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I appreciate your words of encouragement!! Means alot. I admit I wasn't even sure about posting. Some of the comments can be over the top but I am all ears when it comes to picking up new ideas from seasoned pros. I do understand that it is a lifestyle. I now realize why it just never seemed to work in my younger years.Takes a hell of alot of dedication and discipline enough to not let one missed day end up turning into ten. I think the hardest thing for me is the eating. I just dont have any type of appetite. I could go for days without food. That would be a nice break. But I wont give up. Clothes are actually starting to fit....LOL
Thanks again
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keep at it highlights, you're doing good.
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GREAT work! you've come a long ways good for you, keep at it
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You certainly look one hell of a lot better then when you were skiny.Those shorts had to come up eh?:welldone
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LOLOL..... yeah no %^&. My wife pointed that out after I posted. Oh well .......
Yeah the change feels amazing. Feel like a differant guy. Kind of fun. Highly addictive
Still at it.............
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Like the other people said, a lot more solid now than what you were back then. Keep working at it, it's about being consistent and staying focussed which might be sometimes hard in your situation since you have a little one. THat's my plague right now. Very hard stay on track.
From the looks of it, your kid looks happy and this is what counts in your situation, family needs to come first. But there's still space left to integrate bodybuilding in your life.
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What I hate about bodybuilding is how long it takes to make visible changes to your body. We struggle day in and day out for years and years to make such minute changes that do all add up in the end, but my God does it ever take a long time to really make a change. I dont even know if my body is even changing over the course of a year at this point.
The stages of bodybuilding are pretty interesting. At first you get the comments from your close friends, like WOW, you sure do look big these days, and that pushes you to take things even farther. Then the next stage is when strangers start to notice and make their comments, like people you barely know from the gym or whatever, and of course that makes you want to look even more impressive. Then there's the stage where you have pretty much had to get rid of all your normal friends, regular people are scared to even talk to you, and you sorta start to feel like there's something wrong with you. The feedback that made you love doing what you do goes almost completely away. The motivation becomes completely internal.
You have made some great transformations.
Hopefully you are enjoying stage one or two! Gotta love it!
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Yeah I hear you guys. I have two children and they are a hand full...lol
They have changed my world forever. for the better...LOL
I have been a serious fisherman for most of my life. Went pro for 12 years. Got into competitive R/C flying large scale aerobatic planes and Helis. Tend to take things to the max....my wife knows this all too well. Got rid of the scuba gear. Sold the drums. Focusing on family and business.
Anyways. I figured health was a good motivator. Esthetics became a great motivator as well ;) ( mid life crisis or what ). You meet alot of good people and it's the one thing where you can only compete with yourself... unless you take it to the stage. I get my one hour for the gym. Thats completely mine. No guilt. Its far less time than I would spend on the water or in the air. Then I can get back to the family.
You never can judge a guy/girl at the gym. Never really now where they have started from or where they are going or how far they have already come.
It's social yet internal all at the same time. Love it.
Friends and family... they can be clueless. Comments are , well pretty lame no matter how they are directed. Too big , too small. Why are you doing that. Why so much food. Want to get fat? Poople don't have a clue , or how it can affect you. I have learned that it means nothing to anyone really. After all it's only for ourselves.
Like the guy said above, you only impress your friends and scare your enemies for so long. After that it's all for yourself.
I am totally taken. I just hope my age doesn't limit reaching my goals. I know we all have the ideal and that we will always be pushing it a little further each time. Guess we'll see.
Thanks again for the great input here guys.
HL
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great transformation man keep it up
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You don't have to work towards getting on stage,just the benefits to appearance and health especially as you get older are very much worth it.At some point you will start to notice that the people in your age bracket should really really be doing what you are.
