Week 11, Day 6

I didn’t blog last night so I’m posting this today before conference.  I’m now under 5 weeks away and I can’t friggin wait to be done!  This point in my training is so dam hard mentally!  The cravings get stronger and stronger every day!  I love food!  People ask me if I’m starving but if you notice I eat quite a bit still and very frequently.  The cravings of all the goodies are what get to me.  Mmmm Oreo’s… haha..  Anyways, I’ve been doing my best to avoid pitfalls but lately I have a peanut butter and jam sandwich a time or 2.  I try to use 100% whole wheat, natural peanut butter and sugar free preserves.  That’s just me trying to justify but I need to suck it up.  This coming week is the last week of heavy weights and low reps.  The last 4 weeks I’ll start to increase my reps back up and drop my sets to start to really refine my muscles.  Going in to the last 2 weeks I’ll drop the weight and sets again and increase the reps even more to really tone and shred myself down.  I feel some much more developed at this point in my training than in the past so I’m excited to see what the next 5 weeks will bring.

Yesterday’s (Saturday) meals and workout
5:30 am           Meal 1: Protein shake + 5 grams BCAAs + 1 tsp. peanut butter (during working workout)
6:00 am           Workout: Shoulders and abs (all lifts heavy 6 sets 6 reps)
                        Dumbbell press w/ no back support
                        Dumbbell front raise
                        Dumbbell lateral raise
                        Dumbbell rear lateral raise
                        Calf raise seated
                        Calf raises standing
                        Abs: I superset my abs in during rest periods between sets.
                        Leg raises
                        Crunches
8:00 am           Meal 2: 6 egg whites, 1 yoke, 1 cups broccoli, 1 tsp. almond butter
11:00 am         Meal 3: 4-5 oz. salmon, 1 cups broccoli, and 8 almonds
12:30 pm         Meal 4: Protein shake + 5 grams glutamine + 1 tsp. almond butter
2:30 pm           Meal 5: 6 oz. chicken, 1 cups broccoli, and 1 tsp. almond butter
5:30 pm           Meal 6: 6 oz. chicken, 1 cups broccoli, and 8 almonds
8:00 pm           Meal 7: 4-5 oz. salmon, 1 cups broccoli, and 1 tsp. almond butter
10:00 pm         Meal 8: Protein shake, 1 tsp. all natural peanut butter
Monday’s workout: Chest (heavy, 6 sets 6 reps)
Incline bench press
Bench press
Flat back dumbbell flys
Abs: cable crunches + leg lifts + core rotations
40 min cardio