Destined to suck...log

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So I got up this morning and just didn't want to cook/eat...bleh

Breakfast: 1/2 cup oats, protein powder, 2 tablespoons ANPB (20 fat/36 carb/37prot: 480 cal)

1 serving wheat pasta, with 3.5 servings tuna and a pear (6 fat/63 carb/57 prot: 500 cal)

Gym 30-45 minutes after that meal

Immediately following gym: 1 cup non-fat milk with 1/2 cup oats and 1 serving 100% whey about 15 minutes after that (4 fat/42 carb/37 prot: 350 cal)

So right now, I am at 1344 calories, 30 fat, 141 carb, 131 protein

I'm probably going to cook up some chicken breast with broccoli and salad within the next 45 minutes and then I will eat accordingly for the rest of the night to hit 1800 calories and over 200 protein...most likely no more carb sources short of the broccoli for the rest of the night. Is my diet on spot? At this point, I will eat whatever I need to regardless...so if something needs to change, tell me!

As far as my workout, I refused to believe I had hit a wall on every lift, but I indeed have. I went for 190x5 on incline bench and only got 4 again, but all is well. I threw in some military press today because I am going to sub that for incline bench from here on out. I'm dropping my weights back 10-20 lbs and going to try to hold them consistent for the remainder of my cut. Is this the correct way to do it?

Overall, I made PR's in every lift even while in a calorie deficit, but now its time to really shed weight. Following my workout I went for some more cardio, burned 350 cals on the incline tread...I just couldn't push my normal cardio intensity directly following a workout, but I was still happy with my output.

What do you guys think? I want some damn posts in here!

Oh and my big question.....
If it isn't in my best interest to continue this workout for cutting purposes, how does one properly deload from a 5x5 workout to return to a different split...I tried reading through multiple threads/stickies but didn't see anything published.

Also, my weight was at 203.0 today, but I felt a little bloated/heavy from the meal/water...so that will probably drop to 201 over the next couple of days

Also, to include all the weights I've actually accomplished so far:
Squat: 185x5, 190x3
Bench: 210x5, 215x3
Incline bench: 185x5, 190x4
Dead: 205x7
Row: 150x5, 155x3

 

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Damn I am STUFFED...big bowl of salad (romaine, iceberg, spinach, 2 eggs, a little fat free ranch), a bunch of broccoli, a 4oz chicken breast baked with jerk chicken spice...washed it down with some lemon green tea and two big glasses of water...

Feelin pretty good right now, if my gf comes home and wants to hit the gym, I might just have to go do some cardio again! ...if not I'll just postpone until 8am with an empty stomach

 

[Kabeetz]

Don't drop your lifts back 10-20 pounds... drop them back 10%. (Use a calculator and then round ) Then, take 4 weeks to get back up to that amount, therefore adding 2.5% each week... and that should propel you for a string of gains afterwards.

Sounds like you're eating some really good foods, I'm not sure what your caloric goals are or if you're meeting them, but it seems like the ingredients you're putting in your body are great.

 

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I woke up this morning and did not want to do cardio, as usual...so I went back to sleep lol

Breakfast: 1/2 cup oats, protein shake

Pre-workout: 1 cookie (170 calories I think...) It was pre-workout, I was kinda hungry but didn't have time to eat a meal and then digest and then workout, so I just ate that...oh well

Post workout: 1/2 cup oats, protein shake

Serving of unsalted almonds

Can of tuna

1.5 chicken breast and a few pieces of broccoli

Gonna go do cardio once this chicken digests! I'm aiming for 500-600 calories, so we'll see what happens. I weighed 202.7 this morning...

I am not sure what I will have post-cardio...since it is so late at night. Whey protein, 1 cup non-fat milk and 1/4 cup oats? Maybe even 2 tablespoons ANPB? You tell me!

and I dropped my weights back 10% per Kabeetz, workout went pretty well, the weights actually felt difficult, but I think that was my mindset, "Wow this sucks"...so I didn't get amped before my sets lol...accomplished them all with NO problems. I will increase them 5lbs per week for 4 weeks, where I will be at the weights I accomplished last week and hopefully wont be cutting any longer!

 

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Did 35 minutes of cardio, burned about 460 calories...don't know for sure because I forgot to put in my weight at first and had to start over 5 minutes in, and then I knocked the emergency stop magnet off 25 minutes in haha

Came home, had some ON Whey and 1 cup non-fat milk...about an hour later ate some egg whites, beef jerky (0.5g fat), and 1/2 cup cottage cheese...

Puts me at 1770 calories including that cookie, with 210g of protein! Oh and following cardio I weighed in at 201.6...I better be below 200 in the next few days.

 

[H_T_]

frequent SQ & DL workouts will slow your BMR. and be fucking patient, for the love of Pete. to gain weight, you need overcompensation. eating more than you burn in a day. you have to research this, cuz most don't know, that you burn 80 calories an hour sleeping. so try to eat just enough, maybe 3500 extra calories a week....