Day 9
Notes: After last night’s cheese and meat adventures, I am up to 166. So it basically set me 2 days back and now I am .2lbs ahead of schedule only. Although, I weighed first thing today as I always do so this number is taking into account water retention and still me processing all the energy I consumed yesterday.
@T1mbro, I am interested to see your progress implementing a ketogenic way of eating. Yes, for the first 3-5 weeks, my energy levels were unpredictable, my legs felt fried and I would have some heart flutters and elevated heartrate during even MAF runs. But like a slowly unclenching fist, you’ll start to notice (with adherence) that these little dramas being to recede into the background until they are all but absent. And in their place is just this no drama, present-minded energy source that spurs you farther and faster down the trail. Less inflammation and soreness after efforts so much so that I have often questioned myself, did that even do anything? And then I gotta gutcheck myself and say, “yes, that 24 MILE RUN you just did, definitely did something”. Stay in touch, I’d feel often times out on my own in these endeavors and would love to hear your experiences.
@atomicspacebunny I like just this basic platform that is illustrated a bit in the quote you offered. The dance between insulin and glucagon. I think there is a lot I could take away from learning the steps of this dance, the dance partner being my healthy body. When I am running and working, day in and day out, I believe that mentally I thrive in more of a glucagon state. Where another athlete may differ from this, I find that my depression and BED let go their claim on my mental real-estate, freeing up my mind. And let me tell you, as a bike courier, having a clear head is put to a high premium when we live in a smart-phone inebriated world of traffic and incoherence. But then, come the weekend when it is time to rest, digest, repair mentally and physically, this is when I either binge, or cant seem to get enough protein in. So being able to understand this phase as a less glucagon-centric time, and a more insulin-centric time where my muscles are refilling with glycogen and repairing themselves, it feels more useful and objective to me than my emotional notions of its just me eating “off-plan”.
@juice, thank you for your input and the music share. Heavy man. Glad to hear that keto is helping your head too. Yeah man, the head trouble is REAL and not to be brushed off or minimized. I am first a recovered alcoholic, a depressive and food-addicted and only secondarily am I a trail runner. If I put trail running ahead of any of those things, it will be the second thing a I lose…right after my sanity ;).
Anyway, its sunday, I’m drinking coffee, wondering whether or not I’ll run or rest today. I’m leaning towards rest seeing as I kind of lost my head last night, which is a sign of reaching (or brazenly passing) my weekly athletic budget. Got to remind myself that all that effort goes to waste if I do not give my body time to soak it up and integrate it into my fitness.
