Sparrows Experiment

Today was another sub, not as good but I took it as a purely aerobic active recovery day. 1 hour spin class, period.

I'm still eating clean today, but yesterday has me scared off of eating more than normal :( I really need some help in knowing what to do. I know I need to eat more but I don't want it to affect me the same way as last time. It works the reverse for me. Most people get lethargic when they don't eat enough, I only get super tired when I eat more than I'm used to and my workouts suffer. I'm actually the most energetic when I'm on the hungry side.

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I need to go back and look at your food timing and content more carefully.

But when you say that eating more leaves you sluggish and tired, I can't help thinking: "fast insulin spike + crash."

You might be eating clean, but there could still be something going on there in how your body is processing things to cause this...
 
I actually just had blood work done. "Glucose" on the panel was high, it was after a "low carb" lunch. lol. SO thats weird. I actually stay pretty low carb naturally. I just seem to work better that way. The only time I have higher carbs is sometimes before my workouts in the form of applesauce or oatmeal and often right after my workouts with "Accelerade". I haven't done that in a little while though because I'm not really training or working out very hard right now (comparatively speaking). I eat every 3-4 hrs
 
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I actually just had blood work done. "Glucose" on the panel was high, it was after a "low carb" lunch. lol. SO thats weird. I actually stay pretty low carb naturally. I just seem to work better that way. The only time I have higher carbs is sometimes before my workouts in the form of applesauce or oatmeal and often right after my workouts with "Accelerade". I haven't done that in a little while though because I'm not really training or working out very hard right now (comparatively speaking). I eat every 3-4 hrs
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Did you have an HBA1C done as part of the tests?
 
Um. I'm not sure. I'm looking.

It says I had a Basic Metabilic Panel-Renal-BMP and also a Free T4 and Ultrasensitive TSH, then the Hemoglobin and Hematocrit
 
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Um. I'm not sure. I'm looking.

It says I had a Basic Metabilic Panel-Renal-BMP and also a Free T4 and Ultrasensitive TSH, then the Hemoglobin and Hematocrit
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Did you fast before getting the bloodwork done? If not, that might account for the high glucose level. The HBA1C is a longer term indicator of how well sugars were managed.
 
no, yeah that was it, I'm sure.
Took the day off to go on a field trip to the art museum. MAN was it cool. Good news is that I'm hungrier than "usual" today.
 
Swam 3000 before teaching tonight and I felt AWESOME.
300 warm up
3x500
2x400 IM
4x100 pull
300 kick under and over water

pretty generic in black and white but I pushed most of it. My 500's were around 6:30 at an aerobic threshold pace. I just felt super strong. I had some shoulder issues when I first got in. My shoulder has been buggin a bit when I've been swimming the past few times but once I warmed into it I felt fine. Today was the first day in a long time I felt like my endurance was back in the water. I never had to back down.
 
NROL B Fat Loss 2

I wanted to add where I'm at with the "B" workouts for my records. Here is today I went up on many things.

Snatch grip deadlift 105
bulgarian splits with shoulder press: DB's 15
underhand grip lat pull down 110
Romanian deadlift/bent over row 65-I always seem to lose my grip on these by the end
 
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Hey Sparrow,

What type of breathing pattern do ya recommend for a rookie? I have been doing right side 2x, but that is too frequent. 4x seems too long. I am trying to get into the knack of bilateral, 3x, but that is slow going. I am taking lessons soon, but I wanted to get your knowledged opinion first...
 
Gator-PM

What a long exhausting day. Lots accomplished but at the expense of tired grumpy kids and irritated parents! I had a half hour while dinner was being cooked so I went on a 3 mile jog on the track. First mile was comfy at 7:54 pace, second I tried to go at a slower pace and see where that put me-8:02 lol. and then I tried for a comfy but getting out of my comfort zone pace which was 7:15. Three miles is better than nothin and for not running much that pace wasn't half bad.
 
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Spent the morning in the cafe (I manage a cafe sponsored by our church) which was kinda hard because there are all sorts of goodies there and I was there without breakfast :( Rushed morning. I ended up just having a really big glass of milk and a whole wheat bagel. Then the pastries looked less appealing, thank goodness. The bagel was still considered "cheat" to me though because I don't allow bread. oh well. shoot me.

I thought about the gym today but I'm there so much on the weekdays I should probably stay home. I wanted to swim today. I might try for a run later around my 6 mi loop. I haven't taken a day off for many many days, so if I do, it would be today, even though I don't feel like I need to. The last 2 days have been fairly light.

edit:ran 4.5 miles before falling by missing a hidden curb (nighttime) limped home :(

I have to make fudge today. Everyone pray for me, the temptation might kill me.
 
