And I guess some Nazi vegans were on the prowl looking to bash some people for eating meat and following the ketogenic lifestyle. Well, since I follow the ketogenic lifestyle, I thought I would put my two cents into the conversation and I told them that they didn't know what they were talking about. They didn't like that. We exchanged words and they're a bunch of sissies so they didn't back up any of their words with action.
The thing was they were bickering with me in such a manner over the stupidest smallest minutia that some switch flipped off in my head that I actually felt compelled to lift.
So I went to the gym and banged out this episode of weakness.
Gym 09:23 PM 12/09/2014
Shoulder press seated 135-2
Dead chest press 135-2
Dead pin press 1/4" above chest 135-1
Dead pin press 4" above chest 155-0
Precor incline press machine 2" deficit 240-1
Precor incline press machine 1" deficit 200-1
Precor incline press machine 200-0
Precor incline press machine 2" above chest 180-1
Pec flyes rehab work 10 lb dumbbells
My pre-workout meal was three oatmeal raisin cliff bars. Intra-workout meal was one Cytosport Cookies and Cream container of whey protein drink. Post workout meal was three handfuls of Skittles candies.
The oatmeal bars were chosen for the slow release of glucose caused by the fiber of the oatmeal. (Fiber slows down the digestion process of nutrients.)
The Skittles candies were chosen just as a quick mainline of sugar straight to the liver to refill glycogen reserves and keep my appetite down post workout. Somewhere I read on the internet that it takes about 120 grams of carbs to replenish glycogen reserves in the liver.
So as you can tell my war on carbs has subsided because I just know from experience that carbohydrate is necessary to sustain energy during the course of a workout.
Of course I went straight back to the ketogenic lifestyle for my post workout meal. Earlier in the day I had bought a bunless, no ketchup or cheese double quarter pounder from McDonald's and I had it stowed in my vehicle underneath my seat. It was kind of cold and hard but I was hungry and I needed some glucose and protein so I ate it and fell asleep.
The following days I've been ketogenic although my meat intake has risen threefold. Without working out my double quarter pounder intake was around two a day. Now that I'm back to training, my double quarter pounder intake today has risen to six. I don't want to eat too much meat though for fear of a massive blood insulin spike which would cause leptin resistance and make me hungry.
You see, leptin is an appetite suppression hormone your body releases to make you feel full. The problem with carbohydrate intake is it makes the body release insulin. This massive influx of insulin into the body then causes leptin resistance, so you will never feel satiated and continue to eat thus causing you to be fat.
The goal this time around is to gain muscle but lose weight. The experts even Mark Bell say it's impossible. But I think the trick is to manipulate that interplay between insulin and leptin. So before a workout I'm eating slow release carbs and post workout I'm eating fast digesting sugars.
The intra workout food choice is whey protein. I like it because the insulinogenic effect is very slight and I drink a couple of sips before every working set of my heavy lifts. More than half of the protein in the whey is converted to glucose so it also provides energy for me to accomplish my workout. The post workout meal is a moderate amount of meat or low fat protein.
I never really noticed the sweet taste of meat since I stopped eating sugar laden foods. My taste buds have adapted to pick up the slightest hint of sweetness in foods. Chicken and ground beef are almost like eating a piece of cake but with more of a diluted sugary taste. Even spinach salads I can taste the carbohydrate in them as well .
The following days I've been ketogenic although my meat intake has risen threefold. Without working out my double quarter pounder intake was around two a day. Now that I'm back to training, my double quarter pounder intake today has risen to six. I don't want to eat too much meat though for fear of a massive blood insulin spike which would cause leptin resistance and make me hungry.
You see, leptin is an appetite suppression hormone your body releases to make you feel full. The problem with carbohydrate intake is it makes the body release insulin. This massive influx of insulin into the body then causes leptin resistance, so you will never feel satiated and continue to eat thus causing you to be fat.
The goal this time around is to gain muscle but lose weight. The experts even Mark Bell say it's impossible. But I think the trick is to manipulate that interplay between insulin and leptin. So before a workout I'm eating slow release carbs and post workout I'm eating fast digesting sugars.
The intra workout food choice is whey protein. I like it because the insulinogenic effect is very slight and I drink a couple of sips before every working set of my heavy lifts. More than half of the protein in the whey is converted to glucose so it also provides energy for me to accomplish my workout. The post workout meal is a moderate amount of meat or low fat protein.
I never really noticed the sweet taste of meat since I stopped eating sugar laden foods. My taste buds have adapted to pick up the slightest hint of sweetness in foods. Chicken and ground beef are almost like eating a piece of cake but with more of a diluted sugary taste. Even spinach salads I can taste the carbohydrate in them as well .
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