Ever84’s BodyBlog

Well, it’s Monday morning and I weighed in 125.4 pounds. Looks like I have some water retention from that time of the month and some Mother’s Day Chocolate. I went 4 weeks 100% clean, and now im going for 6 weeks. The goal is to lower my BF% to 18 by the end of June. I’m currently 22.5 BF%…I was at a solid 21%…but my weight is lower so I must have lost some muscle. It’s been hard to pump in the protein since the last 6 weeks of school and everything being so crazy busy.

My current routine is 30 min of moderate to intense cardio 5-6 X a week and lifting on a 5 day split. They say a 5 day split is for advanced lifters but right now with my son, life, and school I really need that good hour in the gym "get in get out" type deal instead of my usual 2 hours per day I was doing like a month ago. Yeah I reached burn out from that one…I did 2 hours (1 of cardio and 1 of weights) for 6 months, NO BREAK!!!! Helped shed the weight though. So let’s see what level I can take this body to NEXT!!

So I went to the gym today to get my BF tested and it went up? And yet I went from 131 pounds to around 124 in the last month. (weight is going up and down all the time right now from inconsistency) I think the problem is since popping my rib head out and taking that much needed break (2 weeks off) I must have lost some muscle mass. Not that I have a WHOLE lot of muscle to begin with but I have built some. The trainer at the gym also said test your BF% at least 30 min after a meal and before your workout. I didn’t realize that and had just finished working out. Last time I was at 20.1 %…CAn you lose Muscle Mass that quickly? He said that my BF% went up because I lost muscle. He blamed cardio for it but I think it’s from eating like 900-1200 calories the past few weeks from being STRESSED out from finals at school. I’m not eating crap at all actually, just not eating enough…I really dont want to be a skinny fat…nope. So it’s either back off the cardio and lift…or lift, eat super good, eat enough protein, take my fish oil to preserve muscle, and add my cardio back in?