Day Five - Overeating Phase

I had the protein shake after my morning workout and that didn't seem to cause any sleepiness or drowsiness that would be associated with elevated glucose levels. That's good. Other than that I wasn't really hungry for anything. I had a couple of cups of tea and some water. I had my usual spinach salad when I got home. Then I finished up the rest of the burger patties and had a slice of pepperoni pizza. An apple and a banana, half a Fiber One bar, and some dried cranberries and some dark chocolate. I'll have some oats and fruit before I go to bed and that will make about 2000 calories for the day. A similar macro-nutrient breakdown as yesterday. Sodium was high, from the pizza no doubt. I'm not trying to eat to a certain ratio, just seems to turn out that way, about 40% Carbs, 35% fats, 25% proteins. If I go buy some chicken breast or tuna I'll likely flip the fats/protein ratio.

As far as body composition, I'm going to update that weekly but here's what I measured in at the day I started on the Warrior Diet and Intermittent Fasting:

Weight: 178.2
Body Fat: 18.1% (first thing in the morning, real body fat% was about 16.4%)
Waist (1" above navel): 32.50"
Waist (1" below navel): 34.50"
Hips: 38.25"
Bicep: 13.25" / 15.75" (at rest and flexed, a stupid vanity measure)
Chest: 41.50
Thigh: 22.00"

Day Five - Morning Workout

Today I started out with Simplefit program Level 6 Day 3. This is where you try to see how fast you can perform a set number of reps. Level 6 Day 3 is 32 pull-ups, 64 push-ups and 64 squats. My best ever time was 5:18 in 6 previous attempts at L6D3. My time this morning?

5:06

Sweet. That's 12 seconds off my personal record. Other times for this workout ranged from 6:00 to 11:00 minutes, you know why? Because they were performed in the morning after eating a little something because "that's what you're supposed to do" and I didn't have the energy or strength to do them well. The previous record of 5:18 was done around noon on a day I had off, like 6 hours after I had eaten breakfast.

I then did some squats and bench presses followed by some barbell rows. I finished up with some core work. Total workout time, about an hour, including warm-up.

I'm debating whether I should take a protein shake this morning. I'm fairly certain that protein absorption is most efficient after working out. The only carbs are in the Skim Plus milk, and the GI and GL are low. Yep, new rule, on weight lifting days, protein shakes will be drunk after the workout.