The Long Journey to 240 lbs

[George Champlin]

Hello everyone I am starting a weight loss journey tomorrow to try and lose 140 lbs. I was at 380 lbs two years ago and started doing gym work and lost 85 lbs. I then got injured and was laid up for a long time. In that process I have gained all my weight back and I have become depressed about. I have been saying for the last two months that I was going to get back on track but I could not stick with it. Well today I had to climb four flights of stairs up and back and I was short of breathe afterwords and that was the final straw. I run a message board about grip strength but I want to post my journal where most of the members don't know me from my site.

I hope once I get down to 300 I can start training with the weights and some strongman toys but for now its all about eating clean,and cardio.

[Mike Westerling]

Congrats on deciding to become healthier. I'm concerned about your cardio only statement though. I know you've probably heard this a million times and just want to do cardio and diet and no weights or strongman so you'll stay focused on losing weight and not get off track and start focusing on lifting heavy but you will lose the fat much faster if you keep lifting and train a little light strongman. Trust me. I train people for a living and I deal mostly with overweight people. I have a lot of athletes as well but at least 70% of my clients number one goal is to lose weight/get leaner. I've learned a few diet tricks and fun 'lifting for your cardio' workouts along the way as well. If you want any advice I would be happy to help you in any way I can. Either way I would like to give you the speech I give every one that I have ever helped out. It goes something like this "Everyone wants to lose weight casually and not get too obsessed with the scale and losing so much weight every week. Forget it. There is no such thing. To make changes to your body you must become OBSESSED with it. Weigh yourself as much as you like. It will keep you honest. Sure there can be a bit of daily fluctuation but if you are keeping everything tight you will not fluctuate that much. When doing cardio have goals and be OBSESSED about meeting them. Always strive to go a bit faster or a bit farther just like you would in lifting/stronman. Losing weight is simple math. If you are burning more than you are taking in you will lose weight. Period. Accept nothing less than 2 pounds a week. If you didn't lose that much figure out why and fix it for next week." Sorry if you didn't want the speech or it's something you already know. I am assuming you are posting here for moral support so I intend to give it to you.
Good Luck!
Mike Westerling
P.S. Weigh yourself first thing in the am after you pee and before you eat and post it here so we can hold you accountable.

[George Champlin]

Congrats on deciding to become healthier. I'm concerned about your cardio only statement though. I know you've probably heard this a million times and just want to do cardio and diet and no weights or strongman so you'll stay focused on losing weight and not get off track and start focusing on lifting heavy but you will lose the fat much faster if you keep lifting and train a little light strongman. Trust me. I train people for a living and I deal mostly with overweight people. I have a lot of athletes as well but at least 70% of my clients number one goal is to lose weight/get leaner. I've learned a few diet tricks and fun 'lifting for your cardio' workouts along the way as well. If you want any advice I would be happy to help you in any way I can. Either way I would like to give you the speech I give every one that I have ever helped out. It goes something like this "Everyone wants to lose weight casually and not get too obsessed with the scale and losing so much weight every week. Forget it. There is no such thing. To make changes to your body you must become OBSESSED with it. Weigh yourself as much as you like. It will keep you honest. Sure there can be a bit of daily fluctuation but if you are keeping everything tight you will not fluctuate that much. When doing cardio have goals and be OBSESSED about meeting them. Always strive to go a bit faster or a bit farther just like you would in lifting/stronman. Losing weight is simple math. If you are burning more than you are taking in you will lose weight. Period. Accept nothing less than 2 pounds a week. If you didn't lose that much figure out why and fix it for next week." Sorry if you didn't want the speech or it's something you already know. I am assuming you are posting here for moral support so I intend to give it to you.
Good Luck!
Mike Westerling
P.S. Weigh yourself first thing in the am after you pee and before you eat and post it here so we can hold you accountable.

