Blond Gym Guy

Thursday August 5th.

How can you be a Douchebag at the gym? Let me count the ways.

• Wear a fanny pack.
• Work out 15 minutes a day and look better than me.
• Throw the weights down on the ground.
• Rock back and forth doing bi's
• Have stick legs.
• Stare at me repeatedly.
• Blatently colour your hair jet black to cover the grey.
• Blow dry your crotch.
• Shave every stitch of hair off your front and leave your back like a rug.
• Use Polo.
• Have no job and think you are better than me because you are fit.
• Use roids. (I see you..you look good now but you were puffy and roided up 9 months ago. You cheat. You didnt look so good from just working out.)

This man is not a douche. The muscles, hair and tats all exclude any doucheyness you might notice.

 

Wednesday April 28th, 2010

Life is all about P's. Patience, perspective and pride. The first two you must have in abudnace, the last one have as little as you can manage. When I focus on these things it all works out.

I try not to blog about work, but these 3 P's have gotten me noticed moreso than I ever thought possible.

At home, I try to focus more on my partner and be in the moment. Perspective.

At the gym I am patient but proud.. I didnt get fat overnight, and I wont get thin either.

Thursday April 22nd, 2010

I am a fat pig. Hating myself and what I ate over the last 72 hours. I need a plan and a way out of not eating pizza twice in 24 hours. 1 medium pizza and 4 more slices makes me a fat man. I've decided that I really must  pre plan my meals. I can't eat on the fly anymore. It's won't work. No more. I must think protien, reduced carbs and more veggies.

I've decied I need supplys in order to do this and get the BF on board. The roommate must be locked in a small room. Her food habits make mine look fantastic. She is an eater/self tortureer.

Breakfast and Lunches, thats the key.. protien, veggies, low carbs.

Monday April 12th, 2010- Rise of the Blond Gym Guy

It’s a sad day at the gym for J has lost his job. He’s been made redundant. Can we note that if anyone works in manufacturing, they should find another job stat. That’s what India and China are for. One day it will change and come back to North America but not until oil is 200$ a barrel and we are all old men and women. J is now working out with his GF instead of 30 minutes before her. She’s a 9 if you fancy human beings who can give birth. It sucks even more for the pervy guy who waits for him in the mornings, stretching his sauna/shower/shave to a full 45 minutes. I don’t think he will change his schedule.

 

On other fronts at the gym, Ralph has stopped stalking me. He still weirds me out a bit, but I only see him once a week.

A has been at the gym only half as much as usual and I haven’t seen his GF in ages, though he was talking about her last week.

 

In other news I’ve found a great TV show that talks about diet and supllementation.

http://www.bodyfueltv.com/

Thursday April 1st, 2010

I'm tried. No foolin.

I woke up at 1:30am wide awake. Went downstairs, got juice as I thought I was heading into a diabetic coma. From 3-5:30 I had a restless sleep followed by a deep sleep I was lucky to pull myself out of. Then of course I'm super horny, with a sleeping BF and a gym appointment to head to. (Maybe tonight)

At 6:30 I was at the gym lifting like a juiced up man on a mission but the minute I stepped out of the gym it all went downhill. I keep yawning and all I can think about is a nap.

A coworker comes by my office and tells me how he had a full day followed by evening meetings and a party downtown. I yawned in his general direction. He's about 10 years younger than me and used to that shit. I lose an hours sleep and i look like death warmed over.

Monday March 22nd, 2010

The abs by 40 project is coming along. I am at the gym 5-6 days a week. My diet is improving. Slowly.

5 months to go tomorrow. I will have to make more changes in my diet to get the abs I want. I have made progress as the gut has reduced. It needs more help. I need to give up evening carbs.

My legs are killing me as I have a hamstring ache. Lunges are my friend. Bigger legs=more muscle=more calorie burning muscle=less fat.

 

Friday March 19, 2010

120 lunges yesterday boys! 120! (I'm trying for 160 next week)

Now of course it hurts to walk, sit, stand, bend etc etc. No pain no gain whatever.

The guys and girls at the gym all took today off for some reason. Given the warm weather in this part of the world, I sortof expected to see everyone there trying to get in shape for summer.

The BF gets home tonight thank god, so all I'll be doing is resting and running a few errands.

xoxox

Thursday February 25th, 2010

I fell off the wagon over the past few weeks, indulging in some fast food on the weekends. It's not horrible since I feel like I'm a bit more balanced now. My ice cream intake is reduced from 6 a week to 1. I've stopped craving it altogether.

The biggest struggle I'm having is to eat enough and the very best things for myself. I'm trying to focus on 3 things:

1. Supplements- Swallow my vitamins
2. Have protein with every meal
3. Eat less carbs in the back half of the day.

My gut has decreased in size and my arms are bigger. That is all due to the work I'm doing at the gym. My trainer has kicked up my workouts to a larger intensity level. What that means to me is that my abs, arms, ass and pecs hurt after every workout.

