17 Weeks Out

Whats up everybody, one week down many more to go. No complaints since its only been a week lol, I am still eating a good amount of food and cardio is only at 30 minutes on the stairmaster.  My weight as of this morning was 229.8 but I am leaner than when I started last week, my stomach has less fat and my quads are showing some separation.  This week I will go over my diet as well as tell you guys a little about my job.

As of now I am taking in 4680 calories with the macro breakdown being 452 protein 450 carbs and 101 fat, on non training days my carbs for meal 5 are reduced.

              Meal 1: 10 Egg whites, 1 yolk, oatmeal, olive oil, and chicken breast

              Meal 2: Chicken breast, sweet potato, and olive oil

              Meal 3: Tilapia, olive oil, and cream wheat

              Meal 4: Chicken breast, white rice, and olive oil

              Meal 5: 96% lean ground beef, cream of wheat, and fish oil pills

              Meal 6: 13 Egg whites, 1 scoop of casein, and olive oil

I am really enjoying the diet because it is different than my offseason diet was which is refreshing.  I am happy to not be eating so much food for a change, I am sure at some point that will change once I am starving lol.  I am taking in 1.5-2 gallons of water a day, one gallon being crystal light the other regular water.  Overall everything is going smooth and week 1 went perfect.

I work for Reynolds Protection Agency which is a company that has armed and unarmed security guards, as well as bodyguards.  I work 12 hour shifts 3 days a week ( Thursday- Saturday) and some weeks I may work 48-60 hours, two weeks ago I worked 73 hours (talk about exhausted).  A typical work day for me goes like this, I wake up at 12:30 eat and then go train.  Some days I have to go to the grocery store after I train, then I get home about 4:30 to shower  while my food cooks.   I usually eat as I prepare my 4 meals for the rest of the night.  I get to work by 7p.m. and don't get off until 7 a.m.

At work I just walk around every hour or so and make sure the building is secure, it is a old hospital that has been shut down for a long time.   I am free to eat whenever I need to and I just relax and watch tv and dvds which is great!!  The only downside is that once I start cardio twice a day I will have to go straight to the gym from work and then go back after I sleep 3.5-4 hours.  I am hoping I won't have to end up doing that though. Last prep it made it soooo hard because I would have to do 75 minutes of stairmaster sleep about 3.5 hours and go train and do 75 more minutes.  This year I switched my training schedule to 4 days on 3 days off, so the 4 days I don't have to work are my training days.  So far it is working out on schedule so that by the time Thursday comes my body is screaming for a break from training and I am ready to roll come Sunday.

Well thats it for this week, make sure to tune in next week as I am sure some changes to the diet will take place.  Once again I would like to thank my sponsors Joe Lobell with www.mostmuscular.com John Hicks with www.theironmulisha.com and Ron with www.genisispeptides.net.  I would like to give a special shoutout to my nutritionist Jason Theobald for doing a great job and I highly recommend him to anyone looking to build muscle, get in contest shape, lose weight for health reasons, or anyone who would like help constructing a healthy diet.  He can be reached at www.nattynutrition.com