BuckSpin - A Year Of Change

3:58am: Woke up
3:59am: Rolled over & got re-comfied…
4:00am: Alarm goes off. Doesn’t that tick you off when that happens?
4:00am & change: Turn off alarm clock radio. Fleetwood Mac’s "Over My Head" was playing. Not the greatest of omens on the 1st day of my cut and my 1st day back training in over a week….
4:05 - 4:25: prep & cook my breakfast, which doesn’t take nearly as long in that its practically all gone. I would later learn that my breakfast is only a medium grapefruit away from exactly what ShanBL eats….*sigh*. Steel cut oats aren’t ready in that everything else (all 2 things…yippee) took so short to prep. I put away all the clean dishes out of the dishwasher to kill time. Its amazing what age & time can do to define what is now a proper "warm up" for training. The act of beeeenndddiiinngggg over to get the stuff off of the bottom rack over & over will do nicely. *c-r-a-c-k-i-n-g sounds*

2 whole eggs
4 egg whites
1/4 c steel cut oats w/ cinnamon & stevia
1 medium grapefruit
22oz black coffee

4:30: 4:55: Took my time eating. I learned this early on. Breakfast is THE meal, and one morining it was gone in like 8 minutes. Never making that mistake again. I now eat it like a European art film.

Oats aren’t nearly like I have been eating, but they do remind me of oatmeal like when I younger, which is kinda cool. Check email, surf BB, read some blogs, etc.

5:00: 1st attempt at waking Mrs. BuckSpin
5:05: Prepped my Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie PWO Shakes
5:17: 2nd attempt at waking Mrs. BuckSpin
5:25: Did my shoulder stretch routine for the 1st time in over a week to various 80’s hair bands at a relatively quiet decibel level. T-I-G-H-T….
5:40something: 3rd attempt at ….oh, she’s awake
6:15 - 6:55: Trained Chest & Tris. 1st session of a new 6 week cycle. I moved some things around, added a new lift, shifted another to another session:

Chest & Tris (3 drop sets each):  
Supine DB Pullover
Supine 1DB Skullcrushers
Incline 1/4 Grip Press
Seated DB Tricep Press
Incline DB Flies
Supine 2DB Skullcrushers
Elevated Wide Grip Perfect Pushups
Reverse Dips

CRUSHED the session. Really focused on form hard, even stepping back in weigh a little on the Flies. Ask Mrs. BuckSpin (who is very good on the form) to watch/crit me on the DB Tricep Press ("Your lower arms didn’t move" ) and DB Flies ("You must be doing them right…your chest muscles were shaking" ). The Elevated Perfect Pushups (yeah, those things) are a killer at the end.

7:05: Stretch chest in doorway
7:06: Screaming like a lil’ girl from standing crucified in a doorway with my arms out PWO
8:05: Everyone in the van to take Mrs. BuckSpin to work (car is at shop…head gasket = $$$) and the boys to school. Both are about 15-20+ minutes away.
8:35: Dropped kids off in "Car Line" after Mrs. BuckSpin. Car Line is cool in that the school owner/director (its a Montesorri) has everyone just Conga line with mini-vans & F150s and he opens the door, unbuckles the student, gets their bag(s) and them onto class & Mom/Dad on their way.
8:45-9:00: Some quick shopping for organic dog food & Eggbeaters. It beats shopping for feminine hygiene products, which I quess I’m good at in that Mrs. BuckSpin said I do a better job than she does! She gets overwhelmed by everything & ends up standing there for 10 minutes and BUYS THE WRONG THING! Not sure how I should feel about this. Note to self - watch "Oprah" more or thumb thru "Oxygen" at the checkout.
9:05: 1st snack of the day in the supermarket parking lot. I have snacked everywhere & anywhere. Great way to embarrass teenage children.

1 Fa-ge 0% yogurt w/ stevia

9:35: Back home. Yawning a lot, which is odd/atypical. Maybe Fleetwood Mac was right….
9:45am - 2:55pm: In no particular order I find things to do to keep my *yawn* mind off the fact that I’m hungry. Laundry, rake leaves, use riding mower as leaf blower *grin*, fold laundry, surf BB, blog, etc. I have a rule about raking leaves. I will not rake a single leaf until every tree is barren. It never ceases to amaze me to see people raking, only to see them RERAKING their yard a week later. Its like painting a room a new color every weekend for a month. Besides, if you wait long enough your leaves blow over into their nice clean yard . We rake one day a year on "Fall Cleanup" and that is that.
10:55: Lunch

6oz chicken breast
1/3lb broccoli
7 almonds
2 walnuts

In case you are wondering, that nut count is how CalorieKing resolved hitting my cals & macros, so that’s that.

1:30ish: Notice my legs feel tired, which is not unusual except I didn’t work legs today. Fleetwood Mac refrain….
2:00: 2nd snack

1 Fa-ge 0% greek yogurt
7 almonds
2 walnuts

I definitely can feel when I have eaten, and also when I need to. Unfortunately, needing to and time to are not the same…

3:05: Leave to pick up boys & Mrs. BuckSpin. Decide on a whim to take Tucker, our 7 month old chocolate Lab, with me. This should be fun…
3:10: Tucker is eating every lil’ piece of dropped HempPlus granola he can root out….lucky bastard
3:25: Arrive at school with Tuck. This is all new to him. He’s scared but curious. Kids ask all kinds of questions. Tucker’s tail wagging picks up IMMEDIATELY when he sees/smells "his" kids.
3:45: Leave to get Mrs. BuckSpin. Tucker now has to sit in the front passenger bucket seat. Its hysterical.
3:55: Pick up Mrs. BuckSpin, who has to ride home with Tucker in HER lap. Did I mention he is a 7 month old chocolate Lab? Even My Before pics didn’t have a lap he could fit in!
4:25: Home. Hungry. Dinner. Later. $#@!…
5:05: Did some more yardwork. My riding leafblower runs out of gas at the far, downhill end of the yard. Lovely…
5:25: Back with a splash of gas. Leaves will wait one more day. Its not like anymore are gonna come down…
6:10: Dinner

See LUNCH *sigh*

6:30-*embarrased*: Took a "Hollywood Shower". You know, a loooonngggggg hot shower. Felt great.

The rest of the evening is a bit blurry. I’m tired, and my legs are now heavy as opposed to tired. I may have to rethink how I am distributing carbs. Training days are tough in that a LOT of my daily allotment is in those 2 shakes. Non-training days are gonna feel practically AYCEish. I did plan tomorrow’s training, a new 100% all Back day. After my last Leg/Back Day I need to split these up….badly. Plan is for 5 lifts max.

7:45: Last snack

3/4 c FF no salt cottage cheese
1 TBSP non-akaline cocoa powder
2 stevia packets
"The Nuts" (see ABOVE)

8:00 Mrs. BuckSpin suggest going to bed. Says I look tired. Damn Fleetwood Mac….
8:25: Head on pillow & o-u-t

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