 

Wednesday February 10th, 2010

There are people in this world who love winter and people who don't. There are people who put up with it for a set number of years and then all of the sudden just decide to chuck it all and live in paradise, where they may have less money but wont get the chill of an early morning damp snow. I wonder when my expiry date is. When will I have had enough? 39? 40? 50?

Getting to the gym this morning was a pain in the ass. It was snowy, it was cold and the workout was way tougher than it needed it to be. My new stalker was there too, beard and all. (I don't think he's stalking me, it just makes me feel attractive and it's only been 2 days) Let's call him Ralph. Ralph has a nice grey hoody that I like but don't really need. Ralph has nice legs. Ok I'm already sick of Ralph.

The diet is not what it should be but I've essentially given up McDonalds now.

I'm taking a little weekend getaway that may be the last getaway for a while now as money gets tight. I may have to turn up the heat at home and pretend it's Hawaii.

 

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Let’s play make-believe today…..

Let’s make-believe we have stuck to our diets all weekend.

Let’s make believe we went to the gym every day.

Let’s make believe that we didn’t freak out when we realized we threw out all of our 09 financial documents, or at least most of them.

Let’s make believe that we got all of our to-do lists completed over the weekend.

 

Let’s decide right now that things will be better this week.

 

We will pay attention.

We will watch what we eat.

We will be more organized.

We will get our sleep.

We will drink, but only appropriately and in moderation at the office conference.

We will try to listen, even if people are boring.

We will appreciate eye candy for what it is and not obsess over it.

 

Jan 20th, 2010

It's back to the daily grind for the blond gym guy now that he's back from vacation. Everything is a whole lot colder, both temperature and people. I'm begining to see the advantage of the Cape Town lifestyle, where people are friendly and the temps never get below freezing.

I've also realized that I need to earn a lot of money  if I were to live in Kapstad. No 5000 rand a month job for me, I want 40-50k a month. I've started to look for work there. Nothing may come of it but hey, you just never know.

In other news, I've been good with my diet and work at the gym. I've started to choose healthier options and drink lots more water. My diet cola intake has gone down a lot. My trainer did notice that I've lost some weight but I havent got on the scale for definetive answers yet. I thought I'd give it another week before the next round of pictures.

Work has been the most dificult prospect to manage..lots of bad news which makes you want to work more and longer. I'm not buying into it this time. I'm off the treadmill and onto managing my life and health a bit better instead.

Monday December 28th, 2009

I'm at the gym yesterday..Spin class is due to start up.

I start looking at the guys in the class as I wrap up my 45 min workout. They are all fat..all of them!. I went to spin class twice a few years ago with the bf. The same guys are in the class. A few years later and a few years overweight. Nothing has changed. I also think all of these guys have some sort of lycra fettish. They all like the gear. Sad it looks like shit on them.

BTW- It was legs/back/abs and a bit of arms day. My ass is sore.

Congrats to Joe McElderry who got his New Years #1 in the UK. He's so damm cute.

Tuesday December 22, 2009

I'm at the gym today and realize that I need to step it up.

The defining moment..a look in the gym mirror. No one is there, so many regulars are skipping workouts. J is there though, but I dont expect that to last. (No sign of creepy arab guy who I can't figure out if he is perving me or my trainer)

Abs, arms and ass, especially the ass, all need work. I see a lot of squats in my future and a lot less ice cream.

The gym gets quiet over the holidays. This is when I feel most energized to step it up and push beyond my comfort zone. I may even double up workouts tonight and try and push past my sore throat.

Abs By Forty Update: I promised before pics, They are coming. I weighed myself yesterday. 180lbs Pretty much what I expected. I dont expect to lose weight, just fat.  

Dec 21, 2009- Monday Edition

Helo.. Questions and Answers today my internet friends;

When did I get sick this weekend? Friday at about 5pm..typical.

Did I change something on the blog? -Yes. I deleted some old blogs that were getting lame, added some new ones and updated the music, trying to make it less gay. Not sure if it worked, I mean Susan Boyle??

Do you know how many Oreo McFlurries I had this weekend???NONE!

How many times did I go to the gym? NONE.

Did I finish my Christmas shopping, including the Wii? Yep.. by Friday at 430pm

Did I deposit the checks?  Just 1, the other has to be done on Thursday.

Groceries? Check., Dry Cleaning? Check

Massage & Haircut? Nope.

Abs By Forty: Still coming along.. 252 days to go

Sex? Oh yes my friends.. Afternoon sex.. the best.

Friday December 18, 2009

Work work work. Type type type.

Boss is gone.

The task I have to do sucks.

