Round 4 : Week 1 : Day 1

Yep, definitely up to 162 again.  I'm bummed, but I knew it was coming.  Partly, I blame it on the fact that I was still up eating at 3 am and had to wake up early to get my taxes done.  It's likely I hadn't finished digesting by 9:30 when I stepped on the scale.

It's just more fuel to kick Round 4 into gear!  Here are the updated rules:

• calories at 1760 (updated past 160#)
• macros at 45/30/25%
• focus on perfecting lifting form
• low hr cardio = not logged, no calories eaten back
• high hr cardio = logged, calories eaten back
• weight lifting = not logged, drink protein shake (not logged)
• keep a schedule

This is probably going to be my toughest change so far.  I just do not live my life by a schedule.  I sleep and eat when I can and waste hours of my day avoiding doing both of these things.   So I'm going to try to loosely follow this schedule:

06:30 a.m. wake
06:45 a.m. breakfast
10:30 a.m. snack
12:30 p.m. lunch
03:45 p.m. snack
05:30 p.m. nap
06:30 p.m. wake
* 06:30 p.m. snack
* 07:00 p.m. exercise
09:00 p.m. dinner
11:30 p.m. sleep

* on workout days only

Yes, even on weekends.  We'll see how well I do or whether this even helps me at all over the next four weeks.  Wish me luck!  I'm so going to regret this...

FOOD:

No cheats today!  Played by the book, and even smoothed over the week's macros. 

EXERCISE:
Rest day.  I went out and bought a new set of gloves and workout pants and almost got a belt too.  I'm really looking forward to using them all tomorrow.  My left hand better pull its shit together! 

SCHEDULE:
I only finished researching this idea today, so I haven't gotten to try it out yet. If I'm brave, I'll wake up at 6:30 tomorrow, thought!

LEARNED:
Small decisions add up.  A little less movement and a few extra snacks here and there can undo a lot of hard work.  I won't let that happen again. 

QUESTIONS:

• is it better to sleep 8 hours all at once or have an afternoon nap?
• should this schedule change exercise time for weekends?