Hey there,
  Thanks for stopping by! My name is Jonny and I'm a college student studying Electrical Engineering at UCLA. Prior to attending UCLA and changing my lifestyle in order to adapt to the academic rigor of an engineering curriculum, I was very in to athletics and physical fitness. I like to still think that I'm in to fitness...I'm just not fit anymore. Toward the end of the school year I really could not find the time to work out in addition to studying, working a part-time job, and doing side projects. It became really bad. Let me put things in perspective.

This is what I looked like around one year ago (bench 295, squat 315, bicep curl 135, 6:45 min mile) :

Diet: primarily chicken, salmon, quinoa, and all fruits and vegetables.

This is what I looked like midway through the first quarter of this past academic year (bench 305, squat 320, 140 bicep curl, 6:43 min mile) :

Diet: chicken, salmon, steak, brown rice, oatmeal, quinoa, farro, all fruits and vegetables.

And here is what I look like now (bench ??, squat nonexistent, bicep curl: ??, 8:30 min mile):

Diet: chicken, salmon, steak, quinoa, all fruits and fewer vegetables, occasional dessert. Frequent abuser of protein bars (candy bars.)

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Take a look at the first photo. Then the last. Then the first. Now look at the last again... See what I mean?

  For all of you internet trolls who refuse to acknowledge the hard work of others, I'll have you know that none of these images were manipulated in any way beyond cropping my face out. As you can see in the last photo, there is still some size left in certain areas but the most noticeable thing is a large amount of fat in the midsection. I no longer have abs and it's a shame. You can see the remnants of my six-pack under the fat. It shouldn't be too hard to shed the weight and get some size back now that it's summer. The last photo shows that I've gained some fat and lost a lot of muscle. Interestingly it was mainly due to my inactive lifestyle. I ate pretty well but would frequently eat protein bars high in sugar content. This is proof that pizza and burgers are not the only things that can pack on weight. When you eat like a bodybuilder and exercise like an engineer (as in don't exercise,) stagnation and fat gain is what happens. Muscle loss is mainly evident in my shoulder (deltoid) and bicep area but my back has suffered quite a bit as well. My legs have suffered the most. Calves are smaller than they once were and quads are virtually nonexistent. 

  

  Anyway, I wanted to start this blog in order to provide a source of inspiration and an educational resource to people interested in making physical improvements. Every week I will post a progress photo, and I will post every single workout I perform in addition to diet information. This is for all of you who have ever asked: "What do you do in the gym?" Check back every day to see what I did. Follow me on this journey to regaining my state of fitness. One of my goals is to show people just how easy it is to transform your body.

  Tomorrow will be my first workout of this series. I'm hoping to make this a ten week transformation. Tomorrow will be chest day, followed by back, followed by arms, and then a mountain biking session for cardio and legs. Let's go!