#bodybuildingissues

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WHEN IT ALL STARTED

“You should do some weightlifting. Light weight and some hamstrings curls to have nice legs and butt.” My dad used to say and I used to reply: “NEVER! i will end up buff and full of big muscles. I will look like a man”

I remember the Arnold and bodybuilding books around the house, the basic but functional dumbbells, plates, bench in the house. Needless to say, i was very resilient to the idea of picking up a dumbbell. Oh but how wrong was i and how right was my dad. 

October, 2013. I was trying to be a cardio bunny. Jogging at least 2 times a week. Not much. One of those evenings, i injured my foot sole and the orthopedist said, sorry no more running for at least 3 months. No treadmill, no bicycle. You can do weightlifting and elliptical. 

I joined the gym, and started weightlifting. It was great. And then started to be more and more interested on it. Since then, some things have changed. Try to workout at least 5 - 6 days a week and changed diet (although i had screwed it up during the last month. Bodybuilding is part of our daily life (yes our, it all started with my now husband, at the gym) and I have to say that once you are in, you never go back. 

[mybodybuildinglife]

WHAT YOU EAT.

Before i start writing anything about Bodybuilding, let me state that i have never competed and do not consider myself a pro, not even an amateur. I am a bodybuilding enthusiast. And this will be a collective of notes about something that it is not a diet or a workout plan but a lifestyle i have chosen. (that i will talk on next post).

Food. Habits. That is the hardest thing. You can workout 3hrs a day and still not have any gains or definition if you don´t eat properly. The body is a machine and filling it up with crap will only deliver poor performance, deficient health and obviously poor results.

Making the right choice of what i should eat has become a battle since i arrived to London. Not making an excuse but anxiety makes it all worse. And lets not talk about that period of the month. The cravings transform me into a cookie monster.

The rebound makes its appearance after 48hrs. And the guilt makes you regret what you chose to eat 2 days ago.

It is incredible how the body works. You need weeks, months and years to build a physique that you imagine, your vision. And only a few cheat meals to make it disappear.

Anyways, next meal is always a new chance to make the right choice. And it is what i am planning to do. Off to Leg day.