First Weekend report

So I am pretty much finished with my first weekend on my new plan and this whole week has been pretty... easy. The only thing that sucked was the pain I was in during the middle of the week in my legs. That was awful. But outside of that... my routines were tough, but doable... as was my diet. I did stray off a little bit on Saturday. I went to the movies and got some popcorn with some butter on it. So the worst thing I had this weekend was about a shot and a half worth of artificial flavoring. I think I did pretty well! I also prepared more food for myself this week then I have in like any 6 month span. I am also domesticating myself, what the shit?

I also overcame another big hurdle in this, as I kinda had to do. To explain this, I need to give a bit of a background, although for most of you reading this, you probably already know the story. Back in August I encountered a little tumble. And by little tumble I mean I fell off a roof. I wasn't drinking or anything, I was helping a friend who was repairing their roof. What ended up happening was that I fractured my L-1 vertebrae which is essentially the middle of the spine. I was out of work for about 3 weeks I believe. My doctor cleared me to lift back at the start of October, but warned me to work myself up to heavy lifting (I've felt really good since about mid Nov which was good timing for this program I am on). One of my big worries was the deadlift. A very important lift, but the main area it hits is the mid/lower back. I didn't do the lift since I went back to the gym since I had some weird feeling I was going to re-break my back. BUT, on the docket today was indeed deadlift. Sooooooo, it was either do or die.

And do I did. It felt really good to have the confidence back in the lift, since like I mentioned before, is really important.

I am also trying to plan my meals out a little better. I am about to cook a boat load of chicken, which will probably last until Wednesday, haha. Hopefully I can do this frequently.

Anyway, I will leave you with one link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ2-83QBy4I