Thread: Full Metal Jacket

Week 3 Jan18-Jan24

Tuesday Jan 19th - Upper push

Flat Press - 155X9, 155X6, 155X4
Incline press - 110X9, 110X5, 110X4
Hang Cleans - 75X8, 75X8, 75X5
Arnold press - 20X10, 20X8, 20X6
Lat raise- 10X7, 10X5, 10X4

Thursday Jan 21th - Lower

Back squats - 230X8, 230X5, 230X5
Deadlifts - 190X8, 190X7, 190X6
Standing calves - 105X25, 105X25 (one leg at a time)

Saturday Jan 23th - upper pull

Bent rows - 115X9, 115X8, 115X6
Pullups (negatives) - BWX6, BWX4, BWX3
Seated rows - 140X9, 140X7, 140X7
Shrugs - 170X8, 170X8, 170X7
Chins - BWX9, BWX6, BWX4

Dietary Details
Calories this week were again dropped from 3600 to 2200
Macros were 40%c 30%p 30%f
Weight was 169lbs

Summary
On this week, I fine tuned a little more. I saw some increases in all my exercises. I dropped mil presses for Hang cleans. I think my shoulders are my weak link. I can't push much weight plus I get a subtle pinch in my right shoulder and lower back pain when doing mil presses so to avoid an injury, they're out for now. I also added in some Arnies and I'm suppersetting those with Lat raises. The weights are light still because I just have no strenght in the delts yet. Also, decided to drop skull crushers for now and since I'm now doing three moves for delts, I moved shrugs to upper pull where it belongs. As far as diet, after more research and some suggestions/recommendations I decided to scrap the bulk diet for a cutting diet. I gained allot of fat in the last few weeks so now, I have to get rid of that, reduce my bodyfat and get back to a bulk afterwards.



Week 4 Jan25-Jan31

Tuesday Jan 26th - Upper push

Flat Press - 160X8, 160X5, 160X3
Incline press - 115X8, 115X5, 115X5
Hang Cleans - 80X7, 80X6, 80X6
Arnold press - 25X8, 25X6, 25X5
Lat raise- 10X6, 10X5, 10X3

Thursday Jan 28th - Lower

Back squats - 240X4, 240X3, 240X2 240X2
Deadlifts - 200X6, 200X6, 200X5, 200X4
Standing calves - 115X25, 115X25 115X16 (one leg at a time)

Saturday Jan 30th - upper pull

Bent rows - 125X7, 125X7, 125X7, 125X5
Pullups - BWX6, BWX5, BWX5, BWX4
Seated rows - 155X5, 155X5, 155X4, 155X4
Shrugs - 190X7, 190X7, 190X7, 190X7
Chins - BWX6, BWX4, BWX4, BWX4
Hammer Curls - 30X5, 30X4, 30X3, 30X3

Dietary Details
Calories this week remained at 2200
Macros at 40%c 30%p 30%f
Weight was 168lbs


Summary
Okay this week was a little uncoordinated. After Tuesday I realized that being in the 6-12 rep range was pointless while on a cutting diet. I couldn't expect to build mass with a calorie deficit so starting on Thursday, I was jacking all my weights up at least 10 pounds and staying in the 1-6 rep range. Also decided to add some periodizing and change over to 4 sets per exercise. Some of this logic worked out, some didn't. I realized that going from 230 to 240 on squats was allot harder than I thought it would be. I distinctly recall losing peripheral vision during the squats. On the upside, I was able to do actual pullups this day. My back has been putting on allot of strength. In additon, I decided to throw in hammer curls after the chins since my biceps , like my shoulders are a weak link. Speaking of shoulders, Gaz had a cool idea that I robbed which was to do a military press at the end of each hang clean rep. I started adding these in to help get my shoulders up to speed. Granted, I can only do that for about half the reps of the cleans but it's a work in progress.
Not much in the way of size gains obviously since my diet isn't there, but certainly continued strength gains. Next, I'll post up February.

