[InChiefsHeaven]

2022-2023 was the year of OOOOOLD...I turned 52 (I'll be 53 in a week) and in the year leading up to that and this year, I kinda hit a brick wall. Started having serious pain in my shoulder, so I had to adjust lifting. Then had knee and hip bullshit, got sick (not Covid) and various other crap that kept me from the gym.

Gained a lot of weight, (I'm up to 220 or so now) and even though my muscle stayed relatively even, I did put on some fat. Then I just had surgery on my feet to fix my f-ed up toes on both feet, so now I have those stupid surgical shoes to wear. Add to that, it's the holidays, I like my whiskey and I'm about to be 53, and well...shit just ain't as "easy" as it used to be.

Still trying to get 125+ mg of protein (that's not enough, but damn...it's a lot), and I'm doing in home dumbell stuff till the first of the year when I get back to Orange Theory.

It doesn't get any easier that's for sure. I think the days of 200lbs are in the rear view at this point.