BJJ Caveman

Day 41 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 21, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 181.2
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 91
Hours of Sleep: 8:26
Energy Level: Excellent
Physical Activity: Snorkeling and BJJ

Looks like my guestimate was off. My ketone levels didn’t change much despite my swimming and running around with toddlers yesterday. Looking back, I think the problem arose when I was waylaid by some prime rib that I couldn’t refuse. My macronutrient ratios were looking pretty good up until that point and the large influx of protein from the prime rib probably elicited some form of gluconeogenesis or something that caused my ketones stay low and my glucose to go higher than 90. … Read More

Day 40 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 21, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 181
AM Ketones: 0.7
AM Blood Glucose: 88
Hours of Sleep: 8:04
Energy Level: Excellent
Physical Activity: Swimming, bodyboarding, playing with toddlers!

This is my 14th consecutive day of being in nutritional ketosis! My ketones slightly increased from 0.6 to 0.7 mmol. In reflecting on why I’m having so much trouble getting to levels higher than 1.0 mmol, I should try increasing my overal fat percentage to around 80%.

Found an organic grocery store a few blocks down for the place we are renting and stocked up our fridge! … Read More

Day 39 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 20, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 179.6
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 88
Hours of Sleep: 6:00
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: Swim in the ocean, walk on the beach

My sleep was so short and thus my energy level was down because we had to wake up early for another flight. My travels have now taken me to Hawaii. I noticed that my appetite suppression was still in effect since I didn’t start to get hungry until about 6-7 hours after breakfast. I still haven’t quite gotten to that point where I could forget to eat a meal and accidentally enter into a state of intermittent fasting. … Read More

Day 38 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 18, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 179.2
AM Ketones: 0.9
AM Blood Glucose: 85
Hours of Sleep: 7:29
Energy Level: Excellent
Physical Activity: None

Yes, that is another plate of Chinese food. This time we asked them to hold all corn starch which they were willing to do, so hopefully everything I ate was ok. Another update into the saga of my blueberry mousse… was that I discovered that it also shouldn’t be eaten alone. The first and thing I ate this morning was a slice of the mousse and about 45 minutes, the GI issues ensued again. … Read More

Side Control Series with Rigan Machado

Posted on January 18, 2013January 21, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Rigan Machado is an expert in all things BJJ and especially side control. He knows how to use his weight…. all 260 lbs and likes to illustrate this by saying, “Come here…. so you can feel.” Then he shows you what all 260 lbs feels like and it gets hard to move and even harder to breathe. When you try to hip escape or turn onto your side, techniques that occasionally work on people that aren’t 8th degree black belt masters, you go nowhere and lose even more air until you just want to tap out… and that’s before he’s even tried a submission.… Read More

Feedback from black belt Chris Torres

Posted on January 18, 2013January 21, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Here are some great pearls I picked up form rolling with black belt Chris Torres today in Rigan Machado’s academy.

I’m athletic (first time in my life I’ve ever been called this) but rely too much on my athleticism and trying to muscle my way into and out of things.
I have a good base
I’m still not using my whole body together. It’s sometimes there but most of the time I’m not using my upper and lower body in conjunction.
When in turtle, get the f—- out of there right away, don’t just settle there.