Day 5 of Power-90 was the sculpt workout again. Even by the end of the week I am getting stronger and am almost to the point of bumping up the weight on a couple of the exercises. Overall, I like the workout. It is kept relatively short and, while it is challenging, especially if you are out of shape, it is not overwhelming like jumping into the more advanced workouts can be.
Nutrition-wise, the carb cycling is going well. Even though I hate doing it, I dropped a couple more pounds this week. At this point, I have enough fat on me that I am more willing to pay attention to the scale weight than I will be as I get closer to my goal body-fat percentage. Thankfully, Friday and Saturday are my higher-carb days so I am not stuck eating a salad for lunch and eggs for dinner. I know I could branch out, but I find it easier to keep things simple on the low-carb days and can more easily keep track of my macros.
Basically, the way I carb cycle is for two weeks I do low carb Monday-Thursday, higher carb lower fat on Friday and Saturday, then a free day (not necessarily cheat day, but if I am going to eat junk food this is the day that I will do it) on Sunday. Then I switch it up the next two weeks so I do low carb Monday and Tuesday, then Friday and Saturday. Higher Carb Tuesday and Wednesday, then the free day on Sunday. I do keep myself flexible with the free day so if I have some kind of get-together or something like that on a day other than Sunday, I can just switch the free day in, and not worry about if it is a low-carb day, higher-carb day, or whatever. I hate carb cycling, but I have dropped about 12 pounds in the past couple of months, doing it, and doing it gets me the most consistent results, so I endure it.
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