Jimbo drops a log

[Jimbo]

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Rest Day

Second day of the low carbing. I had roughly 40g carbs all day yesterday. That's a huge change for my body. I felt fine yesterday..today I'm feeling sluggish. So far, I've had maybe 8g carbs. I'm cutting every corner I can right now on the carbs. This is not fun.

[gobbla]

It takes about 2 weeks to get over the hump. You'll be OK

Looks like the squats are coming right along too!

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by gobbla

It takes about 2 weeks to get over the hump. You'll be OK

Looks like the squats are coming right along too!

2 WEEKS! Oh crap, I might die. :p No lie..man I am really sluggish this morning. On the good side..the cravings for crap are happening less frequently. Oh..and speaking of crap and less frequent..yeah. That too. I guess I need to really concentrate on throwing back some salad every day. My body is so used to a LOT of fiber. Now I'm running on a LOT less. It seems almost impossible to get in a LOT of fiber on low carb unless you have som suggestions.

My plan is to stay really really low for a couple of weeks and then I'm gonna add a bit of oatmeal with breakfast. I'll try and maintain something like -80 once these two weeks of HELL are over.

Oh..and thanks for noticing the squats. It's a really slow progression on everything. Bench is coming too but slow. I've added probably 20 pounds to both over the last 4 months. So..if I could just keep that up..that's great progress. I guess one just has to keep it in perspective. Wat seems like slooow progress is actually great.

[mom2w]

Make sure you do eat some leafy greens and low starch veggies or, in other words, salads, broccoli, cauliflower for sure. Sauteed spinach/greens in bacon fat or fat of your choice. Melt cheese on your broc or dip it in ranch dressing. Ranch & caesar dressings are usually your lowest carb choices. Atkins induction is 20gm net (carbs minus fiber) for two weeks.

Good luck!

[gobbla]

The squats and swim really push the whole "low carb" envelope.

One thing that you'll probably like is you'll get euphoric pretty quick on your swims and then get this big "burst" of energy. Pretty much any time you're feeling like ass, do a little cardio (10min worth, take the stairs or something), you'll feel better.

IMO fat helps a lot more than fiber with taking dumps. It might be a personal thing but I'd take a piece of bacon over an orange if there's trouble with #2!

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by mom2w

Make sure you do eat some leafy greens and low starch veggies or, in other words, salads, broccoli, cauliflower for sure. Sauteed spinach/greens in bacon fat or fat of your choice. Melt cheese on your broc or dip it in ranch dressing. Ranch & caesar dressings are usually your lowest carb choices. Atkins induction is 20gm net (carbs minus fiber) for two weeks. Good luck!

Wow Atkins induction is 20g! Dang that's low. I probably had that in green beans yesterday. I guess I need to look up the foods and keep a tally for this first couple of weeks.

Your suggestions sound yummy. One does have to be really creative to avoid carbs.

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by gobbla

The squats and swim really push the whole "low carb" envelope.

One thing that you'll probably like is you'll get euphoric pretty quick on your swims and then get this big "burst" of energy. Pretty much any time you're feeling like ass, do a little cardio (10min worth, take the stairs or something), you'll feel better.

IMO fat helps a lot more than fiber with taking dumps. It might be a personal thing but I'd take a piece of bacon over an orange if there's trouble with #2!

euphoric! Holy crap I can't wait to hit the pool. I'll keep the bacon in mind. Next time I'm grinding one out...I'll shout "Honey! I need bacon!!!":p

[mom2w]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Wow Atkins induction is 20g! Dang that's low. I probably had that in green beans yesterday. I guess I need to look up the foods and keep a tally for this first couple of weeks.

Your suggestions sound yummy. One does have to be really creative to avoid carbs.

I thought I'd read that you were doing only 8g of carbs/day. You definately do not need to go down to 20g. It's hard and it'll hurt your workouts probably. The t-dawg diet at t-nation has it at 70g on non workout days and 100g on workout days.

[RobLL]

I think its a good idea to stay pretty low for the first couple weeks, but I tended to be lax on carbs in cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, etc. even in the first two weeks. Congrats on the great start. Keep posting, while we hope you have no/few lapses don't let them get you down.

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by mom2w

I thought I'd read that you were doing only 8g of carbs/day. You definately do not need to go down to 20g. It's hard and it'll hurt your workouts probably. The t-dawg diet at t-nation has it at 70g on non workout days and 100g on workout days.

