Attended a group class at Rio Pro today and during the live training was completely gassed! During my matches, I would do well and slowly advance my positioning and eventually catch someone in a submission, but then be completely gassed afterwards. My legs were just tired, and after we fist bumped to restart, I found myself unable to resist their attacks. When stuck in bottom of side control I just didn’t have it in me to bump up to create space and recover guard. I was just out of gas and my legs wouldn’t do what I wanted them to. … Read More
Category: Nutritional Ketosis
Day 60 – Nutritional Ketosis
Weight: 179.2
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 85
Hours of Sleep: 6:29
Energy Level: Fair
Physical Activity: BJJ
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 3
Still can’t crack the 1.0 mmol mark despite not drinking any Vitamin Water yesterday… so I guess I can assume that the stevia isn’t the cause of what is holding me back. At least I’m still keeping the streak alive.
Did my body circumference measurements today:
Abdominal Circumference (in): 34.5 -> 34.1 -> 33.9
Hip Circumference (in) : 38.5 -> 38.1 -> 38.1
Right Mid Thigh Circumference (in): 21.5 -> 21.6 -> 21.9
Left Mid Thigh Circumference (in): 22.0 -> 21.9 -> 22.0
Good to see my abdominal circumference continue to come down. … Read More
Day 59 – Nutritional Ketosis
Weight: 179.6
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 85
Hours of Sleep: 6:59
Energy Level: Excellent
Physical Activity: Crossfit
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 2
Still off in my predictions…BUT at least I’m still in ketosis. Let’s see how long I can keep this streak alive! Despite recording everything I eat meticulously, I’ve been lazy in recording what I drink. It typically doesn’t vary much, but includes 1 cup of coffee, a few cups of green tea, and some water. Recently I’ve been drinking 1-2 bottles of Vitamin Water Zero, just for a change in flavor… and I can’t help but wonder if there’s an ingredient in there that is screwing up my ketones. … Read More
Day 58 – Nutritional Ketosis
Weight: 178.4
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 89
Hours of Sleep: 6:40
Energy Level: Fair
Physical Activity: Crossfit
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 1
Back into the zone! I’ve been staying up later than I’d normally like to which is impacting my sleep this whole week…. coupled with the workout I had at Crossfit this morning, left me feeling pretty beat all day.
Looking back at my food log, I realized that I’ve been so focused on eating more fats that I kind of forgot all about eating vegetables, so I made a conscious effort to eat more today. … Read More
Day 57 – Nutritional Ketosis
Weight: 177.6
AM Ketones: 0.4
AM Blood Glucose: 83
Hours of Sleep: 6:26
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: Crossfit and IFAST
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 0
Not quite sure what happened to my ketones. My glucose was in the low 80s and that usually coincides with a pretty good ketone level, but today it wasn’t the case. Can’t really offer any explanation except for the fact that the ketone number can be a fickle son-of-a-gun. Killed my 2 day streak of being in nutritional ketosis.
Had an excellent workout today at Crossfit. … Read More
Day 56 – Nutritional Ketosis
Weight: 177.2
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 87
Hours of Sleep: 6:13
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: IFAST
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 2
Another new low for weight. Though with the drop in ketones, I don’t think I can even hazard a guess. It might have to do with the fact that I had less sleep than usual -> cortisol -> insulin -> lowered ketones. At least I’m keeping my streak alive, day 2!
Hopefully tomorrow will bring new lows in weight.
Macros were good today, and the overall calorie intake was pretty low. … Read More