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So, we have lots of good "data" on all fronts. Yesterday was my "fatter-day" or cheat day, but something finally came to a head. After eating my lunch time cheat meal, my body finally said "no more". In short, the idea of doing a cheat dinner was unthinkable to my already more than full stomach. The very concept made me want to be sick. No worries I kept everything down. But, I realized my stomach has finally arrived at the point where it will start to rebel if I try to give it more than it wants or needs.
Given I'm a former bulimic & anorexic - ya learn to listen to your body when it tells you these things.
Fortunately, mom and I did take-out last night because she has a cold and we decided the best course of action was to order from our favorite ramen restaurant. They have an amazing spicy soup that is perfect for bad head colds. But, because it's take-out, I didn't have to eat dinner. I had enough room for dessert and packed away my order for tonight's supper.
This morning I told her, I can't do 2 cheat meals in a day anymore. My stomach can't handle it and she replied with, "I bet the very idea makes you nauseous." I said, "yeah, and given my history with purging, we don't want to push that feeling." So, she said "I think we can start making splurge dinners every other week." I told her I thought that was a wonderful idea. I can still have my cheat meal lunch on Thursdays, but if we plan to do a dinner, I'll just have to come up with some creative light snacks to get me through until dinner time. So, the long and short of it is, I will only be having 1 cheat meal per week from here on out. My stomach is incredibly thankful and does not feel depraved by the notion at all! In fact, one might say it's very RELIEVED! LOL
And, if some have been following my journals, you now know this moment is the whole point of "fatter-day". I didn't force this. My mind and body came to this place naturally the way it did many years ago in my last big drop. As a result, I don't feel "deprived". My fatter-day is a lesson in delayed gratification and understanding the "temporary-ness" of desire. Sure, I may want the icecream, donut, cake, pizza, etc in a moment. But, that "desire" never lasts forever and by the time splurge day comes, I've usually forgotten 95% of anything I craved or my stomach has no desire for it.
So, as a result of only having 1 cheat meal yesterday, this girl only gained 1.6 lbs in water weight. The lowest water weight poundage to date this body has ever gained post splurge day. What's so big about that? Well, for once I will not have to spend the next 4-5 days getting rid of water weight I gained from a fatter-day just to discover what the next new low is! Which, is kinda nice...
(Note: if y'all want to know how I lose the H2O - I just make sure I take down 4 liters of water for about 3-4 days after a splurge day and pee my brains out. An average water weight loss for me is 5.4-5.8 lbs of water in a 72 plus hour period)
On the workout front, applying the concept of priority training is proving to be both informative and beneficial. And, yes I looked up periodization training as well. Although, I feel that can be incorporated after we get some of these weaker muscles up to par.
And, boy did I find out just how weak those muscles are, O-M-G!
First off, the big thing I noticed was how much better a workout my pecs, triceps, and inner thigh muscles received by starting with those exercises from the get-go. I don't normally feel soreness in those areas, but now I understand why. If those areas are not being worked because they haven't been targeted or they're near the part of the work out where frankly, most of us are half-assing it because we're getting tired, there's no reason to be sore in those places.
Believe you me, I not only felt sore in those areas, I now have a very distinct understanding of just how under-developed those places are. If asked which out of the 3 muscles (tri-ceps, pecs, and inner thighs), are the weakest - I have to say it's a toss up between my inner thighs and my pecs. Since some of my upper arm exercises already work part of my tri-ceps around my elbow, my tri-cep area isn't completely underdeveloped. We just need to expand that development further up the arm and the shoulder presses are great for that...we'll probably see the quickest progress there.
But, my pecs and my inner thighs are going to take some time. I did the least amount of reps prescribed for all those exercises targeting my inner thighs. Five minutes later, I felt like I had been riding a horse all week!
There's err...um other analogies I might make, but we'll try to keep this G-rated.
I will say, it was nice to get on the bike and not have to focus to much on RPM's or how intense I was peddling. Priority training provides a few options in approaches. One can lower intensity, reps, or temporarily cut out the exercise for those activities that target the strongest muscles. So, I'm going with the flow here, and just lower the intensity. I don't even have to try that hard to do it. By the time I hit those exercises targeting my strongest muscles, I'm to tired to give it full intensity, which also tells me why the weaker muscles in this body never got fair play.
Anyhow, I have a 4 instead of 5 day workout week as I'm cleaning my suite tomorrow. But, considering I'm still adjusting to this new routine, it's probably a good idea to have 3 re-coup days for the first week instead of just 2.
Have a wonderful Friday, everyone and don't forget to listen your body's - sometimes, they have some good shit to tell ya! :-)
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1229 kcal
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Fat: 39.84g | Prot: 51.87g | Carbs: 134.89g.
Breakfast: Coffee with Cream and Sugar, Subway 6" Steak, Egg & Cheese Flatbread. Dinner: Spicy Tan Tan Ramen, Omaha Steaks Breaded Coconut Shrimp. Snacks/Other: Red Table Wine. more...
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