One Week Later

Well folks. It's been one whole week since I began my quest to become the biggest natural bodybuilder of all time. Tomorrow, I'm going to weigh myself for the second time. You may recall that I gained 4 pounds after only one day of training towards my goal. I had explained that this was due mostly to being dehydrated on the day 1 of my journey. My wife-to-be Virginia filmed me while I worked out my shoulders and calves on that day... and I guess I was so anxious leading up to that moment that I didn't get much rest the previous week.

I expect to weigh in at at least 182 pounds, but I'm hoping for 185. If the scale does say 185 pounds tomorrow... That means that I gained a whopping 9 pounds in one week. No matter the result, I'll continue to move forward confident that I'll reach my ultimate goal before May 5th, 2010 (which is less than 6 months from now). The hardest part of my transformation will be attributed to the cold Canadian winters we experience over here. Shoveling two cars out of the 20+ inches of snow (and ice) on an almost daily basis for over 3 months could be very draining. Nevertheless, I'll make sure to get adequate amounts of rest. One small nap (of at least 1 hour) during the day, right after training... and a good night's sleep of 9-10 hours.

Tomorrow I'll probably sleep in until about 11am, and drink plenty of water throughout the day. I want to hit that 185-pound mark on the scale really badly. Of course, I don't want to do anything misleading to have others believe I'm bigger than I actually am... It's just that if I drink a lot of water, I will be heavier and seeing those results will boost my confidence further. You have to understand that when trying to accomplish your fantasy goal, you need to do everything you can to keep yourself believing that you're on the right track to achieving it. This is because your dream... That thing you've been wanting to do, perhaps for years... is maybe the toughest challenge you'll ever face in your life. It's just the way that it is.

I hope that these blog posts are helping you in some way. I encourage you to stay tuned, as this journey has just begun. I might upload a video of Day 1 this week. We'll see. I'm kind of contemplating keeping all the videos until the end of my journey and making it into an awesome documentary (instead of uploading them to my YouTube channel tri-weekly as I had originally planned). Anyways, like usual... I'll keep you posted!