Hot Take: Chips Are For All Times of Day
Here’s a drawback of not counting calories: accidentally eating too little for too many days in a row. It happened again. Calories were too low yesterday and I had to get up in the middle of the night for food, which I hate. Blood sugar tanked. But I just don’t have much of an appetite lately. And for a 5’10” female body with muscle, that can become no bueno pretty quickly.
So today’s workout was just punch-the-clock. There was a lot of good muscular tension and quality reps, but also a lot of dizzy spells between sets.
The last thing I want to do is recoup the lost calories with a binge. So I’m just going to be intentional about bumping everything up a bit. Siete lime chips included. I had some already and it’s only 9 am. Food norms be damned; chips are for all times of day.
Today’s Workout
Hip Thrust
Superset:
Booty Machine
Loaded Walking Lunge
Lateral Raise
Back Extension
Abs
Kind of just filled in some gaps from yesterday with a lower body emphasis. I didn’t hit arms, but they’ll survive.
I’ve been using a Tabata-style timer for abs that gives me 40 seconds on and 20 seconds off for 6-8 sets. If you have a good mind-muscle connection with your abs, it’ll set them on fire.
Back to calories though: it’s pretty obvious that my dietary philosophy is all about not counting. But I will admit that there are some cons that come with it. On a related, somewhat ironic note, here’s what I wrote over the weekend in a different thread about achieving a great body comp without counting calories:
I highly recommend checking out the rest of that thread if you’ve got the time. This community has a lot of smarty pants participants.
Totally off topic, but my log needs pictures and I’m approaching 41. So here’s my back.