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"I am a 'P' I am a POSSIBILITY I am a PROMISE...with a capital 'P', I am a great big bundle of...POTENTIALITYYYY"

ha I have a goofy Sunday School song in my head from when I was little. Its weird how sometimes the most random stuff can get stuck in there for no reason.

I'm having a blah day. Its overcast and freezing here and I, Katie, who am NEVER cold cannot get warm. Maybe I have such low body fat now I just can't generate enough heat. haha yeah right. Body fat testing 2 days and counting.

I did spin class this morning and had the weirdest thing happen. My muscles were on major rebellion. Initially anyway, they just didn't want to have ANY resistance to them. I had to fight through that, never had that before. Ended up with an OK workout but it never did fully go away.

I ran late last night so maybe they were just confused :rolleyes:

The diet has still not cleaned back to 100%. Not that I'm justifying my horrible fall off the wagon (I even have road rash from it!) but how many of those males who are in this challenge actually are in the kitchen for anyone other than themselves very often? I mean, I want a show of hands of the guys who make breakfast for the family (and clean it up), make lunch for their kids, make lunch, snack, dinner and another snack for their kids and family. Who does that? I DOOOOO. I bet Sara does and WE'RE the ones that bit it so far (no pun intended, lol) SO my point is that it takes much greater will power for those of us actually around the other types of food we can't eat, than those who may be single or who have THEMSELVES to primarily feed while their wives do all the other stuff. No wonder so many moms are pudgy. lol

okay *stepping down off soap box* anyway, I did spin and tonight I'm going back to lift with my friend before I teach my class.
 
hellooooo *looks left, looks right* anyone thereee?

I'm tired of talking to myself!

Well today was tri class and although it didn't feel very LONG it was tough. Spin for a half hour and because the instructor knew we were only in there that long she really cranked it up for us. I felt like it was extra hard due to lifting legs so late last night.

We bricked right into a run: 30 sec at 1 mile pace, 30 sec easy, 60 sec 1 mile pace 2 min easy, 6 times. I ran at 6:30 pace I wanted to spew afterwards

Then we did a ton of sprints and other drills, and then core.

I came home and had a big ol bowl of chicken stir fry. mmm

SO my stats for the 9 days are:
previous weight: 132, current weight: 127 (and that was after breakfast cause I forgot)
previous body fat: 18%
current: 16.2%
()=current
chest: 34 (34.5)
waist (at belly button) 29, (28)
hips (32)
legs: 22 (21.5)
calves: 13.5, 13.5 (13)
arms: (11)


most of this success isn't so much to the 9 day "diet" as it is to NROL by itself from the last 6 weeks. On average, my normal diet is probably about 80-90% clean just naturally. Next week we're starting hypertrophy 1 and I'm a little leary of that because I don't want to gain size, just strength but I'm going with the flow
 
very very nice stats.

there come times when past efforts seem to culminate all at once and propel us to some new place.

It looks like you are in that place.

YOU HAVE WORKED FOR THESE RESULTS. enjoy the fruits of your labor. I'm sure your man will too. hehehe

GREAT WORK!!!

FF
 
Hi Katie, even though I don't post every time, I read your diary whenever there's a new post.

As for NROL, I'd really suggest giving Fat Loss III a go. It really changed the way I was able to work out. It's a tough program, but once you complete it there's nothing like it. I'm nearly three quarters done with Hypertrophy I and I'm really enjoying it too. I'd think with watching your calories you could mitigate the size growth if you chose that program. At any rate, I know how long you were wanting to drop weight, and it sounds like you were successful - very, very well done. :)
 
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback Tom. I forwarded what you said to my friend and I'm letting her make the decision.

Today I SLEPT IN because my kids are out of school and I went to the gym just to coach. I even did my hair and put on make up today! lol. My body feels like its been run over by a dump truck. My muscles and skeleton hurts. I feel worn out so I'm finally taking the day of rest I've said I was taking so many other times, only to go run or swim later that night. Today is a REST DAY and I guess so is tomorrow.

As for your comment on my man FF. just THIS MORNING he noticed how my body has changed. All the sudden he was like "woah, you've really been doing something different!" uh. duh. Shows how much he pays attention eh? hahaha
 
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Thanks, I appreciate the feedback Tom. I forwarded what you said to my friend and I'm letting her make the decision.
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Katie - see my log for my answer to your question. I posted to your log without realizing you'd posted your question to mine.
 
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