Day 5 of a planned 5 days of mostly ‘no solid food’ fasting
Finally made it to the gym 👍🏾.
Something people don’t know about fasting is that 3+ days in your energy is off-the-map.
However, when I try to 🏋🏾♂️ ‘lift heavy’ at the gym, I need sufficient glycogen in my muscles. After 4 days of ‘low carbs’ I struggled to get through my sets.
I could 'carb up' more, but, I have made the decision that it is more important for me to 'not get fat again', than it is for me to ‘bulk up’.
Still, I plan to get back to going to the gym twice a week…
😎 Life is Good! Have a great day everyone!
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172.0 lb
Lost so far: 35.0 lb.
Still to go: 8.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 13 December 2019:
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3445 kcal
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Fat: 200.12g | Prot: 123.20g | Carb: 280.86g.
Breakfast: Brownie, Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soft Type), McDonald's Hash Brown, Carl's Jr. Hash Brown Nuggets (Large), Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. Dinner: Haagen-Dazs Strawberry Ice Cream, Sbarro Meat Lasagna. Snacks/Other: Kellogg's Frosted Flakes (Container), See's Candies Toffee-ettes, Sonoma Creamery Parmesan Crisps, Slim-Fast Keto Shake, Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. more...
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2026 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 40 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 20 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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steady weight
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Comments
"3+ days in your energy is off-the-map" - I can attest as I experienced this surge of energy last week during my 6 day fast. I didn't expend this energy in the gym however because I was try to conserve it as I was aiming for a 10 day which I broke it after staring at the wife eating pasta on day 6, LOL.
13 Dec 19 by member: chesgreen
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13 Dec 19 by member: adefwebserver
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Yep, the carb (gycogen) - exercise fueling is a carefully balanced situation. If you ain't gonna burn it, best to not eat it, as you say - more important for me to 'not get fat again', than it is for me to ‘bulk up’.
13 Dec 19 by member: rgaDawg
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13 Dec 19 by member: adefwebserver
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I've been thinking more about fasting and doing a three day fast soon --- I can go 24 hours without batting an eye --- but I've never gone longer than that.
13 Dec 19 by member: HardDaysKnight
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@HardDaysKnight - When I fast my health goes 'up'. I know that seems counterintuitive, but, my body wants to burn fat. 'Continuously eating' is actually not what my body wants. But, that's just me 🌞
14 Dec 19 by member: adefwebserver
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