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I am a very average or below average person when it comes to athletic ability. However, I’m very coordinated, so people often consider me to be “athletic” at first glance. But I’m not naturally strong, fast, or lean; I have asthma and allergies that make my cardio terrible even in the best of times; and I am (I believe) very slow to build muscle. For about 14 years now I have been active in trying to have a physique that I enjoy. Not for anyone else; it’s just so I can have some years of my life where my body looks the way I’d like it to. Through the years my idea of how I want to look has changed, so it’s a bit of a moving target, and it’s a never ending process. In some years I just wanted to be very light and lean, and I was, but I was not very strong. Some years I kinda stopped caring as much and trying as hard. Some years I got obsessed with sports that gave me a physique specific to that sport. But now that I’ve been working on strength and building muscle consistently for two years I’m starting to see something new that I never did before. It feels like it takes soooo long, I guess it does, I just didn’t stop being obsessed in this focus. I’m not going to bother with pictures because I just can’t do the changes any justice with a camera no matter how hard I try. But I can see particularly in my back and arms that I have gotten so much stronger. Instead of a person with bigger legs and a tiny torso and arms, I look a little more balanced between top and bottom and overall generally more athletic and strong. And I was able to do 5 pull ups recently! A lifetime record for me. I still want to lose a couple more pounds of fat if I can, like I said it’s a never ending process and I’m always learning new things.
Diet Calendar Entries for 12 July 2024:
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1689 kcal
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Fat: 56.88g | Prot: 97.09g | Carb: 207.22g.
Breakfast: Millville Honey Crunch 'N Oats with Almonds, Collagen Peptides, Sugar Packet, Silk Pure Almond Milk - Unsweetened Original, Awake Black Tea. Lunch: Nectarines , Muscle Milk Non Dairy Chocolate Protein Shake (11 oz), Nature's Promise Creamy Peanut Butter, Crofter's Organic Strawberry Spread, Franz 100% Stone Ground Whole Wheat Bread. Dinner: Cheese Pizza, 14" Pepperoni Pizza . Snacks/Other: Expo Fresh Strawberries . more...
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