DAY 65:

Been lax with the updates the last week and a half. Still progressing, but I've had to alter my workouts a bit because the shoulder's being a butt.

Yesterday's cals:

In:    1769
Out: 2667
34% Deficit

Pulled a hammie doing sprints Saturday, but after icing it down and sleeping with it up for a few days, it's about 90%.

Did an hour on the treadmill this morning with no major twinges or anything so it's all good. Bumped the speed up to 4mph and it seemed just about right with a little incline. Had to use the stationary bike Sunday and Monday and my butt's not a big fan of it, regardless of the "anatomically designed saddle" or whatever they call it. But you do what you gotta to get there.

This week starts my "burn" phase. Workouts for the remainder of the challenge will be mostly variations of 8x8's with 15-20 seconds rest between most sets. Legs will mostly remain 10x10's, as there's just something about that particular protocol that works for me.

This is the time I'm expecting to see my scale weight start dropping some, as my focus is strictly on maintaining muscle and stripping fat. Pretty low carbs on most days, bracketed around my weight workouts and back to the daily walks for some wake-up cardio. I think it's realistic to be shooting for another 12-15 pounds of fat loss over this last 5 weeks. A lot of that is going to depend on what I see in the mirror, but I think to get ripped will require me to get down in the 5-6% bodyfat range. Guess we'll see over the next month, won't we??