Week 5 Feb1-Feb7

Dietary Details
Calories this week remained at 2200 dropped to low carb 1800 on Saturday
Macros were 40%c 30%p 30%f till Saturday, new macros are 17%c 53%p 30%f
Weight was 166lbs

Summary
Unfortunately this week, I took off from training. I had to go to Seattle due to a family illness. I did manage to maintain my diet but also looked into adopting a low carb plan with refeeds once every 5 days. Saturday I decided to start and dropped my total caloric intake from 2200, to about 1800.


Week 6 Feb8-Feb14

Tuesday Feb 9th - Upper push

Flat Press - 165X6, 165X5, 165X4, 165X2
Incline press - 120X6, 120X5, 120X3, 120X3
Hang Cleans - 85X5, 85X5, 85X4, 85X4
Arnold press - 30X7, 30X6, 30X5, 30X3
Lat raise- 15X4, 15X3, 15X2, 15X2

Thursday Feb 11th - Lower

Back squats - 230X5, 230X3, 230X3, 230X2
Deadlifts - 205X8, 205X7, 205X5, 206X4
Standing calves - 120X20, 120X20, 120X12 (one leg at a time)

Saturday Feb 13th - upper pull

Bent rows - 135X8, 135X7, 135X6, 135X5
Pullups - BWX9, BWX6, BWX5, BWX5
Seated rows - 160X7, 160X7, 160X7, 160X5
Shrugs - 200X6, 200X4, 200X4, 200X3
Chins - BWX10, BWX7, BWX5, BWX5
Hammer Curls 30X6, 30X5, 30X5, 30X3

Dietary details
Calories were held at 2200 with one refeed at 3700
Macros were 17%c 53%p 30%f, refeed macros were 72%c 18%p 10%f
Weight was 164lbs

Summary
This was my week back after a week off. I brought many of my weights up because previously my reps were higher than my target range. Many of the workouts went well at the higher weight, even after a week off AND on a really low carb diet. I was expecting to have less strength, as many suggested would be the case. I didn't notice any loss except on my squats. Not only could I not increase the weight, but I actually had to knock off 10 pounds!!
That was a shocker for me. I simply couldn't find the energy for some reason. Let's hope that was just that one time. Suffice to say, I had a mediocre leg day. My deads went up nice but those squats shattered my confidence a little. We'll see what happens next week. I'm also going to go back to only doing 3 sets. While on the low carbs, I'm supposed to be keeping volume moderate so until I'm done cutting, I will keep it at three. As of this morning, I'm at 164.6. I'm losing weight quick. I hope thats not too much to be concerned about.
If I have a tough week again next week, I will add in a second refeed day. Could be that I'm overdoing the low carbs. Happy Valentines day, bitches!

Solid workouts and dedicated, intelligent approach. Sounds like you have some good mentors here.

Thanks man. Most of the guys here are a big help. Not just the people, but the whole site. If I didn't ask a question directly, there's always someone who's already asked and there's usually a real good answer to go with it. Without this site, I'd still be stuck in 1999 doing the same non-productive crap and not understanding why the results aren't coming.

Week 7 Feb15-Feb21

Monday Feb 15th - Upper push

Flat Press - 165X7, 165X4, 165X2
Incline press - 120X6, 120X6, 120X4
Hang Cleans - 90X5, 90X5, 90X4
Arnold press - 30X10, 30X6, 30X6
Lat raise- 15X5, 15X4, 15X4
Skull Crushers- 65X6, 65X5, 65X4

Dietary details
Calories were at 1800
Macros were 17%c 53%p 30%f
Weight was 164lbs

Summary
Ordinarily, I do this on tuesday but I have a dentist appointment tomorrow so I switched my workout to today. I'm definitly seeing strength issues on flat and incline presses. I couldn't increase me weights and barely got out an extra rep from last week. Shoulders are getting stronger and I was able to increase on the hang cleans. I would have increased on the arnies too but I don't have db's over 30 pounds so I just did as many reps as I could.
I also put skull crushers back on the menu just to hit the tri's a little more directly. I'm wondering about this low carb diet. I'm not seeing as much weight loss as I was when doing a regular 500 calorie deficit but I'll give it a little more time to see. Also, in week 6 under dietary details, I made a typo. Calories were at 1800, not 2200. Legs on Thursday. I'm hoping to pull out of this lull by then. Especially after the disappointing squat routine last week.

