I only eat chicken breasts most of the time (not a lot of red meat in my diet atm). Sometimes I get the 10lbs frozen bag from costco, other times I get fresh skinless breast halves from the market, sometimes I get ones with skin and bones attached and prep them later. How I cook them, I'll season them with paprika, salt, pepper, tumeric, etc, and then bake it in the oven, but recently I've become a fan of boiling or poaching my chicken in a pot of water. Takes a lot of the chicken taste out, softens it up, and makes it easier to wash down with water or some kind of homemade sauce. The key is making a delicious sauce --- I'm beginning to enjoy eating chicken breasts again. haha
So I felt bad for taking a week to deload so today I just did the weight I left off on (only on lower body) before the deload but cut the reps in half and it doesn't feel like I lost much strength. Maybe a tiny bit but nothing I can't make up in like 1 session. but my shoulder feels 95% better now so it was productive overall.