2014 OBF Transformation Journal - shortfield

[shortfield]

I wasn't planning on making a journal for this competition, but there seems to be alot of support for the ones that currently exist. The people on these boards make for a fantastic community and I am glad to have stumbled across it.

A little history on me. I've been overweight my whole life. Things got really bad when college ended, I got married and gained more weight, and gained more when my wife got pregnant. When my daughter was born I was 308lbs. That day I vowed to lose weight and get into better shape. I just wanted to be able to crawl around on the floor with her and dance and play. Heres some way before pics:





In the last year and a half, I've dropped about a 100 pounds. And now my goals, have changed. I know theres alot of work to do, but I want to get to under 15% body fat and achieve some aesthetics. I dont know that I have the lean mass right now after cutting for so long, but obviously for the purposes of this competition I plan to continue what I have been doing. Thats eating under maintenance at 2200 calories right now, and lifting heavy. Heres one of the submittal pics for the contest.



I'm not sure what I am going to be updating this thread with. Definitely my macro tracking. maybe a few workouts. Drop by every now and then.

[shortfield]

First week tracking was on point.

[shortfield]

Since Superbowl Sunday, I have been incredibly sick. Some sort of death fever. Thought I was going to pass out a few times today. It's no good. Head is on fire. Legs are ice cold and bones are rattling. Needless to say, I haven't been hitting the gym and I am too ashamed of my macros to even post them. I just havent felt like eating much. I'm getting off the creatine, as I can tell that I am dehydrated and starting to cramp. Hopefully this passes soon because I am mentally pumped to hit the gym, but I just have nothing in the tank right now.