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I'm having a rubbish time with my shoulder.

There's a post about it in the forum - so I won't duplicate any information here.

If anyone has any words of widsom or encouragement I'd love to hear them, as I really feel like I'm fighting a losing battle.

Thanks,
Jim

This is just a test. I want to check my blog is publishing to blogger OK.

$0.50 fruit

$0.50 veggies

$0.50 fruit

$0.50 for veggies

$1    Cardio

$0.50 Fruit

Ate just after 6 PM because I HAD to - had a migraine and couldn't take my meds on an empty stomach - not counting that as eating after 6 PM because of extenuating circumstances.

Migraine meds kept me up half the night.

$2 Toning/Strength

$0.50 fruit

$0.50 veggies

Didn't eat after 6 PM

In bed by 9 PM

$2 cardio

$1 strenth/toning

$0.50 fruit

Didn't eat after 6 PM

In bed by 9 PM

$0.50 Veggies

in bed by 9 PM

didn't eat after 6 PM

$1 cardio

$2 (20 mins Abs class and 40 mins Powerflex class)

$0.50 for fruit

$3.00 for workouts today ($2 for powerflex and $1 for elliptical)

$0.50 fruit

didn't eat after 6 PM

Great on food, except that I didn't eat any fruit or veggies.  Didn't eat after 6 PM.  YAY!  But went to bed about 10:30 PM. Darn!

1 hr of toning/strenthening = $2.00

$1 cardio

$.50 fruits and veggies

-$1 for eating too much

$2 for strength training

$.50 for fruits and veggies

$1 for cardio

$.50 for fruits and veggies

I think that I have to shed all that I have become to become who I want to be.  I have a lot of weight to lose, not only on my body, but on my shoulders & mind.  I have no doubt that I can do this, I just have to stay focused.  That's the part that gets me every time.  I have goals now. I have things that motivate me.  I have reasons.  I can't fail.  I can't.  I am a 26 year old child.  I think that I am finally seeing the importance of taking care of myself.  I lost who I was for a little while and now the vision isn't so blurry.  One day the picture might be good enough for one of those fancy frames.

I've been led to question the idea of a "hard gainer" recently. I was under the impression that I might be such a person who finds it hard to put on weight because of their genetic make up. I think recently the situation I've found myself in has opened my eyes, you need 3 things to make a fire they say... fuel, oxygen and ignition. I think its the same for growing bigger, my components are again fuel (food), oxygen I would substitute for rest and ignition... training. They're all about equal in weighting in my mind now. If you don't have enough of one you either get a shit fire or nothing at all... same for growing. Recently I've been eating like never before, seriously stupid amounts of food and its costing me a fortune, however, if you look at my body stats page you will see that I'm clearly growing, and fast too. In the last 3 weeks I've put on nearly 8 lbs in weight from force feeding myself enough protein and food in general. I'm not hanging back on anything, I eat anything in sight to ensure I dont have a negative calorific deficit at the end of the day. I'm feeling it too, today I managed 130kg for 8 in my deadlift set and it didn't feel terribly hard at all. I'm gonna go on until I hit my target weight (which is only 2kg away now for about 2 months more of training) and then I'll re-evaluate. If I keep growing like this without hitting a plateau i'll just keep training until I get as big as I want then cut. That should keep me happy for a while. Cutting however, will not.

I actually got into fitness in my late teens and early 20s because I was convinced it would help me to enjoy a better quality of life for longer as I got older.  I had in mind that it would be cool to get bigger and look better, but mostly I just didn't want to end up like all the older people (50+) that I knew. 

Now that I am in my 50s I am really glad I got into keeping fit.  I never did gain all that bulk that my 20 year old self would have liked, but now I couldn't care less about that.  I still manage to run a 10K every other day at about 7 minutes a mile and I can still lift a lot of weight for a very skinny guy.  At 51, skinny's not such a bad thing!

Hmm. It looks like this is not retaining all of the weights which I have entered. Interesting.

i want to check this appears in blogspot

Finally got a home gym with neighbours! Bought a power rack with a chin up bar plus a 145kg barbell. We have a lock up in the compound down from my house so it has all been put down there. It has lighting and we can play i pod music so the atmosphere is good. Found additional approx. 100kg in 1 inch diameter weights there so with cheap E Z and straight bar should be all set. Have a couple of dumbbells up to about 14kg for now. Will get a medicine ball and have a punch bag up and ready. Getting a free bench and possibility of making a platform for olympic lifts if we can get a few safety mats. With all that and the compound itself for space to sprint and try strongman events such as tractor tyre flips the workouts should be excellent.

Farmer's market shopping today. Tomatoes (3), onion (1), garlic (3), strawberries (pack), lettuce (2 heads), salad mix (1 bag), baby carrots (1 bag), sugar plums (6?), lemons (3), steamed sweet potatoes (about 3 in a pack) and nectarines (3) all came out to $21.40.

1 1/2 scoop of Whey + 1 gr AAKG + 0.5gr ALCAR + 1g MSM + Multivitamin

100-125gr WheatGerm + 1 scoop of Whey + 1 scoop of Casein + sprinkled Cinnamon

5 Egg Whites + 2 Egg Yolks fried in Extra Virgin Coconut Oil + 2 Spring Onions&/Or a serving of Fibrous Veg +Spices(Cayenne Pepper,Tabasco,Turmeric,Parsley,Methi) + 4 1000mg Fish Oil Caps






1 scoop of Whey + 2 scoops of Casein

Hello

Finally, I started my beginners workout plan today. I was able to workout for around 25 minutes straight and at the end, I was dripping in sweat. It was a nice feeling :)

Now, my quadriceps muscles are aching a bit.

Also, as I was going to down to place my head and nose on the ground for prostration, my shoulders did not held up my upper body. I was about to hit my face on the ground, but i got hold of myself as i was just about to touch my head on the ground.
Getting back up from the prostration position was quite difficult as it felt as my shoulders were not there. I did eventually get up slowly. By the time on my last unit of prayer, the shoulders were aching less and were back to normal (almost).

So this was my first day. Tomorrow is Core and that is going to be tough.