple different exercises to switch it up, too - bicycles, crunches, leg raises (use youtube. It's your best friend.)

4. So yeah. Keep losing weight, space out your training, and get more variety in your workout.

Good luck.

This is my first setback. I probably deserve one with my luck.

I have a viral infection, which may be mono. I'm taking the week off exercising, not sure if I'm going to diet. I might restrict my eating but not count calories, or something like that. Buh. Some Superweek.

Get involved in things you want to do but no more - take chances to see what you like, but don't stick with anything you don't.

Easy on relationships, don't get in one for the sake of it. You should never be with someone unless you absolutely can't be without them.

High school is fun - establish yourself with some good friends, have fun, let loose, and create memories.

My greatest regret about High School is putting in as much effort as I did. Unless you're going to go for a scholarship, just do what you need that will get you into the college of your choice. I could have done about half the work I did - you never realise how not important everything you do in high school is until you go to university, and once you're there - that's all gone. Never to be seen again.

So, I had a great Monday and Tuesday for dieting. I also exercised (weight training) all three days this week and plan on making it five, plus a day of yoga.

But anyway, yesterday, my buddy calls me at work to say there's a huge event going on at a local bar called Sidetrax (SO sketchy...but loads of fun - pretty sure it's the only bar in North America they still allow you to smoke in. I don't smoke, but it's an interesting tidbit) so I go out for some Wednesday drinking. I also made an AMAZING steak for myself that night - I'm pretty much the best barbecutionist around. Seriously. I've got a gift. Just sayin'.

But anyway, I eat my dinner, go out, pound down eight beer, get to the bar, and throw down four or five diet coke and spiced rums. Whatever. That's life.

So, I step on the scale this morning, and I've dropped two pounds. I weigh 180 pounds.

Yes, I reached my goal after a night of mid week drinking. I'm starting to think there's a connection. I'm not stopping yet as I still want to trim my stomach for ab showing purposes and I suppose my next goal is to get my trend weight down to 180. Huge day. I celebrate by being hung the **** over this morning and get McDonalds breakfast to ease my troubles. It does. This will probably cause me to lose 13 pounds.

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Heather - body fat is a GREAT thing to do. In fact, it's so much smarter than weight. I really need to start that, honestly.

Carrie - Buy some expensive sneakers. I'm spurging on the new Adidas Chelsea sneakers as soon as I lay my eyes on them.

all the best

Ohhhhh man. Let me tell you about my weekend.

Over the half half-week, my weight has went up - 182, 185, 185.5, around there.

So anyway, what did I do on saturday to fix this? Naturally I went to every bar in my entire town.

Me, my brother, my girlfriend, and a few more of my friends did a pub crawl - hitting ten bars from 1PM - 2:30AM. Some twice. Drinking at least a couple drinks at all - no light beer, either. Nor diet soda. I just forgot. I did drink a good few shots but it had nothing to do with trying to eat well.

Not to mention my saturday eating consisted of:

Breakfast: Tons of Bacon, French Toast covered in syrup, and a beer.

Lunch: Greasy **** pizza from a local pizzeria (GIGANTIC slice) and a Dr Pepper.

Supper: Mixed Bar Food Platter - everything from fries to onion rings to chicken fingers - everything. And two beer.

Dirty little secret: I ate breakfast at 12:30, lunch at 5:30, and supper at 6:45.

WOW.

So anyway, I wake up the next day sick as **** and have more french toast and bacon. Not sure why. I proceed to feel sick but can't seem to puke (eating disorder, here we come) and I give in at 9:30 PM and go to McDonalds and get a double cheeseburger meal with six nuggets on the side.

I am an eating machine.

So anyway, the next day, I go to the gym for an hour, I play a game of soccer, and this morning I weigh 181.5 pounds.

Live. Love. Life.

6:30-6:30? Brutal. I stuggle with my 8-4.

Rotating the muscles is near nessicary - there's a reason everyone does it. If you're having trouble with making sure you get to the gym, do a two day split instead of a three day. Maybe a day where you do "push" exercises, and one where you do "pull" exercises. I don't think you'll be getting enough exercise on each body part if you do them all daily - unless you go to the gym for four hours.

Weird and awkward yes, but a common concern. If you work out chest once a week, light weight, high reps, I think you'll be QUITE alright. Remember - basically, 8-12 reps gains muscle, while over 12 is more of a toning effect. Girls are at risk to lose boobs when they're losing a lot of weight, which is the biggest thing. Very rarely do you see a girl who has a manly chest unless she's like...training for competitions. And you're moreso working out casually for aesthetics, so if you have that in mind, I think you'll be okay!

Also, I weighed 183 yesterday and 184 today. My weight is ALL OVER THE PLACE. Must be entertaining. My diet and exercise has been great both days, however, so we'll have to see if it falls off. I'll probably weight 112 pounds tomorrow.

Guh.

What do you generally do, for exercise?

Once I get down as low as I want I'm actually going to have to start like - doubling my eating to gain muscle. I think I'll stick with this thread though. I've done better on this site with you girls then I've done with any bodybuilding website, or anything.

I weighed in at 183.5 today - lowest I've weighed. 180 is my goal, but I'm not sure if that's good enough for me. We'll see!

What about you guys, where have you all gone!

I was about to say, because that doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Just because you're in the NBA, does that mean you stop practicing? No, even those who are doing quite well still need to practice to maintain and improve.

It's not only people who are at a health risk that wish to do better. Everyone wants self improvement, and it's just as ignorant for either situation to lash out at the other.

I'm sure you'll be fine.

I ate a huge steak and lobster dinner yesterday and today, I weigh 184 pounds! I haven't weighed that little since I've looked at a scale! Holy ****.

WOW.

Today I've dropped to 186.5 lbs.

Yes, I am weighing myself at the same time each day. I am all over the place.