To kickoff Week 4 of The Second Expedition, I'm changing my macros. Now, in the past, I've discussed the importance of the micros—that hasn't changed. It's integral when going lower calories to that in order. I made sure my RDA is 100%, though I did take the liberty to pull down the fiber from 58 to 25. Now, both diets are low carb my first: sub-30 net carbs; and the new: sub-20. That said, macros made a huge switch:

1st Diet

• Calories: 1234
• % Calories from Protein: 28%
• % Calories from Fat: 46%
• % Calories from Carbohydrates: 26%

New Diet

• Calories: 1418
• % Calories from Protein: 24%
• % Calories from Fat: 66%
• % Calories from Carbohydrates: 11%

I'm seeking to move toward a meatless keto diet, though it may be impossible to bring the carbs down to 5% without some serious caloric buildup, which I'm disinterested. I'm just a couple of tablespoons of olive oil from making it 20% / 71% / 9%, but bringing the calories up to 1657 makes me nervous. I have to work really hard to lose 400 calories in the gym.

I continue with the daily intermittent fasting, albeit just my flax, almond, sunflower, soy protein shake for breakfast and a massive, 4-egg, 5.7oz broccoli, 3 oz cheddar cheese omelet for lunch.

Now it's almost noon and I won't eat again until after tomorrow morning's cardio.

I'm going to give this approach a whirl for a week or two and see if there's an added energy boost so that I can put more work into my workouts. I can always go back to my prior diet, but for now, I'm grateful for the less time spent chewing. Eating can be a distraction in our day.

Wow...Superman Returns. If I wanted to watch a relationship-driven piece, I would have picked up a chick flick. I guess all the spandex made him not so super...seriously, I had to just turn it off and shelve it. I'd usually save a movie for the next day if I don't finish it, not unlike what I did with American Made. But, geez, Superman: grow a pair. Ok, to be fair, I didn't watch the whole thing—does he grow chest hair in the second half? Maybe Kevin Spacey creeped me out. I don't know. I just know what I watched and it was so slow with old girlfriend drama. I don't care about your feelings, Superman...you're freakin' Superman—super strong, laser eyes, icy breath—YOU CAN FLY! Yet, here I am, watching some nonsense about meeting your ex's lover. great sigh

Hey, I have no problems with romantic films and rom-coms. I've watched every episode of Gilmore Girls several times. But, Superman: stay in your lane!

All of this reminds me of my need to prepare a movie schedule for my cardio mornings. I waste too much time in pulling movies—this time, one that ill suits my needs! When it comes to my mornings, I need about as much sophistication as Wesley Snipes punching Edward Cullen in the face.

I slogged through parts of this morning, not at the speed I would have liked. Before that, I woke up a little heavy and knocked over a fan. Then to have to workout through the above nonsense...well, it wasn't optimal. No, for my morning cardio, I don't need a lot of depth. In fact, I tend to stay away from my more favored movies just by the very nature of what I'm doing. For example, I don't think I'd enjoy Blade Runner 2049 or Crazy, Stupid, Love while I'm slinging the sweat.

All of it is just a bridge to get me to where I'm going. Of course, this is my last workout session for Week 3 of the Second Expedition. As the days pass, I grow more exhilarated thinking about the fall time and my higher capacities.

It's another Friday and another vitamin dispenser reset!

It's also...JUNE! I'm in the process of developing a summer playlist for when I sunbathe.

As the trailer above shows, I've got another Tom Cruise movie! We made one last run at the closing video rental because of a deal that's really hard to pass by: 20 movies for $10. That's $0.50 each! So, something like $75+ later, I've got a new hoard of DVD/Blu-Rays to type into my spreadsheet. Included in the mix is the entire series of Parks & Recreation, a relatively more expensive pickup as he charged $4 a TV season. I picked up a great boon for my morning cardio: 20+ UFC DVDs. I wanted action for my mornings, and I got it.

My morning cardio went awesome! It seems that I'm past that threat of inexplicable fatigue that I was experiencing, and perhaps my shift to the more-intensive-but-legs-saving resistance+cardio workout instead of pure cardio contributes to it? Or, it could be something as simple as now I'm hydrating before and during my workout—I wasn't doing that before when I drank more liquid afterward at breakfast. Or, was it just a barrier I had to smash through? I like the latter best.