Making the Weight 2010
>> Monday, February 8, 2010 –
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The darkest days of winter are upon us. My waste band is digging into my gut as I sit and type. I need to shift my metabolism out of neutral. It's time to get things under control (again).
Making the Weight 2010 is officially on! With the weigh-in date of March 21st.
The first day of spring. Friggin' poetic!
The first day of spring. Friggin' poetic!
Pick a weight class and join us! Keep it realistic and attainable. Especially if this is your first one, you don't want to take on too much and most of all you don't want to fail the first time out. You shouldn't try to lose much more than a couple of pounds (a kilogram) a week. Anything more is a bit unhealthy and will set you up for a big bounce back in weight if, and when, the inevitable slacking off resumes.
Current participants are : Mike, Pat, Dave (aka dainty), and Dan (aka martinez).
Initial weights and chosen weight classes to be posted shortly.
Join us by commenting.
Anything at or just below junior middleweight is what I will commit to. It may seem like a failure, seeing as I came within 3 pounds of junior welterweight back in August 2008.
But that weigh-in was after 2+ years of working out steady. I don't build muscle mass very fast and I was just melting away like crazy. I was also off beer and eating super low carb. Looking back at pix, it was too skinny, but I did feel good and I was totally gut free.
Junior middle is more ideal for me, as I have since added muscle and draining myself back down to welter might not be wise. The problem now is I've tacked on a bit of gut and like Mr. Spindles, my waistbands have a habit of digging into that area, uncomfortably so. You don't have to be huge to have a gut. It's the hardest thing to control.
Given the slow start I have gotten off to since Xmas, I will go for 154 and hope for maybe a couple extra pounds breathing room. My schedule has been hectic and I must say, this time around, I feel a bit less confident than the other times. But I've got to set that goal and go for it.
My destiny is to make the weight, again, I must answer the call!