Brag on

This morning I measured 19.6% body fat. It's the first time I've been under 20%!
 
maleficent said:
Aerosmith sang Dream On.. Led Zeppelin sang Ramble on... This is where we're gonna Brag on... Brag on yourself - brag on someone else who's deserving of it.

Give yourself a much deserved pat on the back.. Give someone else a golf clap.. .now before I start to rhyme -just brag on.. :)

What good was done today...
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Cool, I will take time to post something! :)

I started my fitness quest due to lower back pain, and the love for my wife.

My wife has lupus and many other major medical problems, and when the night comes:

I will be physically fit to take care of her.

And wrote this on our brother forum, when this question had been asked before:

"When the night comes, I will pick up the pieces." ​

This statement is embedded in my heart everyday. The reason I began my quest for health and fitness is a long story, but it begins with a warning from my body and ends with the love for my wife.


About 5 years ago, my wife was diagnosed with Lupos, and also has a bone condition called: Fiber Dysplacia of the front left facial bone (has had this all her life), she can carry an extra 15 pounds of water in her legs, get skin rashes, swelling of various tissues, bone pain, muscle aches and pains, severe migranes, severe sweating, to name only a few.

She has had several operations on her face where they litterally shaved her front cheek bone and sinus area that continually gets blocked from the bone growth. She had one about 6 months ago, and this one was rather serious and needed to be done or she faced certain death due to the placement of the bone growth. (brief synopsis)

She never complains, and is not ashamed of her self, always puts herself last and her family first. She is always persistant: She is my idol.

Doctors say she wont live past the age of 60. I say she will because of her heart. What ever happens, when the night comes, I will pick up the pieces.

If you ever wondered what drives me, its my wife. I keep myself physically conditioned to be able one day to: cloth her, bath her, feed her, and put her to bed. I love her: She is my idol. When the night comes, I will pick up the pieces.

I must be prepared so I must keep my aging body fit for the task and not let her down or myself down.

What she lacks in beauty she makes up with her heart and soul: I love her.

I have cried and I have bled in the gym. I know the journey.

However, there is nothing I cant bare when I look at her, that she hasnt felt.

She is the one that boils in my heart of desire. I would do anything for her.

This one of the reasons I am who I am and act the way I do. I know I can make her life as happy with her medical condition, and want to set out to do simuliar things for other people. I know it can be done because I see it everyday.

I hope this makes sense. And, I hope one can understand me more for what its worth.

Sometimes, I get criticized for my posting methods, this is is to be expected; however, never doubt my sincere intentions.

I see everyday what having a determined heart and soul can do to a person​

With all of her medical problems, the fire burns within. She leaves no doubt that we have it in all of us to spark the fire and overcome anything in our path of life.

So I Chill mentally in this respect, thus my screen name.


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I am posting this with this motive:

I want the ones on this forum whom are middle aged, to believe they can do it. Yes, we are passed our prime. Yes, we have some (inner) biological deficiencies as compared to persons in their prime. We have to accept them.

This is life. You have to have heart, and throw away the box of tissues, and replace it with: "I can".

and the..aging body "can still produce"............

With "educated work".


I do not have a starting picture. But I was about 190ish (5' 7"), with man boobs.

The first pic is 6 to 7 months into diet and training. Look at the lower ab region, there is A LOT of fat there, and there was a lot more prior to this pic. And, I have ONE primary reason to be concerned about the skin not retreating or reducing with the fat loss, and this is AGE--primarily.

But, I marched on.

I was 180lbs in this pic.

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In these pics , I am 154 lbs. This is 20+ pounds in difference. Per lb, muscle is much SMALLER in diameter than fat or one pound of muscle mass will appear smaller, than one pound of fat--though they weigh the same--remember that:

I lost the last bit on the lower ab area, while building the body at the same time, and my weight dropped......A LOT.

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152/154 in the above pics.

46YOA (as this was in June 07, just prior to B-Day in August and turning 47 :))).

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I took another 10 months (or so and bulked up some, and then dropped back down to about 7.8% BF).

And, as of July 21, 2008 at 161-162lbs (or about 7 pounds heavier):

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As you can see the skin did snap back after nearly 15 years of holding an extra 30 pounds of fat (I wish I had my starting pic, but I do not).

And some other current photos:


This picture is more recent (162 pounds, 7.8% BF):

Further back view:

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Closer view (7.8%, full of water, ripped, and veiny--Carbs back IN):

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This one is a little further back, when low carbing and very dry (carb smooth out-reverse):

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IMO, weak front show traps. Which I am working on in this bulk period. Strong Shoulder and Pectoral development for my size and weight.

This picture is also recent (162 pounds, 8%), showing the rear upper back development (or rear traps, which is one of my stronger components (other than my ab core):


A different look of the rear trap/upper back:

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And another:

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And, another:

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And, one more:

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I don't remember why this picture got cut off, but it is a picture of my rear back at 152/154 pounds, and if you compare it to the others at 162 pounds (as much as you can see) there is a HUGE difference in the rear back: (also at 8% BF)

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I will dig up some front flex view for the weight of about 152/154 pounds, but post this one for a comparison (which is also 152/154 pounds). There is a huge difference as compared to 162 pounds. I will dig them up off my flash drive stored from One Note 2morrow.

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And, some tri pics:

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Best wishes to all of you,

Chillen
 
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I really can't read all that- but this caught my eye

I want the ones on this forum whom are middle aged, to believe they can do it. Yes, we are passed our prime.
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I will be 44 next weel - I am quite middle aged - I AM NOT PAST MY PRIME not by a long shot...
 
YAY! I am so proud of myself! I just got my grades for this semester and I have a 4.0 gpa! That's literally PERFECT! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!:party:

Just had to say it, I've got no one else to brag to.
 
I ran on the treadmill for the first time in two years today. I lasted much longer than I thought I would, and I still feel great about it.
 
I'm a lot stronger than I used to be; I really have to think about how easy it is for me to do physical things now compared to last year, but last year I couldn't even squat, unless I wanted to stay in that position. Yesterday I went to the break room at work, bought a coke, squatted to retrieve it from the machine, stood up effortlessly and without my knees creaking, and left. That wouldn't have been possible at my starting weight! Parking on the third floor would have been a nightmare before I started this; I'd have huffed and puffed up those stairs. Now I take them fast and am not breathing hard at the top of the stairs.

It's awesome.
 
Those little everyday things are such great victories :) Congrats :)

I'm now able to touch my toes! I still have a gut in the way making it a bit difficult, but I can still do it!
 
After gaining 9lbs since august 2008, I am starting to see the scale moving DOWN! This morning im at 136!!!! 4 more to go for goal#1 =)
 
currently I can only brag about my 4.0 GPA as I am still starting :p the effort..
but I am happy and determined and this time I won´t be defeated!
 
I am really bummed about my weight today but I'm not over my caloric limits!
I jogged/walked/and, fun!, skipped, 1.5 miles yesterday.
I am about to do it again, if I can get off my arse!
Correction: if I *willlll*. I have a choice don't I?
I ran a whole mile last week without stopping (after walking a whole mile first to warm up to the idea).
:sifone:
 
Ive lost 6lbs in a week and a half but its with the help of xenical as wel as dietin:eek:
 
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