*Progress Report 8/17*
Had a bit of a rough patch since last report this last week. The last day I was able to lift was Friday. Did not get to lift Sun-Wed. I had to move my fiance to storage over the weekend and we had to paint our place Sun and Mon night. Tues/Wed(today) work got the better of me. I did get in cardio tonight when I finally got home -- 4 miles with a mix of HIIT. And at least I was active with the moving and painting so I wasn't just sitting around. I'll be able to lift every day the rest of the week, so I can still get four lifting days in.
Eating is still on point. Same diet as listed before. One cheat meal Sat night. But I need feedback here. This knocked me off track bigly. As I said, no cheating at all since my last post with the exception of my cheat meal. I fasted all day Saturday while moving and then we went to a restaurant for dinner. For my cheat meal I had a bacon cheeseburger and fries and 3 beers. Based on the listed calories this should have put me no more than around maintenance calories, roughly 2500. My weight spiked from 172.5 to 177 the next day and did not settle back until this morning at 173.5. So the results of the last 7 days end up being I've gained a pound.
Clearly something I can overcome, but I'm looking for some insight as to why I gained here and didn't seem to spike metabolism. If I made a mistake, I don't want to make it again. Also, aside from my bachelor party in two weeks, I'm just going to completely cut alcohol. I had only drank once or twice in the last several months and thought I could get away with it, but it's just empty calories and not worth it. I can drink on my honeymoon.
Cardazol will be here tomorrow, so I will begin incorporating that with morning fasted cardio. But really need some feedback on the cheat meal - if I need to be more picky in my cheat selections, or space it out further than every 7 days, or cut it completely.
Thanks