Carb Depletion; No Problem
Since I am now 5 weeks out from my Indy contest, I decided to do a rehearsal week. I didn’t want to wait until the week before the show to find out what it’s all about. I had read and heard about "carb depletion" then "carb upping’ to help fill out for the show. Along with this came gallons of water.
It’s now been 5 days of depletion (less than 15G./day) and I really can’t tell much change. I’m a little hungry, but I just eat protein a little more often to solve that (180-200G/day). The first day of the heavy drinking (water) made me feel like a water balloon, but the next day my body started getting rid of it. I dropped a couple pounds, but my energy level has been pretty much the same even with an increase of 30 to 45 minutes of cardio 5 days a week, up from 2-3 days previously.
My wife asked me, "When are you going to be grouchy?" I replied, "When ever you want me to dear."..lol..No problem there either. I retained my old lovable, even keel, personality all week. Actually, I’m ready for the show right now! I’m experimenting with Pro Tan in different layers to see what that is like as well. I only had 1 layer applied in my last set of pics.
I’ll post some 5 week out pics this weekend to see if there is any noticeable difference since I posted the 12 week pics.
August 21, 2009 at 9:09 am
The wife is waiting for the grouch monster she had heard so much about during the depletion phase lol. Looking forward to seeing the 5 wk pics…Stay Focused.