Question for you ladies.
Do you get nauseous when hungry?
I get nauseous hungry often enough to be annoying, but I have not tracked down to a specific cause.
For instance, I ate a bit more than cut allowance this weekend. Today, I start getting nauseous around 11am. I ate a good breakfast, avo toast with eggs. Deadlift workout. Protein shake around 930am. Now eating lunch and nausea is going away quickly.
Does anyone else experience this?
Do you include carbs with your post workout shake? If not, that will definitely help!
I get the nauseous feeling too and that’s why I have to eat frequently throughout the day. I find that I get this feeling more often when I’ve been eating like crap and then trying to transition back to cleaner food. I get the nauseous & angry combo 
No carbs, it was just protein powder and water. Carb theory is interesting, the only thing that sounds good when I get to the nausea is a boatload of pasta.
The crap food to clean again could be part of it. I ate mostly well this weekend, cooked every meal, high protein, but there may have been a milkshake involved Sunday night.
Try packing some more carbs around your workout window. If you eat the majority of your daily carbs pre, intra and post workout it can be very helpful… it will help with the nausea and you will likely have more energy during your workout.
Have any ladies here read Renaissance Woman (RP Nutrition)? Its listed for like $24 on their site, just didn’t know if anyone had opinions or experiences with it.
Looks like it fits in well with Crossfit and WOD stuff.
I haven’t read it but I know a lot of people who have been successful with RP. Mike Israetel is a great guy and very knowledgeable so I’m sure it will be helpful information.
Is it a book about nutrition that includes a nutrition plan? I’ll have to look it up.
To my understanding, it is. I dont know the details, but it looks specific to women’s dieting/nutrition - hormone related i believe.
Update:
Purchased the book. Will skim it and post my thoughts, but the wife actually wants to read it - will relay her opinions unless she wants to do that herself (assuming she stops being anti-social /s/).
Bron’s Tuesday Challenge
I only had 30 minutes and wanted to make sure I had a productive workout so I challenged myself: Finish 100 pull ups, 100 dips and 100 sit ups in 30 min!
Pull ups: body weight
4 sets x 10 reps (neutral grip)
3 sets x 10 reps (over hand)
3 sets x 10 reps (reverse grip)
Dips: body weight
10 sets x 10 reps
*half of them wouldn’t count because my ROM was crap. I have been struggling with this exercise since I dislocated my shoulder. Next time I will add a light band for the last 30-40 reps
Sit ups:
50 reps
35 reps
15 reps
*I haven’t done full sit ups in a long time and realized how much I suck at them when I was putting my 9 and 10 year old through their fitness testing last week!
Drank half of my Surge before (started sipping 20 min prior) and finished it during my short rest periods. The extra liquid probably made the reps harder as time progressed so I’ll give myself bonus points for that 
Do any of you guys have a weight cap/limit that your body doesn’t really like to go over without something beginning to hurt?
Without fail, every time I hit right in the 200lbs barrier I have drop at least 10 pounds because my knees will not tolerate supporting that much weight. After about 2 months it’ll start.
Am I much stronger at or above 200? Yes, but that nagging pain in my knee will quickly make me cut down until it goes away.
I can sympathize, but I am in the headache group. I tend to lean towards the low side on glucose levels. If I eat at any set interval and I miss it, I’ll get a headache. Cycle to low carb, headache. If I start a cutting phase I get a headache. Wake up too late to eat breakfast…you guessed it. Headache.
How long does it take you to gain that 10lbs? In my experience if you gain the weight slowly and allow your body to adjust over a longer duration it’s not as stressful on your body.
If you’re comfortable around 190 then continue to lift at that weight and work your way up to 200 over time by adding more muscle mass.
I have the same issues when I reach 175. My sweet spot is 165-170 but when I was competing I wanted to step up to the 181 class because let’s face it, a 165 girl at 5’10 isn’t the ideal build for powerlifting. It was a huge struggle to get up to that weight and my body didn’t like it, that’s for sure!
Ouch, That is a very sensitive headache!
This’ll probably sound bad, but I experimented on myself to see what the culprit was, and it just seems that that is like…enough lol.
I followed the 1 pound a week suggestion, but tweaked it to .5 a week just to see. Slowly I started to feel that achy joint feeling about the two month mark.
Quickest I put on 10 pounds was…eh just over two weeks? That was immediate achy joints, subsided for a little while, but eventually came back right at that two month mark again. If I had to choose I’d take the slower speed, but I wanted to see if I could get around it at all.
I’m honestly willing to maybe just keep it at 190. I still struggle with disordered eating and body image issues, so while I am stronger at 200, it’s such an emotional battle being uncomfortable with the way I look.
I have however, been recomping for a loooooong time. If I can dig them up I can show a comparison if you like. Only reason I end up recomping is due to that back and forth ordeal with food I mentioned earlier. It’s absolutely not perfect by any means (diet wise), but at least in a long term sense I can still reach goals.
Only thing that’ll change is during competition time. Which I’m willing to compensate for, but still try to stay in the green area.
I don’t think she’s talking weight on the bar
You are correct, i misunderstood - thanks for catching it!
This doesn’t sound bad! I experiment on myself all the time… I enjoy trying different things with my diet to see how my body responds, it’s fascinating!
I think this is a great solution. Less stress on your body and better for your mental health… plus, your lifts are impressive at 190 and 200. It sounds like a win-win to me! When you’re happy and healthy the weight on the bar is going to continue to increase regardless of body weight 
@unicornsandrainbows @planetcybertron Nausea and headaches are both classic signs of hypoglycemia! Like @Bronwen_Blunt said - get some carbs!!! That should fix y’all right up!
@Shaina_Madel I’ve been following your Surge Challenge! I hope you’re feeling better and getting your energy back
Thanks! I am! God, I can’t stand being sick. I swear it feels like I’m sick forever.
You’re incredible btw- but I bet you already knew that. @Bronwen_Blunt