I will and I know from losing the 80 lbs plus that muscle burns more calories than fat. I also had a personal trainer who had me eating 6x a day. She was really good a ex female BB.

[Patrick McGuffin]

i hope you have the best of luck and make good progress :) i am also going to be working on loosing weight the few months to try and get to a more healthy bodyweight

[George Champlin]

I am attaching a pic that was taken last week just as a reminder of how big I am

[Jay O'Neill]

Good luck to ya George! You came to the right place....
We will keep ya motivated. Great Forum here.

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal sweetend w/ Splenda, 1 Cup CarbCountdown Milk

Snack: 1 cup ON Whey Shake

Lunch: 1 can Tuna, Mixed Greens, Apple

Snack: Carb Avantage Bar

Dinner: 8ozs Boiled, skinless Chicken Breast, 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup spinich


Exercise: Started off slow, 15 minutes on the treadmill, walked around my housing unit 6x, I dont belong to a gym yet because I just move to a new state so I did 3 sets of 10 Dumbell Rows, Shrugs, and Curls using two five gallon water cooler bottles that were filled and have a handle built into the side of them

[ClayEdgin]

George, when I had my most weight loss success I was just focusing on one meal at a time. Making the right choices every time you're hungry is the way to change your lifestyle and become healthier. It's so easy to slip that you have to remain militant about your lifestyle.

[George Champlin]

George, when I had my most weight loss success I was just focusing on one meal at a time. Making the right choices every time you're hungry is the way to change your lifestyle and become healthier. It's so easy to slip that you have to remain militant about your lifestyle.


So just eat clean when I am hungry?

[Mike Westerling]

Let's hear it. Inquiring minds want to know.

May I make a couple of suggestions?

1. I'd like to see you have some protein and healthy fat added to your breakfast. (See below)

2. I'd like to see some fruit added to meal #2 to keep your insulin level.

3. Put the brown rice from dinner with lunch in place of the apple and put a tbsp of olive oil on your mixed greens. You should be ready for some more slow burning carbs by now and the olive oil will provide some healthy fat.

4. Put the apple with the carb advantage bar. Again to keep your insulin level so your energy levels stay up.

5. No carbs with dinner. You are going to bed soon so if your insulin levels drop a bit and you feel sluggish that's okay you'll sleep better.

6. Have a 30-50g whey protein shake mixed with water and a 1/4 cup of cashews, walnuts or almonds about an hour before bed. This will keep your metabolism stoked while you sleep and help fight off the hunger pangs expeienced when on a diet for a while.

My favorite diet breakfast:

3/4 cup oatmeal (quaker 1 minute oats-DO NOT COOK)
3/4 cup skim milk
1/4 cup sliced almonds
2 pineapple rings (Fresh is best but in the can in it's own juice is fine)

Put the above in a bowl and chop up the pineapple rings into smaller peices and pour milk over. Eat like cold cereal. No sweetners needed.

For Protein have a 30-50g whey protein shake mixed with water on the side.

Tip: If using canned pineapple keep the slices in a tupperwear bowl in the fridge so they are chilled.

Just some food for thought!
-Mike
P.S. Bodyweight box squats with your hands clasped behind your head for 3 or 4 sets of 25 pausing each rep on the box is a good start for leg training without a gym. Superset those with pushups and you've got a great conditioning workout. When I was in MMA we used to do tons of bodyweight squats supersetted with pushups for conditioning before a fight. A lot of times my weight training would fall by the wayside to keep from evertraining and when I came back I found that the bodyweight exercises kept my strength up pretty good.

If I'm off base making these suggestions I sincerely apologize. It's just that I've seen far too many people start off a diet on way too little food. Sure you lose weight a bit faster in the beginiing but once your metabolism slows down the weight stops coming off and the only way to continue is to drop more food. If you start off eating too little you'll either end up living on a 1 cracker a day diet or you'll become frustrated and give up. If you make the changes I suggested I promise you'll still lose weight and you'll feel awesome doing it. When you plateau you can always cut your portions by a bit. I attached a couple of pics from my last diet results. I followed a diet almost exactly the same as what I recommended to you. I took no fat buners or supplements of any kind other than Animal pak multi-vitamins and whey protein shakes.

