Day Twenty Seven - Overeating

I had my protein shake after the workout and then I started eating pretty much right after that and I skipped the salad just because I didn't feel like having one today. I had the other half of the roasted chicken, some walnuts, raisins, fried potatoes, an apple and some Kashi Go Lean Crunch with dried cranberries added. That's less than 2000 calories but about 123 grams of protein. I'll probably have a few more snacks before bed.

When I ate upwards of 3000 calories for a couple of days a few weeks ago, I was really overeating, partly because I got freaked out about the 6 pound weight loss in the first week and partly because I was taking advantage of the whole "overeating" part of the overeating phase. I actually ate myself uncomfortable a few times. I've really learned just about exactly what I need to feel satsified. I think why this diet is so successful for some is that it's pretty easy to restrict calories on this diet, if that was something you wanted to do. I need to average about 2500 calories a day, give or take but it'd be easy to eat say 300 calories during the undereating phase and then fill up on 1500 calories during the overeating phase. You'd feel pretty satisfied after 1500 calories but you'd still be in the negative.

Last Sunday when I was sick and after two days of poor eating I weighed in at 186 pounds but this morning, focusing on better foods throughout the week even though I was still off and on sick, I'm down to 175. I've never had an 11 pound swing like that before in less than a week. I feel it has something to do with this way of eating. It's like if you eat a lot of crap, you get fat quick, but if you eat good food, the fat melts off. Does that make sense? That's probably not possible but it feels that way.

Day Twenty Seven - Exercise and Undereating

Today I had coffee, a vitamin and two apples during the undereating phase. In the afternoon I decided to workout. I wanted to do something longer than normal and something that would really get me sweating and sucking wind. After a warm I tried my hand at the 300 Workout:

Pullups - 25 reps
Deadlifts with 135lbs - 50 reps
Pushups - 50 reps
24-inch Box jumps - 50 reps
Floor wipers - 50 reps
1-arm 36lbs Kettlebell Clean n Press - 50 reps
Pullups - 25 reps

I had to do some modifying because I was at home and I don't have all the equipment necessary. For the deadlifts I put a 53-pound kettlebell on top of the 80-pound sandbag and deadlifted that 50 times. That took longer than I would have on the bar because I had to keep readjusting the kettlebell but it worked reasonably well. Instead of box jumps I just jumped up and touched my knees to my chest. For the floor wipers, I couldn't use the kettlbell/sandbag combination without the kettlebell smashing my face so I only used the sandbag. I have 16 kg. kettlebell so the clean-n-press was not an issue.

I finished in 30:16. Truthfully, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be the 100-burpee challenge makes me sweat more but I can do that in 9:47. I think I'll try the 300 Workout and try to get that time around 20 minutes. I had to take rests here and there for water and to catch my breath.

After that I did:
ring dips 3x5
ring push-ups 4x8
Full squat cleans with 53 lbs kettlebell: 3x5 each arm
Hanging leg L holds: 4 sets to failure
20 minutes of heavy bag work
Oblique work with 53lbs kettlebell 4x15 each side
Figure 8 with 53lbs kettle 3x20
Tabata Squats: Score 13 (bad, I was tired)

Total workout time about an hour and a half.

Just letting my body know what's up if it ever decides to get sick again.