Chapter 5 Reality Check

Tuesday morning at 5:10 am

Waking up to the systems alarm Theodore greets the system "Morning System"

A.I System [Don't refer to me in such a friendly manner and you're late by 10 minutes]

With a touch of annoyance in his voice "You know system, morning would do just fine"

He flung his blanket off, got off his comfortable bed and went to get ready for his workout. Getting to the park he puts his hood up and began his work.

7:10 am Theodore has given himself a break, taking deep breaths "huh huh WHAT THE FUCK!! why is this not getting easier, sure it's been one day but I have a system? In the novels I've read, the protagonist gets a system and felt like exercising is easy after the first day. Why do feel I still feel like crap?"

A.I System [Host even someone as dumb as you, should know the difference between reality and fantasy]

"Shut up! I know the difference but seriously why is this so hard"

A.I System [Then give up]

"Fuck you!, I'm not going bald for your entertainment" he took his anger redirected it into his workout.

Another Hour past and once again Theodore is drained of all of the once existing will power, losing the strength in his legs he slowly lowered his body and face towards the ground.

He felt the short bristles of green grass brush against his face and the dry gritty dirt press into his face. He led silently with his eyes closed "I'll just have a little nap."

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Theodore got off the ground after treating himself to a twenty-minute nap, he attempts to appease some of the pain with some stretchers.

On his way home he comes to a sudden stop and remembered what the system had said about knowing the difference between reality and fantasy and exclaimed 'I've been relying on the thought that the system can fix everythin'

Coming into touch with reality, he understands the reason for why his workout is not getting easier even though he has a system. In reality, if a person was to attempt to become fit and healthy they would be instantly told that just exercising wouldn't cut it, they need to look at the food they eat.

Theodore is considered a bony and lanky teen and this comes with one advantage, that being having a small amount belly fat thus making getting a model like abs faster, even now Theodore has a slight outline of a two pack.

Just as there is an advantage there are disadvantages but they outweigh it, one of the biggest problems with being skinny is that they have a weak immune system. Two is that there isn't enough fat in the body, fat producers estrogen and this normally associated with women but men also have it.

Estrogen is needed to keep bones healthy and without estrogen, the bones become brittle and prone to breakage. Luckily for him, he has not done any weight training yet.

Theodore current problem is that his workout is not giving the results he was expecting. The reason for this is that he isn't eating enough to stimulate muscle growth it also makes him more tired.

Turning back around, he stops at the grocers. Picking up a trolley he walks towards the automatic door, stepping in pulls out his phone to connect the open WiFi and searches the internet for high protein food. Theodore wanders around the shop looking down at his phone, lifting his head a satisfied smile shown plastered across his face "I thought I was gonna struggle eating healthy".

High protein foods are Seafood, white-Meat poultry, dairy, eggs, beans, pork Tenderloin, soy, Lean Beef. Basically just a regular day of grocery shopping.

Walking out of the grocer's, Theodore is seen carrying 4 plastic shopping bags. One bag that's being held by his left hand is filled with nothing but fruits, the other bag is just vegetables.

On his right hand, he's holding a bag that's filled with white meat and other dairy products such as milk, cheese and yoghurt. The last bag is mostly eggs and beef, beef being at the bottom of the bag because he's not an idiot.

After taking a shower he decides to find a recipe for a hight protein breakfast. Looking through some YouTube videos he finally found a recipe that wasn't too difficult. Going through his kitchen cupboards, he eventually found a small pot, a wide pan and he places it on the stove.

He pourers water into the pot, dropping a handful of broccoli and beans with it, he leaves that to boil. As it boiling Theodore fills a wide pan with boiling water from the kettle, He turns the stove on to medium heat and season's the water with a pinch of salt.

Pulling out a small cup from his cupboard he cracks a large egg into it and gently pours it into the simmering water in one fluid movement. He does this with four other eggs, even though the recipe says four eggs he's confident that it won't fill him so he adds another egg.

Once the eggs touched the water they immediately began to cook, he was a little worried that the edges looked a bit scruffy and checked if that was a problem, thankfully it was fine.

After two minutes, he checks if it's done but it was too soft for him so left it for another two minutes so that it can be a little more firm. Another two minutes passed, Theodore scoops up the eggs with a slotted spoon and puts it on some kitchen paper to dry off.

Placing some wholemeal flatbread on a plate, he puts his eggs on top it and adds his beans and broccoli. Going through his fridge he grabs a tomato and cuts them up to be put on the plate. Picking up some oranges he squeezes the juice out of it using a manual juicer. Pouring it into a cup, he picks up his plate and sits at his dining table.

With his knife and fork in hand he cuts into the egg, then cuts piece or the flatbread and puts it on his fork with broccoli he puts in his mouth "Wow it's delicious" Theodore said excitedly.

Whilst digging into his breakfast, he's interrupted by the sudden sound of three consecutive thuds *bang bang bag* it progressively got louder. Getting up off his chair he goes to the front door and he saw a faint outline of a person. Opening the door he sees a man holding packages.

Theodore greets him with a smile "good morning"

The man responds "Good morning, I have a package here for Theodore Smith" raising the package In front of Theodore so he can see

" Yes that's me, where do I sign"

The man pulls out a thick phone like object and gives a stylus pen to Theodore "Just sign here on the screen"

Signing his name on the thick phone he passes it back.

"Thank you and have a nice day," say so

The delivery man takes back the thick phone " your welcome and you too"

Closing the door Theodore looks at the packages with some expectation before bringing it to the table.

Opening the packages he's met with five suits, all of them are single-breasted suits that can be worn for all occasions.

The only differences are that only one of them is a traditional black suite whilst the others are different shades of navy blue.