I'm really excited about my results in the gym today. I have gained one more pound of muscle in the last week and I bench pressed my high school max four times without a spot. That means that I'm now stronger than I've ever been. In college, I wasn't even close to as strong as I was my senior year in high school, even when I was working out regularly. So that means that this diet I have been on is working. I did 14 pull-ups when a month ago I couldn't even do one. My cloths are getting too small now... which I thought would never happen. I feel great all the time, plenty of energy, I sleep better, I think more clearly. All around, I feel better. I'm determined to not stop here though. My short-term goal is to reach 150lbs. For my body type, that is a big deal considering that on the new year I weighed 135lbs. I'm already 10lbs heavier at 145. I'm going to have to work even harder, and be even more disciplined to get to my goal though, but it's great. I love doing it. Paul comes with me every other day, and Catherine might start coming with me too. We don't do the same things, of course, but it is good to have company and good conversation in the gym. I can get so lost when I'm there sometimes, so captivated by my struggle that I get really intense and seemingly angry. I'm not, but I know people have not come up to me before when they see me working out because they are too worried. Haha, to imagine me worrying someone else with my intensity in the gym! Silly. I'm not that kind of person at all.
So I'm looking forward to going to NC in a couple of weeks to visit family and friends in Asheville on a men's retreat from my old church. That should be pretty fun and an incredible change from the normal weekend. I look forward to that. I also will be taking my motorcycle which should prove interesting.
Peace and love.
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