Interesting Article

I was thinking about some of the things I wanted to do back in highschool. One of those was actually become a body builder. I was fascinated by some of those guys and women. I always thought... look at all that muscle! They have muscle in places I didn't know had muscles. The work they must do! I still think that actually. I've been nosing around on some body building sites and I ran across a rather interesting article. Check it out. At least I thought it was interesting.

I also learned that one of my coworkers is a body builder. His photo is on bodybuilding.com. He was one of the transformation of the week stories. Talk about ripped! He would eat 6 small meals a day (which I hear is a very smart plan). An example meal plan for a high protein day was:

Meal 1:

1 scoop ON Vanilla Protein powder with water
1 cup egg beaters
1 whole egg
1/2 grapefruit

Meal 2:

Water
1 large chicken breast
1 1/2 cups of green beans

Meal 3:

1 large chicken breast
Lettuce
Salad Spritzers Spray Salad dressing (10 sprays)

Meal 4:

2 scoops ON Vanilla Protein powder with water
2 hard boiled eggs
1 apple

Meal 5:

1 Salmon steak
1 cup of broccoli
1/4 cup of white rice

Meal 6:

1 cup of skim milk mixed with
2 scoops of ON Vanilla Protein powder and water


In looking at it, I'm like I MIGHT be able to do something like that. Although, I have no idea how that protein powder stuff tastes. I don't know. I am studying this and thinking of different things to jazz it up to suit me...maybe adding more vegetables. He went from 230 lbs. to 186 lbs. And a body fat percent of 18% to 4.5%. I think it's totally amazing. Because this guy works in my office building, I do see him everyday (without fail) coming back to work from the gym and preparing his protein shake. It's amazing the discipline he has. I know he's also preparing for a bodybuilding contest this spring. In a way, this is all inspiring to me. I think I may be doing some more reading and learning about body builders and what they do. They are constantly working to lose their fat and gain muscle. Losing fat is what I want to do. I'm sure I can learn something from them.

Ok, I think I'll be off to work on that list of (who knows how many) reasons I want to lose weight.

Keep up the great work everyone. WE CAN WIN THIS BATTLE!!