Let me start by talking about all the exercise I have been doing. This last week I was hitting the stationary bike with Tabata and lifting heavy- chest, back, and abs. On Friday I did a low intensity ride for 60 minutes with a 4 minute Tabata. Then I drove 2.5 hours to my parents ranch on Friday night and did the 27th Annual Bike Around The Buttes I only got about 4 hours of sleep which was not much. Since I have not been riding I did the 40 mile loop. I have done the 100 mile ride in years past- many years past...I have been doing this ride for more than 20 years as it is a good fund raiser for diabetes plus it is the biggest bike event in the town I grew up in which is not that bike friendly. I made sure I ate a big protein meal Friday night and hydrated with plenty of water. I did the ride without eating anything and road slow since my friend was having a worse time than me and riding even slower. This was a good experiment of long distance cardio with low-carb. It did not work that well- I tried to recover eating chicken, polish dog, salad, right after the event then about 3 hours later I had a tuna, cheese, tomato, olive, green salad. I was eating strict Low-carb and I felt wiped out. I was really feeling bad. I finally got tempted by some corn chips and chicken quesadilla's that my Mom had bought for the family dinner. I had a hard time saying no! The minute I ate the chips I felt relief in my brain- my head felt better. I ate the carb-loaded corn tortilla dinner and my body felt better but I was still tired. I guess I was bonking- but it felt different than bonking from what I am used to- I was hungry but not ravenously hungry. Maybe next time I should eat a sweet potato? or some "safe starches".
On Sunday I got up and planned to not eat- but about by 11 am I was really hungry from the previous days ride- I made bacon, eggs and sausage. I wanted to go for a ride but kept waiting as I was really tired. Finally in the afternoon I went on a 25 mile ride that took over 2 hours- I was going really slow. I took 2 small apples and a banana with me as an experiment. If I felt bad I wanted to see how I felt after I ate these. I stopped at the half way point and decided to eat the fruit. My head felt better and my legs felt like they got some energy although I was not pedaling fast by any means. I made it home in pain in my feet and butt! I need to lose weight so I am not so heavy on the bike!
So I essentially cheated both days on Saturday and Sunday. I needed a fast day to make up for it but it did not happen on Monday. I road 1 hour on a stationary bike in the gym easy and was really hungry so I had Vietnamese PHO Soup- NO NOODLE! Extra Chicken. I did do an IF for 16 hours before the workout.
So how did I do last week. The scale LIES! I know I am gaining muscle- my strength is going up! I lost only 2 lbs. Down to 297. But I will take what I can get. My goal for this week is 293- a solid 293! I think I look better with my shirt off than my cover photo- but I have a long ways to go. I really want to get to 280 lbs! This will represent a successful strategy in my opinion.
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