Week of dumb?

Yup. Not just in terms of the eating I did. It also applies to my capability to “sense” the impact of what I’ve done (the wreck of detour days), the impact of the changes I’ve made (more meat, less fat), and the best path to choose moving forward.

Sleep last night. Nada. Yuck.

Bodyweight today……72.2kg. No loss.

Food tonight…..a bit less than yesterday. 500 grams leanish beef, and then only about 20 grams of beef fat…..supplemented by 40 grams of extra virgin olive oil. I wanted to try some MUFA’s to see if it brings any different result in satiety, sleep, or performance (tomorrow).

Workout today….2 sets of HIIT Tabata cardio (one on stairstepper, one on rower)……100 pushups, 100 air squats, 50 ab stuff, 24 minutes medium intensity on elliptical, 24 minutes medium intensity on bike. I felt totally “glycogen depleted”….but also didn’t feel like I was burning fat for energy. Worst of both worlds. Then….juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust toward the end of the elliptical…..and for the rest of the workout (the bike)….I started sweating like a maniac….and the energy went UP. Is that the transaction back to fat burning? Dunno’. And funny thing is….I’m doing a refeed tomorrow so that may stop again anyway. *sigh*.

Why a refeed at this point? Because I’m not going more than 3 days of meat only between refeeds unless….unless….unless….I hit a bodyweight of 73.5kg 72 hours after a refeed. Instead, I will continue on my former plan….and let the 1.5-2 kg of “extra weight” work itself off as I go. Starving myself….like in the past…..not gonna’ do it. 

Read my lips…..no more starving. Lol!! 

Refeed tomorrow. I had it all mapped out in my mind……a “home meal” with all veggies, fat sauces on noodles (olive, macadamia / walnut, maybe a pesto….etc.), and then the balance of carbs as pure glucose powder dissolved in the veggie cooking water and consumed over the course of the multi hour meal. Sounded pretty fun!!

Then I remembered…..one of the restaurants I go to is having a “special night”…..curries from around the world…..Thai, Indian, African, Japanese. Sheesh…..I love curries….so….I made a reservation for tomorrow night. Ideally, I’ll not eat like a complete asshole. Note….this is one restaurant where I’ve managed to conusume as low as 2,800 calories on a refeed in the past month or so. Fingers crossed……and mouth literally droooooooooling over the curry concoctions to come!

Depletion workout tomorrow…..hoping for juuuuuuuuuust enough “fumes” to get through some higher rep stuff…..and then hoping for a glycogen fueled heavy ass workout the day after tomorrow’s refeed.

That’s the…….plan.  (I feel like an asshole even saying that…..and will until I get back to sticking to my damn plans!!!)