PCP Rock Star - Brian Glazer

Uploading my Week-2 pics today for Patrick and the team to review.  Limited discernable physical difference at this point although the weight has declined from 76kg to 73kg this morning.  As I understand it, the first two weeks are mainly a loss of water and muscle weight so hopefully the fat loss begins to kick in as the evening carbs invariably come down over the coming weeks. 

That said, feeling stronger overall in terms of exercises, specifically on tri-related stuff like push-ups and dips.  Today being a national holiday in Japan (Sea Day), gym was closed and tried to get most of my exercises done in the home circuit.  For those with kids will understand, easier said than done with the 2 1/2 year old jumping playfully on my back after the third push-up and my one-year old sitting on my face (usually with a poopy diaper...) during the sit-up routine.  Enough excuses, gym opens for biz again tomorrow and will need to re-double my efforts with more attention planned on doing the exercises in tight routine with just prescribed amt of rest in between them.  I too am guilty of sending out e-mails / checking the Web in-between sets in the living room.  

As the diet routine has gotten tougher, have found myself searching for motivation vis-a-vis reading random blogs of a number of the earlier PCPers.  Yup, it's definitely inspiring to witness the proverbial before / after transformation of so many of the guys and to understand that they've lived through the same exact challenges we're experiencing today.  Also by chance ran into a friend and former colleague, Brian Glazer the other night who has made one of the most terrific transformations I've seen of anyone on the program ("The Foundation", check out his blog on the site).  Down over 20kgs from the time he started the program, has given up the Whopper Deluxes (I remember the lunch-time raids to Kanda BK with Eddie) and basically continuing the "healthy living" theme in an everyday, realistic context.  The biggest thing I noticed was aside from a normal waste-size, that Brian literally looked about 10-years younger from the time I knew him working on the desk.  An inspiration to me and will make me think twice before complaining about the hassle of banging out a few sets or crying about the lack of beer in the summer, because here's living proof that bigger feats can be accomplished through will-power. -rp