HSM

OK. We had our HSM today. this may seem wrong to those who made it thru the entire 6 or 7 days before getting in a good meal. However, I feel justified for the following reasons.
I did my V-challenge on the third day of my diet. I knew from looking at the thing that it would suck. However, I did not know the extent to which it would suck when living on a caloric deficit with almost no carbs pre-workout. When we were done I regained some rational thought patterns I realized with glee that it was time for my third shake. within an hour of drinking that, I could barely get up and walk across the living room. It wasn't because I was starving or my muscles were broke down, I just didn't have any gas left. Nothing. I started thinking about the glycogen and mineral depletion I had just put my body through and I decided it was time to look at a calendar and see what my options were. I should have been eating my HSM on Thursdays, but that's not a workout day and that seems like a bit of a waste of good energy. If you do it at the end of every week, you end up finishing the diet with a rewarding meal and then continue on having solid meals every day after that. That's kind of a bummer. I've got to do 4 V-challenges thru this. I figure I can eat my HSM on those days since mine came towards the beginning of my first week. Mentally I'll know that I'll have less problems killing the workout if I've got a rewarding meal coming to me afterwards. Finally, I really wanted to eat some of the pizza* I made for my niece's birthday. Had two slices of pizza with a giant pile of raw veggies. Skipped the ranch dip and rocky road cupcakes.

*I made the pizzas healthy as possible using stone ground whole wheat flour for the dough, boiled chicken, and turkey pepperoni. Although I used less cheese than usual, the saturated fat in it has nearly killed me. A word of warning: if you haven't already had a high fat HSM, don't. Your body doesn't want that crap anymore and it will reject it. At least mine did.

Peace out.