Thursday Feb 18th - Lower

Back squats - 235X6, 235X4, 235X5
Deadlifts - 210X8, 210X6, 210X6
Standing calves - 130X18, 130X15, 130X15 (one leg at a time)

Saturday Feb 20th - upper pull

Bent rows - 140X6, 140X6, 140X5
Pullups - BWX10, BWX7, BWX6
Seated rows - 170X8, 170X8, 170X7
Shrugs - 200X10, 200X8, 200X7
Chins - BWX11, BWX7, BWX5
Standing Curls 65X6, 65X4, 65X3

Dietary details
Calories were held at 1800 with two refeeds at 3700 and 3200
Macros were 17%c 53%p 30%f, refeed macros were 72%c 18%p 10%f
Weight was 166lbs

Summary
Despite concerns about losing or leveling off on strength, particularly with having to decrease my squat weight last week by 10 pounds, I was able to go up 5 pounds from last time and hit my rep range. Quads are definitly leveling off in stregth. But my deads went up again and I was able to exceed the rep range so there's no problems with progression there. Back is definitly seeing big increases which is great. I'm going to have to look into getting a belt so I can add weight to my pullups and chins. A few weeks ago I couldn't even do a pullup, now I'm doing 10 of 'em! Seated rows, I added 10 pounds this week and pulled high reps so so I'm definitly seeing big gains on the back moves. Same thing with shrugs, I didn't up the weight this week but blasted through the reps. Felt very strong. I wonder if it's because I added a second day for refeeding carbs. I wasn't losing any more weight even though I was doing 1800 calories 6 days a week. I was between 163 and 164 for 4 days. I carbed up on Thursday and Friday and this morning I weighted in at 166. I'm sure it's water but I'm hoping to get under 163 before my next refeed. I dumped hammer curls since I don't have db's over 30lb, I added in standing curls using the EZ curl bar. After the Chin ups though, I couldn't move much weight. Bi's are a weak link. I'm hoping to see these numbers go up. All in all, another good week with almost all my numbers going up, and this while on a cut. I can't wait to be done with this and bulk to see if I can make some size gains to go with the strength gains!

Week 8 Feb22-Feb28

Tuesday Feb 23rd - Upper push

Flat Press - 170X5, 170X3, 170X3
Incline press - 120X6, 120X4, 120X3
Hang Cleans - 90X6, 90X6, 90X5
Arnold press - 30X10, 30X7, 30X6
Lat raise- 15X5, 15X4, 15X4
Skull Crushers- 70X5, 70X4, 70X4

Saturday Feb 27th - Lower

Back squats - 235X7, 235X6, 235X5
Deadlifts - 215X8, 215X7, 215X5
Standing calves - 150X12, 150X10, 150X10 (one leg at a time)

Dietary details
Calories were lowered again to at 1700 with one refeed today at 3000
Macros were 11%c 57%p 32%f, refeed macros I don't know yet until I'm done
Weight 162.6lbs