Naa..I had only done like 8g up to lunch time yesterday. So I am being strict. But I ended the day out totaling around 40-50g all vegs and a lil milk.

I've had my carb limit today. Ate chinese for lunch but I steered completely clear of rice\noodles and went strictly for meat and vegs. But I'm aware that their sauces have a high content so I tried to do the drier meats and some fish. Even at that, I'm sure I've had a good 50g today already. But this is still much lower than my usual. (hi, I'm Jimbo. I'm a carbaholic)

Feeling lethargic on this diet so far. First day I was pumped and energetic. Probably just excited to be doing something different. Now..just lethargic. Workout this evening should be interesting. Looking forward to that uephoria Gob promised me.:p

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by RobLL

I think its a good idea to stay pretty low for the first couple weeks, but I tended to be lax on carbs in cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, etc. even in the first two weeks. Congrats on the great start. Keep posting, while we hope you have no/few lapses don't let them get you down.

10-4 Taking it one day at a time. Thanky!

[Jimbo]

Monday, May 21, 2007
(sets x reps x weight)

Inc DB Bench
1x8x60
1x8x55
1x7x60
1x8x55

Squats
1x8x155
2x8x185
1x8x155

Swam 1234m

Workout went well though I couldn't get to any friggin thing in the gym. Was too crowded. Swim felt nice but ran out of time from all the waiting around I had to do.

Diet..well..I ended up a little higher carb than I really wanted to.Wife made chili With beans for supper. I ended up like 124g carbs for the day. Oh well..I feel less lethargic today but today will be more focused on watching those carbs.

Total calories was up. Here's the breakdowns.

Today's Foods
Food Name Servings ServSize Cals Fat Carb Prot
Broccoli, chinese, cooked .5 cup 10 0 2 1
Chili with beans 3 cup 860 42 91 44
Egg, whole, boiled 1 large 77 5 1 6
Egg, white only, cooked 2 white 33 0 1 7
Salsa, red, cooked 2tblspn 13 1 1 0
Cheese 1 cup 171 13 2 11
Milk, cow's, fluid, 1% fat .5 cup 102 3 12 8
Almond chicken 1 cup 185 10 11 14
Chicken, meat only 3 cup 798 31 0 122
Mixed nuts 2tbspn 111 10 4 3
Totals 2360 116 124 215

OK..I have fixed/aligned that data 3 different times. Screw it. Sorry it's hard to look at. Suffice it to say that my carbs were at 124 for yesterday. Good protien intake at 215. Total calories 2360 which is a little higher than I wanted but today is another day.

[Jimbo]

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Swam 1645.9215000 May Goal24323.36 Total162% of Goal

I feel like I've been rode hard and put up wet. I was already sore from doing bench yesterday and I finished today's mile in 25 minutes..for me a best.

[gobbla]

That's the real kicker. If you're performing well enough, you're doing well enough. Hang in there and push through it!

[Jimbo]

I can't believe how sore my lats are today. Lats sore all the way around on my back. The only thing different I did was having to jerk those 60# DB's off the floor and set them on my knees for the incline benching. Guess I needed that..

[Jimbo]

The last 2 days I have totally sucked at low carbing. I've ended up WAY over what I intended. So I set my resolve..today is gonna be better. So what happens during lunch. The waitress brings me SWEET tea instead of unsweetened. After adding the splenda to it..it seemed a bit sweet..but I'm thinking I just did a really good job on the Splenda. But I ask her when she returns to refill my glass. Good thing I'm not trying to control my sugar intake in a life or death matter. Holy hell. I said UN-Sweetened. rant rant rant rant rant.

She apologized..I said no big deal thanks. Crap. She still charges me for it. It was her tip.

Yes. Low carbing is making me a little grouchy.

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I'm still on track today though. Doing good despite the WORLDS efforts to thwart me from my mission.:p

[Jimbo]

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
(sets x reps x weight)

Racks were taken again.

Inc.DB Bench
1x8x45
3x8x55

Bent over rows
3x8x55

DB Hammer Curls
3x8x35


Swam 250 yards. 10 laps. Whatever that is in meters. Tired of converting my swims to metric. .
I cut my swim short cuz a muscle in my back started spasming. Was like my lat on my left side/back.

Going to bed.