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The set up is the most important part!

Long weekend recap

Lets see here...I didn't do squats on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday.  I did move most of my in-law's furniture in 108 degree misery on Saturday.  Sunday morning I got up early and drug the sled for 33 min with about 100lbs on the ground.  I've been sticking to the diet pretty well.  haven't been getting enough veggies in the last few days, but I've still managed to stave off most carbs outside of rice and taters.  Did have a few beers this weekend, but they were very few and not very good.  I'd feel worse about that but I'm pretty sure I was sweating them out faster than I could swallow.  Anyhow,  I weighed in a at an even 210 this morning so i guess I didn't do too much damage over the weekend.  I hear Vegas has similar slimming effect.  Let me know how that goes, eh?

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the skinny

I weighed in my birthday suit this morning after my run at 210.5. That's a solid ten pound dump in three.5 weeks. I like it. I think I'm gonna keep going till I hit two hundo even.

Mid-week Three

Holy poop, I've gotta start getting some carbs closer to my workout. I went in to do deads yesterday and just about got beat down. I wasn't especially hungry, I just had no energy. I worked up to a set of 465lbs for three and it was sheer misery. Generally speaking, pushing to the point of bleeding eye sockets is what keeps me coming back for more, but that was just pure suck. I managed four sets of ten one arm rows with a 95lbs DB and did some ab work for my beach body, and then stumbled out of the gym wanting nothing more than to curl up and cry. More rice and taters for me!!

Fri

So i weighed in this morning at 219. first weigh in a week and a half ago was 222.5. So there is some positive going ons. Everyone have a nice sober weekend! YAY!!!

Five minutes thinking up a title

yesterday was a bit of bummer. it ended well, but my diet was a bit off. I didn't cheat, I just felt really sluggish all day. Managed a squat workout with a final set of five with 440. The strength was there but the energy was not. That was a loooong set of five reps. I called it quits after the squats to exchange a grueling workout for some calories and hydration. Got up at six this morning and did a 30 min run. The run is progressing nicely. I'm not setting any land speed records, but it's not hurting anymore and I'm starting to really look forward to the morning runs. Meg actually drug out this morning and did her first run since her surgery. Who knows, maybe I'm starting a fashion trend.

Back in it

The weekend was a bit of a bummer. It was good to see Ma and Pa, but they made it a bit tricky to stay healthy. And though I survived that, I ended up getting wicked sick on Sunday. Despite still being tired and dizzy all day Monday, I forced a bench workout that purged whatever illness was left in me. By the time I got through it I felt 100% again. Got up this morning and pounded the highway for 25 minutes. I didn't wear my monitor this round and I think I managed a better pace than usual. I'm almost starting to enjoy running again. Almost. Keep up the fight!

No Queso!

Got off to a good start on Monday. Managed an egg and spinach thing for breakfast and then went to the store at noon and stocked up on veggies and meat for the office and home. I picked up a couple pounds of boars head beef and turkey for the office and a big box of fresh spinach and a back of broccoli. I can live on meat salads pretty much every day for ever. The balsamic vin and olive oil have been a very satisfying touch. Pulled off a brutal workout monday afternoon. Just what I wanted for my birthday! Got up around 6:15 Tues morning and did a 20 min run. Surprisingly that went pretty well. I'm not used to being well hydrated, but that seems to have made the run much more pleasant. Last night I grilled those massive, beautiful steaks from Fischer's and made Ratatouille. I highly recommend that dish (sans the Parmesan!) Eggs, Fischer's sausage, mushrooms, and serranos for breakfast today. Deadlifts tonight! I'm pumped about this.

Here's the Ratatouille recipe
http://www.eggplantrecipes.net/EggplantRecipes/Ratatouille.htm

Blog Suck

I've done nothing useful or healthy this week. Nothing. I got in three decently hard, very sweaty, sessions last week in Houston. That wrapped up a cycle for me, so this technically should be my de-load week. Not really an excuse to do nothing, but I'm taking it anyway. this weekend should be a hoot. Honestly, I don't care if the riding is good, bad, or non-existing. I just gotta get out of this dirt bowl for a couple days for some destructive purpose other than work. My diet and booze fast start on Monday. Fortunately, today is not that day.