Day 4

Hey Folk!

Well it's day four since officially starting my 8 week cycle. First I'll start by saying, the soreness is back! LOL No Pain No Gain, I guess, but I'll admit it's a good pain. It's the type of pain that means your doing something right.


Low Carb!

My energey level is a little low as 4 days of low carb is probably hitting rock bottom before the energy boost once I reach Ketosis. I'm gonna struggle through it, and focus to make it through saturday workout wise.... I figure that If I keep 8 Saturdays in my head it's all down hill! I'll rest physically on Sundays, but use the rest of the days to work out.


Drinking!

Well I did some research and also found that the "Light" beer I was drinking was about 107 calories a can, load up enough of those and that quite a bit of trouble. I've decided to do the entire 8 week program beer and liqour free! (I'm sure my liver will thank me for that as well)

I'm also trying to work 2000 calories minimum per week, outside of my weight lifting routine, doing cardio, I figure that will cover the beers alone that I've been drinking during the holiday season...LOL

So if I averaged 4-5 cans of beer a day, or 2-3 large cans then I'm minus about 500 calories, then workoff another 500 i'm taking down 1000 calories a day from an average december day. Since a pound of fat is about 3000 calories I should be dropping them pretty quickly starting my second or third week, once my metabolism catches up!


Here's a good article with more explanation of the Plan I've chosen to follow from Men's Health!