[quote]thosebananas wrote:
Ive recently been feeling knackered as fuck in the morning and have to really get myself up for workouts. just purely lacking on energy the past week.
Am i overtraining? doubtful in my opinion.
Do i need more sleep at night? - im prob getting 7-8 hours most nights but it is interrupted.
Or is it just a side effect of the diet?
Scott[/quote]
I would wager, but may be wrong, that its because you’ve been following a semi-low carb diet, instead of the original diet you were going for.
The beef and nacho shit didnt help things, either.
I think that if you get quality sleep and give yourself two weeks of straight up no bullshit less than 30g of carbs/day food intake you’ll have a bit more energy.
BUT - its still a lower Calorie diet, after all, and energy intake will suffer a bit. Part of the game.
It feels a bit different than lack of energy, kind of like brain/body fog.
So im going to stop takeing the ALCAR.
The next 2 weeks should be good sleep and good diet as ill be at home and have all the food i need. and 24 hour access to a gym 
One little problem i will have is not being able to take the supps i need home. I think i will be able to take home enough whey for PWO. and multis. I think ill also be able to take my BCAAs home but will have to buy fishoil at home.
Scott
This is your brain expecting glucose. It takes a while for it to get used to metabolizing lactate and ketones. This fogginess does pass. Stick with it!!
[quote]Intersweat wrote:
It feels a bit different than lack of energy, kind of like brain/body fog.
This is your brain expecting glucose. It takes a while for it to get used to metabolizing lactate and ketones. This fogginess does pass. Stick with it!!
[/quote]
I didn’t really think about that.
This is my third day without flavourings, so i should be hitting below 30g carbs a day now. It would make sense then, since its seemed to creep up on me over the past few days.
how long to pass do you think?
Scott
[quote]thosebananas wrote:
Intersweat wrote:
It feels a bit different than lack of energy, kind of like brain/body fog.
This is your brain expecting glucose. It takes a while for it to get used to metabolizing lactate and ketones. This fogginess does pass. Stick with it!!
I didn’t really think about that.
This is my third day without flavourings, so i should be hitting below 30g carbs a day now. It would make sense then, since its seemed to creep up on me over the past few days.
how long to pass do you think?
Scott[/quote]
Week to two weeks, maybe sooner, probably sooner since you’ve been going moderately lowcarb already.
Day 31
11.00 Wake up
11.30 MEAL 1
8 boiled eggs
butter
2 thermopure
1 multi
3 fishoil
13.00 1 Spike
13.45 1 Spike
14.15 MEAL 2
1/2 casein/whey shake
5g BCAA
5g CEE
14.20 GYM
Bike
1 hour. Felt fine after this. 60-80% of max HR
Weights
Bench
30kg x8
60kg x8
80kg x5
90kg x5
100kg 2x5
110kg x1 - wanted 2 but failed half way up. (this is my old PB)
110kg x0 - failed half way up
100kg x3 - wanted 5 :S
Close Grip Bench
80kg 3x5
EZ Curls Wide grip
50kg 3x5
EZ Curls Close Grip
50kg 3x5
Tricep Press Downs
8/15 5x8
Supersetted with
DB Curls
25kg DB 5x6
Decline Curls
17.5kg 3x8
Supersetted with
EZ Bar Skull Crushers
55kg 3x8
I think if i hadnt off done an hours cardio before hand and attempted a double at my old PB. i could have pushed 115-120kg today. I felt strong, just an ounce more energy was needed. Overall happy.
16.45 MEAL 2
Whey shake
5g BCAA
5g CEE
18.30 MEAL 3
2 tins of tuna
mayo
22.00 MEAL 4
whey/casein shake
10g BCAA
05.00 MEAL 5
chicken stirfry
If it’s your first time going into Ketosis, it can take a couple of weeks. But after that it should only take 48 hours or so.
Get some Ketostix in and test yourself.
LR
Day 32
Havnt been to bed yet, Was out in a club until 4am, then the casino till 7am. I don’t drink so im not drunk/hungover. But i did use 2 Spike before i went out and drank 2 red bulls while out. So im still full of energy.
07.45 MEAL 1
whey/casein shake
5g BCAA
5g CEE
multi
09.30 Gym
Deads
60kg x8
100kg x5
140kg x5
160kg 5x5 - concentrating on solid form
Rack Pulls
160kg 2x5
200kg 3x5
Kroc Rows
45kg DB 2x5
50kg DB 3x5
Behind Neck Pull Downs
3x5
During
2L of Ribena + 15g BCAA
Not too bad considering i had no sleep after a night of dancing.
11.00 MEAL 2
Whey Shake
5g BCAA
5g CEE
13.00 MEAL 3
tin of corned beef
4 mushrooms
butter
13.00 - 18.00 SLEEPing
19.00 MEAL 4
tin of corned beef
4 mushrooms
butter
21.00-0100 Working (NEPA)
01.15 MEAL 5
Casein shake
10g BCAA
5 fishoil
Red bulls and ribena!!
Are these not high in sugar or are you getting the sugar free versions?
Scott,
If you’re getting woken by flatmates, go into the chemist and get some foam earplugs. They’re only a few quid for a pack of 2 or 3 pairs in Superdrug and I’ve discovered, that although they block out most noise, you can still hear an alarm on your mobile if you need to get up.
I used to get woken up by noisey and or drunk people all the time at Uni and often I’d have to get up at 6am to go rowing (always seemed like a good idea the night before lol). Used to try and get my own back by making alot of noise myself when I got up 
Anyway I wish I’d known about earplugs back then. Very useful for those nights when you don’t want to be disturbed…esp Fri and Sat at Uni I’d imagine!