[George Champlin]

Let's hear it. Inquiring minds want to know.

May I make a couple of suggestions?

1. I'd like to see you have some protein and healthy fat added to your breakfast. (See below)

2. I'd like to see some fruit added to meal #2 to keep your insulin level.

3. Put the brown rice from dinner with lunch in place of the apple and put a tbsp of olive oil on your mixed greens. You should be ready for some more slow burning carbs by now and the olive oil will provide some healthy fat.

4. Put the apple with the carb advantage bar. Again to keep your insulin level so your energy levels stay up.

5. No carbs with dinner. You are going to bed soon so if your insulin levels drop a bit and you feel sluggish that's okay you'll sleep better.

6. Have a 30-50g whey protein shake mixed with water and a 1/4 cup of cashews, walnuts or almonds about an hour before bed. This will keep your metabolism stoked while you sleep and help fight off the hunger pangs expeienced when on a diet for a while.

My favorite diet breakfast:

3/4 cup oatmeal (quaker 1 minute oats-DO NOT COOK)
3/4 cup skim milk
1/4 cup sliced almonds
2 pineapple rings (Fresh is best but in the can in it's own juice is fine)

Put the above in a bowl and chop up the pineapple rings into smaller peices and pour milk over. Eat like cold cereal. No sweetners needed.

For Protein have a 30-50g whey protein shake mixed with water on the side.

Tip: If using canned pineapple keep the slices in a tupperwear bowl in the fridge so they are chilled.

Just some food for thought!
-Mike
P.S. Bodyweight box squats with your hands clasped behind your head for 3 or 4 sets of 25 pausing each rep on the box is a good start for leg training without a gym. Superset those with pushups and you've got a great conditioning workout. When I was in MMA we used to do tons of bodyweight squats supersetted with pushups for conditioning before a fight. A lot of times my weight training would fall by the wayside to keep from evertraining and when I came back I found that the bodyweight exercises kept my strength up pretty good.

If I'm off base making these suggestions I sincerely apologize. It's just that I've seen far too many people start off a diet on way too little food. Sure you lose weight a bit faster in the beginiing but once your metabolism slows down the weight stops coming off and the only way to continue is to drop more food. If you start off eating too little you'll either end up living on a 1 cracker a day diet or you'll become frustrated and give up. If you make the changes I suggested I promise you'll still lose weight and you'll feel awesome doing it. When you plateau you can always cut your portions by a bit. I attached a couple of pics from my last diet results. I followed a diet almost exactly the same as what I recommended to you. I took no fat buners or supplements of any kind other than Animal pak multi-vitamins and whey protein shakes.


No I love your suggestions. You sound like my trainer who helped me lose the 80lbs the first time around. I also take the Animal Pak and next week I start Tang Soo Do training for the cardio workout.

[George Champlin]

Since I always say my ex trainer I thought I would give her some DAP

http://members.tripod.com/~BIGPLANET98/index-2.htm

[George Champlin]

Bad day 2

I woke up sick this morning and i felt it coming on for a few days but I thought I had it kicked with the Vitamin C but guess not.

Food intake today was nothing more than Bullion Cubes, Saltines, and Gatorade

Exercises: surfing the Internet wrapped up in a blanket, running to the toilet, and watching Japanese Hardcore Wrestling 8 on my TIVO

[Cassidy Drake]

Dude, great to have you here. You have already passed the first step in your goal, and now we can all help you out. It is evident to me that you have someone who loves you a lot in your picture and mike has given you some great advice. Whatever you do, never give up.

