Today I started cutting. Cutting is a bodybuiding euphemism for “losing fat”. Or the d-word. But we don’t use that word because it’s a dirty, dirty 4-letter word. I’ve seen Mariano go through 2 complete cuts before. His first one was back in the summer of 2006 and the most recent one last summer. It certainly is a test of willpower but after having done it twice before, he’s been refining his process and thankfully I get to experience the 3rd generation of the formula.

I’m doing a cut for a few reasons. I’ve never had abs. Abs are pretty sick. I want abs. And as they say (and as Mariano often reminds me), “Abs are made in the kitchen.” I’m also doing this for Team Jacked. Mariano will be joining me shortly, in about a week, and we both intend to show some significant improvements in our physique over the next few months. We are building our own “success stories” that we can then use to inspire and motivate others to take their own journeys to the Kingdom of Jacked. Team Jacked is still an idea and I will leave the full explanation for a future post but at its core it’s a service that we’d like to provide to get people jacked.

Luckily I teach CycleFit twice a week and intend to attend another class as well so my physical activity is through the roof when combined with workouts and other random fitness activities. I’m hoping this cut will only take 8-12 weeks and then I will arrive at a place we like to call “The Promised Land” where you’re jacked and eating delicious, healthy meals to maintain.

Last night I also took my first set of progress pictures. They will represent the “before” of the transformation and it is with both great sadness and great happiness that I can say that the before pictures are wonderful. I will be shamefully hiding those pictures until the “after” pictures are taken.

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