I’m a guinea pig … again
Ok, the past 2 weeks, I’ve been doing the same routine as previously. Every day treadmill 1 hour. Monday Tuesday circuit training, diet low carbs. Wednesday only treadmill, diet low carbs. Thursday, chest and arms , diet white carbs (bananas, white bread, white potato). Friday legs, diet whole grains (oatmeal, whole wheat bread). Saturday Sunday normal diet high in protein whole grain carbs, strawberries, etc. treadmill only. My protein intake is appx 6×40 or 240 grams a day. I take Omega 3 pills, eat black olives and Extra Virgin Olive oil for fats. But I also eat whole eggs almost every day. Everything da usual … for me.
Today and tomorrow, I am out to find out what will happen if I increase my cardio 50% in intensity. I am out to prove that fat burning is nothing more than calories in versus calories burned. NOTHING else. Also to prove that my body will not decimate muscle hah! Today and tomorrow I will eat low carb as on a normal Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, but no supplements at all except protein mix and the omega 3 pills.
7:30 AM Got on the treadmill. 34 minutes total time. 1 minute warmup 0 incline 3 mph. 30 minutes red-line 12% incline 4 mph. 3 minute cool down 0 incline 2 mph. I got over walls at 5 1/2 minutes and 13 minutes. Then clear sailing. I even ended running at 6 mph for 1 minute. That was a killer! But it was unreal. The treadmill said I burned 410 calories. The most I have ever burned previously was around 550 for 60 minutes!
6 PM Second session the same as above. It was much harder though because I hardly ate any carbs all day. I hit a wall like 5 times. Yet I was still able to end by running for 1 minute at 5 mph.
Music made the difference though … especially with the second run at 6 PM. 5 minute wall overcome by Nysnc Pop: Do you ever wonder why, This music gets you high? It takes you on a ride, Feel it when your body Starts to rock!!! Yeah! Then at 13 minutes Rick Astley Together Forever (I’m a hopeless romantic): If they ever get you down, There’s always something I can dooooo, Because I wouldnt ever wanna see you frown, I’ll always do whats best for you!! (I had about 3 people on my mind!) But the best was Danity Kane’s Damaged: I thought that I should let you know, That my heart is Damaged, Damaged, So Damaged! Wow, at the end of the day, no carbs, 25 minutes red-lining the treadmill, I took off on a run! Talk about the mind body connection!
Lastly, here’s what I ate today: 8 AM: 3 egg omelette, coffee and protein drink with multi-vitamins and Omega 3. 10:30 AM: Protein Drink. 1 PM: 4 oz lean roast beef, 1 ounce sharp cheddar cheese, 1 tablespoon almonds. 4 PM: homemade protein snack (1 tb peanut butter, 1 1/2 scoops protein mix, 3 tb milk). 7 PM: Dinner same as 1PM meal 9:30 PM: Protein drink 1 oz sharp cheddar cheese, 10 black olives.
I’m going to do it one more day tomorrow. I took pictures this morning before I started and will take pictures Monday night after a normal day of eating plus my Monday circuit training. And I will relay what has happened to the fat muscle composition of my body.
Peace all … Paddy 
