2016-05-22 [209.0 @ 35.25] Cycle 4

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	209.0	+1.75	+12.75
Waist	34.375	35.25	+0.25	+0.875
Arm	16.375	16.875	+0.125	+0.5
Thigh	23.25	24.0	+0.25	+0.75
Calf	15.25	15.375	--	+0.125

Overview
Diet sucked, due to visitors and lack of pre-cooked food.  Training went ok, although I did not go as hard as I should have.  No cardio.

Plans for next week

• Attempt to stay on point with macros.
• Thursday - Tuesday will be in ND, so diet & training will be wonky

Issues

• Diet sucked

2016-05-15 [207.25 @ 35.0] - Cycle 3

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	207.25	+5.75	+11.0
Waist	34.375	35.0	+0.375	+0.625
Arm	16.375	16.75	+0.125	+0.375
Thigh	23.25	23.75	+0.375	+0.5
Calf	15.25	15.375	+0.25	+0.125

Overview
Training sucked.  Every session was a struggle, and I did not finish everything.
Pretty crashed out most of the week as well.
No idea how I gained 5.75# in one week.  However, the waist gain is consistent with a 15# per inch ratio.  Total gain is actually over 17#/inch.  So that is not bad..

Plans for next week

• Change training.  Same template, new exercises.
• Slightly lower calories.  Three types of days, rather than two [Low = cardio, Mid = Back & shoulders, High = chest & legs]
• Low (Sun, Wed, Sat):  300/100/125 (-5f)
• Mid (Tue, Thu): 275/400/60 (-25p/-100c/-15f)
• High (Mon, Fri): 275/500/75 (-25p)
• Total change:  -100p/-200c/-45f = -1605kCal

Issues

• Did not finish my lifting sessions
• Did not do cardio/abs
• Constantly fragged

2016-05-08 [201.5 @ 34.625] Cycle 2

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	201.5	+1.5	+5.25
Waist	34.375	34.625	--	+0.25
Arm	16.375	16.625	+0.125	+0.25
Thigh	23.25	23.375	--	--
Calf	15.25	15.125	-0.125	-0.125

Overview
Not bad this week. Was hungry a bit, so I am going to slightly increase my food.  Yes, yes, I know, a 1.5# gain is just about perfect.  But damn it, I don't want to be hungry until I start cutting again!

Training went well, got more volume and/or weight on each day compared to previous week.  Part of that is likely due to splitting my workouts in half.

Food-wise, I mostly stayed on track this week.  Saturday I had Romas for my last meal, and I also had a few brownie bites throughout the week.  But I was about 95% in compliance with macro counts.

Plans for next week

• Slightly increase food (add 100g Carbs on lifting days)
• Try to increase weight for training.  Possibly add a drop set for first session & Costas set for second session lifts

Issues

• Missed 1 Ab-Burn session (Wednesday)

2016-05-01 [200.0 @ 34.625] - Cycle 1

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	200.0	+3.75	+3.75
Waist	34.375	34.625	+0.25	+0.25
Arm	16.375	16.50	+0.125	+0.125
Thigh	23.25	23.375	+0.125	+0.125
Calf	15.25	15.25	--	--

So far, so good.  I was not expecting/planning on gaining so much, but I am going to put part of it down to initial bloat, as well as Week 0 being an odd reading (much lower than anticipated).  Granted, a 0.25" waist gain is not thrilling, but with 3.75#, that comes out to 15# for an inch gain.  And as I tend to lose about 5# per inch when cutting, I am ok with it.  --No, I am not expecting to maintain everything when cutting, but I'll take it for now.

This week, the plan is to keep food at the same level [training = 300/400/75; off = 300/100/125], but try to space it out better.  I have not been eating enough early in the day, especially on training days.  I will also be splitting my sessions in two: half in the morning, half in the evening.  This should hopefully give me more energy and let me train harder.

Issues

• Did not do abs/calves on back day (Tuesday)
• Only got about 2/3 through leg workout (Friday)
• Missed 1 Ab-Burn session (Saturday),