Medicine-
I'm getting further and further disenchanted with the state of modern medicine. It is often overly depressing to encounter terminal cases in which the family won't accept the inevitable outcome. Combine these depressing factors, with working too many hours, being understaffed, etc. It's difficult to keep morale high when you're working all day and seemingly getting nothing done.
Diet:
Weight: ~255
I've been a bit relaxed on my dieting considering work has taken an exorbitant amount of time and food prep has been a bitch. I have done my best to reach my protein intake goal of 250-300g/day. Pair that with restricting my carb intake, and I have not gained any weight, and actually have lost a bit... all while maintaining/gaining strength during the prep and peak phase for my meet.
It's easy to lose sight of progress, as it is very slow, but as my coach pointed out: In the last year I've dropped 10% of my bodyweight while getting stronger and building muscle...
I've switched over to Grass fed beef (bought a side of beef: Grass fed for $3.00/lb processed/vacume packed), Omega 3 eggs, eliminated the vast majority of bullshit from my diet. Though I do need to get another 20 loaves of sprouted grain bread from Trader Joes... At least for the next few months I should be able to keep the diet in check with decent food-prep.
Lifting:
I had planned on doing a meet on Sept 7th, but work has put an end to that. I'd say my last 2 months have been a waste, but after talking with the coach, I'm going to do a "mock" meet. this upcoming week when I have a day off... At least we can reset my maxes and see what progress has been made.
Openers are extra conservatively planned at: 405 Squat, 315 bench, 465 deadlift. Goals are ~550/365/550
Even my conservative numbers, while they aren't my lifetime maxes (too many knee surgeries), are at or higher than they were a year ago... at 30 lbs heavier.
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Updated progress photo: April-August
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