Looking Good Naked

Well we started this journey together over a year ago.  During that time I kept the faith and kept training.These are current pictures of myself at 300 pounds and 55 years of age.  consistent effort has benefits.

What about you how much has you body improved.  When we become older adults, Nature tends to cruel and starts to weaken our bodies, bones,immune system.  We get older.  If your like me you are staying active and fighting old age.

Some people however reduce their activity levels .  We spend a lot of our lives working for a pay check.  for most people that is just enough money to get by.  Then maybe we retire and our income drops by 50%.  

The good news is we have more time for our families and ourselves.

So now what do you retire to the living room, watch T.V. and rust away?  

I find most of us middle aged and older adults make the decision to maybe join that gym and start to use it.  When we actively decide to pursue a healthier lifestyle (keep physically active),  Our efforts are rewarded.

Soon you find smoking no longer is appealing neither are many 

other things we did during our 50 hour work weeks.  If you did make that new years resolution to "Look good Naked", congratulations.  

No matter what your calendar age is, choosing to become

more physically active and healthy is a gift for ourselves and our families.

I'll visit again with you later.

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Look Good Naked; Intermittment Fasting

 Welcome to the latest edition of Look Good  Naked.
At this point I am somewhere around 302#. My friend at the bottom is 178#.  The thing is I want to compete in an upcoming bodybuilding show. About May of 2016.  My friend we can call him 'J' may do the same.  To come in competition ready 'J' is intent on adding about 20 pounds.  Myself I would love to maintain my weight but a lot of extra fat isn't good for utilizing Testosterone Cholesterol.  By the way in my 50's now my body keeps making changes.  Due to consistent and intense bodybuilding protocal , I use my test levels are okay.  Otherwise I would be a 300# Jelly Roll.

So What we are doing here is looking at IF or intermittment Fasting ways of eating.  Two common elements in this type of strategy are low or 'NO' calorie time periods, followed by periods of caloric consumption.  What I find appealing about this plan is that instead of eating all ofthe time, I mayeat less often so I do not stress over missing meals.

 these lower picture are myself at 284# The top most pictures are myself a 302#.  With this  'IF' plan the goal is to keep the muscle and lose the fat in about 16 weeks.  16 weeks is a long time to safely experiment with these protocols and tune the one that works bestfor myself.  'J'is a training partner of mine.  Our ages and body types are different.  Lets see what works.  By the way I hope you are getting as much good out of this series, as I am sharing with you.  I am cheering for you too.

Both you and I desire to look our best.  a word about my current dietary practice.  I am not exact but I think for the last year or so I have adopted a highfat, high protein and moderate carbohydrate diet. Something like 35% fats, 30% proteins, and 35% carbohydrates.  Being older (50's) frequency of exercise is more important than how much weight I lift.

The 4th Horseman

In the Holy Bible the book of revelations is called the Apochriphy.  Tells about foretold events.  People could argue that all of the events have taken place, except for the raprture of "The Bride of Christ."  The Church of Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witness, The Baptist, The Methodist, The Pentecostals.  All of these church "Denominations" saythey have a handle on things.  All say this is how you get to Heaven.  Then there are churches, institutions of the "Left Hand Path." Could Muslism bea left hand path.  The Muslims Mahdi is their savior but the Christians Anti-Christ.  One thing for sure parallels the 4th horseman of the apocalypse, that is the rise of Islam. So lets visit this text.

Revelations 6  starting at verse 6;  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beast say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of Barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
(Here I think the 'oil' refers to the Old Testament oil used to anoint priest and kings.  I think the'wine' refers to the "New Wine "of the  New Covenant Jesus Immanuel the Christ of God established with his "perfect sacrifice.")

vs( 7): And when he had opened the fourth seal, (4th), I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
vs(8):  And I looked and behold a pale horse;  (pale green),  and his name that sat onhim was Death, and Hell followed with him.  And power was given unto them over the foruth part of the Earth, to kill with sword, (organized armies), and with hunger (drought and famine are usually  connected), and with death, (ISIL, Al Quida, War lords etc.), and with the beast of the Earth. (Lions, Tigers, Bears etc)

As an environmentalist I can play with this.  Increase global temperatures by a few degrees then all kind of hings happen.  Longer hotter summers, shorter maner winters . People and animals die because of storms and drought. Trees burn down, deer lose their homes and predators get hungry.  We become todays entree.  What aboutthe fear that God put in the animals after the flood.  Well today we routinely encroach on wildlife habitat and they still need a place to live, fear is replaced by tolerance,then curosity, and next thing you know raccoons,squirrels, geese, and what not are now your new neighbors.  Didn't I mentinon that insects staya round longer too. Yeah, West NIle virus, Swine Flu's, etc.insects are the carriers and they have to eat too!.

