So I turned 56 this past Saturday April 5th. This birthday thing is starting to get old, a bit like me I guess. To be honest, I really don't care all that much as long as I feel good and I'm taking care of myself and the way I look. My modeling days are over, well they never really ever began, my bodybuilding days still seem to be hanging in there but my health is first and foremost.

As of April the 5th, I am three months and one week out from the Vancouver Open Regionals, the real contest prep will start three months out but I am on track for sure. I figure I am somewhere in the single digit body fat percentage, probably the mid to high 9% which means I need to lose around 10 pounds of fat and put on 5 pounds of muscle. This is pretty standard contest prep numbers for me and three months gives me lots of time to get there. I am right around 195 pounds currently so adding 5 pounds of muscle and losing 10 pounds of fat should put me right at 190 pounds, this will be my weigh in weight which will go up a bit as I carb up to probably around 195 pounds on stage. That's the plan for now but we are a ways out so the actual numbers may be a little bit different.