DAY 28 - Low Fat, High Protein/Rest

WEIGHT = ???.? LBS (Same deal as DAY 27...no scale since we were out of town most of the day. Again, that most likely worked in my favor based on the amount of food I ate.)

WORKOUT

This was the last day of the program. In an anti-climatic fashion, it ended with a day of rest. No soreness at all today and I still felt really pumped. My muscles seemed to just soak up all the food I could feed them! I'm going to take this as a lesson when it comes time for the next round of the program (most likely between Thanksgiving and Christmas).

This was a true day of rest, too, as I sat on my butt nearly all day...and it felt good to do so! We hung out with my family all morning, drove about 45 minutes to see some friends and their new baby, sat around all afternoon with them, then drove back home (about 2-1/2 hours) to Columbus. At least I got the "workout" portion of the program correct today! (~:

All that remains is for me to record my final measurements, take some photos, and see how I did!

DIET

For the second straight day I made sure I filled my hollow leg. Here's how I went about it...

Breakfast: Protein shake with creatine early in the morning. The wife and I met up with the remaining family that was still in town around 8:30 at a buffet. Feed bag time! While I waited for a veggie omelet to get cooked, I had a small plate of scrambled eggs and 2 sausage links. After the omelet arrived, only about half of it got consumed...it was just sort of blah. I moved on to a fresh waffle with butter (no syrup for this guy) and polished the meal off with a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries. I probably could've eaten more but I didn't want to look like a pig in front of my family. :~D

Lunch: Home-cooked and home-grown stuffed peppers!! The wife's friend made up a fantastic Sunday lunch of her own green peppers stuffed with rice, sausage, and tomatoes. As a side dish, we were served lemon pepper squash (zucchini & summer squash sauteed with seasoning and butter). Outstanding! For dessert was homemade sour cream peach pie. Wow!

Dinner: After a long day we didn't feel like preparing or cleaning anything up. We needed a few things from Meijer which meant we'd be driving right past one of the best pizza joints in the City...Rotolos! I could have easily finished the whole thing but pulled up short since I was having ice cream, too. In my book, it doesn't get any better than pizza and ice cream!

There is no "DAY 29" on a 28 day program, but the wife and I plan to eat all fruit tomorrow. I found it to be very cleansing and my body reacted to it very well on DAY 7. I need it to balance out some of the indiscretions over the last few days!