Yikes I suck. May have to make this a once a week blog. The goods news is I have really stuck to the regimin, minus a momentary lapse of reason on Monday when I had 2 cupcakes Cereal for breakfast, solid lunch, usually tuna, turkey on some kind of whole weat wrap or bread, healthy snacking of whole whesat thins and yogurt and fruit, and really trying to have dinner at a reasonable hour so as not to go to bed full.

Workout - ouch. Not impressed with my chest work. I have no where to go but up. I seem to remember chest being the hardest thing to retain from year to year. I guess because I'm always using the other parts of my body. lifting, swinging, running, but there is no natural occurance of a bench press so the chest is truly something you have to work at. That will make it all the more impressive by July 4th, a fitting goal date since it is my favorite holiday and I intend to spend the whole day on my boat, and swimming and hopefully cut, not fat

So far a legitimate 4-6 lbs lost. WooHooo

Weekend full of family time. Went to Maine for a Birthday lunch with my family for my sister and brother who's birthdays are the 10th and 11th respectively. Got the lobster roll, which was good but surrounded by plates of fried clams was torture. Decided to drive up to Bro's house after wifey got home at 11:30 because I was still wired. Played pool till 4:30, got an hour or so sleep on the floor, then we went icefishing. By the time we got settled I had an hour to fish, but it was all worth it just to spend time with my brother on his birthday. I know he appreciated it.

Today is a gorgeous sunny and 55, may as well be 85. The time change to me is the unofficial first day of spring. Adding an hour of sunlight at the end of the day is more impactful to me than any equinox.

Friday - 2 cups cheerios,1lg Turbo ice 2 sugars, tuna sandwich, swiss, whole grain bread. 4 cups chili, 1 cup yogurt with crushed pineapple. Workout - Follow-up with trainer, she walked me through all of the exercises I did not already know. 25grams creatine

Saturday - 2 cups scrambles eggs, piece of sliced turkey, whole grain toast., lobster roll, coleslaw, double cheeseburger.

Sunday - 1 cup scrambled eggs, 1 breakfast sausage, double cheeseburger, baked potato, 9 chicken wings, 4 carrot sticks, 1 cup yogurt with crushed pineapple.

Today - 2 cups cheerios, 1lg Turbo ice 2 sugars, half peanut butter sandwich, 15 grams creatine, 60grams protein shake,  

Workout ; Seated Row:70,100,120,100. Cable Pulldowns: 70,100,120,100. Dumbell row: 25,27,35,30. Straight bar curl: 45,55,65,55. DB Curls: 25,27.5,30,27.5. MIlitary Press: 45,55,65,45. Bearclaws:5,10 each. 100 crunches, 100 sideups, 50 legs to the side crunches.

Felt good today, PT must have helped last night. There is no replacement for well stretched muscles. I am amazed my legs don't do not hurt. Either I didn't push myself enough or they're gonna kill tomorrow.

Breakfast, Turbo Ice, 2 sugars, Turkey Sausage Omelet, rustic wheat toast. Lunch - Half Jerk Chicken burrito. Snack 1/4 Jerk Chicken Burrito. 25 grams Creatine. Dinner - 1/4 Jerk Chickn Burrito, cup of chili. Snack, 2 cups lowfat yogurt, blueberries.

Tuesday was 24 hours of pure pain.

Breakfast, Large Turbo Ice 2 sugars. 2 cups cheerios. Lunch, Chicken Caeser salad. Dinner chicken breast, salad, balsamic vin, 2 cups Kashi all 7 grain rice.

Wednesday I crawled back to the gym, only because Yoga was closed.

Work out - 3 sets 10 reps of each  -

Triceps -40lb rope push downs, 35lb overhead dumbell

Biceps - 55lb straight bar curl, 30lbs dumbell curls

Shoulders - 35lb Overhead dumbells, 65lb Shrugs

Legs - 145lb extensions and curls, 250lb seated press

Calves - 145lb Adduction and Abduction, 250lbSeated calf presses.

Abs - 100 crunches, 150 sideups.

Breakfast - Large Turbo Ice, 2 sugars. 2cups cheerios. Lunch roast beef wrap. Snack, half PB sandwhich. Dinner - 3 cups chili 2 tblsp cottage cheese. 25 grams Creatine. Snack, 2 cups lowfat yogurt, blueberries.

This is redonkulous:

Watched live Red Sox last night, preseason against the Twins. Ended in a 4-4 tie, but just to see it live and hear Rem Dawg and Don made Summer seem that much closer thank god.

Breakfast - 1 large Dunkin turbo ice, 2 cups Honey Cheerios, 2% milk. Lunch half chicken salad and swiss on Arnold Whole Grain. 2 Cups Arizona Diet Green tea. Snack half Organic PB on Whole wheat, 15grams Creatine Shake. Dinner - Chicken Enchilada.

Started a Creatine Cycle today. Need to "Load Up" for the first week to saturate the muscles, then maintenance for 6 weeks, then stop for  2 weeks. I am banking on this and 60-120grams of protein supplementing through shakes to help increase gains, and decrease recovery time. I can't afford to be tender with 3 little boys around the house poking, punching and jumping on me all the time.