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Curse of an ectomorph

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I had a 3 day training at work which involved me traveling to a remote location and having to depend completely on the meals and snacks provided at that location. While it is not necessarily a bad thing (because there were a good assortment of healthy snacks and meal options), the training was considerably intense and it distracted me from eating at the right time and right amount. I mostly ate fruits and nuts as snacks in between bigger meals. The meals I ate consisted of rice or tortilla, turkey or chicken or fish, and leafy vegetables. And while I tried to eat as much as possible, I think I did not eat the required amount and as a result I still lost a full 2.2 lbs in just 3 days!

I was extremely worried that some of the weight loss would be due to muscle loss. I was also aware that I was not drinking as much water as I should and so I knew some of the weight loss would be just water. I did not know what to expect until yesterday when I first stepped into the gym after a full 1 week break. I told my spotter to be extra careful because I was going to lift the same weight as I last lifted and if I really did lose muscle as I feared, then I might not be able to complete the expected number of reps, while my spotter is assuming I will be able to do the reps. Anyway all things aside, I did feel weak in my decline bench press. I could not complete the number of reps I set out to do. Rows and dips took a toll too. But interestingly my squats were just fine.

So continues the curse of an ectomorph. Just 3 days of not eating well and you will be punished with 2.2 lbs of weight loss. At this rate it will take 3 years for me to reach my goal of 140 lbs, keeping my fat at 10%. Not very encouraging. All this means is that I have to be super careful about eating a lot. Bulking goals in my next post.
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