So of all of the Horseman, the 4th one is my biggest concern.  We will see where all of this leads too.

Looking Good Naked, new milestones.

2015 is almost gone,  Myself I have grown from a solid 224#  to a solid 297#.   Now the next part isworking to maintgain weightwhilelosing fat.  In some cases your local sports supplement store has rthe help you need.   In my 50's one of my concerns is keeping my testosterone levels up.  Actually this is accomplishd by heavy resistance training and a little help from dietary practices.  Currently I am at about 20% fat.  5%of our bodyfat is not the stuff we are wanting to lose.  5% of our bodyfat isnthat tissue that keeps our organs in place.
     Here is something else I started looking at.  In the condition called 'edema', manypeople look like they are super fat with rolls  hanging off of their ankes and such.  The dumb thing is doctors give you water pills or diuretics to urine a lot more.  Does not work too well.  The reason is because even when we breathe part of cellular respiration is waste generation.  Here is the weird part.  WShen we breathe one of the waste products is 'water'.  Seriously with 'edema'  better known as 'fluid retention', when the cause is not blunt trauma.  (auto accidents, falls and such where the response is swelling).  Then the cause is the bodies failure to use enzymes and electrolytes to manage fluids.  I am not a doctor but I am thinking that eliminating drinking fluids is not going to help.  Maybe electrolyte replenishment is a better idea.  I need more work on this.
     Now is time to makea newstart to your fitness program.  If it is still working, keep it up.  As for myself myregime needs some modifications now.

Look Good Naked, the next chapter

So 2015 is almost done.
Have you kept a food journal and have you been using a journal to put in all of your accomplishments?

You have 1 body so lets make the best of it.
Supplements are a good idea for us aging Americans.  My go too supplements are a protein blend ,(Matrix, is a good one.), I like having vegetable juice on handto for drinking since this is the most convenient way to get my veggies.
Also a pre-trainer would be good.  These things work.  If caffeine is an issue readyour labels.  150mg of caffeine is what you get in a good cup of coffee.
Now as we grow older,flexibility becomes an issue.  This is something I'll cover in a future post as well as some good stetches you can do.  Weight management isn't just about aerobics, as I had said before, muscle is a more metabolically active tissue (burns more calories), than bodyfat.  So put some  muscle on your frame.

This is myself at 284 a good weight for upping my slow metabolic rate.

Many of us though are happy to be in our 100's.  This is okay.  In attractive young lady in Golds gym in Kansas City, MO wore a t-shirt that said "Strong is thenew skinny>"  This woman epitomizes this in that she is a tight 140# and looks smaller.  I talked toher and she said the advantage of being so tight is that she does not go hungry. Actually she eats very well and still looks slender more so than muscular.  When she moves, you can easily seee her muscle bellies in action.   So ladies and guys, in the quest to "look Good Naked." don not neglect to work your muscle hard.  Youwill feel, look, and be better because of the work done.

Steven Childs for President 2016-2024, next

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I am campaigning as a Libertarian for the office of the 45th President of the USA.  Since my background is working poor, and well educated, I may be the best person for this job for the next 8 years.

Planks in my platform include fresh water, food, and energy security.  I am a big supporter of trade but dependancy on another country for our food and fuel IS NOT, a good thing.  So I want to put some 2,000,000 + federal workesr to work solving our problems and ensuring our future,  As for Congress and the Senate  I want them to go from law writng to problem solving.  Even getting rid of mammoth amounts of legislation.   Many laws are not needed.  Our courts have too many cases totry, the VA is too small for the demand of medical services from our former military members.  There are solutions for all of these things..