Wow so its been a little bit since my last post huh. Don't worry I am still in the game. ITs been a real learning experience for me the last few weeks. You know you can do all the research and watch all the videos but its nothing like trying to implement all the things you should REALLY be doing. I have started a REAL cut no BS excuses or shortcuts almost three weeks ago. I have no plans for this to be short term. I can be honest and say until this point I have never really done any consistent cardio or consistent CLEAN eating until this point in my lifting career. I don't know I tell myself that I have been building a foundation and while most of that is true. It really amounts to not being 100% dedicated. So up to this pint in my cut I have stuck to eating three Strict Clean meals a day and if we do go out with family I am very very mindful of what I am eating. No more one bite of cake or eating one of my wife brownies. Its just counter productive. The only sweets I have are frozen yogurt at 100 calories a serving. I don't feel thats going to hurt me any. Other than that it has been plain rice non sodium related baked chicken and some form of green/fiber twice a day with a healthy home cooked meal in the evening. This may not be as extreme as some of you but its the best I have ever done and my schedule really doesn't allow more than four meals a day. Now to cardio. Like I said NEVER done it. I hope this complete honesty helps some people out. I have stuck to 5 times a week. 30 min inline treadmill brisk walk. I may have to adjust this in a few more weeks but I am pretty happy with the consistency and effort needed for this. So far I have been extremely blessed with an awesome supplement company. Invalid Link Removed has been a family for me. They have never judged my through this for any of my downfalls and this is beyond appreciated. That being said, their supplements have been nothing short of fantastic but, do to improper diet and training I don't feel I have seen the complete benefit of their products thus far. I can only imagine what they will bring my in the future with proper diet and training. I am considering August my goal date for the end of my cut. This gives me 16-19 weeks total which should be plenty to get where I want to be. I am not looking to get show ready. I just want to be the best version of myself that I have ever been. I hope all of you that have read this to this point will stick with me in this. Look for weekly pictures and at the end I will finally step on a scale. Keep me motivated and encouraged. Post things in here. Meme's, quotes, whatever. It helps I have a AM family as well as a Mind and Muscle one!