I was delighted by the scale this morning registering 159.5, this especially after an intense training day and sore legs this morning. When I look back at my training logs and the inflammation I felt, I wonder now if that inflammation was related to diet. Looking back, I felt nervous about getting enough food to fuel my training and so used sports drinks and carbs. The result was bloat and weight gain. This makes perfect sense when I look through the lens of hormonal balance (biology, not physics).
After reading about nutrition in Maffetone’s tome on Endurance Training, I decided it was reasonable to have fruit juice during intense training sessions. I had an intense 15 minutes of intervals on an indoor bicycle, which zapped me, and I wanted to lift too. So, I had some fresh crushed fruit at the club (about 330 ml). This put the carb count up higher.
Yesterday’s numbers:
Day 2/45
Weight 160.5
Calories 2,093
Fat 136.4 grams ( 57 %)
Carbohydrate 82.8 grams (15 %)
Net carbs 47.1 grams
Dietary Fiber 35.1 grams
Protein 144.8 grams (28 %)
pure paleo 30 