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Ricky Macapinlac here! A contrast from being born a pretty hefty 8 lbs, the vast majority of my life I've been a pretty skinny kid. Enjoying my fast metabolism as well as regular activity from break dancing, I ate whatever I wanted and maintained a pretty low blood pressure and heart rate. Once I hit college that actually didn't stop. Eating 3-4 plates of dorm food per meal

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Hey everyone!

Ricky Macapinlac here! A contrast from being born a pretty hefty 8 lbs, the vast majority of my life I've been a pretty skinny kid. Enjoying my fast metabolism as well as regular activity from break dancing, I ate whatever I wanted and maintained a pretty low blood pressure and heart rate. Once I hit college that actually didn't stop. Eating 3-4 plates of dorm food per meal didn't change my build of 5'6'' and 115 lbs, however I was under the misconception I needed to get the fat and "convert" it to muscle to bulk up.

That all changed when I hit 21. The combined onslaught of reduced physical activity, a slowed metabolism, and a whole lot of beer made me peak to 180 lbs. However, it wasn't necessarily the weight that bothered me. When I had my blood pressure taken at the doctor I found that I was on the cusp of hypertension, understanding my family's history of diabetes and heart disease I knew I had to shape up as soon as I could.

My goals were pretty simple, I knew it wasn't the weight itself I needed to lose, it was the weight in fat. Having taken a nutritional science class on accident (I was actually looking for a class entitled the science of cooking) I understood the basics of altering my diet. I took up running and made a rough adjustment of my carbs/protein/fat ratio per meal in addition to a safe reduction of caloric intake based on my BMR to support my new lifestyle. I also cut smoking and drinking excessively (I loved starting my days with a brown ale =D).

In three months I saw good stable results, I dropped my weight down to 150-160 lbs, I had more energy and I was feeling good. Did I reach a plateau? I have no clue, because I was a little too overzealous with my training and got a stress fracture earlier this year!

5 months of inactivity has had me bummed, but luckily for me I haven't gained too much weight and was at 155 lbs when I started P90X this week. I hope to run the Rock n Roll Marathon here in San Diego next year, so I'm looking to see results and I'm looking to BRING IT!

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