Now that my elbow is recovered enough to do a wider variety of pressing exercises, I'm rereading Deep Water with plans to run it soon. I just want to make sure my back is in a good place now.

The diet was always a question to me. I seem to process carbs quite well - they don't make me sleepy and I can stay lean consuming them. If we go by metabolic typing, my ancestors ate a rice-heavy diet, so that makes sense. But in the spirit of going all-in, I would embrace John's dietary regimen for the program. What's the worst that can happen? Just try it!

Side-note: this free soy-free jerky at the office is hitting the spot. Just wish it was totally sugar-free, but with the amount of carbs I'm already ingesting from my weightgainer in the same sitting it'd be a silly thing to avoid right now. Had a wave of heavy fatigue for a good 30 minutes from waking up at 4 but it passed and I'm full of life again. It was so great to have an early morning to myself before work.