Day 7

Yesterday was my off day. I decided to rest and spend some time with a friend. Tonight is Chest and Back with Ab Ripper X. Gonna be sore tomorrow. I can't wait.

Nutrition has been good. I am on the 3000 calorie Fat Shredder plan and I am consuming almost exactly 3000 calories. I am doing the portion approach. Even though the servings are set, it has been a challenge to figure out what to eat when. The servings in the Nutrition guide are not exact. For instance, the Nutrition guide says I am supposed to have 1 serving of Carbs, equal to 200 calories. Listed under the carb choices is 1 cup of whole grain cereal, but the whole grain cereal I have is only 100 calories per 3/4 cup, so I need to eat 1 1/2 cups of my cereal to get the 200 calories needed. I have also been shopping every 2 to 3 days. Burning through Nonfat yogurt and Nonfat milk along with chicken breast, strawberries, bananas and egg whites. It's been very hard to eat every 2-3 hours at work. It seems like I am always in the break room and I'm sure my boss thinks that way too. I don't care though my goal is to get through this and be in the best shape of my life.

This first week has flown by. My rest has gotten much better. I've been crashing around 11:30 and get up at about 6:45. So I am getting just about 7 hours, which is what they recommend. This has been a big challenge for me since I am a night owl and can easily stay up until 1:30 or 2 am. That's it for now. Will try to post a post-workout update.

jj