[George Champlin]

Dude, great to have you here. You have already passed the first step in your goal, and now we can all help you out. It is evident to me that you have someone who loves you a lot in your picture and mike has given you some great advice. Whatever you do, never give up.


Thank You and Yes that is my 11 year old daughter who I wish to see go to college and get married so I need to take control now. If I cant do it this time then I am getting the Gastric Bypass.

[Mike Westerling]

Thank You and Yes that is my 11 year old daughter who I wish to see go to college and get married so I need to take control now. If I cant do it this time then I am getting the Gastric Bypass.

...and you will. A gastric bypass is just someone else taking control over your will (the Dr making it so you'll get sick if you eat too much). Don't give someone else control over your life. People with gastric bypasses have all kinds of nutrient absorbtion problems. I assume you are an athlete and you want to be able to perform at your best one day. How can you if you can't even get all your nutrients absorbed. Also, if you eat more than you are supposed to your gut will eventually stretch out and allow you to get fat again. I train 2 people who have had them and they both are mad that they didn't do it without the surgery. Once they saw that they still had to make all the right choices they realized if they could do it now they could've done it then too. They both have tons of trouble getting in enough nutrients on a daily basis and have both gotten violently sick from even drinking too much water at once. In order to live healthy after the surgery you have to make every meal count. Every morsel of your food must be small but nutrient dense. You also have to eat small meals throuout the day to make sure you get in enough nutrients or your hair will fall out, skin gets dry and hangy and you feel like shit! Nothing becomes easy it's the exact same regimen you should be on now. The difference is the threat of getting sick if you mess up hangs over your head constantly. Use what ever motivates you (your daughter) to keep you on the straight and narrow. Don't even think for a second you can't do it. Never say the words "if I can't".
YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!! and YOU WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Mike

[George Champlin]

...and you will. A gastric bypass is just someone else taking control over your will (the Dr making it so you'll get sick if you eat too much). Don't give someone else control over your life. People with gastric bypasses have all kinds of nutrient absorbtion problems. I assume you are an athlete and you want to be able to perform at your best one day. How can you if you can't even get all your nutrients absorbed. Also, if you eat more than you are supposed to your gut will eventually stretch out and allow you to get fat again. I train 2 people who have had them and they both are mad that they didn't do it without the surgery. Once they saw that they still had to make all the right choices they realized if they could do it now they could've done it then too. They both have tons of trouble getting in enough nutrients on a daily basis and have both gotten violently sick from even drinking too much water at once. In order to live healthy after the surgery you have to make every meal count. Every morsel of your food must be small but nutrient dense. You also have to eat small meals throuout the day to make sure you get in enough nutrients or your hair will fall out, skin gets dry and hangy and you feel like shit! Nothing becomes easy it's the exact same regimen you should be on now. The difference is the threat of getting sick if you mess up hangs over your head constantly. Use what ever motivates you (your daughter) to keep you on the straight and narrow. Don't even think for a second you can't do it. Never say the words "if I can't".
YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!! and YOU WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Mike

Thanks and I Will Do It

[George Champlin]

Day 2 of the flu and I am worse which is a good sign because that usually means tomorrow I will be getting better.

Excercise: did 15 minutes of Kardio Knockout which is a cardio TV show that I TIVO. Its 30 minutes long but I was huffing and puffing and felt sick. Later on I went to Wally World and got a new webcam

Food: Diet Ginger Ale, Chicken Soup, Saltines

[Cassidy Drake]

Hopefully you get better man, we are all here for you.

[Brandon Campbell]

Hey i know where your coming from my dad was in the same boat he was 360lbs. He is now 240 and is very happy. Basically all he did is eat healthier and lift weights 3times a week and go for a hike or walk everymorning.

Its great your taking the right steps and taking control. You can do it and you will do it! Its a long road but the results are well worth the hard work. Keep it up! :YR:

[Mike Westerling]

So you can start kicking a$$ again!
-Mike

[George Champlin]

OK finally feeling about 2/3 better and tried to get back on track. Food was not up to par but my stomach is still queasy.

Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal, 1 Cup Blueberries

Lunch: 2 cans of White Albacore, 1 Cup Mixed Salad Greens

Dinner: 8ozs Baked Talipia, 1 Cup Creamed Spinich, 1 Diet Rootbeer

150 ozs of water

Excercise: Felt weak and really out of shaoe today. All I did was a five mile walk which had me winded. Wil do better on Tuesday. Also bent a few nails for fun

[George Champlin]

Had a 3 hour drive each way today to go to Hershey Hospital for my ear problems. I spent four hours at the hospital so my day was shot. All I ate was a 12" Turkey sub from Subway

[Mike Westerling]

I hope you are feeling better.

[George Champlin]

Breakfast 2 egg whites, 1 slice Wheat toast, 1 cup Skim Milk

Snack 1 Body for life bar

Lunch 1 vegetarian Dill sandwich

Snack 1 cup unsweetened Applesauce

Dinner 1 Lean Cuisine Meal

180 ounces of water

[George Champlin]

Breakfast 1 cup Oatmeal sweetned with Splenda 1 cup skim Carb Coutdown Milk


Snack 1 Body for Life Bar


Lunch 8 oz boiled skinless chicken breast, 1 cup baby spinich, 1 cup brown rice


Snack 1 Apple

Dinner 2 slices thin crust pizza, light sauce all veggie toppings

210 ozs of water

walked 1.5 miles

[Mike Westerling]

..and getting back on track. Keep it up! Let's start hearing some numbers!
-Mike

[Brandon Campbell]

sounds like your sticking to the diet. Should be losing weight in no time :YR:

[George Champlin]

Breafast: 1 WW Bagel, 1 Tbl of CC

Snack: 1 Body for Life Bar

Lunch: 1 Lean Cusine French Bread Pizza

Snack: 2 Tabl of Natty PB

Dinner: 1 Lean Cusine Sweet and sour chicken

200 ozs of water

2 mile walk

[George Champlin]

I have really been spot on with my diet and exercise the last three days and today I blew it. I was very busy so I did not get to eat until about 30 minutes ago and I stopped at Hardee's and got a Thick Burger and fries. I feel so guilty I almost want to stick my finger down my throat and puke.

[Patrick McGuffin]

dont make such a big deal about every time you cheat, just focus on staying on track and you'l get there :)

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: 1 cottage Cheese, yogurt, apple butter shake (don't knock it until you try it)

Snack: I Go Lean Bar

Lunch: 1 cup Brown Rice, 1 pack of Sweet and Spicy Tuna

Snack: 1 cup applesauce

Dinner: 8 oz boiled, skinless chicken breast, i cup baby spinach, 1 tomato

I also made up my mind today to enter in the GGC 2006 and this will be my first ever comp.

[Mike Westerling]

What is GGC? Good job sticking to your diet today. Take it one day at a time bro. Yesterdays over. What's done is done. You did good today and that's what matters. Tommorow will come and what you do with it will matter even more. Keep on track bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Breakfast: 1 cottage Cheese, yogurt, apple butter shake (don't knock it until you try it)

Snack: I Go Lean Bar

Lunch: 1 cup Brown Rice, 1 pack of Sweet and Spicy Tuna

Snack: 1 cup applesauce

Dinner: 8 oz boiled, skinless chicken breast, i cup baby spinach, 1 tomato

I also made up my mind today to enter in the GGC 2006 and this will be my first ever comp.