Summary
This week's been a little crazy. I got my upper push done on Tuesday and it was decent. I went up in flat presses and skull crushers. I should have gone up in Arnies too but still haven't gotten heavier db's yet. Was supposed to do squats and deads on Thursday but between kids being off from school and all the snow and shit, I missed them so I did my lower routine today which is supposed to be my upper pull day. That I will have to do tomorrow. I dunno if it was the extended rest or that I'm recarbing but I felt great doing legs today. I wasn't expecting it so I didn't increase the weight but I did up the reps today and see no reason not to increase next week. Deadlifts also went up and again, felt great and exceeded the rep range. Sure I will increase them again next week as well. As for diet, took some more advice and lowered my carbs from 75 to 50. Maybe a coincidence but I finally got below 163! This morning I weighted in at 162.6. My lowest since I've been on a calorie deficit. Definitly encouraging. In addition, I have gone back to only one carb up day and a much lower one at that. From 3600 to 3000 calories. The extra carbs should make for an excellent workout tomorrow.
And for anyone who's interested, I'm 42 today! Happy Birthday to me!

In that case, Happy Birthday!

Sunday Feb 28th - upper pull

Bent rows - 145X7, 145X7, 145X6
Pullups - BWX10, BWX7, BWX6
Seated rows - 175X8, 175X9, 175X6
Shrugs - 205X11, 205X10, 205X9
Chins - BWX9, BWX8, BWX6
Standing Curls 70X5, 70X5, 70X3

Dietary details
Calories today were at 1800.
Macros were 17%c 53%p 30%f
Yesterdays refeed macros were 63%c 16%p 21%f
Weight today was 166lbs

Summary
Weights are still increasing. Getting stronger despite low carbs. However, weight after the refeed went up again, all the way back to 166!
I'm looking leaner so I guess the scale numbers don't matter too much but I can't help feeling like I'm doing something incorrectly so I ordered Lyle McDonalds Ultimate Diet 2.0 (UD2) book. Hopefully after reading through that I can get things dialed in and tightened up.

Week 9 Mar1-Mar7

Tuesday Mar 2nd - Upper push

Flat Press - 110X20, 110X18, 110X13, 110X9, 110X8
Incline press - 80X18, 80X14, 80X19, 80X9, 80X10
Hang Cleans - 55X20, 55X16, 55X14, 55X11, 55X11
Arnold press - 15X20, 15X9, 10X17, 10X15, 10X12
Lat raise- 5X25, 5X12, 5X14, 5X12, 5X12
Skull Crushers- 45X27, 45X11, 45X13, 45X8, 45X8


Dietary details
Calories were 2000 today
Macros were 11%c 57%p 32%f
Weight 163.4lbs

Summary
I got the UD2 book in the mail on Monday and read through it all. I did identify some things that I wasn't even doing to begin with. Not that I ever claimed to be doing UD2 but since I was doing a similar type thing, I compared it closest to UD2. Anyway, Between Tuesday and Friday of this week, I am "resetting" my metabolism by just eating my maintainence in a 40%c, 30%p, 30%f macro ratio. In addition I am adding in a 4th day, as described in UD2. On this workout day above, I decided to try out one of the depletion workouts used in UD2. I dropped the weight on all the movements and jacked up the rep range to be between 15-20 and 5 sets total. Ridiculous! I'm actually still sore right now. Great pumps and definitly taxing! I'll do this on Thursday too just to find the right weights I need to use but I will begin the actual UD2 diet and training this Saturday.
Stay tuned!

Thursday Mar 4th- Lower

Back squats - 140X16, 140X14, 140X10, 140X8
Deadlifts - 130X19, 130X18, 130X15, 130X10
Bent rows - 80X17, 80X17, 80X14, 80X15, 80X12
Seated rows - 100X21, 100X19, 100X18, 100X18, 100X16
Standing Curls 35X22, 35X20, 35X18, 35X15, 35X11

Dietary details
Calories were 2200 all week
Macros were 40%c 30%p 30%f
Weight 165lbs


Summary
This was again just a pre-depletion workout prior to starting UD2. I was mainly doing trials to find weights that allowed me to get into the 15-20 rep range. Calories all this past week until Friday were 2200 to reset the metabolism as described in the UD2 manual. Doing the squats was a little... umm... unpleasant.. but I think it'll be managable. I was expecting it to be a little easier this week because of the increase in carbs and I was right! Next entry, UD2 begins!

