DAY 27 - Low Fat, High Protein/Rest

WEIGHT = ???.? LBS (We were out of town and I didn't bring the scale to the hotel. Good thing, too! See "DIET" section of post)

WORKOUT

The last 2 days of the program (DAY 27 & 28) are scheduled days of rest. Interesting that the program ends with rest but it was well deserved!

Overall I was feeling pretty pumped today. My uncle kept harassing me about being a muscle man so I found myself flexing a lot in his presence just to push at him. :~)

Not much soreness today as my muscles seem to be in "heavy lifting mode" now. Just in time to change again! Keep that body confused!

DIET

Look out! With a big family event always comes a big meal. Today was no exception. I hope you enjoy the description as much as I enjoyed eating it! I find it hard to feel guilty, too, when the food's so good and the occasion so special. Here goes!

Breakfast: Things started off rather healthy. I had a smoothie with blueberries, protein powder, peaches, honey, and some yogurt.

Snack (a.m.): 2 string cheese sticks and an apple. Sounds good, right? It gets ugly from here. :)

Lunch: All sorts of raw veggies and fruit, salad with Italian dressing, some assorted nuts, and cole slaw to start. Several meatballs with red sauce, rigatoni, Italian sausage with peppers and onions, crusty bread with butter (and lots of it!!), one chicken breast. For dessert, several oatmeal raisin, M&M, and chocolate chip cookies, and a piece of cake.

Dinner: You would've thought I dinner wasn't necessary but oh, it was! I lightly microwaved some broccoli, cauliflower, and green peppers from the veggie tray that was left. On that I put some rigatoni and meat sauce with sausage and meatballs. That got sprinkled with some Parmesan cheese. On the side, a couple more pieces of that outstanding crusty bread with butter (or should I say butter with some bread? (~: ). For dessert, I had a couple more cookies and some mint chocolates. I knocked back a beer and a couple of glasses of wine for good measure.

Now that's some eatin'!!