It's that time of year again.

The leaves start turning, it occasionally gets chilly, and Krispy Kreme finally gets Pumpkin Spice doughnuts in again! I love these things; every year I look forward to them coming out, but this year feels different... these things will help me grow now! Heheheh. Trouble is, they're so filling I can only eat about 4 or 5 at a time before I'm stuffed.

Also, I've finally broken past 210! For the last couple days my scale has read no less than 214lbs (even as high as 220 one day)! In celebration, of sorts, I went out and bought some cheap tanks from Target. For once I think they actually look good on me!

I can't wait to see what I look like in my 220 video! Oughta get back to them doughnuts~

Scales

I swear the three different scales I use are plotting a conspiracy against me. 210 is really becoming very very hard to get past. And I'm starting to get tired of getting disappointed every other time I weigh myself.

Just this last evening, I weighed myself at 217 pounds. Granted, I was full, but not that full. This morning I wake up, do my business and take a shower, and go to weigh myself only to have the thing say 211!

210ish pounds isn't really something to be ashamed of, I know. I've literally put on half of my original body weight since staring my workout/gaining. But I don't really get it--I've specifically worked to eat more and more since hitting this wall. I've talked to a lot of people about plateaus and how to get past them, but nothing seems to be helping! According to my bodybuilding.com graph, I've been at 211 since late August!

Do these plateaus usually last this long? What could be keeping me from gaining at the very least just one or two pounds this past month? I actually even feel bigger--my 34s are really starting to get tight--my belly, my thighs and chest, and especially my ass feel a little bigger every day.

I'm stumped. Any thoughts?

On a side note, I'm overly flattered at the response to my video on YouTube! 1200+ views? 70 subscribers? Just for my little starter belly? Shucks, you all~ I even made a couple of great friends already! Like I said to a lot of you, I intend to make a video every 10 pounds I gain. That is, IF I EVER GET TO 220!

I brought a video~

Oh, I feel bad. I've been in a slump in many senses of the word. I lack all sorts of motivation to draw anything (though that may soon change) and worse for this blog, I've hit some sort of plateau with my weight!

I've been hovering around 210lbs for the past week or two now. I'm not worried too much, I've been eating more than usual, and I know that one of these days I'll be back on my way up. In the meanwhile though, not much has been going on. I do LOOK bigger, which is strange. My weightlifting might not be helping my weight, but it's helping other numbers. I've added a half-inch to my arms in the past month, which I'm very proud of. (By the by, you can keep track of all my measurements and stuff on my bodyspace page.

But, I don't want to just leave this as another boring "hey, I'm still alive" post, so I brought things to show off. I took some pictures of what I think is a little bigger belly, and I also got up the nerve to post a little video on YouTube. I figured there's not much to look at now, but to show off how tight my clothes are getting and to create a neat timeline, this would be a good idea.

Man, I think my butt's getting bigger too... Here's the video, at any rate!