… or as I like to call it, “Hell week” [Overstated for emphasis]. Don’t get me wrong, it’s really not that bad. I just happen to be very catabolic (typical ectomorph / hard gainer) and when I don’t eat meat I feel like I am wasting away to nothing. I can almost visibly watch my muscles shrinking. This week (week 2) has been a little more challenging because during the first 2 sections of week 1 I could grab a slice of turkey or cut off a piece of chicken breast anytime I was feeling hungry. Having this week without meat makes me realize how much I really do depend on it to keep myself from being hungry. To top it off, this is also the week of a lot of graduation parties – one of them an actual “barbeque” – that’s right… MEAT! Meat that I can’t eat – and right smack dab in the later of the week when I’ve been feeling the pain and fighting the temptation- it was brutal! I made it through that minefield only to be faced with a night out for watching the UFC fights at Buffalo Wild Wings – one of my favorite things. And the wings aren’t bad either. In this situation, I did fall to peer pressure. My only consolation was that it was one day before the full 7 days. I had been so good up until then. Did I also mention this was Memorial Day weekend? Summer kick-off central?? Meat-a-pa-looza?!?!?!? I was destined to fail from the beginning. Onward to week 3…
Achtermann Chiropractic
