Pretty successful diet so far. Haven’t felt very deprived, strength is increasing and I’m down 1 pound after the first 2 weeks. Solid.

April 16 – EASTER SUNDAY

Morning Weight: 168.8 @ 5:15 AM

***Training Day***
[Workout B @ 5:30 AM]

I also did some standing and seated calf raises, and seated DB curls. I’m not too excited about tracking these. I mainly just did them to get a pump and bring up my struggling calfs.

I was surprisingly strong this early in the AM, which is not typically the case for me. I find my best workouts typically come early afternoon. However, I felt good and strong this AM. Maybe it’s the ample recovery I’m getting in between training sessions.

I used NutraBio’s Pre for my pre workout supplement.
Throw “LaToof” in for ye a 10% discount.

Another key note… I went on 5 mile hike today to a kick ass waterfall in the dessert. (see picture below for proof)

NUTRITION

Nutrition wise, I went Hard In The Paint…

There are a few days a year where you say ‘fuck it’ and eat like a human being, staying far away that looks like anything fitness-y.

[Side Note: for many people these days make up the majority of their life 🙁 ]

Days such as Christmas and Thanksgiving fall into the aforementioned category for me… except this past thanksgiving where I found myself watching the Dallas Cowboys and eating some shitty burger sliders at Hooters… but, I digress…

For me, Easter is one of the few days of the year that I like to take advantage of the great food! I didn’t bother tracking my intake and actually was very disconnected from my phone (relatively speaking) for the majority of the evening. It was nice.

However, I deemed it necessary to estimate my intake for the sake of this 12 week plan and data collection… like I said, I went pretty Hard In The Paint… here’s the estimated damage:

I’m very fortunate to have the people in my life that I do out in California. Beyond blessed. I found myself outside of Oceanside, CA, on a hill top house that overlooked the Pacific Ocean.

The cuisine was devine.

Grilled mint lamb (probably ate a pound of this), turkey, stuffed macaroni shells, broccoli and corn casserole… I washed the aforementioned delicacies down with two Texas Size pieces of carrot cake, a moderate size of chocolate cake (w/ little Easter Eggs atop) and half a plate of Shepherd’s Pie.

“Cuisine” and “delicacies” are certainly the appropriate words to use here. This was fancy and I may have been out of my league here a little bit…

I was barefoot for crying out loud.
[I may or may not have brought only one pair of shoes… said shoes might have gotten a wee-bit dirty while hiking… you’ll have to forgive this dumb ole Texan]

I’ve started doing a Daily Vlog or Video Blog if you prefer… Here’s today highlights:

April 17

Morning Weight: 170.5 lbs @ 5:15 AM

***Non-Training Day***

Super-Surprised by my weight this morning. I managed not be 3-4 lbs heavier… tells me that my metabolism needed this “shock.” Yesterday’s well worth it. I don’t feel bad about it either. After all, it was all part of the plan.

Today, I’ll probably fast the majority of the day. As I type this, it’s near 11 AM and I’m not even remotely hungry.

[Food, Calories, Pro, CHO, Fat]

Salad
Grilled Chicken – 8 oz, 200, 44g, 0g, 4g
Hard Boiled Eggs – 2, 156, 12.5g, 0g, 10.5g
Dried Cranberries – 1/3 cup, 123, 0g, 33g, 0g
Blue Cheese – 1 oz, 100, 6g, 1g, 8g
Gluten Free Blueberry Muffin, 260, 3g, 40g, 9g
Power Popcorn PB Van – 1.5 cup, 302, 18g, 34.5g, 10g
Sour Gummy Heads, 390, 0g, 99g, 0g

Totals, 1649, 84g, 210g, 42g

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Left over Easter goodies got the best of me but this would not be the last battle of the week I would face…

April 18

Morning Weight: 170 lbs @ 5:15 AM

***Non-Training Day***

Pretty light eating today. Busy night out in Burbank.

April 19

Morning Weight: n/a

***Training Day***

I was unable to weigh this morning because I spent the night in Malibu. No reason to drive all the way back to M Town because I had an early morning leg session at The Mecca.

First half of video is the training highlights… enjoy…

fuckin’ domino foods man… smh… beware

We’ll see how this effects this weeks results. It was after a brutal leg day so the timing could’ve been worse.

April 20

Morning Weight: 174.3 lbs @ 6:05

***Non-Training Day***

Not to give you too much information or anything, but I had a nice bowel movement a few hours after waking… so the morning weight would’ve certainly been affected by that. Nonetheless, I expected this.. We’ll see how it plays out over the course of the week.

April 21

Morning Weight: 169.6 lbs @ 7:05 AM

***Non-Training Day*** 

Weight dropped back down pretty quickly. I’d assume very little damage done. This week’s averages will be quite interesting. However, I need to lock some things down nutritionally if I really want to start seeing some results. Today will be better. I’ve prepped food for my Friday and Saturday travel.

April 22

I spent the night in Malibu. I wasn’t able to weigh but I did get a decent 8-9 hours of sleep. Not bad for the back seat of my truck.

Morning Weight: n/a

***Training Day*** — Powerhouse Gym [Murrieta, CA] @ 6:45 PM

My next workout, I’ll take a bit of a “de-load” and just do arms (biceps, triceps, and shoulders). I want to make sure that I’m fully recovered the next time I dead lift. I’m still very cautious with my left hamstring and want to take it slow.

Week In Review

Nutrition

Overall, not a good week. Started off with an Easter feast and I did a poor job of recovering afterwards. I blame the domino foods and will-power. Scope out the “Will Power Is Over-Rated Video” to see what I’m talking about. Here’s the damage:

Avg Weekly Weight (5): 170.6 lbs
Avg Weight Day After Training Day: 172.4 lbs

Key Notes:

**Protein number much too low
**Fats need to be significantly lower on workout days. They should be lower than non-workout days… Much work to be done there… although, the easter feast really set me up behind for the week…
**Moving forward, diet will need to be buckled down

It is important to remember that weight loss is NOT a linear progression. The fact that I’m only up 2 lbs (based on weekly average weight) is impressive. After all, I average 500 more calories this week.

I am not worried because I believe the two days I missed weighing would’ve brought that number down. But, that’s neither here nor there.

If I bring my fat intake down on the workout days, I should be golden Ponyboy. And, it’s very possible that I’ve put on some muscle during this process… after all, my numbers seem to be going up…

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