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Had a difficult sleep, but Ange said I was snoring, so I at least got a couple hours in there I am sure.
Surprisingly it isn't very painful right now. Was at about 3am, when I guess my Ibuprofen's started running out. Haven't looked at it since the 2nd time wrapping it up, but I am sure it's not the prettiest thing. Hoping the docs just freeze the sucker, rip the rest of the nail off and let the healing begin. I am about 90% sure it isn't broken.
Tough break, Steve. Glad to hear it doesn't sound as if it's broken.
Keep grinding!
Doesnt it seem like that is the way.....Damn Steve...Good luck with the healing......
BTW, i had no idea you held so much mass in offseason, good on ya....I have only seen you looking like a ripped ,peeled human anatomy chart....Looks good bro, no homo!!:hu
doc said the nail will fall off in its own for sure. She didn't think it was broken either but she was surprised what it looked like after taking off my sock, lol..
I will be back in gym tomorrow for some back, sunday shoulders triceps biceps, monday hoping I can get something in the way if legs. No squats this week, lol
My goooodness I cringed reading that about your toe....I bet some prime words were being said. Goodluck with the healing.
Ang, you look fantastic....post baby to boot, good on ya girl, I look forward to watching your journey!! :)
Just another check-in...Had no trouble getting into the gym once I could put the shoe on with no laces, lol...Each day is better, but each day I get more and more confused about whats going to happen to the toe. Thankfully, its only my toe. Doctor said I could have easily broken my foot had it landed a bit higher up. Didn't even think about that, but its true. I have to consider myself lucky. Anyway:
Lifts are going well, ange and I had a very intense shoulder workout. I've really been doing a lot more smith machine than I have in the past. I always been against doing them in favor of dumbells (ie stability, etc), but when you have injuries, I think its good to switch things up. I honestly never had a better pump in the delts ever just by doing this new movement. I've also been using smith for bench (incline and decline) and same theory there. Will be good to get back to flat benching fully though. The other day I tried my first flat bench in a while without the sling shot, and managed 275x12. I was quite pleased with that considering it felt awkward and was at the gym with the crazy bent and thick bars... I figure I will easily get 3 plates for a dozen in a couple weeks - as long as my weight doesn't continue to drop...
Today was the first time my scale showed sub 180...179.8! eek...A bit lighter than I want to be, and this after having a hefty cheat meal on the weekend. My scale IS 2 pounds or so light, so I am still not officially under 180, but pretty close. My brother measured my body fat on the weekend at 9.9%. He is quite strict too when he measures, and I find he's the closest I get to a true bodyfat reading. For example, most people who saw me in the gym would assume I am 6%, but that's just jokes. Honestly, I think I am closer to 12%, but who cares really! All I know is I have about 7-9 pounds of pure lard to shed before I look like I did in sudbury and I got about 1-2 more pounds to really come where I want to be. My goal (guess) is 170 on stage.
This puts me 10 pounds up in 2 years. Not shabby!
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Originally Posted by DaveFinistauri
Good work Steve...keep it up!
What does a cheat meal for you look like?
Do you ever do the "everything you can get your hands on" cheat meal?
I've done that type of cheat meal in the past, but only after realizing I was too lean too early and maintaining that level of leaness without re-feeding was simply a no no for me. I have never really been a fan of cheat meals, and favored more or less eating a constant supply of calories to keep myself always feeling "good" rather than have a few days of feeling great followed by some really hard days.
However, my contest prep approached seem to evolve and this whole cheating thing really has helped me feel 'normal'. With family life, etc, I find it too difficult to always be 'on target' so by allowing a normal meal here and there, it really helps when dealing with people who may not understand the whole diet. Basically allows me to feel normal rather than isolated! FOR EXAMPLE: superbowl party this weekend, I won't be eating salad and tuna :)
That said, my cheat meal was actually nothing crazy. I ended up eating about 1kg of extra lean ground turkey in the form of meatballs that Ange cooked up, 2 cups of cooked rice, and some peas/corn. Followed up by about 750 calories of brownies :)
I TRY not to cheat on things that are deep fried, etc, but some pizza or nachos here and there isn't out of the question! Again, I only cheat if I really think I need it. And I never overdo it. I don't feel its healthy to feed yourself to the point where you don't want more.
This thread seems to be implying contest prep dieting is easy for us....so not true. Just because there are a few "cheats" here and there it doesn't mean we don't suffer. Most days are very little carbs, high fats, and protein. I go to bed hungry every night, not starving but empty feeling. Every afternoon now I get very cranky and having 2 babies around makes it tough.
I always forget how little I need to eat and how hungry I need to be to get ripped. I am eating 15-1600 cal's a day and that is starting to be too much (no cardio). It's funny how I could ever forget but every prep I go through the same realization process. My AS is attacking my hip this time around so cardio will have to wait until I have less inflammation and pain. So have to cut cal's back to the 1300 range and see what happens. I am right on track but have to step it up a bit if I want to compete close to as lean as I was at Nationals in 2010. My main goal in every prep is to improve on my past physique. Ideally I would like to be as lean as last time but a little smaller and less round looking in my upper body. Not much I can do about that though, we found my high school prom photo in which I weighed not much more than 100lbs skinny-fat and I even had capped delts then. Just my genetics I guess, not complaining though!
I will post pic's this weekend...exactly 6 months post baby #2.