Memoirs of a reluctant Bulker

Day four of my cutting phase came and went as typical day fours of a cutting phase do. In the system I follow, a seven day medium to low to high carb schedule, day four is the pit of my carb depleting schedule, and therefore is generally the most challenging. As per usual on this day, anyone and everyone that I happened across was either eating a carb laced food item, storing one on their desk for later consumption, talking about one, or advertising one on their shirt, hat, thong-back or any other article of clothing that might be visible to my carb depleted eyes. Obviously, the world is conspiring against me to get me off my diet…….But I’ll remain strong and probably won’t glare at too many people eating Beautiful Carbs in front of me and probably won’t be too awful grumpy: I’ll wait to be grumpy in weeks four through eight!

 It always amazes me to really notice, on day four, how much I love my carbohydrates (BIG TIME LOVE, my friends, and yes, I already know its sad). Whether it be pasta (Omega 3 laced of course), steamed rice (with Kung-Pow chicken!), baked potatoes (uh-huh!), Pies, Chocolate (All types of course, dark especially though). Oh yeah, can you feel it now? Are you with me?…..then there’s Rolls, Cold cereals, Bread……….WOW….Okay, whoops, sorry, I got a little carried away there for a minute. It’s sad really on day four how much I legitimately lust for just some type of carb. At any rate, I digress, so here’s a snapshot of how my day four diet went and the scenarios I encountered from my loving and supportive family, friends and co-workers.

THE DIET 

Day four - total carbs 50 g

0430 Sugar free Yogurt with Whey Protein, Small glass of OJ, Two pieces of low-carb no butter toast………..30 g carbs

0730 Protein bar……4 impact carbs

1100 two chicken breasts  0 carbs

1430 cup of sugar free yogurt with whey protein 8 impact carbs

1830 12 oz. of Pork Tenderloin (All fat trimmed) serving of green beans  8 g carbs

2230 Whey Protein and water (Nasty, but I do it) 0 Carbs

Training:

Arms (Biceps, Triceps, Forearms)

All Supersets, all performed deliberately and until lactic acid is acutely evident. High intensity (arm workout took thirty minutes total)

4 X 15-20 Skull crushers followed by Standing Dumbell curls (Supinating) followed by standing reverse Barbell Forearm rolls

4 X 15 Rope Tricep extensions followed by Straight Barbell Curls followed by Seated Barbell Forearm Rolls (Forearms on Thigh)

3 X 15 Knurl bar Tricep push-downs followed by knurl bar preacher curls followed by Seated Dumbell reverse wrist rolls

1 X Drop set (As many reps as it takes for failure at each weight interval) Close Grip bench press, Hammer Curls.

Let me tell you something here, this workout is killer and generally takes me a good solid hour afterwards to regain normal function in my arms, partially due to the pain and partially due to the restricted motion of my excessively blood-bloated arms…..I don’t care who you are, You have just got to love the pump…..And yes, I agree with Arnold (no last name neccesary), when he stated in the movie, "Getting a pump is kind of like having sex." I know, it sounds weird, but I’ve already accepted that part about me. 

And now, a little about the evil people and scenarios that sought to destroy my diet yesterday:

-My kids: With their Huge glasses of Orange Juice, Massively gargantuan bowls of Lucky Charms and the beautiful Whole Wheat Roast beef and Swiss cheese sandwhiches for their lunches.

Brenda (co-worker): With her supposedly by-chance, Glazed with chocolate sprinkle Krispy Kreme (She’s evil I tell you) She even ate it with a smile……. 

Ron (Co-worker): With his excessively large bowl of left-over Spiral Pasta with marinara sauce and four (yes four!) pieces of superfluously buttered, garlic bread. (Also evil I tell you)

Random woman I noticed while sitting in Traffic on I-10 on my way home from work: With her I’m sure innocent bag of Ruffle potato chips………Why is it that this stuff is like a magnet for the eyes come diet time?????

And last, but certainly not least, every other commercial on the radio, and television: Advertising some sort of carbohydrate based product. It’s just not right I tell you….

I know these things don’t happen during my bulking phases………Or maybe I just don’t notice. Again….things that make you go hhhhmmmmm!

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