It is the last day before the big show! Yesterday I went to the weigh in and polygraph test. I weighed in at 156lbs, so I will officially be in the lightweight class. I have done all I can up to this point to be as ready as I can . Now I just have to enjoy the show and do the best I can. I have accomplished my goal of getting into my best shape and for that I have already won! I want to thank everyone who has supported me over my journey. I will post the results with photos in the next couple...
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One week away from the big day! It has been a long journey from January 2nd to now. I started at 202 lbs and as of this morning I am right around 159 lbs. This week I have made great progress as I dropped the water weight I was holding and I seem to be tightening up a lot. I have to be careful not to over do it though. I do not want to get too stringy looking. As long as I keep doing what I have been doing I will be ok. This week was totally brutal for my energy levels. They were low all week...
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It is Week 26 and I have made good progress this week. I am sorry for the late update as I have been been extremely busy with home projects. I did not take photos this week but I will post photos in next weeks blog. As of Friday I weighed in at 158 lbs. I look really lean at this weight and I will aim to be around 156-158 lbs. at the show on July 18. Saturday morning I woke up feeling really drained and I was really light headed. I deciced to make Saturday a high carb day. I took in around 60...

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Hi everyone! I am in week #25 and I am now down to the final 3 weeks til the big show! I now weigh 160 lbs according to my scale at home. I am coming off a pro card win with the NGA (National Gym Association) last Saturday night but I have more work to do to be at my absolute best. After the show last Saturday I decided to celebrate my win and my birthday with my wife Jhanna, my brother and training partner Michael, and my mother-in-law Nadia. I decided to indulge with 1 chicken enchilada, 2 ...
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I am 2 days away from my first show of this year, 2009 NGA California. I am using this show as a practice run leading up to the Capital City on July 18 to make sure I can correct any mistakes I may have in my posing, tanning, diet, etc.  It has been 24 weeks and I have gone from an out of shape bodybuilder who ate anything and everything to an athlete again. It feels good to be back in shape. No matter the outcome I am happy to be where I am now compared to then. I weighed in today at 164 lbs...
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I am 8 days away from the NGA California Natural. I weighed in today at 163 lbs and I am getting leaner each week. I will probably weigh around 161-162 lbs at next weeks show. I am using that show as a tune up for the Capital City in July. I should weigh around 157-158 lbs for the Capital City but maybe I might even be a lightweight at 156 lbs. We will see when I weigh in. This weeks training has gone really well for me. I am not losing any strength and I am getting leaner as I go along from ...
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22 weeks into my contest prep!! I am almost there, just 6 weeks to go to the big day. I am feeling much better this week compared to last week due to my cold. I am writing this blog a couple of days early because I have a busy weekend doing other things. I weighed today at 164 lbs. the same as last week but I definitely look leaner, so I think I may be holding a little water. I have realized this contest prep has been by far the best for me in my career thus far. I have dropped the weight at ...
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Today I weighed in at 164 lbs. This is a 2 lb drop from last week. I am fighting off a small cold and I had to make a decision as to keep training or get some rest. I decided to keep pushing forward but I did not train to complete failure. I did just enough to make sure I stimulated my muscles. With only 3 weeks to the NGA California Natural I can not afford to stop my training. Last weekend I just did not feel good and I was unsure why I was feeling so run down. I thought maybe it was the di...
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20 weeks have gone by and it seems like yesterday I was eating all kinds of junk food. I started this journey at 202 lbs and probably the worst shape I have ever been in. As of today I am 166 lbs and my goal is around 158 lbs but I will continue to drop weight and where I land does not matter as long as I am in my best shape ever. The reason I decided to take this journey was I wanted to prove to myself I can get in my best shape ever and leave no thoughts of what if I did this or that differ...
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I have started a new page on my site called "The Natural Movement". This page is to promote all natural athletes and to help all athletes be inspired to train with integrity and that is 100% naturally. I invite all natural athletes to join and help inspire others to train naturally.  http://www.3dmusclejourney.com/naturalmovement.php 

19 weeks into my contest prep and I weighed in at 168 lbs as of May 11. With 9 weeks to go I will be able to shed roughly 9-12 more pounds off. This will put me ...