Hence I’m doing a blog entry and surfing the web!

 

So I was at the gym. It was cardio day.

 

A was there with his girlfriend who didn’t want to be there. A has nice arms, A has great abs..I can’t see them but I can tell they are there under the shirt.  A has crap legs..twigs.

 

J was there, sans GF. J has nice arms, not as defined as A, but good. J’s abs are hidden behind some fat much like myself, but I’ve seen him in the shower and he doesn’t need abs or arms if ya know what I mean.

 

I have a feeling both are bastards to their respective girlfriends. I don’t know this for sure..Well maybe in one instance.

The old Italian was there, the blond dandy was there and that was about it for interesting folks.

 

It’s amazing how quiet the gym gets when the holidays arrive. Just when everyone should kick it up.

Worked the arms a little bit too at the end of my workout. The kid with the enormous head was there too. He has a tiny frame, but man the kid needs to cut his hair so he doesnt look so awkward.

No drama, nada.

Like the nipple piercing on this guy

 

Dec 14, 2009

Great day at the gym today. In,  worked up a sweat, 360 calories in 30 minutes and out. It was relatively quiet with just a hint of insane man hotness.

What a crappy day though after a weekend away in the hot hot sun.

So far, so good, only a protien shake for lunch.

A good tattoo idea:

 


 

Dec 9th, 2009

The gym was dead this morning. The Boif and I hit there at 6:30. The usually eye candy and none of the crap. A brilliant workout in 20 minutes where I pushhed myself a lttle bit more than usual. All of the gym talkers were away due to the snow. Only the hardcore members were there today..Mark, Jamie, Sam & Mario.

Perhaps I'll go again tonight. We'll see.

Still thinking of getting the tattoo, but I'm waiting for my arms to get bigger and more defined.

March 22nd

This is a big catch up post stream of consiousness so bear with me.

The braces are now installed. My teeth are sore. I know that at the end of the tunnel I will be finally be able to floss without putting myself in some pain. In the meantime, I'll get cleanings every 3 months to keep the baddies at bay. I'm pretty sure this is going to help with my diet since smoothies and protien shakes seem to be the only thing I can chew wthout pain.

The BF is away in CT so I'm really bored. Luckiliy I am swamped with work so I fill my time with re-runs of my new favorite show Departures and polishing off reports.

I got my tax refund which should pay for my share of the braces.

I got my new soccer boy haircut that my mom says makes me look 20. Moms say the sweetest things eh? The BF was sent a picture and he says it's cute.

My job has been changed ever so slightly so that I now have 5 provinces to look after instead of 1. No worries, I got a raise and it looks like since we achieved our sales we will get a performance bonus. Yes, you read it right, a PERFORMANCE bonus. That means if you achieve a big result, you get more money. If we dont, we go without bonus.

I had to go to BC a few weeks ago for work and got to visit my nephew for a few hours. No, I did not ski, I worked. About 15 hours a day.

My arms are finally starting to reveal themselves. If only my abs would.

Tuesday Feb 24,2009

I look the thinest in the morning if i choose to look at myself in the mirror. It's bad because I'm letting my hair get very shitty looking. It's all brown and normal and getting longer by the day. Something must be done. No self respecting gay guy should look like this. What is the look? Short or long? I can do both.

The body makeover is coming along. Beyond ice cream from McDonalds, I am being good. Because it's dairy, that's ok right?? My bod better be looking good as I will be on the beach this weekend.

My Tuesday mornings are filled with the fun of paying bills and working on various projects. It's expensive and time consuming taking care of all the details of running my life. It's sort of disapointing then that I didn't win the lottery on Saturday and then be able to hire someone to take care of me. The visa card balance has dipped below 2 grand so that's something right?? I have some money inbound that should pretty much erase the balance in the next week.

I feel supremely guilty for having too much stuff in my house. I have to trim.

Mondays are fun.

Ever notice that we get less sleep on Sundays? The excitment of Mondays does it to me every time. Regardless of how little sleep you get on Sunadys you just never have enough to get to bed and get to sleep right away.

I thought I was gonna get a good nights sleep last night but the ex ruined it by telling me on the phone to 'lighten up'. Why? ---I told him I wasn't planning on putting up a tree this year.I kept my mouth shut as much as I could. Now is not the right time, but I stewed about it for a while. My day will come. It has before, it will again. I have this nasty habit of being right.

Mondays involve meetings, meeting and follow up from more meetings. In bewteen I went to Best Buy with a coworker and bought 3 DVD's.  Sahara, the Ocean's 11,12 & 13 box set and season 5 of Corner Gas. It's the end of the day now and my throat is sore, I have a bit of a headache and the bleeding 'seems' to have stopped. My knees are sore due to not working out which will be fixed Tuesday and Wednesday.

How much do you want to bet that I will be in bed before 9?