Celebrity magazine workouts - I hate you

I hate magazines. How many do you see at the grocery store that say "lose 10 lbs in 4 minutes with this one trick!" Or pictures of celebrities with -5% body fat ripped to the tees. It's cheating and unrealistic. Here's why
1. Photoshop. Not a single person you see in a fitness, gossip, woman's magazine is how they ACTUALLY look. Not even close. Every blemish is erased, every color of their skin is enhanced, every muscle is air brushed in. Don't believe me? Check out this video for one of many examples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M957dACQyfU

2. They don't have lives. I'm 100% certain I could lose 100 lbs and get ripped like Ryan Reynolds in 5 months if I didn't have to work, had no stress, and had a $10,000/week personal trainer as well. It's their JOB to look good. So they can workout for 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, have every meal prepared for them, and call it a day. For the rest of the world, it's a sham.

3. The workouts are unrealistic. They take bits and pieces of a 4 hour workout and push them together to sell a package workout you can do in 30 minutes. Most of these moves are frivolous or for the very advanced weightlifter.

4. 4 day workout splits are just... /sigh. Unless you're a drug user, there's no point.

week 6 & 7 - curve ball

So when I first picked this period of about 6 months to focus on losing weight and gaining more muscle, it was chosen because of the relatively lax schedule. Some how out of the past 7 weeks, I've spent 1 at home. I've driven over 5000 miles this month and spent 12 days somewhere else. As such my iet and exercise routines suffered as to be expected. I don't have an iron will power or anything, plus some family members ( all of them) don't even understand what a diet is or takes to stay on track. 

None the less with some smart decisions and fast paced workouts, I'm down to 281.4. 17.4 lbs down in total which leaves me still on track to lose 2 lbs a week. 

My strength training has been really good as well. 

New benchmarks: 

bench press 225 4x5 

squat 260 3x5 

dead-lift 265 3x5

overhead press (full clean) 155 4x5

that puts my 1 rep max for dead-lift over 300 lbs now, which is pretty crazy. However I did suffer a back strain on Monday which has put the heavy dead lift and squats on hold for another week. 

week 5 weigh in

282.2 today, up about half a pound. No surprise here.
Follow up post to come later, rushing to get out of town