Well, it appears that I get the most responses (and views) when I share personal information. I like sharing, but sometimes that takes an emotional toll. I literally feel tired after pouring my soul into a blog post. Then I worry about what people will think. Then I remember, I am not defined by what others think of me, but what I think of myself. It's a cycle. However, in keeping with the more personal theme, I'm going to do so again, but about a different topic.
A couple of years ago I was heavy. I was unhappy. I had no energy. Obviously the divorce was causing some of the unhappiness, but my health was playing a large factor in it. I didn't know that at the time. From that time until about 5 months ago, I had a lot of bad things happen. Some were my fault, some were not. I had to change something, and I didn't know what. Everything I thought was causing me problems, I eliminated, yet I was still exactly where I was when I started.
One day, about 5 months ago, I stepped on my scale. I was 215 pounds, and had 30% body fat. That was nuts, a third of my body was fat. That got me to thinking. What am I eating? What am I doing to burn off the fat? The answers were crap food, and jack squat, respectively. I started reading. I read some more. I read nutritionists blogs, and personal trainers notes. I studied the relationship between muscle groups, and the right way to lose weight. I didn't just want to lose weight though. I wanted to gain muscle.
Over the last 5 months, I've did that. I'm at 172 pounds, 15% body fat, and I'm down to a pant size of 33 (formerly 38-40). I'm not done. I've reached all of my initial goals. I'm leaner, I'm stronger, and in the right places, I'm bigger. Life is a process of continually updating our goals. I've updated my goals. I no longer have a weight goal, since my original one was 185 and I've blown that away. I'm now focusing on trying to get my body fat to 10%. I also have size goals for each of my muscle groups, and those will take a little longer, but I'm making progress.
Now, I have people that I'm helping with meal plans, exercise plans, and instructing on those plans. I've been doing that for a while, but this week I launched riggsfitness.com and I've gotten more clients now. For me, I know I can help, but I've decided to get my certification as a personal trainer and strength coach. I've spent a lot of hours on these topics, so a little more studying for the exams is going to be completely doable. I have a transformation challenge coming up on that site, but I'll post more about it later. #riggs
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Until next time dear readers...
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