Gut-Bustin’ 101

Hm. Not sure what to think about this, but I recently bumped up my cardio during the past two weeks to try and jump-start the fat loss again. For two weeks so far, I’ve done 5 days each week of 60-minute cardio sessions on the treadmill and/or elliptical, with each session made up of 25 min’s HIIT and rounded out with steady-state cardio to fill out the hour. With everything else - food intake, nutrient ratios, supplements, water intake, and workouts - staying the same, I’ve seen a whopping 1/8" loss on the waist these past two weeks. Don’t know what the heck to think about this - but I may back down to 30 minutes of cardio like I was doing before. It *could* be that I needed to increase my calories since I was theoretically burning more, so maybe I’ll go for another week or so like this and bump up the calories to see what happens.

Sorry for the boring blog entry - just thinking out loud while I go through some trial-and-error here

So it was a crazy busy day today - lotsa commercials to produce for the Labor Day weekend, and not a lot of time to whip up my meals. Figured I’d drop by GNC on the way to work and grab a protein bar and a shake for later in the day. All I can say is - what a buncha CRAP. I can’t believe some of the sh*t these "nutrition" companies are trying to pass off as "protein bars" these days. Drenched in chocolate, filled with sugar, oh yeah - "we’ll toss a little bit of protein in there and call it healthy." Unbelievable. These things should be outlawed by the bodybuilding community LOL

Well, I’ve learned that I’d better MAKE the time to prep more food, or at least make my OWN protein bars at home to avoid running into these little Blubber Logs again. "Protein bar" my ass hahahaha!

(check the video on my page with a recipe for homemade bars - it rocks)