The “Test” Test: Day 20
John has to travel this week: he left on Sunday, and won’t be back until Friday night. This means some disruption to his workout and diet.
At least TSA didn’t confiscate his IsaTest…he brought it along with him, and has been sending daily bulletins.
I’ll let him speak for himself…as he laid out his goals for the trip yesterday:
“Big week this week. I’m traveling to out in the sticks, South Carolina for a week-long meeting. Cut off from nutritious food and a gym for a week. Staying on the program will be a challenge. I weighed in as 209.8 lbs today, and the goal is to come back the same. I’ve lost 4 pounds since starting the test, and gained a hint of lean mass, and I don’t want to lose that. The challenge is going to be eating properly; being locked up among mundanes from a fitness perspective, and without my own wheels, it’s going to be nearly impossible to get in 5 meals a day. Depending on where we go for restaurants, I should be able to make good meal choices. Staying hydrated will also be an important goal. I’m carrying along a copy of “Never Gymless” for ideas for circuits – though since I’m doing this in a hotel room, the choices are mostly push ups, lunges, wall squats, crunches and dips. But I’ll see what variations and options come up in the book. I’ll be reporting back on a daily basis, which will help me stay on course.”
The “Never Gymless” book is by Ross Enamait – and was highly recommended by one of the other mods on the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum. It’s a good one too, although some of the exercises look pretty advanced. When he brings it back, I’m gonna flip through it some more and see what I can incorporate into my get-up-from-the-computer-and-move-around mini routines.
He just sent today’s check-in message:
“I’m having computer problems tonight – I can’t get past the federal firewall, so I’m writing this from the walk-up computer in the lobby. Eating was erratic again – three meals today with a snack. Breakfast: a bagel with peanut butter, with a yogurt (note – stay away from the Hampton Inn breakfast); lunch, a salad bar at the Savannah River Site cafeteria (splurged with a tblsp of blue cheese dressing); dinner, mahi mahi with broccoli and a green salad; also splurged with two beers. Couple of Clif bars throughout the day – I’ve run out of them, so I won’t be eating any more of them the rest of the week. Hit a grocery store and picked up some cottage cheese, string cheese and fruit. Not real bad, but not real good. Tomorrow’s another day. Got in a little workout – wall squats until I sank to my knees. If I have enough time to digest, I’ll repeat the pushups.”
So far, so-so…protein sounds a bit on the low side, and there were a few too many splurges (Clif bars, beers – and I’ll bet he had more than 1 tbsp. of dressing – lol). But we’ll see how the week progresses. I’ll report a weight and body comp after he gets back next weekend.
