Tuesday August 15th:

Well, breakfast is finally getting easier to handle. I think the first two days I just wasn't used to eating that big of a meal but now I actually look forward to it. Another trick I found to add a little flavor to the egg whites was to spay a little "I Can't Believe its Not Butter" on them. This is allowed on the diet and basically has no calories so all is good if you just use a few sprays for your veggies as well.

Today's Training:
Squats 4 sets of 15
SLDL - 4 sets of 15
Leg Curl - 4 sets of 15
Leg Press - 4 sets of 15
Leg Extension - 4 sets of 15
Standing Calf Raises - 4 sets of 15
Seated Calf raises - 4 sets of 15

The leg training day was probally the longest training day of the week. Squats off course were done A2G but only had a 45 on each side. This was probally a little too light as it was pretty easy from all my DFT 5x5 squat work so next week I will be bumping it up. Had to check the ego at the door and resist the urge to stack more weight on the bar.

I did have some problems with the Straight Leg Deadlifts as they were bothering my lower back. I had a buddy check out my form and supposedly everything looked good so I'm not too worried about it. I have a weak lower back and usually anything that involves bending at the waist bothers me. I will just need to adapt to the SLDL's as I haven't done them in quite a while.

Everything else in the training session went pretty well and I finished up the lifting with 40 minutes of treadmill at the same settings as yesterday.

Today was also the first carb loading meal and was the last meal of the day. You are not permitted to drink water 60 minutes prior to and 45-60 minutes after the carb load, so I made sure I got in a before I started.

The carb load consisted of three broken down meals containg the follow items eaten in order:
1)
1.5 cups steamed green beans

2)
3/4 cup oatmeal
2 tbsp raisins
1 tbsp honey
18 almonds

3)
7.5 oz sweet potato
2 tbsp natural peanut butter

The carb load again wasn't that bad and if your having problems you can spread it out over 30-45 minutes. The oatmeal meal was pretty damn good as it was sweetened even more with some Splenda. Only near the end of the sweet potatoes did I start to feel it but it wasn't a major issue. The hardest thing about this meal was not having any water and having to stay up at least an hour afterwards before hitting the sack. Because of the time involved I didn't go to bed until 12:30 which is later than I would have liked for work reasons.

Still feeling good and energy levels are surprisingly high.