BULK BULK BULK

I am heavily hitting the gym for the next few months to build some muscle mass. Its working very well and my body transformation is working quite well.

I know that sounds like most of my posts but I have started another cycle of muscle mass building. The tendency to gain some fat is always there as I seem to eat more in these phases. Im going to keep the fat down. Updates to come.

Building a Bigger Body

FBNM began as a weight loss project and has essentially changed my life and hopefully has been a help to others. But it has evolved into a health and body change program as well. My goals are very different today. Weight loss is not my primary concern. Yes I would love to trim more fat off my body but the muscle building is much more important to me. I ll be making a few changed to the format in a few weeks and plan to blog much more about the day to day activities like i did in the beginning. Look for some more pictures as well. Both old and new...

A week of limits...

I am planning a week of limits. My strength is back to where it was before my injury and I have had three weeks of great workouts. I am enjoying the progress but I have learned that a planned "break" is often needed. Beginning Monday the 11th of May I am taking a week off from Lifting and will focus on cardio work only for one week. I am also doing a liquid fast for a week as well. But that will start Tuesday the 12th. One week with no solid foods. I will be revisiting a week of my initial weight loss plan but I will add Activia yogurt to my meal plan. This week is not designed as a weight loss week. If it happens that's fine Its just designed to be a "break" from food.

The plan is this.

6 Meal replacement shakes per day for 7 days. 5 per day at 4 hour intervals and one floating for hunger management.
One 4oz cup of Activia in the morning.
30 Mins of Elliptical Training per day all days except Tuesday and Sunday-My schedule does not allow gym time those two days this week.

No Alcohol
No sugar sweetened drinks

April 24 Recovery complete

In the last week I have hit the gym pretty hard. I am trying to "catch up" for lost time. I lost some of my strength and an undetectable amount of definition after my Rugby injury and now its almost swimsuit season and what ever will I do? LOL

May will be a very important month for me. I am planning a big push this month.

Staying in shape and Activia

Getting and staying in shape is a very difficult thing to do. And its really hard when you are doing it with a Broken collar bone. Well I think I have recovered and for the last few weeks my workouts have been very good and very strong. In the next few weeks I will write about my new diet plan. Not Diet as Losing weight diet but just an overall healthier approach to eating.

Last week I started eating Activia Yogurt to help with any possible digestive problems. While I do not think I have any problems, Probiotics have been shown to be a healthy addition to your diet.

9 weeks since my Rugby injury

Well, It is approaching 9 weeks since I broke my collar bone and I feel like I am 99% back to normal. My workouts have not returned to 100% but they are pretty close. I feel that I have lost a lot of time and feel a little Flabby. UGH. In the last two weeks I have started to push into my workouts again and I think I will make a good recovery. I have been focusing on my cardio and that has really helped my legs but my chest and arms have suffered.

I started doing my c25k training program again to help with the cardio regime. I am also considering a few classes to help burn some calories.

I hope all is well. Check back soon.