Sal's Blog of Nothing

Here’s another update on my ongoing weight loss.. When I first started being serious about fitness – last October – I weighed about 243.4 pounds at 26.8% body fat and 39.0% lean mass (I’ve been about 15 pounds heavier).. As of yesterday, I weigh 189.2 pounds at 18.3% body fat and 30.3% lean mass. So that means I lost 8.5% body fat and 8.7% lean mass. My next goals are to be 180 pounds at 18% body fat and I’m almost there – though losing fat at this point is extremely difficult.

Ideally, I’d like to be at 15% body fat – and I may need to get down to 160 or 170 to make that happen. Once there, I will do a lean bulk and try to hit 180 pounds at the same 15% body fat. I have no doubt I can make that happen.. I’m actually starting to see abdominal muscles – which is cool because I’ve never had ‘em. Even when I was down to 140 pounds several years ago – I never trained abs – so there was nothing to see.

Vascularity is also something new to me. I can see veins in my arms, legs and calves now.. I’m not talking about the blue veins that everybody has – I mean the ones weight lifters have. (Yes, I know – even the skinny crackheads who’ve never done a push-up like Axl Rose have them.) And again, when I was down to 140 pounds years ago – I wasn’t nearly as seriously into weight lifting as I am now. Even with all my injuries and the need to work around almost everything I do, things are turning out well.

So far, this experience is working out nicely for me. I do a little cheating here and there – and that’s probably why I’m having so much trouble getting deep into the 180s – but I’ll get there. I’m not in as much of a rush as I once was because I’m in decent shape these days. Still, I have goals and I will reach them.

If anyone is interested, here are some numbers that I’ve been recording since October 2008…

Weight (where listed) / Fat % / Body Mass Index %

29.3 / 37.1
27.1 / 37.7
26.8 / 38
26.5 / 38.4
242.2 / 26.9 / 38.8
243.4 / 26.8 / 39.0
239.8 / 26.0 / 38.4
232.8 / 25.6 / 37.3
232.4 / 25.7 / 37.2
229.8 / 24.9 / 36.8 (the first time under 230 in years – first goal achieved)
217.2 / 23.2 / 34.7
215.0 / 23.0 / 34.4
213.8 / 23.0 / 34.3
211.6 / 22.7 / 33.9
211.2 / 22.9 / 33.8
210.2 / 22.8 / 33.6 (210 – second goal achieved)
209.2 / 22.5 / 33.5
210.4 / 22.6 / 33.7
208.2 / 22.2 / 33.3
208.2 / 22.1 / 33.3
206.4 / 22.2 / 33.1
204.4 / 22.0 / 32.8
203.2 / 21.7 / 32.5
204.8 / 21.5 / 32.8
202.4 / 21.4 / 32.4
202.0 / 21.4 / 32.3
203.0 / 21.3 / 32.5
200.2 / 21.1 / 32.0
200.6 / 21.0 / 32.1
199.4 / 21.1 / 32.0 (under 200 – third goal achieved)
199.4 / 20.7 / 32.0
198.4 / 20.5 / 31.8
194.8 / 20.5 / 31.2
196.8 / 20.2 / 31.6
197.2 / 20.1 / 31.6
194.8 / 20.1 / 31.6
194.8 / 20.1 / 30.9
191.4 / 19.8 / 30.7
190.4 / 19.1 / 30.5
190.6 / 19.0 / 30.5
188.8 / 19.1 / 30.3
188.2 / 18.6 / 30.1
191.2 / 18.4 / 30.6
188.6 / 19.0 / 30.3
189.2 / 18.3 / 30.3

Did you know?

Did you know that the AMA (American Medical Association) and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) both advised the federal government AGAINST scheduling muscle building drugs related to steroids? Obviously, misinformation, paranoia, ignorance and outright lies caused these substances to be scheduled anyway. Steroids are the only drugs on the list devoid of euphoric or consciousness-altering properties. Why is everybody so afraid of people building muscle?

I can understand why prisons are beginning to take weights away from prisoners. Who wants BIG, strong, violent offenders to deal with? But what about us regular people? What next? Are weights going to be banned in gyms one day? That may sound ridiculous – but doesn’t the fear of “muscle building” sound ridiculous to beginwith?

Does it have to do with the feminization of America? It’s a proven fact that natural testosterone levels in men have declined steadily over the past 20 years. What’s going on? Maybe it has to do with the medical field. If all 50 year old men were taking testosterone, they’d have more energy, more ambition, more motivation, more drive to exericise, more sex, less need for viagra, cialis or whatever else is out there… Less trips to the doctor… I suppose simple, inexpensive testosterone would cause the medical field to lose lots of money…

It’s all about money, people.. Take GHB for example. It’s a class 3 drug – just like cocaine, heroine, etcetera. What does class 3 mean? It means there are no approved medical uses. Well than how is it that Jazz Pharmaceuticals is making a killing by selling it? Right now! Instead of it being sold over the counter like it had been for decades (it was cheap!), now it’s available by prescription only (and it’s very expensive).

Performance enhancing substances. Who would have ever imagined our corrupt government, with the help of their corrupt media, would have us so worried about “performance enhancing substances”? Think about it. What if, one day, some “mad scientist” develops “intelligence enhancing substances“? Are we going to lock him away and make these new substances Public Enemy #1? Please! For the love of God! Save the children from intelligence enhancing substances!

Wanna know how many scientific studies definitively link the use of anabolic steroids to death – or even serious health risks? One? Fifteen? Twenty? Nope… Try ZERO.

Watch this video for an in-depth look at the truth about steroids…