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Day 308 - front

Weight: 140.0 lbs.
Workout C: 29 minutes, 46 seconds; next: Workout C, July 8
Total inches: 125.5
Protein: 133g (0g over target)
Calories: 2,148

I am not prone to mistakes. That’s the upside to being a nutty perfectionist.

So last week, when I passed out from exhaustion, I awoke to a horrifying realization: I skipped my protein shake. Oops.

I have skipped the shake on many days, but always made up for it with extra food. Now, I was in the hole by 83g of protein and some 1,400 calories.

Usually, when I miss my daily targets, it is by minuscule amounts. This was the first time in nearly 300 days that I had come up short.

It took 4 days to make up the deficiency. I just couldn’t let it go until I got it to average out.

I am a slave to the numbers. Keeping a daily record of my diet has been one of the key factors in Project Bulk, the other being regular workouts of increasing intensity.

All mistakes can be fixed. Some simply take longer to correct than others.

Day 308 - side

day 12

Weight: 123.0 lbs.
No workout today
Total inches: 116.1
Protein: 165 g (47 g over target)

Most days, I start out with a simple protein shake, featuring my old nemesis, milk. (shakes fist)

It has gotten a little easier to digest it each day, and it certainly has made it much easier to hit the protein goals.

But I may still be lagging on calories and volume.

weight Sept. 9, 2012

Weight chart, through Sept. 12

My weight seems to be stuck at 123 pounds, so I’m going to slowly build my caloric intake. In other words, eat more each day.

The kitchen is loaded with protein-rich foods, so now it’s up to me. I think I’ll celebrate with some ice cream and trail mix and granola and pork and …

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Protein Shake
“The 4-Hour Body” [Amazon | iTunes aff. links], page 207