Let me start off by saying my job is secure for now. Recently because of the economy my employer is in trouble due to the slow sales in vehicles. We have seen our production drop from 5 days per week with a lot of overtime to 4 days per week and a little over 7 hours per day. Next week they are dropping to 3 days per week for the month of March. They announced that if my Union and my membership did not agree to work sharing ( 4 days per week and compensation for the 5th day by the state ) tha...
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I am baaaaccckkkk!!!!! I had a great week of training and my diet was good. I dropped my weight down to 182 lbs. It was  rough last week with a cold but now I am back in full throttle. I did make some changes to my diet and to my training.

* My first change I made was cutting my cardio completely out for now. I made this change because I was losing weight at a very fast pace and my energy levels were very poor. I work on an assembly line building cars and the line moves at a rapid pace. Every...

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The day after my last blog which was Saturday, I started to feel reallly tired. By Sunday it seemed I was fighting off a cold. It turned out I came down with a cold. That really sucks because it puts a stop to my training. I did not do any weight training nor did I do any cardio work. I still went to work but when I got home I took it easy. I did stay on my diet and still managed to drop another pound bringing my weight to 185 lbs. Today I felt a lot better and I did a light leg workout. It w...
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First off I just have to say what a Super Bowl! I enjoyed the fourth quarter but I was rooting for the Cardinals. Anyways five weeks complete with my contest preparation! This week went fairly well. I lost 1.5 lbs this week bringing me down to 186 1/2 lbs. My training went well except for leg day. I did not have the energy or the same strength I usually have. Also my workouts are seeming to be a little long so I am going to have to adjust my workouts back to what I was doing prior to the past...
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