DAY 12 - Same Diet/Structural Attack, Part 5

Weight = 167.0 LBS (Despite being down 1.5 LBS, I think I can actually feel myself growing! I'm going to pop out of my skin like The Hulk pops out of his clothes! Today's weight is probably more of a true number. The volume of food I ate prior to weighing in was less today...but read on!)

WORKOUT

My legs were noticeably tired and my lower back was tired and a little sore today. I like it! Using the proper form despite having to drop my bar weight down made quite a difference in the way my legs feel. My back also felt like it had been worked but in a healthy way...not like I was headed for an injury. That would NOT be good since I still have two weeks to go on the program!

This was the last (finally!) workout of The Structural Attack (WEEK 2)...40 minutes of deadlifts! Mentally, I was just as tired as my muscles were. The past 5 days have been quite the after-work butt kicking! Next time I go through this program, I'll schedule the rest days (DAY 13 and DAY 14) to fall on Monday and Tuesday instead of on the weekend. It'd be nice to not have to cram the workouts and then a big meal into the evening.

Despite all that, the last installment of The Structural Attack went well. Maybe a little too well? I started with the same weight as yesterday (115 LBS) and cranked away at that for nearly 25 minutes. I dropped 10 LBS and then another 10 LBS on the last few sets. I did the burnout set with that weight for 16 solid reps.

I think my form must've held fairly true since my back doesn't feel like I've been bent over shoveling snow like it has the past couple of nights. I'm hoping for only a little discomfort tomorrow. Mostly, though, I'm looking forward to a couple days off of the weights!

DIET

It seemed like I was hungry quickly after my meals and snacks today. The metabolism must be cranking away!

Breakfast: Protein shake with creatine and glutamine. Next up was my heap of oatmeal pancakes with coconut oil and honey. I topped that off with some watermelon, grapes, and ground flax seed. This breakfast WILL be repeated next week! :~)

Snack: 1 cup yogurt with ground flax seed. 1 oz cheese.

Lunch: Two servings (oh yeah!) of chicken veggie skillet dish leftover from DAY 8's dinner. Mmmm good! For dessert...watermelon and grapes. You'd think that fruit combo would be getting old but you'd be wrong! I actually bought another watermelon at the farmer's market today!

Snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, some protein powder, 1 cup blueberries, ground flax seed and cinnamon. This is my healthy substitute for cheese cake!

Dinner: Post workout protein shake with glutamine and creatine then...Pizza! Wonderful pizza! That's right! One bountiful pie was created by the wife and I. We started with a whole wheat crust which got topped first with sauteed garlic and extra virgin olive oil. Then we loaded it up with homemade Italian sausage (grass fed beef, of course, not pork), Italian cheese blend (from Meijer), red pepper, onion, mushrooms and our home grown Roma tomatoes I let it cook a little too long but it sure tasted good! I'm pretty sure I could survive on garlic and oil. :~)

Pre-bed Snack (yeah, this wound up being a midnight snack...whoops!): 1 cup yogurt with some walnuts.