Gotlift Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Hi all, I'm on day 2 of my get back in shape plan. I've been an on again off again gym type for a few years now. Each time I get bucked it is because of an injury. A few years ago I partially tore a tendon in my AC joint while benching a mere 225 lbs trying to keep up with people way stronger than me at the time... IDIOT! That took me out for over a year. Once I was healed it was so difficult to get back into the gym seeing how much I had lost as far as results go. Then, about the time I started feeling the call again I herniated a disc in my lower back, which is the first time I actually felt disabled. That took months to recover from and even to this day I am pretty stiff after bending over for a few minutes. I climbed up to 220 lbs and l looked and felt horrible. My self esteem was crushed and I was depressed. Then finally, I got motivated. I came across a tattered Body for Life book and followed the plan. I took my time to get strong and do things right, including my diet. I lost close to 20 lbs and shed close to 10% BF @ 200 lbs. Suddenly I felt really strong and after working out strictly with DBs throughout the program I decided to give the bench a go. WOW! I was banging out 10-12 reps @ 275 lbs! I never felt so strong and I was looking even better (according to my wife). I never would have thought I could achieve those results @ 38 yrs old. Then the unthinkable... I got over confident, again, and aggravated my disc doing dead lifts So here I am close to 18 months later. A few weeks ago my wife came across my progress shots just before my last injury. I had forgotten I saved them on the PC. I was astonished by how fit I looked and even more taken back by how bad I look now. I'm pushing 213 lbs. and my mid section is embarrassing. I feel uncomfortable swimming without my shirt now. So it begins. I am going to do the BfL plan again because I am confident that I can see the same results. I am going to get my diet back in order and stop drinking as much beer during the backyard BBQs. I can't wait to see the results and feel as good as I know I will in 12 weeks, but most importantly I will stick with it. I would do everything possible to avoid another injury and if the worse case scenario happens I will work around it until it heals instead of allowing myself to quit working out and take the nose dive into self pity. This is going to be a permanent lifestyle change. If you are still reading I appreciate it, but I felt I needed to write this for myself. BEAST MODE ACTIVATED! Link to comment
wideeyed Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 That's the advantage of having been there before - we know we CAN do it Good luck! Level 2 Halfling AdventurerStrength 1 Dexterity 1 Stamina 3 Constitution 4 Wisdom 3 Charisma 2Current Challenge ThreadFirst Challenge ThreadFit to Eat: my posts on the Sweatpants & Coffee Site Link to comment
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