[George Champlin]

What is GGC? Good job sticking to your diet today. Take it one day at a time bro. Yesterdays over. What's done is done. You did good today and that's what matters. Tommorow will come and what you do with it will matter even more. Keep on track bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.dieselcrew.com/gallery/ggc2005/index.html

Global Grip Challenge

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal, 1 Cup Blueberries

Lunch: 2 cans of White Albacore, 1 Cup Mixed Salad Greens

Dinner: 8ozs Baked Talipia, 1 Cup Creamed Spinich, 1 Diet Rootbeer


5 Gallon Jug carry: 1 in each hand for 3 sets of the length of my sidewalk
5 Gallon Jug Hold: Basically held the jugs in my hands until my hands gave out 2 sets

35 lb Blob 3 perfect lifts with right hand, 1/2 lift left hand

5 sets of towel roll ups

[George Champlin]

Repeat Meals

Breakfast 2 egg whites, 1 slice Wheat toast, 1 cup Skim Milk

Snack 1 Body for life bar

Lunch 1 vegetarian Dill sandwich

Snack 1 cup unsweetened Applesauce

Dinner 1 Lean Cuisine Meal

180 ounces of water

Training: Bent FBBC 3/16x7" round stock plus some Green Nails

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 slices WW Toast, Flaxseed Oil, 1 Animal Pak

Snack: Go Lean Protein Bar

Lunch: Lean Cusine Meal

Snack: 1 OP Shake

Dinner: 1 cup WW Pasta, 1 cup sauce, 1 small salad

1 gallon of water so far today

Exercise: walked 2 miles on the treadmill, Blob Cheats, and cut wire for 1/2 hour

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: Cottage Cheese and Yogurt Shake

Snack: 2 Tabl of Natty PB

Lunch: 1 cup brown rice, 1 Pack of Tuna

Dinner: 2 slices of Turkey Loaf, 1 cup green beans

160 ozs of Water

Exercise: 5 miles on treadmill, and Dynamic Thumb work w/Clamps all 3 sizes

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: Cheat Meal 2 Breakfast Burritos, 1 Hash Brown, 1 diet coke

Snack: 1 Protein Bar

Lunch: 1 cup brown Rice, 1 Pack Sweet&Spicy Tuna

Snack: 1 ON Shake

Dinner: 10oz Emu Burger, 1 cup peas, 1 small salad w/ Jalapeño Ranch dressing

Exercise: Day off all I did was some Yoga

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: 2 Kashi Waffles, syrup/Splenda, 1/2 Grapefruit

Snack: 1 ON Shake

Lunch: 8 ox boiled, skinless chicken breast. 1 small side salad

Snack: 1 cup Applesauce

Dinner( I was mad because I ate after 5) 8ozs Baked Talipia, 1 cup mixed Greens, 2 tbls Dressing

200ozs of Water

Exercise: all cardio today, treadmill and cardio show

[George Champlin]

Breakfast: I homemade Breakfast Burrito, 2 Tabl Flaxseed

Snack: 1 protein bar

Lunch: I subway 6" Turkey sub all veggies no mayo

Snack: 1 ON Shake

Dinner: 2 slices leftover Turkey Loaf, 1 baked Yam, 1 cup spinach

Exercise: Cut wire for an hour, fast walk on treadmill for 4 miles, Stretching

[George Champlin]

20 minutes cardio
Flat Bench Press : 135lbs 3 sets 8,5,3
Fly Machine: 50lbs 3 sets 8,7,5
Chest Press Machine: 70lbs 3 sets 8,5,4
1 shaky dip
1 chin up
T-Row: 70lbs 3 sets 8,6,6
Barbell Rows: 55lbs 3 sets 8,7,7
Shrugs: 35lbs 3 sets 8,8,8

Sleep 8 hours

Diet:

Breakfast: Bowl of oatmeal

Mid Snak: Strawberry and Bananna Protien shake

Lunch: 1 slice cheese pizza, ham and cheese sub

Aft Snak: none

Dinner: Cottage Cheese, Ugli Fruit

[George Champlin]

10/02/05 Day Off

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs w/ 2 slices texas bread, 8 oz Carb Coutdown Choc milk

Snak: 3 tbls of non fat cottage cheese

Lunch: MRP(Opticen)

