Sooo, in searching for more art references *cough fapping* I came up with the idea of using tumblr more than I have in the past. I even made a NSFW/bonus blog to post bits about me, my art, etc. Along with that I wrote up a blog post about my workout goals/weight loss plans for the foreseeable future.

Here's the blog link: http://bulgingbuck.tumblr.com/

Here's the latest post (talking about diets, loosely, and working out, again loosely at this point): Feel free to give it a read (I can ramble some), and I'd love to hear any opinions/advice/critiques anyone had in this regard. OH, I forgot to put in the blog that one of the main goals is to build my lean muscle tissue through training to help facilitate the weight goals while also building more muscled physique (Im not flabby all over, nor am I skin and bones, I DO have some solid building blocks to work from :D ).

[From the blog]

So Ive aspired to start logging my work outs/weight loss efforts. Let me preface this with the facts that a)While Im technically overweight I clearly carry myself relatively well given the floored reactions of those around me when my actual weight is brought up (as of this posting, roughly 224 at 27yrs old and 5’8”).. b)I don’t honestly expect anyone to read this other than myself… and c)this is truly just a means for my own self motivation (in theory).

SO…. The beginning:

Age:27yrs old

Height: 5’8” (170 cm)

Current weight as of this posting(6/9/13): 224lbs (101.6kg)

Goal: Lose 20lbs(9kg) by 08/01/2013. Which comes down to roughly 10lbs per month, 2.5lbs per week.

To accomplish this goal I intend to continue the recent ramp of workouts Ive begun as well as the monitoring of my diet (more so than in past years). While I do not intend to minutely control my caloric intake down to the exact count, I aspire to at least shoot for a calorie deficit target of -4-500 calories from accepted avg (2000calorie diet). Thus far, my largest opponents will be portion control and curbing unfamiliar foods (I know the calories in a can of soda, or various fast food options and can read labels for things I make but can’t control, say, how many calories in a California Sushi roll).

Workout routines:

This past week I managed to go to the gym a total of 3 times, with the intent on a 4th, though various forces interfered.

In those workouts I spent between 30-40minutes, each day working at 4-5 exercises after a 5 min warm up run and finished with at least 10minutes of cycling. From now on I plan to try and post my workouts here as a more definitive log. In each workout session (of which I’m shooting for 3-4 a week, possibly ramping up to 5x a week time/resolve permitting) I plan to exercise at least one “large” muscle group (chest, back, quads) along with several others of a particular region, with 2-3 exercises targeting each particular muscle. In that I am currently on a 3 set, 10 rep, static weight routine (i.e. doing 3 sets of 10 reps each set with the same weight throughout). In the past I have followed a 3 set 12-10-8 pattern with increasing weights but find that on my own it’s hard to maintain much less track given my current workout style.

In every session I intend to at least attempt to do a core exercise (if not more than one) as well as the 5 min high intensity warm-up run (setting “6” on my gyms treadmill if that is any reference), and at least 10 minutes on a cycle with a maintained 140-150bpm heart rate as a cool down.

On the diet/out of gym side Ive taken to keeping a large water-thermos with me at all times, drinking from it rather than my ubiquitous Dews save for during one or two meals a day. Yes, I realize that in order to curb my calories I could try to break from soda all together, but I am choosing to mitigate the intake and attempt to maintain a semblance of my dietary preferences just with added exertion and better choices along the way. For some, the cold turkey no-[insert “bad” food thing like carbs/sugar/fat/bacon/gluten/etc] diets work, I on the other-hand would rather not take such a drastic change without significant proof that that is required and equally significant support short of what some person said in a book/on the internet. To each his/her own and I’m just not planning to take that path at this time.

Alright, with all the ramblings, IF anyone has read this, much less made it this far, I do appreciate advice/encouragement/criticism on any of the above matters (food suggestions, work outs, specific exercises, notable pitfalls, etc)…. oh and of course tag along if you’re interested in seeing me reach my ultimate goal: to look damned sexy nakkid >;-P