Week 10 Mar6-Mar12 (weeks now begin on Saturday)

Week 1 of UD2 Diet

Saturday Mar 6th - Upper body Depletion 1

Flat press - 115X17, 115X17, 115X12, 115X9, 115X9
Incline Press - 75X17, 75X15, 75X15, 75X12, 75X12
Bent Rows - 90X20, 90X17, 90X14, 90X13, 90X11
Seated Rows - 95X17, 95X16, 95X16, 95X13, 95X13
Hang cleans - 60X15, 60X14, 60X11, 60X11, 60X8
Arnies - 15X18, 15X15, 15X13, 15X11, 15X11

Sunday Mar 7th - Lower body Depletion 2

Back squats - 140X18, 140X18, 140X15, 140X12, 140X9
Leg Ext. - 90X17, 90X17, 90X15, 90X15, 90X12
Deadlifts - 130X18, 130X16, 130X16, 130X12, 130X12
Leg Curls - 70X18, 70X16, 70X12, 70X12, 70X12
Skulls - 50X18, 50X18, 50X15, 50X12, 50X12
Standing curls - 40X20, 40X18, 40X14, 40X13, 40X13

Dietary details
Calories were 1350 these two days
Macros were 19%c 60%p 21%f
Weight 164lbs

Summary
The upper training on Saturday was pretty good. I had some strength and go through it with my sanity. Not as fortunate with todays lower session. I shit you not, the squats was the most miserable experience I call recall!
By the time I finished with the leg extensions my quads were fried. My knee's kept collapsing under me while tring to carry around plates for all the other exercises. I am 7 days away from doing this session again and already dreading it! Tomorrow is a rest day, again with low carbs. I'm expecting to be pretty sore tomorrow but I already knew it was gonna suck! Diet is no problem and I expect after a couple cycles, I will get used to this shit too but for anyone who wants to know it sucks so far! But in a good way.

So, UD 2.0 calls for lower weight and higher reps? That's almost the complete opposite of what I'm doing.....Great! Now I have to read THAT book as well!

Does UD 2.0 utilize the same "ranked by category" approach that RFL uses? (cat 1=leanest, cat 2=more fat, cat3=most fat) I'm wondering why a guy of 165lbs. is dieting.

Either way, the workouts definately look taxing......good luck widdat, lol.

Originally Posted by DaMayor

So, UD 2.0 calls for lower weight and higher reps? That's almost the complete opposite of what I'm doing.....Great! Now I have to read THAT book as well!

Does UD 2.0 utilize the same "ranked by category" approach that RFL uses? (cat 1=leanest, cat 2=more fat, cat3=most fat) I'm wondering why a guy of 165lbs. is dieting.

Either way, the workouts definately look taxing......good luck widdat, lol.

Hey man.. yeah, the first two days are "depletion" workouts. Meant to sap all the glycogen from your muscles. It's not the most fun thing to do on back to back days but better than a sharp stick in the eye.
There was no catorgorizing that I saw, aside from him saying not to do this diet if you're not below 15% bf already. I'm not but if anything will get me there it's this! LOL Actually, I think I'm in the ballpark. So we'll see.
I'm on Day4 now and already on the carbup part. I'll post up the details in a little bit. First, I have to post a thread about the funniest thing that just happened to me this afternoon at the pet store with my kid! I'm not even joking, it was quite a scene!

Originally Posted by FMJ

Hey man.. yeah, the first two days are "depletion" workouts. Meant to sap all the glycogen from your muscles. It's not the most fun thing to do on back to back days but better than a sharp stick in the eye.
There was no catorgorizing that I saw, aside from him saying not to do this diet if you're not below 15% bf already. I'm not but if anything will get me there it's this! LOL Actually, I think I'm in the ballpark. So we'll see.
I'm on Day4 now and already on the carbup part. I'll post up the details in a little bit. First, I have to post a thread about the funniest thing that just happened to me this afternoon at the pet store with my kid! I'm not even joking, it was quite a scene!

