This Boy Elroy

Calf Anyone?

I had a very odd dream last night that I think could be a sign that I am perhaps taking my workouts and nutrition a bit too seriously. On a typical day I eat between 250-300g of protein per day, it's not all in the form of solid food, much of it is supplemented with smoothies/shakes. Times when I know I won't be able to reach my protein intake goal I must admit that I get a bit edgy and start to panic about getting enough protein, this is where I think my dream stemmed from.

So in the dream I was at home and had no meat, there was no meat to be found in Dallas. I was just in from the gym and was in one of my weird "must have protein fits." This is where it gets gross/odd. I look down at my calves and decide the look pretty meaty so I cut some meat off my leg. In my dream I even commented on how nice the meat looked. The cutting didn't hurt, there wasn't any blood, and I was sure that my calves would just grow back. Everything was so damn surreal that in my dream I even said to myself while I was flexing my carved calves in the mirror, "This has got to be a dream."

Needless to say I woke up in the middle of the night and grabbed my calves to make sure they were in one piece.

Not enough fat.

Since enough time has passed I decided to take a look at my nutrition progress on Gyminee. Glancing at my charts it appears as if I'm not eating enough fat.

Sure there are some peak days where I went over but overall I'm not really close to my range. Protein and carbs I'm doing alright on but I think I need to add some cheese to my diet or switch to part-skim milk instead of skim. Fat is actually really important because it's the chemical building blocks for horomones (like testosterone and HGH), to little fat and your muscles won't grow. It's a good problem to have I think, nutrition is all about balance.