Noone makes friends with Salad.. & Blowing a Nut

There was a sign today...

My long held belief working in the service industry is that noone can make friends over a meal if they eat a salad... that view was reinforced today when I found a catepiller in said salad... after I was 90% through the meal. Considering I was probably a touch over my alloted protein intake anyway from the steak sandwich I had just eaten.. I was most annoyed.. this was a test from above... making me realise that I was taking my life in my hands every time I choose live animals foods (salad) over dead ones...

Secondly I am introducing the "Blowing a Nut" pose into my flickr account. This will hopefully be a weekly occurence where I clench everything and reveal the adonis within... thoughts from this week... Solarium & Rogaine but otherwise am I seeing the first glimmer of a six-pack???

all good but...

workouts fine, type of food fine... quantity of food... I am just not sure...

And not the same problem as everyone else as I think I am eating too much food... too much fruit... Silver mentioned that particularly the carb section with breakfast cereal was a TFYP. 90g of All Bran is a lot of bran.. so new resolution is to pay more attention to the sizes. Again provign that my pre-PCP diet was way too much.

Otherwise psyched for another weekend non-drinking.. have a b'day party Saturday night which will end in Karaoke.. I will let you know if I am any good at it sober... there is a first time for everything

Post buffet lunch at the club on Sunday here are the body fat results... to be perfectly honest I am happier having a little more body fat... I thought 15% was a little aggressive.

Wgt          87.7kg
BMI         28.3
Fat Mass 17.2kg
Fat %       19.6%

So i reccon split the difference.

Easter

Easter not as tough as I would have though. Made it through buffet lunch with fellow PCPer Nick.S. which made the whole endeavour very bearable. Maybe over did it by going for a 10km run through the middle of the day post-morning PCP routine.

The hardest think I think will be not discussing PCP with all and sundry. Everyone is interested but I am rapidly becoming "that guy" I am hoping that I can both have community support and not be "that guy"

This is how I concluded my day.. watching the wife scoff a chocolate bunny. Happy Easter all

Just like first pants then shoes.... do I have to do first rope then other exercises ... or doesnt it matter?

Magnesium - Should we be taking supplements?

Last night the conversation turned to better sleep and magnesium was raised as a supplement everyone should be taking... OPEN QUESTION: Should I be taking Magnesium supplement to help sleep? is there any downside?
http://asleepeasy.com/magnesium-sleep/

Missed First Workout

Damn its happened. Dinner started early and ended late, ruining my plans... not home to till 11.. Ssoo tired at the moment.

Doesn't help that I am training for soccer from 9-11pm Tues & Thurs. Good news is that at dinner (Argentinian Steak Rest) had 6-7oz instead of 12-14oz steak, had 1 glass red wine instead of 3-4 and none of the bread or melted cheese that is sooo good. Plus only soda water for the drink after... so small wins on the food front to counter the lack of exercise. Feel much better this morning for it.

Funny thing is, even though I had only half of what I usually eat, I was still full and still felt guilty for eating too much... Mind games setting in.. 50% of pre-PCP consumption could well have been >100% of required intake meaning 50% is still too much.. best not to dwell on that fact, but enjoyed what I ate more.

Skip used to be what I called me mates

1.5 Fajitas

would have been 3 fajitas, and would have been 3 asahi but only 1.5.... Bi-winning

Tanita Body Compositions
Height          5'10"
Weight         191.2lbs
BMI             27.0
BMR            8912kJ
Fat%            15.1%
Fat Mass      14.2kgs/40.6lbs


And this is worth shedding a tear.... half a Mando burger...

it hurts....

Day 1

First workout, jump-rope not as hard as expected. Here are day 1 photos

T-1 Day

Excited to get started, suspect there will be a few tough times in the months ahead