I've been slipping go  the diet this week.  I'll get back to it eventually.

Still cutting

Simplest advice: "Drink more water!"

Yup

Nothing but soup.

Yup

Sound advice

“I like clothes now. I have more energy. I sleep better. My sex drive is up. Blood’s flowing. I’m less susceptible to impulse. I’m in a different mode. When I was way out of shape, the idea of using whitening strips on my teeth seemed terrible. I have to do that every day? I’ll never do it. What you want is instant results when you’re out of shape. You want your teeth whitened in 45 minutes with the use of lasers. But when you’re in shape, you know it’s the result of doing a little bit every day. Moments aren’t just moments. A moment might be a week or a month. So instead of Boy, I’d love to eat this hamburger right now, I’m considering a little further into the future. I’m thinking, I eat that hamburger and that’s 1,200 calories, and I’m gonna work out tomorrow and lose 800 calories. I may as well eat a salad here, still do that workout, and then I’m actually making progress.” — Chris Pratt

Yup.

Far be it from me to deny anyone sugar,(you all know my fondness for cakes!) but everything in moderation, please!

Yes please

Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches with Salted Caramel Filling.

If I'm going to take in white carbs; I'd like them to be worth it.

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Week 11

Breakfast

The most important meal of the day.  Of course I had chicken soup.  What about all of you?

It's official

I will NOT be making chicken soup this weekend.  After Eight weeks I've had enough. Back to introdcing more carbs into ye olde diet.

Such as cakes...

Sweet Jesus YES!

Cravings

The eighth week of chicken soup is getting to me.

cakes

Week 6 of soup and I am seriously craving carbs.

Yup

Yes please!

Low carb burgers.  And especially yes to the bacon (under the cheese)  if eaten post lifting!

If I were to come back tired from the gym and find these waiting, some chef would definitely get  laid.

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Week 5 of soup

I'm craving carbs. Specifically bad carbs. 

As if I didn't have enough trouble adhering to soup.

Vanilla Melting Moments Sandwich Cookies w/ Nutella-Cream Cheese Filling

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Thus far the diet part of the cutting phase has not been hard

Except, as per usual, I  am getting really really tired of chicken

Quads

The kind I'd like to have.  Happily hit a new high of over 1200 lbs on the leg press this week.  And that's after going off creatine and starting reduced carb/calorie intake to cut down.  Just sayin'......