Ah its so hard to diet right now but, I know my bf is getting to high as well as the waist size. My goal by march was to hit 240 while being under 20% and then Diet from March to September. I think I will just settle with being 230 though. After the cycle I think I will just eat 200-300 calories of Mat. To just maintain weight gain a bit of muscle and trim a bit of fat. I will continue to do cardio, which is the reason my bf has gotten high in the first place cause I never do cardio.
Its been a hard road to get to 230 though. In march of 08, I herniated my L5-S1 disc at the time I didnt know what the pain was so I continued lifting. The pain progressively got worse week by week. So what did I do? I went and bought a weight belt and continued to lift( great Idea right?). Well, by the time May came around I could barely walk, took me 10-15min to get our of bed, Hurt so bad to drive sometimes I would throw up( from Sciatica). It took all these symptoms to realize something was wrong and that I couldnt lift.
At the time I had just got a new job working at a home healthcare Facility. Delivering patients monthly equipment, Beds, wheelchairs, etc. So I didnt have insurance yet, so i had to grind out the pain day in day out. While I was so scared to go to the gym in fear of hurting my self, I began getting depressed, stopped eating, day by day I could see the weight falling off of me. When I injured myself I was at my peak 210lbs around 12-13%. So when Insurance kicked in in July I went and saw and Orthopedic he set me up with an epidural. Two weeks later I started Pt, at the start of Pt I was down to 170lbs. I did Pt until late October till I was ready be on my own. He said I could start liftin light weight again in Nov after I rested for a week. So at the start of lifting again I was 165. . . I hadnt been to the gym in months people asked me if I got cancer and **** because I looked terrible, skinny , pale.
So it felt good to be back in the gym I started putting weight on real quick. I was back to eating, lifting feeling good no pain. I was around 190lbs around April when it hit me again Symptoms were back. Went got another Epidural, went back to Pt was out of the gym again for only about a month. The I was doing ART therapy 2-3 times a week seemed to really help.I was putting on weight like no other( This is the main reason I put on so much Bf because I was tired of feeling skinny and having people ask me questions, clothes being all baggy)I was lifting and Eating like I never have before. So I went from 190- 220 in like 2 months not even caring about my bf Cause I was feeling great I was getting compliments from everyone.There is no way you cant tell Im 18% Bf in my street clothes, My shoulders are way to broad. Being the biggest I ever have been I felt great. I still dont really care about my Bf cause I know I can drop it real quick. But Im still injured and still dealing with small symptoms, sciatica, stiffness, weakness in right leg. Also, there is many things I cant do in the gym, No leg press, no squats no deads, no Hack squats, No overheadpress, No running, its very hards to work abs. Working Legs and should are the two areas body parts in the gym that have taken the biggest hit. I really have to get creative in the gym these days. Im lucky I built a great base with my Legs Pre injury.
So yeah, I am really looking into gettign a micro Discectomy to take care of this injury for good. End of rant
