Days 43 - 46

Here we are with a multi-day post. On day 43 I had a wicked headache that wouldn't even let me go to bed at a decent hour. I woke up late on Friday morning, which threw a big kink in my plans for that day.

I don't know why, but for a few days leading up to Saturday I was feeling out of sorts. Physically I was fine, but something seemed to be eating me pretty bad. I felt down for a few days and Friday evening I was rather cranky. My wife sensed it Friday evening and asked me if something was wrong (one of those please talk to me kind of things) but I told her maybe I was just tired. I was careful not to snap at her for anything because she didn't do anything wrong.

The fact is I don't know why I had been feeling down. On Saturday I just felt emotionally drained. I ended up crashing at about 7:30 pm and slept for close to 15 hours. That's not to say that all my negative energy is gone, but it waking up this morning I felt better than I had in a couple of days. We'll see...

I took a few days off from the gym and went back this evening to work on my legs. Hopefully the initial shock is gone and I can wake up relatively free of muscle soreness. Working on my legs is paramount as I try to build lean muscle in my large muscle groups. Every pound of lean muscle requires an extra 30-40 calories per day in energy consumption. Provided one doesn't take in any more calories from food, a caloric deficit can eventually be created. Of course, weight loss isn't immediate until the body burns through its supply of glycogen. Only after one burns through the glycogen supply will the body move to tap energy from fat.

Well, at this point I have to call it a night as it is nearly 1 am on Day 47 and I need to be up in 6 hours. To all my faithful and not-so-faithful readers, I bid you goodnight.

PS - No pictures tonight as I really wasn't feeling up to it for a few days. Pictures will return on Day 47. Thank you for your understanding.