10 Days Out

I'm going to try to update every day with my training and diet and general progress daily until show.  This will not be entertaining.  I just really want a log of what I'm doing in case I ever decide to do this again.  I figure if I come in looking like a beached whale or skeleton I'll be able to look back and pinpoint my mistakes.

A few posts ago, I mentioned that I was going to follow this 10 day cut:


I'm just not going to.  I feel that the carb loading at the end is excessive, especially since I've been limiting my carbs for almost six weeks.  The idea is that it will fill up your muscles with glycogen so you look all buff on stage, but I feel like I'm going to "spill over" and just have a bunch of subcutaneous water that makes me bloated and hides all the work I've put in.

I don't feel far off from show ready in most parts of my body, so I'm going to use a "less is more" approach.  Basically, I'm going to follow the 10 day plan until the Wednesday before the show.  On Thursday, I might introduce some carbs, and I might even do it earlier if I'm looking too lean or feeling too shitty.

Training: AM fasted cardio - 3 mile brisk walk with a client.  Rest day from the gym.

Meal 1: Sauteed onions and peppers with one cup of egg whites, topped with Mrs. Dash Chili Lime seasoning.  This has been my staple for months and is still not getting old.  I liked it better with chicken sausage and feta, but whatev.   Also had a quarter cup of raspberries because they looked heavenly in the fridge.   Side note - I try to hold off on breakfast as long as possible because then I feel less hungry during the day.

TOTALS:

171 cal

16 carb

0 fat

25 protein

Snack:  1 tbs PB2.  If you are cutting calories and you don't know about PB2, you need to.   It's powdered peanut butter... just ground peanuts with the oil removed and a little bit of salt and sugar.
I just ate it with a spoon because I just wanted something tasty.

TOTALS:

23 cal

3 carb

1 fat

3 protein

Meal 2:  6 oz Tilapia seasoned with Mrs. Dash Lemon Pepper.  2 cups roasted broccoli.  Eaten cold in the car.   Not the most awesome meal.

TOTALS:

211 cal

9 carb

3 fat

39 protein

Meal 3: 6 oz Tilapia seasoned with Mrs. Dash Lemon Pepper.  2 cups roasted broccoli.  Eaten warm in the car.   Actually pretty delicious.

TOTALS:

211 cal

9 carb

3 fat

39 protein

Meal 4:  7 oz salmon baked with honey mustard, 1 cup roasted brussels sprouts.  Just freaking delicious.  Best piece of salmon I've had in forever.  

TOTALS:

352 cal

11 carb

10 fat

55 protein

As I type this, it's seven pm, and I'm at: 

Totals:

1,010 cal

53 carb

19 fat

162 protein

So I have about a hundred calories left, and the challenge will be finding something with less than five carbs... hmmmm.....