I have been gone for a while. I hurt both of my upper calves and could do very little. Nothing torn, just bad pulls. I stopped going to the gym to let them heal and meanwhile got very busy and threw good nutrition out the door. Old habit came back quickly and I'm severly out of shape again. I'm back up to 260lbs with a fairly nasty gut.

I'm posting here to keep myself accountable on my re-start Monday. I will have weight loss as my emphasis. Weight training will be a very important part of this but I will use a higher paced, higher repped appoach. I am thinkng a super-set kind of deal.

Probably just a two set per exercise and transition back into the nutrition that Beverly help set up for me.

Hey WonderMonkey, great to hear you're getting back on track. I know that when I came back from a long layoff over the winter, gains and fatloss happened so much faster than when I first attempted to get in shape-hopefully the same holds true for you. Keep us posted on your progress!

Keep it strong WonderMonkey! Good Luck!

WonderMonkey, Couldn't you have gotten into the gym and worked upper body or back or quads, or ANYthing? I tore a calf muscle a few months ago, but continued to get into the gym for the rest of my workouts. I'm not being critical, just wondering what happened to your motivation.

sjm