Yes, I'm still here and I'm sorry for the delay in my challenge 2 week 3 results. I had a family issue and a business trip and did not have much time to post. I had to do my weigh in and measurements on Sunday morning, because I didn't think there would be a scale in my hotel. This weeks weigh in was 240.5 lbs and I lost 1/4" in my thighs and over a 1/4" on my forearms. My legs are starting to show more definition and vascularity is coming out more in my arms, it's such a neat thing to see. After a few weeks of slow movement, it was good to see I had a good week. I was close to hitting my 240 goal and had even been hoping that I would bypass it and go right into the 230's lol. I did see 238 after my run, but that was fluid lost sweating that I had to replenish. :)
Workout and nutrition were good this week, I did go back to adding back in a third shake into my nutritional program for the convenience and have been using a calorie counter on my Android phone called Calorie Counter to make sure where my fist portions are where they should be. I'm shooting for about 40g protein and 30g carbs in each meal. It's great as the bar scanner will bring up the nutritional information and I just adjust to about where my portion is. It then saves what you eat too for future use. I'm not weighing every portion or slicing and dicing, but it helps with the general numbers for me to make sure I'm hitting my goals.
My lifting sessions have been great, I've really been pushing myself to make sure I'm hitting my intensitites and I think the results are paying off. I'm still doing treadmill for HIIT and still using the Hussman Fitness moderate tweak of adding 10 minutes of moderate cardio after HIIT and an extra 40 minute moderate run on my normal off day.
The biggest challenge I would have in the following week was my business trip. Outside of my vacation, this will be my first trip for work since I started BFL. I'm not going to lie, it has been nerve wrecking as the food and alcohol are plentiful in the group activities, so I have to stay focused. To add to the mess, Friday when I got home from work, my wife recieved a call that her grandfather had an accident and they were not sure if he was going to make it. Originally they were going to drive down to Florida, but then they told them that may be too late. So Friday night we found a flight for my wife, kids, mother and son in laws, to get down there Saturday. So we were scampering to get them packed and off, as I don't know how long they will be down there. Once they were off, I had to find a house and dog sitter, and then pack and plan for my trip. I brought 3 shakes per day, a baggie of protein for my after workouts, creatine as I start back up this week, 5 protein bars, a shaker, a small shaker, a small gym bag, etc. My cheat meals were leftover Noodles and Company Mac and Cheese with meatballs my son left me, and then I grabbed a Portillo's beef, cheese fry, and large diet coke on the way to the airport. I then had a fudge bar at the airport. I didn't get to my hotel until after midnight, but I picked up 5 gallons of water. I had my shake and off to bed I went.
I'm now back home, just got back yesterday, but I'll post up about Week 4 and the business trip in my next recap in the next few days, going off to get my lower workout in for today.
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