I’ve always been on the heavier side and struggling with my weight was the norm for me. While I wouldn’t have called myself morbidly obese or anything, I would say that I was doughy with a good amount of ‘spare tire’ and ‘love handles’ with an estimated body fat percentage of around 30%. I am 5’9″ and at my heaviest weighed around 215 lbs. I managed to lower my weight to around 200 lbs using a lot of caloric restriction which left me hungry and unsatisfied most of the time. … Read More
Category: Ketogenic Diets
Out of Gas
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
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