10 weeks out

Man are these weeks flying by. September's almost here, and I'm about to turn 24. Everytime I turn around it's another week in the books, and as soon as I blink the weekend's gone and Monday's already here. I'm officially on a mad scramble to cut as much fat and drop as much weight as possible, while still maintaining my muscle and strength. I weighed in at 136.2lbs this morning, and I really need to start breaking 135 and get closer to 115 so I can avoid crash dieting at the last minute. The calories are getting cut, the cheats got dropped (breaks my heart :'[ ), and the cardio will probably get upped. I've gone two whole days with zero carbs, and it's not fun, but I don't really notice it (although I really wish I could have milk and cereal for breakfast). Excuse my sweatiness, I snapped these pics right after my run.

So I finally broke open my first bottle of instantized BCAA powder, and wow, I must say, this is probably the MOST DISGUSTING supplement I've ever taken. Just 5 grams of this stuff can ruin the taste of a 40 gram protein shake. And the aftertaste is atrocious. My first time taking it, I was very close to spitting it out. No worries, though, I found a way to combat most of the taste: 4 splenda packets. It covers up the majority of the flavor, but I still have slight hints of the aftertaste, but overall it's bearable.

This weekend my gym was closed for maintenance, so I did a couple of runs down to Rittenhouse Square. It's a nice switch up from the elliptical, save the downtown crowds and craptastic Philadelphia streets/sidewalks laden with potholes (not very ankle friendly), but it was therapeutic to go on a long jog and work on my tan at the same time. I should run outdoors more often.

I'm not really looking forward to this week. My calories are down to approximately 1475 calories a day, a huge jump from the 2,000 I was eating when I was bulking. I just hope I don't die on my lifts this week.

Now that I'm not cheating, I'd like to drop to sub-135lbs this week, or go as low as I can. I'm thinking of getting another skinfold test to see where I'm at in terms of body fat. Maybe next month. Now that I'm eating less, that also means less food I have to buy at costco :( but maybe I'll just save all that extra money for snowboarding :D

Speaking of food, I found a huge sale on chicken breast at $1.49/lb. That's the cheapest I've ever seen chicken breast, so you know I'm stocking up like it's all the rage. I bought about ten pounds yesterday (about 4kg for my friends using metric units), and I'll probably buy another 15 pounds before the week ends.

That's it for now, I have to go lock myself up and study for exams/write my statement of purpose/research schools. Enjoy the rest of the weekend :]