A fitness update

I've been trying to gain a little muscle weight. I know, when most people are trying to lose weight, I'm trying to gain it. I tried to go for the lower weight goal, but the lowest I every reached was around 172. For a guy my height (or rather "short" at 5'8"), the charts say I'm supposed to be around 160. Yeah, I was "around" 160 at the end of my high school career.

But since the beginning of the year, I've cut down a bit on my distance running and cycling and have been focusing more on lifting.

Now, I've never been a lifter. I've never been that kind of guy. Usually I'd rather run five miles and feel that burn rather than try to bench 200+ and feel like I'm about to die. But I've arrived at the part of weight lifting where I really (really) enjoy it.

Wednesday night we worked arms. I think I over did it because a few hours later my neck started hurting. Also, yesterday, I could not move. I felt like a truck had hit me, backed up, hit me again, and then the driver sort of laughed.

But I'm getting there. I'm around 183 right now, and I'd love to add maybe 10 or 15 more pounds (muscle, mind you. I'm sure I could easily gain weight with the help of Betty Crocker).

Now, the fun thing about all of this is the food. In endurance sports, I needed plenty of carbs and calories to get through the run or cycle route. With weight lifting, I'm still supposed to eat a bunch, but mainly low sodium and semi-low carb meals. Basically, I can still eat anything I want, as long as I continue to work out. My number is 3,800 calories a day!!! Trust me, I never eat enough a day.

And that's what I really wanted to mention. I've started eating every three hours. It's funny because I get to eat like a hobbit. I have first breakfast, second breakfast, first lunch, snack, dinner, and snack. But sometimes I have to make myself eat something because usaully I just forget.

Trying to eat like an 8 year old while turning into a 25 year old is harder than it looks or sounds. I could eat anything and everything, never getting full when I was 8. But now, I feel like I'm about to pop every once in a while.