I saw it...funny stuff!

Have you browsed Lyle's site? Not a lot of Southern hospitality over there, but the info is good if you read around a bit.

Originally Posted by DaMayor

Have you browsed Lyle's site? Not a lot of Southern hospitality over there, but the info is good if you read around a bit.

Yeah, I joined up and posted a question. You're right. They're not exactly the IronMag bunch but the info is there if you dig. I posted a question about modifing the diet for an AM workout but didn't get any quality answers. The whole thing is geared for PM training.
KY from this forum is actually over there too. He gave me the info I needed.. but on IM. lol
I have to tell you brutha, I felt your pain. The last three days I was only getting 1350 calories and I was in hell. I was doing a low carb previous to starting UD2 but my protien and fat were higher. A total of 1700ish calories. Those 400 less calories really mess you up!
Anyway, I scarfed down 8 ounces of pasta, two bagels and turkey sandwich a glass of milk and some whey. I'm all smiles now!

Originally Posted by FMJ

Yeah, I joined up and posted a question. You're right. They're not exactly the IronMag bunch but the info is there if you dig. I posted a question about modifing the diet for an AM workout but didn't get any quality answers. The whole thing is geared for PM training.
KY from this forum is actually over there too. He gave me the info I needed.. but on IM. lol
I have to tell you brutha, I felt your pain. The last three days I was only getting 1350 calories and I was in hell. I was doing a low carb previous to starting UD2 but my protien and fat were higher. A total of 1700ish calories. Those 400 less calories really mess you up!
Anyway, I scarfed down 8 ounces of pasta, two bagels and turkey sandwich a glass of milk and some whey. I'm all smiles now!

You suck...on a level I cannot express in words. lol. I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to eat tuna, and you're eating bagels......

Honestly, hunger is really not an issue with me when my carbs (and fat) are this low. Now, if I were to ingest some carbs, Oh yeah, I'd be ready to binge. On the other hand, I'd hate to throw it all away for a PB&J, y'know?

Originally Posted by DaMayor

You suck...on a level I cannot express in words.

I think tomorrow I'll have some cocoa puffs for breakfast and pizza for lunch!

Originally Posted by FMJ

I think tomorrow I'll have some cocoa puffs for breakfast and pizza for lunch!

Asshole.

Week 1 of UD2 Diet

Wednesday Mar 8th - Rest

Dietary details
Calories were 1350 today
Macros were 19%c 60%p 21%f
Weight 162.2lbs


Summary
I was pretty sore this day. No carbs to help heal me from the back to back depeltion days. I was noticably irritable and had a slight headache. I was told this is expected and I will get used to the low calorie/carb days.
Went to bed at 9pm this day and slept till 7:30 so I've been pretty wiped out doing this too but it's nearing the good part. Just a half day of low carbs left this week.


Tuesday Mar 9th - Tension training

Flat Press - 145X11, 145X9
Incline Press - 95X11, 95X10
Bent Rows - 115X12, 115X12
Seated Rows - 140X11, 140X10
Hang Cleans - 70X11, 70X10
Arnies - 30X10, 30X8
Squats - 185X12, 185X12
Deadlifts - 170X11, 170X10
Skull crushers - 55X12
Standing curls - 55X12

Dietary details
Calorie totals not known yet.
Will update tomorrow
Weight 162lbs

Summary
Today is Day 4 of my UD2 diet. Day 4 is unusual since half the day is low carb and the other half is carb refeed. Prior to todays training, I consumed about 30 grams of carbs and 20 grams of protein. Must have given me a boost because the training went smooth and strong. I wasn't feeling fatigued or weak at all and I was expecting to. My quads and hams were sore going in but when it came to doing squats, it was almost easy!
I used 85% of my max which was what Lyle recommended but went through those without a pause. I will likely up the weight next week. Just an overall good strong training day. As for body composition, I looked like shit this morning. I looked small and not pumped. but this was expected too. Carbing up will span today and into tomorrow. Total carb grams expected around 1100!
So far so good. Stay tuned!

