September and I'm back to cutting

Back down to 1800ish calories. I put on 26 pounds in August. Maybe... oh... half or less of that was muscle. Time to cut again and get that fat down. Fun fun. Bye bye food.

August Picture Is Up

It looks slighty better than July. Not much progress. In my defense, only half the month involved workouts, and hardly any of it involved diet. September's picture should be better.

Ahh.. .freaking out a bit

I completed my first week of "power lifting" and I feel like I've been worked over with a baseball bat. That's the good news. Sore muscles means growing muscles.

Here's the bad news:
This new plan has me scared shitless. I went from eating 1800 calories a day to eating 3000. The idea is, I haven't lost a pound in over a year, and the fitness guru guy I'm working with says it's because my body has finally adapted to 1800 calories, and that is now my "normal" calorie intake. It's no longer considered a "deficit" by my body. So his plan is to jack my calories up, and have me start power lifting. The idea is to pack on a bunch of muscle (and some fat), and then switch back to the deficit and start cutting fat again.

So far? All I notice is I'm fatter. I'm freaking out. I've gained 6 pounds or so in the last two weeks. I'm supposed to think it was at least half muscle, but it looks a lot like fat in my face and gut.

We'll see. I will try to stick with it for at least the first 8 week cycle.