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Sunday recovery started strong with a perfect 100 sleep score. I started my food for the day with some bacon, berries and @thepantrymama sourdough discard pancakes. For lunch I went with tri tip, smoked at 180 on the @yodersmokers with @bearmountainbbq gourmet blend for about 1.5 hours, finishing at an internal temp of 130 before bringing it inside for a quick sear on each side. For seasoning I used @meatmitchbbq steer cover. Dinner was turkey lettuce wraps. My wife made dinner and absolutely nailed it on this one. The ground turkey was really well flavored. On the side I had 2 pot stickers. I also had a premier protein shake with breakfast. #fooddiary #bearmountainbbq #pancakes #sourdoughdiscard #tritip #yodersmokers #garmin #sleepscore

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Saturday recovery For food yesterday it was a adobada burrito from @lolitastacoshop and a few chips. I also had a two scoop protein shake and two cups of coffee with half and half. Not a ton of movement, just a few errands. One of the errands yesterday was going to the butcher and so I picked up bones for the dogs as a treat. Both ember and jet love these. Watched the Aztec game and was happy they didn’t make me wait to overtime and a last second shot this time to win. Sleep score was low, a bit unexpected. Usually to see a score that low means I was drinking and well. I wasn’t! Training readiness was a 1 at the beginning of Saturday, as I post it is 24, so Sunday will be for recovery as well and I’ll post that tomorrow!

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Friday lunch was a 3 egg omelette, with some cheddar cheese and leftover pulled BBQ chicken. Stopped with some hot sauce. I had a @questnutrition bar in the late afternoon as well as a piece of Jerky. For dinner we went out to @aladdin_mediterranean and had the hummus with chicken shawarma as well as the Greek salad with Gyro. Their hummus is always a winner, with fresh pita… The best. The Greek salad with gyro is my staple order there. I have never deviated, maybe I need to try something else…. The workout at @nxptfit was a good one. Free flow Friday. I did not get very far. But did do a pyramid build 1/2/3/4/5/6/5/4/3/2/1 reps of burpees and deadlifts with a 100m run every 4 minutes. The deadlifts were at 205lbs. Then I did 19 cal bike, 20 TRX rows, 29 cal ski erg and 20 TRX push ups. Then 19 bike and row again. I started into the last set of calories on the rower and ran out of time.

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Thursday started with the most white colored meal I may have had in a while… Cottage cheese and hardboiled eggs. I had two snacks yesterday afternoon. One @legendaryfoods strawberry protein pasty and one bag of @questnutrition cheese crackers. For dinner I had two pulled chicken sandwiches with a pickle flavored slaw and a side of @wildechips buffalo chips. I am starting to see a little progress in my goal to lean out a bit, but also feeling it in my legs. This week at @nxptfit was a leg crusher in all the best ways.

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Keeping it going! Turkey sandwich for lunch, followed by a @questnutrition bar, a @thinkjerky jalapeno beef stick and about a serving(a little under) of protein pretzels. I couldn’t help myself from a piece of beef jerky while making dinner. That @bearmountainbbq smoke only seems to have gotten stronger as the jerky has ‘aged’ a week or som For dinner it was a Cobb salad. A base of mixed greens and romaine tossed in @litehousefoods ranch and then loaded with some tomato, cucumber, hardboiled egg and turkey deli meat. I also added a two scoop protein shake to keep that protein level high enough to not sacrifice muscle mass as I try and lean out just a bit. My @nxptfit workouts this week have been great and I need to keep up enough calories and protein to fuel those. #proteingoals #foodfortheday #bearmountainbbq #dailylife #fitnesslife

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Yesterday was a busy day at the office so meals looked a little more snack-like except for dinner. Dinner was a sheet pan meal, with potato, onion, Brussels and @amylufoods sausage. 375 in a convection oven tossing occasionally to get everything crispy where possible. Lunch was cottage cheese and jerky. Snacks were a @questnutrition bar, quest PB cups, and a think jalapeno beef stick. Workout was earlier than normal to get a head start on the day, so the walk to the gym was actually in the dark, but this pixel really captures the light. Hydration is staying strong! Check out that sleep score!

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Bacon wrapped spicy pineapple When @pepperexchange launched the tropical habanero sauce, I knew I needed to glaze up some bacon. Given the tropical vibes, wrapping pineapple in bacon only felt natural. I cut the pineapple into skewers, coated it with a BBQ run. Wrapped it bacon and smoked them at around 250. Giving them a brush of the tropical habanero sauce every 20-30 minutes. After about 1.5 I bumped up the temp a bit to bring that bacon to a crisp. I kept a slice of bacon reserved and glazed it as well to garnish my pineapple. These were a hit, highly recommend! Playing with the combo of rub between sweet, spicy, smokey and savory totally changes the flavor profile, so have fun with this one! #sweettreats #snacktime #pepperpartner #tropicalhabanero #tropiclikeitshab #baconwrapped

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Bacon wrapped spicy pineapple When @pepperexchange launched the tropical habanero sauce, I knew I needed to glaze up some bacon. Given the tropical vibes, wrapping pineapple in bacon only felt natural. I cut the pineapple into skewers, coated it with a BBQ run. Wrapped it bacon and smoked them at around 250. Giving them a …