Amanda76’s BodyBlog

Just a quick update on how things are going.  No major epiphanies just yet.  :-p

IN A NUTSHELL:

Anabolic Diet: Have been eating around 1,500 on low carb days and 1,800+ on carb ups.  It’s definitely getting easier but I don’t enjoy what I eat most days as much as I used to.  I’ve shifted my carb ups to Friday and Saturday instead of Thursday and Friday because I have a lot of family celebration type stuff coming up and it will be easier to deal with celebrating if I can eat carbs on the weekend.  Don’t want to miss any vino!  LOL

Hunger: It’s getting easier to eat.  I have more of an appetite on carb up days than non-carb up days.

Cravings: None.

Energy: Normal.

Mood: Normal.

Mental Clarity: Normal.

Physical Appearance:  Everything seems to have tightened back up to what I consider to be normal, including my legs and glutes!  Either that or I forgot what I used to look like.  LOL  It also seems like I’m not flattening out as bad as I get further away from my carb ups.  I’ll let you know if I get any more horrified looks or comments about looking small or “not like me.” 

Measurements have remained about the same as they were a couple of weeks ago.  I did weigh in at a lot less than usual a few times, but I’m having some issues that will keep me from getting accurate readings this week so I’ll wait for measurements. 

Workouts:  It’s VERY important that I get my workouts in starting the day of my first carb-up.  I guess because I work out at night, that gives me plenty of time to store up carbs throughout the day and have good energy that night.  I feel best on my 2nd carb up day, but there’s not too much difference between my workouts until I get to the 2nd day after my carb up.  I can go about my daily routine as normal, but my workouts tend to fall apart as I move further from my carb-up.  Overall, I’m still weaker and have less endurance than I had before starting AD, but my workouts have started to become a lot less aggravating in ways I’m not sure how to explain so I’m hopeful that things might start to turn around.   

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