I had another good week of contest prep. I am now down to 178 lbs. I was 177 yesterday but I felt really tired so I decided to raise my carbs yesterday to give me my energy back. I feel a lot better today and I gained a pound but I look and feel better.

Diet

My diet went well this week. I decided to drop my carbs slightly because I felt I was starting to get a little stagnant. I dropped them on Tuesday through Thursday. This seemed to work as I continue to lose the weight with no strength losses or muscle loss. Yesterday I did raise them back up due to fatigue but I also did 4 hours of yard work in the sun so I think that had something to do with my fatigue as well. Today as I write this I will level my carbs back out. For the week coming up I will continue the same pattern.

Training

My training is still going really well. I am improving on most of my exercises. I continue to shoot for 5 repetitions on most exercises. My plan is to keep my reps low but with the heaviest possible weight with good form to ensure I keep my muscle and maybe gain muscle. In the past I have had my strength actually decrease at this point in my contest prep but I think this time it will be different. I will continue this plan for this week also.

Cardio

I still have not got back on my cardio. I am still dropping weight without it and I am keeping my strength and actually improving my strength at this time. I still will consider cardio if my weight starts to slow down but at this time it is working. I will not do cardio next week. 

Everything is going as planned and I seem to be making good progress. There still is almost 4 months to go so I have plenty of time to reach my goals. One day at a time!

I try to write a blog once per week. I usually do it on Friday nights or Saturday morning. This one happens to be Saturday morning.

Until my next blog! Have a good week and train hard!