- ULTIMATE GOAL : Pants size down to 4.
- GOALS ("mini" goals to achieve the "ultimate" goal..)
1. 1.5BW Box Squat
2. Discipline the diet to limit the junk meal to 3 meals per week.
- STATS
- BOX SQUAT : 165lbs
- BENCH : 95lbs
- OVERHEAD : 70lbs
- DEADLIFT : 205lbs
- WEIGHT : 164lbs
- HEIGHT : 5'4'' and a half
- AGE : 29
- GENDER : female
Story
- I first discovered this site at the beginning of the year when I was browsing the interenet for "fat loss." Yep. Went through a lot of sites that night. And what really got me was Mehdi's straightforward talking in the blog. He didn't seem like he was bluffing or selling. And as I read through it, the science and logic behind the whole thing was making sense. I was never really into the "easy way lose your fat in 30 days" type of stuff anyway. I read the e-book start from the finish and went off to the gym right away.
I followed the program fairly good. No tweaks no cheats. For 5 weeks. At that time, my squat went from 45lbs bare bar to 105lbs. Deadlift to 145lbs. Bench and overhead wasn't really improving and was hanging around at 45lbs bare bar. And probably wasn't doing the diet correctly. During those 5 weeks, I wasn't really seeing the result but I did it anyway. Because I have a tendency to do stuff upto 5th week. And then I'd stop doing it.
Then the injury hit. I hurt my back real bad when I collapsed in the morning the day after I shoveled the snow. I could not move at all for 4 hours, then could not walk straight for 2 weeks. I still do not know what triggered it but I think it was the muscle stuff. But that injury led me to stop the 5x5 altogether for the next few months. After the initial 5 weeks, I did lose 1 size pants size. But that was it. I gained it all back.
I was really being stressed out becauuse I was fat. My confidence level was going down. Way way down. I was fairly fit all my life. Just gained some pounds here and there over the course of my adult life. And boom! Before I realized, I was fat. And I discovered that I was avoiding the social gatherings altogether. That's when I remembered Mehdi's personal coaching program that he sent out at the beginning of the year. I immediately signed up. Before, I didn't bother creating a log because I didn't really care. Mehdi pushed me to get out of my comfort zone. I took photos. I took videos. I recorded all my diets, all my stats. And the diet... man.. my diet was messed up. It took almost a month to straighten up. Its still imperfect. But boy oh boy, aren't I glad that I remembered that Mehdi's email. It was the best decision I have made in the year 2009.
Today, I hit my BW box squat at 165lbs, 5x5. I was amazed. I was really really amazed. I couldn't believe myself. I didn't really care about how much weight I could lift because, well, I'm just not that interested in getting the numbers at all. But boy, that is some achievement that I've made! The weight lifting was never this hard. I've never left a gym with an utter exhaustion: the beautiful exhaustion that only comes from doing the honest work with the iron.
Today completes my 7th week. In my entire life, whether it be the workout, study, diet, or whatever; I have never ever ever followed through more than 5 weeks. I would just stop going to the gym, stop doing the diet, stop following up with the study after that 5th week. I would quit doing the cardios. I would quit it before the mark that I made. It was like that for EVERYTHING in my life. But now, I am so much more disciplined. I can follow up. I can finish whatever I set up my mind to. And I can actually do something more than 5 weeks. Its automatic now. I don't have to convince or push myself any more to get to the gym. Its so hard. Its freakin hard. But I still go. And that is all that matters.
Training
- I follow 5x5 in its exact form. Only change is to the squat. I do box squat instead of regular squat. Other than that, everything is the same. I don't know how the workout would look like after I achieve some of the marks. I hope to throw in power cleans and other stuff. But I want to keep it simple for now. And it works for me so I want to see how far I can go with the simple 5x5.
Log
- I would peak a lot of forum stuff and would write here and there but I was never active in the SL community. I know all the familiar names and such.
I'm sure a lot of "peekers" do as well. The main reason I'm starting the public log is because I need help. As the workout is becoming much much harder, I'm hoping the interaction will give me the encouragement whenever I am down, and I, to the others as well. So, good to join the SL community(finally!). 
Planning for food on the road is so damn hard!
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