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Here are some photos as of May 8, 2009. I am currently 169 lbs. in these photos. I am getting leaner and improving in some areas such as lower back but I still have more work to do. I am determined to get as lean as possible. Until my next blog keep training hard and naturally!!

   May 8, 2009 169 lbs.

Feb. 6, 2009 186 lbs.
                           

  

 

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As of today I am 169 lbs. I am finally in the 160's. From 202 lbs to now I feel way better. Training is going really well and I am on pace to reach all of my goals. Yesterday I did have a tough leg workout. I was very tired and after my leg workout I jumped on the stationary bike for 53 minutes. I usually do 60 minutes but I ran out of gas! I decided to take in a lot of carbs last night to try and get my energy levels back up. I took in 375 grams for the day and today I feel 10 times better. ...
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Another week has gone by! Time is going so fast, it is May 1st already! I did not weigh myself today but as of yesterday I was 170 lbs. but I look a little leaner than yesterday so it may be possible I am 169lbs. I am starting to get really close to my competition weight. I am estimating that I need to lose about 10-12 more lbs. but I will see where I am as go on with my training. The weight cut off for a lightweight is 156lbs. but I am not aiming to be a lightweight rather just trying to get...
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Today I weighed in at 171 lbs. That is 31 lbs in 16 weeks with around 10-15 more to go. I have had some people ask me what my bodyfat percentage is and my answer is I do not know. I really do not get to interested in bodyfat percentage rather I just use the mirror to determine where I need to be. The mirror does not lie! Everything is going as planned as far as my diet, training, and cardio. I still have a lot of time to July 18 so I decided to enter another contest as a warm up for the Capit...
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Its been two weeks since my last blog. I have been extremely busy with home projects and other things I have been doing. My training is going good. I am down to 172.5 lbs. I have come to the realization I can't train as heavy as I was. I now train with a little slower rep speed and I try to focus on muscular contractions. I still train hard but not with as heavy weight. My diet is also going really well. I eat an average of 180-195 grams protein, 280 grams carbs, and 20-25 grams fat per day. ...

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Week 13 is in the books and I seem to be getting a little bit better. I am still 175 lbs. however I am a little leaner than last week. I will have to adjust either my calories or do more cardio or both to keep losing the weight. I had a rough week lifting weights. My joints are hurting me more now and my strength level has declined as well. I will have to back off on the really heavy weight this week. I already dropped my weight on my last couple of workouts but I did incorporate more forced ...

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I hit the three month mark and I have made good progress so far. I have dropped a total of 27 pounds bringing me down to 175 lbs. At this weight I have never looked better. I am happy thus far and I will continue to train to be my best no matter if I win or lose. I think I have got a good diet plan going for now. This week I have been averaging 195 grams of protein per day give or take, my carbs have been around 280 - 315 give or take, while my fat is on the low side roughly 9-10% of my total...
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Another week in the books. This was a tough week for me as far as my diet goes. I had low energy levels due to my lower carb intake. Although I did manage to lose another pound bringing my weight to 177lbs. My goal is still between 154-155 lbs. I decided after evaluating my diet and how my energy levels are I started cardio back up on Thursday evening. I also increased my carbs and dropped my protein back down. As I write this my energy levels are back to normal and my last workout went good....
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I had another good week of contest prep. I am now down to 178 lbs. I was 177 yesterday but I felt really tired so I decided to raise my carbs yesterday to give me my energy back. I feel a lot better today and I gained a pound but I look and feel better.

Diet

My diet went well this week. I decided to drop my carbs slightly because I felt I was starting to get a little stagnant. I dropped them on Tuesday through Thursday. This seemed to work as I continue to lose the weight with no strength loss...
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My union and memebership voted yes to worksharing, so there will be no lay offs. That is good news!! I have been busy this week working on this website and training hard. I hope everybody likes it. This week went really good. I am down to 179 lbs. I have dropped a total of 23 lbs so far. I am still aiming to get to 154-155 lbs. but I will see when I get closer to my goal. If I need to drop more weight at that time I will do it. My goal is to get as lean as possible! I want to take it to anoth...

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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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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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