What a meltdown! Gained 10 pounds in 72 hours! – Workout Recap (December 28 – January 4, 2009)

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Current Stats and Measurements (January 4, 2009)

• Height – 6'3"
• Weight – 195.2 lb.
• Bodyfat – 17%
• Biceps – 14.15"
• Calves – 15"
• Thighs – 24.3"
• Waist – 34"
• Chest – 42.75"

"How to Get Abs" Progress Pics (January 4, 2009)

Before (Mid to Late 2005)

Current (January 4, 2009)

Today's Diet Log

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Current Supplements

• 100% Whey Protein – Gold Standard
• Life Extension Multivitamins
• NOW Foods, Super EPA Double strength – 60 Softgels (Fish Oil Capsules)
• NOW Foods, Glucosamine & Chondroitin plus MSM
• Greens+, 9.4 oz powder

Weekly Recap (December 28 – January 4, 2009)

So much for my 2-week experiment! I made it through about 11 days of absolutely perfect eating, even while traveling from Richmond to Atlanta to Charleston for a week-long, end-of-the-year vacation.

This included me lugging along a gargantuan 50-quart cooler to and from each destination, filled with chicken breasts and frozen vegetables, not to mention the incessant questions from those unfamiliar with my OCD, "Why do you eat this stuff?," "YOU are on a DIET?!," "Don't you just want to try some of this?," etc., etc….

Finally, I snapped at the very end of the year and embarked on a 3-day binge that dwarfs even the most epic of my previous dietary excursions.

I'm talking non-stop junk food, fast food, crap food, including every single minor craving I've ever had, to the point of complete bloating and upset stomach round-the-clock.

It's amazing how my mind justified one terrible decision after another…

First, it was just a quick end-of-the-year indulgence to celebrate a great 2008.

Then, it morphed into a 24-hour cheat day…

Then, it became a full end-of-the-year binge that would last until today, since tomorrow is when the New Year "really" starts anyway.

I had weighed myself only 48 hours before the meltdown, and I was right at 185, which means I put on over 10 pounds in less than 72 hours!

I didn't even bother to track what I was eating either, because I couldn't have kept up. I don't even want to imagine or guesstimate just how many calories went plunging down my gullet over the last few days.

Suffice it to say that it would probably put even Michael Phelps to shame. Unfortunately, I wasn't in the pool for several hours a day burning them off!

One of the few good things about all of this is now I at least have some horrendous numbers which will make the next couple of weeks' progress seem even more dramatic.

I'm back to the weights tomorrow, though I'll be sure to take it slow and smooth, since I haven't done any weight-work in a few weeks.

For most of December, it was all body-weight exercises, mixed in with the end-of-the-year no-weight non-exercises.

I'm looking forward to getting everything back in order and glad to have the Binge-athon of all Binge-athons behind me!

That about raps it up for this week. See you next Sunday and don't forget you can follow my daily updates over at Geek2Freak.com.

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