Snak: 1 can of tuna in water drained

Dinner: 1 boiled chicken breast, baby spinich, 1 cup brown rice, applesauce

Planned snak: Yougurt

Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 1840
Fat: 38 341 19%
Sat: 13 116 7%
Poly: 7 60 3%
Mono: 11 98 6%
Carbs: 173 656 37%
Fiber: 9 0 0%
Protein: 195 780 44%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

[George Champlin]

Leg hurt so all I did was cut wire for an hour today

Breakfast: one cup plain cheerios and 1/2 cup 1% milk

Mid snak: None

Lunch: 6 french fries, 8 popcorn chicken, water

Aft Snak: Bananna

Dinner: 1 serving spaghetti, 1/2 cup plain sauce, small plain salad, lite applesauce

Late snack: Cottage cheese w/applebutter

2 Gallons of Water

[George Champlin]

Today I did blob cheats for an hour, my foot still hurts so I did no cardio. You can check my diet plan by clicking on the link in my signature

[Cassidy Drake]

George, looking great man! Keep up the fantastic work. Feeling better overall yet?

[George Champlin]

George, looking great man! Keep up the fantastic work. Feeling better overall yet?

Yes I do and thank you for asking. I will feel better once I get under 300



I bent nails all day because of my foot. kept to the diet really well too

[George Champlin]

Lazy day today, foot feels better! Kept it up as instructed by the doctor so I did not do any training today and my food intake was high today.

[George Champlin]

worked out today with the "THE BAR" that I got from WLW. Put only 25 lbs on it and did 10 sets of 10 reps with each hand. The left hand needs more work! was upset that I have only got a gallon of water in today but sometimes that happens. Food intake good but next week I need to hit the cardio hard and long.

[Mike Westerling]

Looks like you've been keeping your food in check. Good job bro! I hope your foot heals so you can get back to cardio soon.
-Mike
PS Did I really see the words "French Fries" in a diet journal?-lol.

[George Champlin]

Looks like you've been keeping your food in check. Good job bro! I hope your foot heals so you can get back to cardio soon.
-Mike
PS Did I really see the words "French Fries" in a diet journal?-lol.

If I ate them then Yes :C:

[George Champlin]

Today I was humbled by a black piece of metal called a IM Pinch block!!!!! anyhow I did 10 sets of 8 reps each with 15lbs and 2 sets of timed holds. Diet was spot on.

[George Champlin]

Not a real good day for me. My foot is getting better but the place where the original injury happened is now Turing into a hard and painful lump. Plus my Doctor has me lying around all day with my foot up and I cant work out and I am getting cabin fever. My diet was off as well today. I might hit the grippers tonight to keep on track on something.

[George Champlin]

still no cardio cause of leg but I did cut wire today for so long that my fingers went numb. Diet felt good today and my spirits are up

[George Champlin]

Sorry for not updating or reviewing everyone else's journals. I got caught up with some family issues but I did maintain my diet and my workouts have been great. The Heavy Handles are one of the best tools that I have got in a long time. The doctor cleared me to go back to the gym next Monday so I will finally get to see what I can pull on the vBar and RT

[Patrick McGuffin]

good to here that you will be back !

[George Champlin]

Hit the Grippers really hard and some Heavy Handle work today. Also chalked up with the chalk I ordered on the recommendation of Chris and cleaned that 35lb blob with ease!

[George Champlin]

Today I cut wire for about 30 minutes and then I did 15 lbs on the IM Pinch Block. 5 sets of 10. I then did some Heavy Handle curls. I return to the gym Monday so I will get my cardio back and get some vBar and RT numbers for you all. My caloric intake was a little high today.

[George Champlin]

Family day so no training and for the love of God dont look at my diet journal. I broke 2000 calories and I am ashamed.

[Patrick McGuffin]

Hope you have a happy b-day!

[Paul Neuhaus]

Happy birthday George!!!