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marthand99 · 03-10-2008, 08:55 AM

So, yeah. The fasting yesterday did not go so well. I woke up starving at about 5am and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up around 6. (ON A SUNDAY.) I watched some TV and played around on my computer and then realized that holy shit! We had sprung forward at it was really 7 am! Only 9.5 hours to go!

Yeah. So, not a promising start. At 1:30 I started to get the shakes and I called things off. Not worth it. I'm not sure why I had such a different experience from last time, though I suspect running 9 miles and then eating low-carb for the rest of that day, followed by a fast, might have had something to do with it. Methinks my muscles were totally empty at the end of the run (I hit the "wall" and had run out of GU), and then I didn't really refill them, and then I tried to fast, which is, obviously, no carb. I've heard that your body can be pretty unhappy the first couple of days of a low-carb diet, which is essentially what I gave it.

On the other hand, so much of fasting is mental. Being at home versus being at work I think made a big difference. I won't be trying this at home again for awhile.

Anyway, I rebounded and had a good start to the Fat Loss II program.

Yesterday's exercise:
Fat Loss II, Workout A/1

A1 - Front squat (using dumbbells, struggled with grip) 12/30 12/30 12/30
A2 - One point dumbbell row (sub for wide-grip cable pull, no cable machine) 12/20 (10#e) 12/25 12/30

B1 - Supine leg curl 12/BW 12/BW 12/BW
B2 - Dumbbell press (sub for barbell, no barbell) 12/30 (15#e) 10/30&2/25 10/30&4/25

C1 - Dynamic Lunge 12/25 (12.5#e) 12/25 12/25
C2 - Upper-body Russian Twist 12/BW 12/BW 12/BW

Then four minutes of Tabatas kettleball swings.

So freaking excited to be able to play with my kettleball! I got it the day before I busted my tailbone.

Food:
1:30pm - Spinach salad, Greek yogurt, apple, Atkins bar
4:30pm - Leftover fish and string beans from Saturday night, string cheese, carrots
5:30-6:30pm - Pre-, during- and post-workout shakes (A strawberry Myoplex - yum!, some protein powder mixed with water - blah, and an apple)
9-11pm (grazing) - Roasted eggplant and zucchini with a tomato and fake meat sauce, string cheese, baby bell, tbsp of cashews, Pure Protein bar, handful of blueberries

1764 cals (39% P/41% C/20% F)
Isn't it sort of wrong that on fasting days, I eat the same as a lot of women do normally?

Progress:

Weight: 138.6
Omron: 24.4% (I did this five or six times and got readings from 24.0-24.5%. I decided to just report the first one.)
Waist: 27.75 (hells yeah, bitches)
Calipers: 10mm (I'm thinking this will never change. Also, I don't know what I'm doing.)

03-10-2008, 08:55 AM	#14 (permalink)
marthand99 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 472 My Profile	So, yeah. The fasting yesterday did not go so well. I woke up starving at about 5am and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up around 6. (ON A SUNDAY.) I watched some TV and played around on my computer and then realized that holy shit! We had sprung forward at it was really 7 am! Only 9.5 hours to go! Yeah. So, not a promising start. At 1:30 I started to get the shakes and I called things off. Not worth it. I'm not sure why I had such a different experience from last time, though I suspect running 9 miles and then eating low-carb for the rest of that day, followed by a fast, might have had something to do with it. Methinks my muscles were totally empty at the end of the run (I hit the "wall" and had run out of GU), and then I didn't really refill them, and then I tried to fast, which is, obviously, no carb. I've heard that your body can be pretty unhappy the first couple of days of a low-carb diet, which is essentially what I gave it. On the other hand, so much of fasting is mental. Being at home versus being at work I think made a big difference. I won't be trying this at home again for awhile. Anyway, I rebounded and had a good start to the Fat Loss II program. Yesterday's exercise: Fat Loss II, Workout A/1 A1 - Front squat (using dumbbells, struggled with grip) 12/30 12/30 12/30 A2 - One point dumbbell row (sub for wide-grip cable pull, no cable machine) 12/20 (10#e) 12/25 12/30 B1 - Supine leg curl 12/BW 12/BW 12/BW B2 - Dumbbell press (sub for barbell, no barbell) 12/30 (15#e) 10/30&2/25 10/30&4/25 C1 - Dynamic Lunge 12/25 (12.5#e) 12/25 12/25 C2 - Upper-body Russian Twist 12/BW 12/BW 12/BW Then four minutes of Tabatas kettleball swings. So freaking excited to be able to play with my kettleball! I got it the day before I busted my tailbone. Food: 1:30pm - Spinach salad, Greek yogurt, apple, Atkins bar 4:30pm - Leftover fish and string beans from Saturday night, string cheese, carrots 5:30-6:30pm - Pre-, during- and post-workout shakes (A strawberry Myoplex - yum!, some protein powder mixed with water - blah, and an apple) 9-11pm (grazing) - Roasted eggplant and zucchini with a tomato and fake meat sauce, string cheese, baby bell, tbsp of cashews, Pure Protein bar, handful of blueberries 1764 cals (39% P/41% C/20% F) Isn't it sort of wrong that on fasting days, I eat the same as a lot of women do normally? Progress: Weight: 138.6 Omron: 24.4% (I did this five or six times and got readings from 24.0-24.5%. I decided to just report the first one.) Waist: 27.75 (hells yeah, bitches) Calipers: 10mm (I'm thinking this will never change. Also, I don't know what I'm doing.)