MDSkiffer’s BodyBlog

O.K yesterday was a planned cheat day and when I woke up I was thinking pancakes right out of the gate. I love breakfast food and think I could eat it for most of my meals if I had to (I do eat eat egg whites daily). As the day progressed I don’t think I overly indulged to where I was feeling fat and happy about it, but more like Mmmmm,,,cheeseburgers or Mmmmmm,,,, French fries and the end of the evening after eating the last bite of a strawberry cheesecake I begin to feel a little guilt. I know that it was probably needed to a point, to maintain a little sanity but at the same time I also thought of it as one or two days away from seeing the rest of my pack (I am actually sporting a two pack right now, the rest are still in the fat cooler and need to come out) So when I woke up this A.M, I was thinking how easy a cheat day could turn into a cheat weekend. I know that one day will not affect me one way or the other but it is clear that because we have to eat, it is a matter of making the best decisions we can to get to where we want to be. After all isn’t that part of the formula that separates success from having an ass that takes up a couch cushion.

O.K, let me start off by saying I have not had a cheat meal in quite sometime and even passed up brownie bottoms at a meeting last night that were being wolfed down like pop corn. I had heard about the new grilled chicken from KFC and figured I would not do the sides as I am sure that they are still crap and would cook my own rice and veggies. Well the verdict is; all in all it was not slimy and gross as regular KFC but I still had a greasy film on my fingers after pulling off the skin and I don’t think it rates as a clean food. Nice try KFC

I have been wondering just how much protein we really need. I know that all these years that I was lifting and getting very slow but steady results and the waist was also getting bigger after I turned 38 or so. The few tweaks in the diet that I made was getting more (enough?) protein about 20 grams or so each meal 6 times a day. The next big change I made was cut out all the crap. All in all my diet was not horrible but it did me no good at all to share a Ben and Jerry’s strawberry cheesecake while watching the biggest loser.I do have a sweet tooth so that has been that only part I miss but back to the protein thing, how much do I need? I am making pretty good gains now and actually going down in body fat. So is more better? More than what I was doing yes but more than I am now? ……I am curious how much everyone else consumes and have you hit a point where when you scale it back do your gains slow down?

Today while at the gym on chest day I grab the bar of a weight that I am not familiar with. I wait for that familiar  feeling that it weighs a million pounds and is squashing me  through the bench and how in my hands if feels at though my wrists hurt ever so slightly. For some reason today when I try for a new max with multiple reps ( I gave up the one rep max thing a long time ago) it feels just like any other weight and feeling it in my hands I knew it was going to be a good set, as a smile crosses my face that only I am aware of. The first one, wow that was not bad at all. The second was a bit heavier than the first but still not bad. By the fifth I see light at the end of the tunnel I will get all 6 I set out to do. After the last, and it was a struggle I jump off the bench and look at the weight as if I never saw so much weight on the bar ( I have, just not on my bench )I unload the bar and think to myself yep time to set my little milestone just a little higher this one is done!

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