Day 20: Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Today was a little tougher than usual.  Decided to go out to lunch with a co-worker.  I didn't get anything but watching him eat Greek food it was tough!  Smelled good and looked good.  But this is worth it.

So I am noticing in my pictures that my back is the one thing that is getting bigger and bigger.  I always felt I had a large back and it was the easy place for me to gain muscle.

Other thing I noticed is I am rock hard.  The front and sides of my abs are rock.  My chest is rock.  My arms are rock.  I was explaining to a person I can tell now when people are using creatine.  He asked how.  I stated they look bloated.  They may look strong and big but there is no definition.  This is something I do not want.  I would rather be smaller but cut.  Not big and fat looking.

So due to get a tattoo on Saturday I am moving my Saturday workout to Friday and my Friday workout (which requires no gym to Saturday).  I don't want to not have time for my workout because I got out too late from the tattoo shop.

On a side note I actually feel really bad that I am getting a tattoo from someone other than my friend Luke.  Luke if you see this, I am sorry but don't worry the tattoos that truly will take an expert to do our yours to do.

So I weighed in at 172.5 this morning (still up and down between 172 and 173.5 lbs).  Here are the pics from this morning.

Day 19: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

Counting down .... 10 ..... 9 (which is tomorrow) days left.  Wow this week is flying.  I really could not believe today was Wednesday.  I felt like I just had my cheat meal a couple of days ago.  This is proving how easy the diet has turned.  I rarely even use the additional flavors i bought as the shakes are good.  Slowly people are starting to ask me about the diet and workout.  They want to know where to go and find out how to do it themselves.  Like I have said before anyone who does this will have my full support, just make sure you are very disciplined on eating habits because you won't survive a week if you aren't.

I have decided once I have finished the diet to turn my regular diet into what is called the Velocity Diet Lite version.  Which will consist of a shake in the morning and before bed.  I will then have 3-4 small meals throughout the day.  Also because I love the recovery drink so much I will probably continue that also.  The eating habits will be healthy still, with once in a while cheating on bad food but nothing to bad.  Hey I got has to live once in a while.

What is amazing is that I am not even 75% done but feel so close.  That means I have more improving to do.  What is also going to be great is on Saturday (day 22) I will be getting a tattoo on my ribs and well at least I will have a flat stomach to show it off the way it should.

So here were my lifts today:

Front Squat - 145x5, 145x5, 145x5, 145x5, 145x5

Close-Grip Bench Press - 175x5, 175x5, 175x5, 175x5, 175x5

Chinup - 70x5, 70x5, 70x5, 70x5, 70x5

Push Press - 145x5, 145x5, 145x5, 145x5, 145x5

Every set was 20 seconds rest.  It really wears you out quickly.

Finally I weighed in at 172.5 lbs. this morning.  Here are this morning pics:

Last thing remember NO FLEXING!!!

Day 18: Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

10 days to go!!! So today was good.  I find being at work makes the diet easier.  I am constantly doing something and because of that I am doing cardio (just not intense).  Also lack of boredom makes me not tempted to cheat on the diet.

I am loving the results each day.  But now I am become nit picky about what i need to improve.  But these are things that I will handle once I am done with this diet.  Still concerned about my diet afterwards.  I know most likely the final result i have from this I won't be able to keep (lean wise) but I will just have to look at the before and after pictures and make sure I keep myself better than the before picture and closer to the after picture.

I weighed in at 173 this morning.  Here are today's pics (remember no flexing just standing there):

Day 17: Monday, January 17th, 2011

Ooops ... fell asleep last night and did not post update.  Here are the pics for Monday and I weighed 172.5 that day!

Day 16: Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Well today was very non-exciting in the diet.  I didn't workout, I drank my shakes and that was it.  But the only thing that was bothering me was I was re-reading the article again on how to do it.  I was looking at pics and going damn those people got really ripped out, and I have less than a week.  Then it hit me.  This is only the beginning week three.  I still got 12 more days to go.  So now I feel a lot more comfortable about it.

Things I did notice about today was my arms and chest look a lot bigger.

I woke up weighing 173.5 lbs.  today also.

Day 15: Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Another day down.  Yup 13 more to go.  I would say this was a more difficult day when it came to temptations but I made it hard on myself.  First thing I did was wake up later than usual so my eating (well drinking) schedule was all out of it.  But a couple of things that didn't help were, well i did nothing for a good portion of the day causing me to be bored at times and when you are bored typically food sounds good.  Another thing was I went to a birthday party and they had a lot of great smelling food, grilled chicken, hot dogs, meatballs, sausages and bunch of chocolaty desserts.  But I resisted and got out of there without eating anything.  Then I went to another get together and everyone was drinking and that was a little difficult to say no.  At least one thing I learned about myself is that I do not need to drink anymore to have a good time.  But that is another thing.

I did notice though that I had an easier time lifting today.  This was the third time around doing this workout and felt the easiest it has been.  I even added weight to all things and still it felt easier.  That is good, because like I have said I was worried about losing strength.

Here were my reps for today:

Bent-over barbell row:  210x5, 210x5, 210x5, 210x5, 210x5

Overhead Barbell Squat:  120x5, 120x5, 120x5, 120x5, 120x5

Dips:  72.5x5, 72.5x5, 72.5x5, 72.5x5, 72.5x5

Ab Wheel Rollout: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

Last thing was I weighed in at 172 this morning.  A little surprised I lost weight after eating regular food the night before but the workout I did on Friday must have done it.  Here are today's pics:

Day 14: Friday, January 14th, 2011

HALF WAY DONE!!!!

Yup I am half way done.  It truly is flying by now.  I am so used to the diet that I don't even think about anything else.  I get excited about the workouts now because the results are immediate.  What also is great that I look great and this is only 14 days in.  I can only imagine what I am going to look like in two more weeks!!!

So to be honest I am so glad I am doing this diet.  It has boosted my ego (like I needed that, lol) but I feel well lean and hard.  My stomach is a rock and is really starting to look like the so called washboard.  Places I used to feel fat are now completely gone.  Another thing is how lean my face looks.

Things I would like to see happen in the next two weeks are muscle growth.  I know it is happening but now I would love to see some significant growth.  Especially in my arms, chest and shoulders.

I would say if you are able to resist food for a week you can do this because your body will get used to the shakes.  I would then recommend this diet/workout to anyone.  It truly does WORK!!!

So I did my cardio like workout tonight.  That one is the one that hurts the most and feels like I work the whole body.  I definitely did it easier than last week but still it was difficult.

My food was good tonight but wasn't craving it .... I ended up getting a 7 oz steak, about 10 pieces of shrimp and steamed assortment of vegetables.

I did weigh in at 172.5 lbs. this morning, showing all together I have 7.5 pounds but only 1/2 pound since day 6.

Here are the morning pics (really got to get better lighting)