What kind(s) of suppliments are you taking?

The headache and the soreness are all part of the pleasure of this type of diet. Make sure you're drinking plenty of water...this seems to help me with the soreness issueto a degree.
Although I understand it is all part of the diet's structure, the constant increase/decrease in carbs would drive me nuts. I think I would rather just deplete carbs entirely and be done with it.

You'll level off eventually.

Originally Posted by DaMayor

What kind(s) of suppliments are you taking?

Well, I've started taking omega3 fish oil, 6 a day and creatine, 5 grams only a couple days a week. During carbup mostly.
I do drink allot of water, close to a gallon. I'm sure it's just a matter of getting used to it, like you said.

FMJ. Your squat is way higher than your deads. Whats your secret?

Looking good in here, man!

Originally Posted by T_man

FMJ. Your squat is way higher than your deads. Whats your secret?

Well, I think the only secret here is that I started closer to my max weight with squats than I did with deads.
When I first added deads, I was doing them poorly, so I had to use a lighter weight. Eventually, I switched to Romainian deads and thats when I started really upping the weight. You'll notice the weight increases on the squats have slowed down. I'm getting to my upper limits on squats but my deads are steadily catching up. Now, they're only a 10 pound difference while weeks ago it was like 25 pounds.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Looking good in here, man!

Thanks Gaz. Yep. Pluggin along. lol

Alright old man....we need updates here.

How's the HRT going? Feel like chasing rabbits through the forest at midnight yet? I have yet to get my levels checked....although I'm in no hurry.

Originally Posted by DaMayor

Alright old man....we need updates here.

Alright, alright... I'm coming. Don't rush me.

Okay so just a few remarks here. In my last update I was in a "low carb" induced coma so on the day labeled Wednesday March 8th above... well, that was actually Monday March 8th. I must have been wishing I was further along that I was. Also, Tuesdays Dietary totals are now in...
The way UD2 lays it out, the 4th day of the weekly cycle is broken into a half low carb and the other half a carb load. Techinally, I was supposed to keep carbs low until 3 or 4 pm but since I train in the daytime, I only low carbed till around noon. So here is the dietary breakdown:

Tuesday AM Low carbs:
Total calories were 186
Macros were 4%c 67%p 29%f
Tuesday PM Carb up:
Total Calories were 2681
Macros were 62%c 22%p 16%f


Wednesday Mar 10th - Rest

Dietary details
Calories were 2946
Macros were 66%c 9%p 25%f
Weight 163.8lbs

Summary
Okay so the totals for the carb up on the PM of Day 4 and all of Day 5 were supposed to be in the area of 1000-1100 grams of carbs, 165 grams protien and as low as possible on fat. My actual totals were 884grams of carbs, 209 grams of protein and 127 grams of fat.
I couldn't believe I didn't eat enough carbs between the shit I ate at Olive garden and all the pasta bread and bagels the night before. But that's okay, I planned to compensate that on Thursday AM. Proteins were higher than I wanted but that's because I initially didn't account for all the protein in the pasta. Fats were way high too. No biggie, Next week I'll know better. I should have it locked down by then.

Originally Posted by DaMayor

How's the HRT going?

Actually, I haven't decided to begin yet. Dunno if you read my thread on the blood work but I talked to the Dr. And he didn't wanna put me on the Transdermal cream. Instead, he want's to put me on a cycle of injectables. Some Winstrol, HGC and Test C. I'm still thinking about it. Don't know if I wanna go that route, you know?