The good news is that I dropped about 2lbs last week. I really had no idea what to expect. The numbers were pretty close to what I had done before, except the timing was totally different. One thing I have…
Category: Nutrition
Nutrition update
I have done a somewhat halfway decent job at tracking macros these days. I will do great until dinner and then hit this mental wall where tracking macros becomes this horribly mundane and tedious task that I refuse to do. …
A full week off
What does a week off feel like? It was a mixed reaction for me. On one hand, not having to wake up at 3:45a to go workout was easily the best thing about taking time off. I got to sleep…
Mental Break at the Fair
Last night the family and I went down to the water front for the Chow Wagon. Knowing that I would most likely not be able to find the appropriate amount of carbs, fats, and proteins while I was there, I…
Nutrition Update – 4/23
I got on the scale Sunday morning and was down another 3lbs. Total loss of 9.2 since tracking again. Just goes to show how far out of whack I was. I have done really well hitting my numbers. The biggest…
Nutrition Back on Track
Cliff’s Notes: Down 6lbs in the first week. The last time I weighed, it was during the men’s night event at our gym where I did the 3RM deadlift. I weighed in at 279. I would be lying if I…
Nutrition Progress
Last week my nutrition was better than it has been in some time. I knew that I had to make a change because of how my clothes were fitting, how I was feeling, and what I was seeing in my…
Some nutrition changes
For the past few months, we have been “winging it” with nutrition. For a year straight I had logged everything into MyFitnessPal and it just got to be so tedious. I needed a break. While I have not gotten on…
Cheat Day: Worst Idea Ever
Since I had just wrapped up a 6 week training block and was about to start a new 12 week cycle on Monday, I thought I would take Sunday and Monday as a rest day. In my mind, that meant…
Moving on: Nutrition
I am tired of tracking macros. Seriously. I get setting boundaries and making sure you are getting the nutrition that you need. I also liked the idea of trying to make sure you ate every single last bit of your…