Joe Average Journal

[alp078]

Day 1...

Well would you look at that?! I went and kicked off my journal with a damned dirty lie. I can't even remember when day 1 was, it was that long ago. But truth be told (and my mum told me it always should be) whilst it was long ago my training efforts have been anything but consistent.

Why? Well, im Joe Average. My enthuisasm has been known to fluctuate, i work a 9-5 some 70 miles away from home (2 hour commute each way) and have all the domestic demands that come with adult life. I used to smoke and begrudged the idea of what felt like turning my diet on its head and having to spend a small fortune on eating right. Enough with the excuses.

I can honestly say that at the grand old age of 27 i have turned a corner and recently gained a new perspective on life. Dont get me wrong, i always knew that working out made me feel good, and that the gains and general improvements in health made me feel better still, but like i already suggest above, i let the excuses get in the way.

I got a wake up call about 18 months ago when i realised my 6ft frame had withered to a miserly 10.5 stone. I wasnt eating right, i wasnt exercising and i was always stressed and tired. At the same time i relocated from London to the coast and once the dust settled set about putting things right. I guess somewhere tucked in back there was my real Day 1.

Where am i now?

I seem to have hit a plateau at 12 stone. My training is good, and i feel, progressive and my diet improves with each week and trip to Tesco that passes.

So why the journal?

Very simply, to keep me on the ball. I need something to help me bust through the 12 stone mark. To give me somewhere to chart what im doing and how im doing it. Somewhere for me to reflect and hopefully identify areas for improvement. If some of you folk get on here and read this and feel you can shout some advice my way then thats all good, i'll welcome your input. But, at the end of the day, comments or no comments i feel this could be what i need to push me on to the next level and keep me moving forward.

For a long time now i have been a 'lurker' on here, reading the good things you all have to say. I wont ever stop learning, and i like it that way. Thanks for all the help you have all (unknowingly) provided already.

I'll post my workouts and diet later.

Average Joe aka alp078

[James Copping]

Good luck mate, throw a few handfuls of nuts down ur throat 3x a day and I'm sure ur weight will start to rise!

[finlee]

excellent pal, welcome, good to see the change in your life, no doubt it was made you more confident as well?!?!?!

get your routine and diet up in the relevant sections pal. I'll be well interested in this.

[alp078]

My thanks to you both.

Have posted workout and diet in respective sections. Im going to work on getting a few photos so i can chart progress, would it be useful to put them on here? I guess it could help folk critique my plan.

[finlee]

yeah put your pics in your journal, helps people follow the journal and your progression pal.

[Resurrected]

Welcome If you have no objections I'd like to move your post to the introductions forum as this is really what it is. Then you can start a journal as and when you decide

[James Copping]

Jst leave this in the journal section, no need for him to write a load out again.

[alp078]

Ooops sorry 43, didnt see the Intros forum. If its better placed there then i dont mind. Could i copy and paste it over, that way i can carry on with journal here also?

[Resurrected]

I'll sort it for you.

[alp078]

Righty-o following some input from meathead on my current workout routine i'm going to follow a new plan from next week, kicking off on Sunday.

In the meantime, some stats to give me something to measure against...

Height 6ft0.5inches (the half inch is all important as i didnt even realise i had it)
Weight 77kg
Chest 39.5
Waist 32
Right arm 13.5
Left arm 13.5
Right thigh 22.5
Left thigh 22.5
Right calf 14.5
Left calf 14.75

Lots of work to do, lots of food to eat. Bring it on!