Today was my first month of training in the books! I have made good progress so far. I have dropped my weight from 202 lbs to 188 lbs. My diet has been going good so far. I had to make a small adjustment in my carb intake as I was losing weight too fast. I was taking in roughly 240 grams per day but I raised it to 280 grams per day and that is working out good for me. I am eating 30 grams of protein per meal and 60 grams carbs my first two meals and then 40 grams for the last four meals. My f...

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My first week of contest preparation went as planned. It was a little rough the first couple of days, but I made it through the first week. My weight today was 194.5 lbs and my goal weight is about 155 lbs. So far I have lost 6.5 lbs. My diet is going real good. Today I ate the following:

Meal One - 4 oz. ground turkey breast with  1 cup brown rice and 1/2 tbsp olive oil
Meal Two - 4 oz. ground turkey breast with 3/4 cup brown rice and 1/2 tbs olive oil
Meal Three - same as meal 2 
Meal Four - sa...
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Today was leg day and it was my first time from vacation doing a squat workout. From what I learned from my first workout back from vacation I decided  not to push myself extremely hard so as to not get too sore. The workout went well and here is what I did.

Smith Machine Squats 1st set 275 for 5, 2nd set 295 for 5 and 3rd set 315 for 5. I stopped at 5 reps so I would not get too sore and break myself back in as well as to get my conditioning back.

Lying Leg Curls 1st set 115 for 7, 2nd set 90...
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Today I wokeup extremely sore and tired. I felt like I got hit by a truck. My workout from yesterday was my first upper body workout in about 2 weeks. I just came back from a week vacation so I have to get my body back to normal. I didnt do my cardio today as I felt I needed the rest. Today was also an off day for weight training. The good news is I dropped 5 pounds from 202 to 197 due to diet change which caused water loss. I will keep my diet the same for now. Protein today was 180 grams an...
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Today was my first day of training and dieting. I woke up wanting to keep eating all that bad food I have been accustomed to eating. It is a long road to July so I need to be patient and not consume myself. Just take each day as they come. This is a sport that takes a lot of patience and you have to realize it otherwise you will go crazy. My diet went good today except I didn't get my sixth meal in because I got up late today and I couldn't fit all of my meals in. Here is how it broke down to...
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