Day 000: Reboot

Back to the grind, started yesterday. My ass is healed enough to do everything except squat and deadlift (which sucks, but whatever). I did a chest day Friday that went reasonably well. I lost a good amount of strength but will hopefully pick it back up in short order. You know it's a bad sign when you're warming up with 135 and it feels like 200. More importantly though I think I'm finally ready to stick with this diet.

I've been basically eating like shit since the spring, and I've maintained the same weight throughout. The lowest I got was 229 in March which was right before a doctor's appointment (maybe I should just go see my doc every couple of weeks and eat the co-pay, that'd make accountability easy). Once I hurt my tailbone I stopped exercising and somehow managed to bump up the eating and drinking, if that was even possible. I stepped on the scale and saw 243, this scared the shit out of me. I know 10lbs of it is bloat, and I'm probably only 5lbs heavier than my low, but still, it's bad. I've noticed negative changes in my physique. I think realistically I've lost like 5lbs of lean mass and put on 10lbs of fat in the past few months. My jeans are even fitting tighter, I was like, a solid 36" waist, now I'm a 36" waist with a muffin top :(

I've been going out way too often. My credit card statement is hilarious actually, so not only am I getting fat I'm hemorrhaging money at the same time. As much as getting fat sucks I understand that the worst of it is over and it's in my power to be in better shape each week from here on out, and that's really exciting.

I took some progress pics at the start of the blog that I don't think I ever posted, I wish I looked this good now, I have a toga party Friday!