[quote]Intersweat wrote:
Red bulls and ribena!!
Are these not high in sugar or are you getting the sugar free versions?[/quote]
Yea the “diet” versions, which are supposed to have no carbs.
The red bull is actually “Diet Red Rooster”. zero carbs, 15 cals a tin.
Day 33
11.30 Wake up
12.00 MEAL 1
2 thermopure
1 multi
4 fishoil
Shake:
Whey
5g BCAA
5g CEE
blue berries
14.30 MEAL 2
340g Chicken
stirfry veg
chilli
20.30 MEAL 3
whey
10g BCAA
20.45 Ti of Go fast
2100-0100 Working (NEPA)
01.30 MEAL 4
Chicken burger
04.00 MEAL 5
casein shake
3 ZMA
Day 34
13.00 WAKE up
13.20 MEAL 1
whey
blueberries
10g bcaa
5g cee
2 fishoil
multi
2 thermopure
15.00 MEAL 2
Wheetabix
16.00-18.00 TRaveling home
19.15 MEAL 3
340g Steak
2 eggs
20.00-00.00 Tons of tea
Today has ben shite, my dad didnt notice a difference in my size or weight. I cheated on my diet. and now im stuck at my dads house with his new wife. i also split water on my laptop and now its broke. fuck
[quote]thosebananas wrote:
Day 34
13.00 WAKE up
13.20 MEAL 1
whey
blueberries
10g bcaa
5g cee
2 fishoil
multi
2 thermopure
15.00 MEAL 2
Wheetabix
16.00-18.00 TRaveling home
19.15 MEAL 3
340g Steak
2 eggs
20.00-00.00 Tons of tea
Today has ben shite, my dad didnt notice a difference in my size or weight. I cheated on my diet. and now im stuck at my dads house with his new wife. i also split water on my laptop and now its broke. fuck[/quote]
You’ve still got a ways to go before significan visual changes are going to occur.
Quit fucking cheating on your diet if you want to get this done.
Sorry to hear about your laptop, though.
Day 36
Im back. Finally ot ome.
Trained les last nite:
Squat
50kx8
90kx8
100kx5
110kx5
120kx5
130k2x5
Front Squats
70k x5
75k x5
80k x5
Overead Press
50k x10
70k x8
80k x5
90k 2x5
Romainan Deadlifts
100k x5
110k x5
120k 2x5
Cleans from Knee
50k x5
70k x5
85k 2x4
Snatc from knee
50k 3x5
Snatc from floor
50k x5
60k x5
70k 2x3
TODAY
13.45 Wake up
14.30 MEAL 1
8 boiled es
butter
2 termopure
1 multi
2 fisoil oil
17.00 MEAL 2
protein
bcaa
1 termopure
19.00 MEAL 3
1/2 a full cicken
21.00 MEAL 4
6 boiled es
00.00 MEAL 5
protein
bcaa
fisoil
0400 MEAL 6
proein
bcaa
3x ZMA
[quote]thosebananas wrote:
TODAY
13.45 Wake up
14.30 MEAL 1
8 boiled es
butter
[/quote]
8? with butter? How large are these eggs? I would imagine this is somewhere in the relm of 560 Calories from the eggs alone, with the butter possibly adding another 100-200 more Calories from fat.
That is too much. Drop it down to 6 whole eggs, nix the butter, and maybe have a scoop of whey.
[quote]NewDamage wrote:
thosebananas wrote:
TODAY
13.45 Wake up
14.30 MEAL 1
8 boiled es
butter
8? with butter? How large are these eggs? I would imagine this is somewhere in the relm of 560 Calories from the eggs alone, with the butter possibly adding another 100-200 more Calories from fat.
That is too much. Drop it down to 6 whole eggs, nix the butter, and maybe have a scoop of whey.[/quote]
X2
Exactly what I was thinking. Scott… I’ve seen you do the 8 eggs with butter before. Average cals for a medium egg is 70 so NewDamage is bang on the money here. Surely you feel full after 5 boiled eggs?
G
Day 37
13.30 Wake up
14.00 MEAL 1
ommelette:
5 es
am
ceese
17.00 MEAL 2
protein
bcaa
19.00 MEAL 3
Protein
bcaa
fisoil
2 spike pills
19.30 to 2100 playin a matc
22.00 MEAL 4
4 cicken breasts
salad
00.00 MEAL 5
Protein
Bcaa
fisoil
[quote]Intersweat wrote:
NewDamage wrote:
thosebananas wrote:
TODAY
13.45 Wake up
14.30 MEAL 1
8 boiled es
butter
8? with butter? How large are these eggs? I would imagine this is somewhere in the relm of 560 Calories from the eggs alone, with the butter possibly adding another 100-200 more Calories from fat.
That is too much. Drop it down to 6 whole eggs, nix the butter, and maybe have a scoop of whey.
X2
Exactly what I was thinking. Scott… I’ve seen you do the 8 eggs with butter before. Average cals for a medium egg is 70 so NewDamage is bang on the money here. Surely you feel full after 5 boiled eggs?
G
[/quote]
I love them. but ill bac it off a bit.
Scott
Day 38
0900 Wake up
10.00 MEAL 1
4 boiled es
13.00 MEAL 2
4 es
protein
18.00 MEAL 3
Cilli
Ceese
Manual labour all day for my family.
22.00 MEAL 4
Protein
BCAA
0100 MEAL 5
Protein
BCAA