a cautionary tale...

This one’s on me…

It’s not a huge mistake but, okay it’s a huge mistake.

I don’t know if I’m to blame.

Okay I’m kinda to blame.

See I have a favourite chicken brand. It’s affordable and tastes good. It’s portioned into really easy slices.

There’s one thing I never noticed though.

See I’ve just been weighing the chicken and logging it as chicken.

Today I was putting together a shopping list and I took a gander at the description of the chicken I buy 😳 

Are you kidding?

“Added Water”

What’s that supposed to mean…

So anyway 😬 

I went to take a look at the difference per 100g cooked in normal chicken and the chicken I buy…

Normal 31g per 100g.

Mine 21g per 100g.

TWENTY ONE GRAMS?

THAT’S PRACTICALLY A THIRD MISSING.

As my main protein source this means my 150g is effectively 100g.

So…

Yeah.

That’s not ideal 😭 

Let this be a lesson to track properly.

The problem here isn’t the chicken I buy, it’s the fact that I hadn’t logged it properly.

As important as protein is, having this be the sole way I get it makes it pretty insane.

It’s not like I haven’t been growing. I’ve been growing pretty well. I just probably would have grown a bit more.

At least I notice now and can change things going forward :)

Anyway, let’s finish this off with a bit of a nice story, I think you’ve learnt from my lesson…

My birthday dinner was absolutely delish and really really nice.

I don’t have any photos of the birthday cake I had, but I can get that for you later.

For now take a look at the dinner I ended up eating!

It didn’t have everything I mentioned yesterday, but that’s alright.

So I didn’t take photos of this, it would look way worse if I had.

But it was a great great meal.

Your Hypertrophy Hero,
Fletcher