Mission 1, Day 87: Low energy today
Today was my second day of the low carb cycle of Metabolic Surge and honestly, I have no energy at all. I know it is my body getting used to the low carbs again. Although, with the results I'm getting, when I do end this third round, I am going to seriously work on carb cycling ala Tom Venuto.
This brings me to things I've learned in the past 87 days. Here is the list:
- Consistency is the key to it all
- Low carb works well for me
- I was not eating enough fibrous veggie carbs previously and it makes alot of difference
- Drink water! Drink water! Drink water!
- Lifting very heavy weights is a high for me.
- Podcasting is fun
- Adam Waters is an awesome and inspirational guy
- Every single Shredder Council member is very supportive of the other members.
- Selfish isn't a word the Shredder Council members know and use
- Lilla is a professional videographer (or at least she should be)
- Adam is a professional videographer (or at least he should be)
- Mike Groom is my clone
- Suzette is extremely supportive
- Bec enjoys reading everyone's blog
- Christy is funny and she looks great in a bikini
- Joni is extremely sweet and very smart
- Debbie is very creative
- Lynda is full of love for everyone and I enjoy her posts
- Massimiliano is a big flirt
- Dougal has a huge heart and is very supportive
- Kristiina is very quiet
- Diane works hard on her workouts
- You are all my friends and I am proud of that fact
All of the above have lead to the results I've been getting. These are the most consistently good results I've gotten in a year and it is in large part to the support I've gotten from all of you. Thank you for everything you've done so far! 2008 is truly the Year of the Shred!
Accountability Log:
| Mission 1: Day 26 of 40 | Accountability | ||
| Meal/Training Plan: Real-time accountability | Each task completed? | ||
| Day 87: January 20, 2008 | Yes or No | ||
| 6:00 a.m. | Meal 1: Protein shake with glutamine and 15 g. of oatmeal and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 6:00 a.m. | Supplements: Animal Pak, Glucosamine Chondroiten, calcium, chromium, glutamine | Yes | |
| 6:30 a.m. | Workout: Max-OT Cardio, abs, Max-OT Cardio and 6 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Meal 2: Protein shake with glutamine, BCAAs and chromium and small salad and 3 glasses of water | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Meal 3: Chicken breast and large salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Meal 4: Chicken breast and asian salad mix and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Meal 5: Lean ground beef and snap peas and brocolli with egg and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Supplements: Casein protein, glutamine, calcium and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| Accountability Areas: | Points | Possible | |
| Meal 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Training | 1 | 1 | |
| Post Workout Nutrition | 1 | 1 | |
| Water | 1 | 1 | |
| Pre-sleep nutrition | 1 | 1 | |
| Accountability | 1 | 1 | |
| Daily Totals: | 10 | 10 | |
| Mission Totals: | 236 | 240 | |
| Workout Log: | |||
| Max-OT Cardio (bike) | 16 minutes - 8 miles | ||
| FYA Abs training | 10 minutes | ||
| Max-OT Cardio (bike) | 16 minutes - 8 miles |
I wonder what will happen this week? I was supposed to lift weights today, but my self-imposed rest week started, so I could not do that. Will I continue to get the results I've been getting? Will I burn more or less fat this week? Will the podcast ever get on the site this week? Check back tomorrow and get the answer to these and many other questions as I continue my journey into the Fat Burning Machine!
Until tomorrow...GET BACK TO LIFTING!
Posted by Michael Mahony at 1/20/2008 8:33 PM 
Categories: Nutrition, Accountability, Fat Loss, Old Missions
Categories: Nutrition, Accountability, Fat Loss, Old Missions
Clone!! Ha!!!
We do tend to like doing the same things don't we.
I've tended to try staying low carb as I am carb sensitive and can't tolerate carbs so I thought. At the moment I'm lowering my protein and increasing carbs on lifting days (Mon through Fri). I'm going to trial this for a couple of weeks and see how this goes. It has certainly made a difference to my energy levels after one week. My carbs are coming from whole grain bread, brown rice, dex (pre and post workout). My current breakdown is 200g Protein, 300g carbs (Fat making up the rest of my calories). I've never carbed up for as long before and I'm eager to see my weighin next Tuesday to see if it has worked or not.
going low-carb for too long sends me to "cheat" too easily.
Keep us posted on the carb cycling, I'm interested in this also.
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Hey Mike - catching up on your posts as usual. Thanks for the compliments. You obviously don't know me very well.
-Joni
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I wasn't happy with my results this week and strongly suspect it has to do with having so many low carb days this past week. I really had no energy because today I did the push up workout and cranked out 42 on the last set, so I know I can do more than that. Competition huh?
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