bigbassbrent's Journal, 11 March 2014

I haven’t written a journal in a long while. This morning I did my first upper body weight training workout since I had the flu week before last. I added 5lbs of weight on several of my exercises and I am feeling pretty darn good. I know it was a good workout because I do push-up’s last to measure how much I got left in my “tank”. I was able to do one set of 8 with proper form, then on my next set, my form fell apart after the first one so I quit. This tells me that I worked hard today.

As far as my blood sugar goes, it seems to be heading in the right direction now. My fasting level this morning was 121. Then after working out (45 min) and drinking my protein shake, it was 116. Much better than the fasting 140-161’s I saw last week when I was over stressed and ill. I just checked it now, 3.5 hours since I had the shake and I am at 103. Seeing this instantly lowers my stress levels!

As far as diet goes, I’ve been sticking to the plan. I was supposed to go walking and do a core/ab workout yesterday evening, but we went out to eat beforehand to our favorite seafood restaurant in town. I ordered something that I have had many times in the past, but this time I had a reaction to it, as if I had eaten gluten. Bloated and painful for about 4 hours. The only thing I did differently was I took two bites of baked potato with some skin. That’s the only difference, and they were small bites. I’m thinking my body is no longer able to handle some types of carbs after being so restrictive for so long. Oh well, lesson learned. I really don’t miss baked potatoes that much, it’s the toppings that taste so good anyway. Sour cream, butter, bacon and chives are perfect for my low carb diet. Next time we eat there I may just ask for a bowl of the toppings and tell them to leave the potato in the kitchen. I’m sure they will think I’m a nut, but I kinda am, so who am I to worry about it.? haha

Keep up the good (and hard) work everyone!

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2350 kcal

Fat: 172.44g | Prot: 143.70g | Carb: 39.65g.   Breakfast: HEB Heavy Whipping Cream, coconut oil, coffee, Justin's Nut Butter Natural Almond Butter - Classic, heb greek yougart, Now Sports Whey Protein Isolate, HEB Almond Milk Unsweetened Vanilla, Whole Foods Market Stevia. Lunch: Kroger Chopped Onions, Heinz Simply Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Ground Beef (80% Lean / 20% Fat), Oscar Mayer Traditional Bacon, Shrimp. Dinner: Ground Beef (80% Lean / 20% Fat), Oscar Mayer Traditional Bacon. Snacks/Other: Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts, Miller Brewing Company Lite Beer (Bottle). more...

2856 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Weight Training (moderate) - 45 minutes, Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 30 minutes, Driving - 2 hours and 25 minutes, Sleeping - 6 hours, Resting - 6 hours and 50 minutes, Desk Work - 7 hours and 30 minutes. more...