I gave myself today. I did good. Nothing spectacular, except that I followed through.

I'll give myself tomorrow.

My brain hurts.

The first 12 week test I try and I flop after week 4. Week 5-8 were valid attempts but honestly it sucked. So the last 4 weeks turn out okay, with maximum improvement on strength and stamina, minimal on size (growing or shrinking).

Enter fad dietism. I won't say what I'm eating, now, but I have lost 7 pounds in the last 6 days, while changing little of my workout routine. I have begun devoting one day out of my week to pure powerlifting, which I DON'T do at Gold's. I do it at a local high school. I also am doing just cardio one day a week as well. the other four days are legs, back, arms, then chest. If I need to separate my arm days (bicep / tricep together does not sometimes workout), I will do one on a given day, and the other on my cardio day. I will be doing that half marathon before too long! As far as that goes, I am aiming to get my miles under 14 minutes. Currently I've finished 14:37. This is all on treadmill, btw. It takes me a little under 8 to go down the .6 mi road and come back. So I know in "real life" I am already well under ten. But when you're paced, I guess it is different.

Anyway, heres to a good week ahead. Shock and Storm are now being taken together. There should be some great strides soon.

Sorry, again, that I stumbled out of the gate. Sometimes it takes a bit to get a true groove.

Thanks, Skate!

The biggest block to being successful in this is expecting results NOW. The second is not following a real diet. Like I said last time I posted, I shot up to where I weighed to begin with, and so far, I'm going down again. Officially, today, 248.

I think Cardio is the #1 aid in assisting with fat loss, and weights just make the loss more noticeable. It's gonna be a real while until I can show that I'm making a difference, so when I get comfortable with more pics, I'll definately post one.

Also when I get to 200, I'll let you guys know what diet I'm paying for. The food is good, I'm not as hungry all the time as I was when I started, and I can use peanut butter as a quality cheat food.

Guys and gals, I'm feeling much better. All that work Storm and Shock are doing is finally being noticed.

Thanks for support sorry I don't write as much!

Suzie

I'm going to let this be the final post here, until I reach my goal weight of 180.

I took Storm for 8 1/2 weeks, before realizing it was conflicting with my nutritional restrictions. I took Shock for 4 weeks (the latter 4 weeks of the Storm intake).

I am VERY pleased with STORM. The grape flavored stuff left no bad taste in my mouth.
After about a week of taking it, I began to feel saturated. Watery. After two weeks, that feeling turned to a solid feeling. Solid in a good way. Like a block. I felt like a block. I could tell that it was working around the same time, I noticed my strength was increasing because I was able to lift some noticably heavy bags at work. I picked up a 78 lb suitcase with one hand and put it on a cart. That's unheard of, normally, for me.

When I introduced Shock into the system, it seemed to sync with Storm, and I started to feel those explosive bursts of strength in the gym, able to deadlift 225 in repitition (x3, don't get too excited).

Unfortunately, due to my bf%, I was unable to see any physical results. I went to see a nutritionist, and she placed me on a (yet to be named) diet, suggesting that I discontinue use of any supplements other than a multivitamin until I am in enough shape to notice physical change. OH and she said I did not cardio enough.

Currently (this is about 15 weeks from when I started), I'm at 246, almost 20 pounds from 265, which is where I was about a month ago. I can deadlift 200 regularly, and the storm and shock are missed.

I'm using the DL as my example, because I've made the most impact there (I started at about 120). My form has improved, which has been the biggest reason for my lifting increase.

From here out, I'm going to go back to the general training journal.

Peace, everyone. OH I'll put a picture up, soon. I'm still rolly, but you won't believe how loose my pants are. The pants I'll put on used to be very tight around the thigh area.

Suzie aka WT

Final -- this is the image I took last weekend. The pants I am wearing in the pic used to be snug. Way too snug to pull them out as such. Because of my camera, I couldn't get a good view of how loose they are around the thigh area -- where I can really tell a difference. I still have a big ass. haha. But here I am, from 265 to 248. Today, I'm 246 and finally fully understanding what diet does.<br><br>

I'm currently doing my own diet at the moment. So what are you down to now?

Some JO material for Jake.

^^ mmyes mmmyes