TT Eric diet log 2014

[TT Eric]

You need to get over the emotional effect food is having on you. Having a cheat meal or a cheat day can be a good thing as it is used for actual physiological purposes...ie to increase T4 to T3 conversion. This is the very reason why I incorporate refeed meals or days into my diet. Also eating perfect 100% of the time will not make your physique better then eating perfect 95% of the time. People tend to punish themselves or load up on guilt etc because they didnt eat perfectly....nonsense. If you think pro BB are eating perfect even on a precontest diet I have news for you.

Find some cheat food that you enjoy and that doesnt make you feel like crap and schedule it in every week.

P

I completely agree with what you say: I want the cheat meal to be carbs for the thyroid and I need to find something that don't get me sick (too much volume/sugar in my cheat meal is the probable cause). 100% agreed! Just not sure if I'm emotional about the food, maybe it's a blind spot I have (?), if you let me develop a little more about it, it might help clarify it...

Eating clean year round for me is something I now consider a necessity, my fault, but I should have recalled what I've said in a few previous threads/posts that hypercholesterolemia runs in the family, both grand-dad are dead of heart attack, one is dead when my mom was 12 y/o, so very young, one uncle is dead from heart attack at 30 y/o, one had a heart attack at 28 y/o, open cage surgery for bypass, dead at 42 y/o, my dad is dead also from clogged arteries, etc.. when I was 19 y/o my doctor said I probably had one of the highest level of cholesterol in Canada for my age group, went to see another doctor, told him that, he laughed so hard, but when he saw my blood test results he confirmed what the other guy was saying. So in my case, I surely should not ignore that. I took statins for 20 years, later on I learned that it was not the fat that was causing the clogging but excess of carbs that was causing arterial inflammation (some of the articles you posted helped with that and I've read the book you recommended me, thanks again) and that statins might not even help, so I dropped them because of possible side effects and changed my diet to reduce carbs to control arterial inflammation. Now, not only I want to control carbs for health reason, but having excess of carbs/junk make me sick since I'm not used to them anymore. Therefore eating 'clean' make me feel well and give me satisfaction! Part of it might be emotional, part of it might be cognitive (?).

Need to be said: at PWO time/evening I like to enjoy a carb 'treat' and it make me feel good, I enjoy this time, so even though I said 100% in my earlier post, I do not eat 100% clean since I'm having this daily treat, usually a homemade dessert or alike (banana bread, square dates, brownies, sushi, oven baked fries etc...). The rest of the day is like mechanical, pre-setted, not something I need to think each time, I have some berries in the morning and raw milk in shakes: those make a loooong way for me, can't be happier then that.

Be sure, that I clearly understand and 100% agree that we do not need to be super clean to have great results. I do it principally for health reason and when I do it right it give me satisfaction.

Also, I'm a very passionate guy, very dedicated and disciplined, so it's easy for me when I have a goal to put all in line and do it right, I get satisfaction from it. I like things well done. It's part of my personality.

Part of what I do/did for a living is build businesses, building a new project from scratch or improve something with potential, I try to figure what would be the most efficient steps to make it successful, fast! Before I made a comeback into bbing, I was into cars, I figured with a knowledgeable guy what parts would work best and made a world record out of it, that is copied by many people today. Unfortunately for bbing it does not work that way, even though every steps are perfect, if you don't have genetics you won't go as far as someone with great genetics and less discipline.

Eric

[TT Eric]

BTW I'm surprised to see you posting, how is your arm ? Still going to the National ?

Eric

[steve_d]

Your analogy makes perfect sense. The sense of accomplishment by putting in 100% and doing your best may be part of the equation - for you. This is why I mention that for some people putting in double effort for marginally improved results is important. But to each their own. And in some cases, as you say putting more effort for an EQUIVALENT result still might be better. Some people just like doing what they do. However, some people are just not educated. This is evident when it comes time to final week prep. Many people feel that magic happens going to extremes, and while it's sorta true, the same magic can happen doing things smarter and without suffering.

Sure, competing isn't rainbows and puppies all along, but there can be less thunderstorms than some people force themselves into especially that last week. The best example came from the idea of supercompensating muscle glycogen by carb depleting and then carb loading. This started out likely popular with marathon endurance athletes. And even then the science isn't the greatest IMO. Besides, those athletes don't even need to worry, since they can eat on the road, so maximizing muscle glycogen isn't as important as everyone makes it out to be. Then comes the bodybuilder who used the same logic to 'fill out' more. Then came the figure competitor who used the same concept... And now the bikini competitor... Ok, seriously, why would a bikini competitor carb deplete for 3 days and then attempt to load on rice cakes to 'fill out'. Makes no sense to me, but that's another argument.

Sorry, off on a tangent - but the point is, putting extra effort doesn't need to be defined as eating a certain way and feeling a certain way. To me, effort is defined as learning the best, smartest, easiest, most reasonable way to achieve the results you want. Effort isn't defined as 'hashtag 3 hour HIT cardio empty stomach, hashtag win at all costs".

I think it's just important to define what putting 100% in means and what gives the sense of accomplishment. The examples above don't necessarily apply to you, but its a mentality you see in the sport about 'effort=suffering'... No pain no gain might be partly true, but more pain does not equal more gain.

[Praetorian]

BTW I'm surprised to see you posting, how is your arm ? Still going to the National ?

Eric

Unfortunately my 2014 Nationals run is done. I am 3 weeks post surgery and doing well but will require 2-3 months of rehab to get back to where i was in May. Then I will have to start to build for 2015. No worries injuries are part of the game and its all about getting past them and moving on.

P

[TT Eric]

Strong guy is strong! How did it happened this time if you don't mind sharing!?

Eric

[Praetorian]

It was an injury from back in Nov 2013 when i was benching and felt a tear. We all assumed it was rotator cuff but it was biceps. We rehabbed it and it seemed fine but it was always very unstable because the tendon was hanging on by a thread. Finally back in May i was doing light bicep curls 50lb dumbbells and it ruptured.

P

[TT Eric]

Wow is was definitely hanging on nothing, 50lbs db is like lifting a beer for a guy like you.

So you were pretty much improving your one hand keyboard typing for a while without us knowing!!

Eric

[TT Eric]

Week #13, I'm at 189.6lbs so a loss of 1.8lbs which is great IMO since I did not change anything from last week. I feel that to keep this going, I should increase the cardio to +20min, so 50min x2 instead of 40min x2. No change to the diet, stay at 2 no fat days (Wednesday and Saturday). Sounds good ?

Eric

[Praetorian]

You could do 45 min times two and see how that goes....mid week if weight hasnt dropped you could increase it to 50.

P

[TT Eric]

Just wondering if green beans and peas are off limit of the keto diet ? I'm 99% peas are out because too much carbs, but another trainer said it was ok , so I wanna be sure.

Eric