DAY 10 - Same Diet/Structural Attack, Part 3

Weight = 164.0 LBS (Up 0.5 LBS...is this the start of a trend??)

WORKOUT

Ho hum...dead lifts for the 3rd straight day (yawn...or so you'd think!). Things are getting serious now! The schedule called for 30 minutes of lifting. 3 reps per set. Rest for 30 seconds between sets. I increased my starting weight on the bar today to 175 LBS (up 60 LBS from yesterdays start). This was pretty close, I think, to where I should've started. I was able to do that weight for a little over 6 minutes. I had two incremental weight drops and finished at 155 LBS. What a sweat I had going at the end of the session! This is unusual for me, as I typically don't sweat easily and the air conditioning has been on the last few days so it's fairly cool and less humid in the basement...I mean gym...than it has been. I'm thinking I worked pretty hard and now I'm pretty tired!

To finish things off, I did a little light stretching. The program says this is acceptable AFTER the workout and it felt good to do it. I might actually be noticeably stiff and sore tomorrow. Up until this point, I've only had minor discomfort during the day. Time will tell but I might be getting out of my chair a few less times tomorrow at the office! :~)

DIET

I'm totally loving this phase of the program since I'm all about the eating!

Breakfast (same as DAY 8): Right out of bed I had a scoop of protein and my glutamine and creatine supplement. A little while later it was a heap of oatmeal pancakes with coconut oil and honey. The pancakes were washed down with watermelon and some blueberries topped with ground flax. This is such the satisfying meal that I wasn't even hungry for my snack at 9:30!

Snacks (2): 1 cup of yogurt with ground flax and 1 oz of mozzarella cheese. Simple but oh so good for the body!

Lunch: Since I had to handle some business at lunch, I stopped for take out from Northstar Cafe on High Street in the Short North. I ordered their Korma Bowl and it was better than I remembered! Ingredients include chicken, broccoli, cauliflower, and red cabbage in a mild/medium curry sauce over brown rice. A muscle-builder's delight! The coffee is also outstanding there so I had to get a cup to go...dark roast, of course!

Dinner: I thought lunch was going to be the highlight of the nutrition today. WRONG! The wife banged out another gem...tortilla casserole. What's this? Think of it as Mexican lasagna. Seasoned (Christina's special blend so no MSG chemical crap!) ground beef (grass fed, of course), red kidney beans, diced tomatoes, green chilies, and sour cream stuffed between Ezekiel sprouted tortillas which were topped with cheese. Unbelievable goodness! Catch me at lunch tomorrow and you'll see me chomping down on the leftovers!

Pre-bed Snack: Protein shake with peaches and walnuts. This was a whipped, frothy masterpiece...guaranteed! (~:

Here's to being able to function on DAY 11!