RaginCajun's Daily Log

[RaginCajun]

Blood work

[GirlyGymRat]

What's next for your knots?

[RaginCajun]

What's next for your knots?

I have a lot sharp knives, thinking about cutting them bitches out!

Did some really deep stretching (yoga stuff) and legs feel a little better, but still a long ways to go.

After doing some reading, I still think there could be some type of thyroid issue going on. I get the chills for no reason at all and seems that a high bun/creatinine ratio, as well as high calcium serum, correlates to the parathyroid.

Honestly, I don't know what to do. I am miserable in the fact that I cannot train like I want to. Head is still in it, but the body just won't let me do what I want to.

[RaginCajun]

Did a nice upper body workout today, arms are still shaking two hours later.

Def need to do more stretching and try to drink more water hoping my body will soak it up. Seems I stay dehydrated, always thirsty. Not sure if my body processes water/electrolytes well.

[RaginCajun]

Did a full body workout, felt good. I def need to condition myself again, I feel out of shape.

Stats to date, 177lbs 19-20% BF. Seems my body loves this size!

Still trucking

[RaginCajun]

40 minutes of fasted cardio and I foam rolled.

Knots feel somewhat looser in my legs, little improvement.

Progress nonetheless

[zempey]

Could the fasted cardio contribute to the tight feeling in the legs? Just curious if being empty and using knotted muscles is not allowing them the nutrients they need to loosen up. Just a theory, you know your body better than I, I was just curious if you had tried adding something pre cardio in the past.

[RaginCajun]

Could the fasted cardio contribute to the tight feeling in the legs? Just curious if being empty and using knotted muscles is not allowing them the nutrients they need to loosen up. Just a theory, you know your body better than I, I was just curious if you had tried adding something pre cardio in the past.

Nope, doesn't matter. My legs have been jacked up for months. I normally eat before the gym but today, just wasn't hungry. Bout to whip up some chocolate banana peanut butter protein pancakes with sugar free syrup

[RaginCajun]

same weight today, 177 lbs around 20%. been grinding on my legs with all these knots and today, my legs are all bruised up! i guess i feel some relief from it and will continue to do it. i need to do cardio but trying to figure out these damn knots, don't want to set myself back any.

[RaginCajun]

Legs felt somewhat good today so I did the big 3 today, squats, dead lifts, and chest. Diet will get sharper and looking to cut some of the carbs and replace that with fats.

[bigsjunk]

GOOD LORD MAN, TAKE SOME CALCIUM CITRATE AND MAGNESIUM; please. Pretty please.
Also, that battery of tests is totaly worthless indetermining any underlying vitamin/mineral deficiencies and you should know that with your background.
Notice that sugar being a bit high? Magnesium is low, go eat some shiny nails.
Oh, and wow, I haven't even finished reading this entire post but way to go for keeping at it for 3 years and allowing us to go on the ride with you.

[RaginCajun]

GOOD LORD MAN, TAKE SOME CALCIUM CITRATE AND MAGNESIUM; please. Pretty please. Also, that battery of tests is totaly worthless indetermining any underlying vitamin/mineral deficiencies and you should know that with your background. Notice that sugar being a bit high? Magnesium is low, go eat some shiny nails. Oh, and wow, I haven't even finished reading this entire post but way to go for keeping at it for 3 years and allowing us to go on the ride with you.

I take calcium and magnesium everyday. What is helping is grinding/breaking up the knots with a roller or lacrosse ball.

[RaginCajun]

Def can tell I lifted weights yesterday! Back is nice and sore from doing dead lifts. Reading and more about high fat low carb diets. I have never tried keto type diets, but it seems many have success with it. Tarmyg posted a while back about a book called: The Art and Science of low Carb Performance. I am only two chapters in so far but enjoying the concept and thought process of it. Made me think differently about fats in my nutrition. Still learning my body and wanting to give this high fat low carb thing a go.

[RaginCajun]

30 minutes of cardio and abs, also did some foam rolling on these legs. They are feeling better so I will continue to torture the hell out of myself!

[RaginCajun]

47 min of walking

Cooked a bunch of food today, so I'm prepared for the week!

[tarmyg]

Today I would like to congratulate you. You started this log On Thursday, 27 January 2011 and today when I am posting this it is Monday, 18 August 2014. That is a 1,300 day posting streak. That is nothing less that incredible. Congratulations!!!

[RaginCajun]

Today I would like to congratulate you. You started this log On Thursday, 27 January 2011 and today when I am posting this it is Monday, 18 August 2014. That is a 1,300 day posting streak. That is nothing less that incredible. Congratulations!!!

Thanks T!

Pissed excellence this morning!

Off to the gym to do cardio and roll these knots!

[RaginCajun]

30 minutes of cardio done! First time I have had coffee/caffeine in a while, man am I going fast!

As I have mentioned, I am totally switching up my diet, in which will consist of low carbs and high fat. Macros look like this: 141g of protein/139g of fat/ 20g of carbs. I will also have to remind myself to pound the H20!

[Jcz85]

Hey dude, I don't know shit about anything but I'm about your stats, little leaner, I try to get 50g of protein per main meal, 300g total. I'm trying to put on muscle and lean down.

Not sure if taking whey and protein bars to help supplement is the same as eating it in meat form? Anyone know? Say I get about 100g/day of protein in powder + bar form, will my body still use it as efficiently?

[RaginCajun]

Hey dude, I don't know shit about anything but I'm about your stats, little leaner, I try to get 50g of protein per main meal, 300g total. I'm trying to put on muscle and lean down. Not sure if taking whey and protein bars to help supplement is the same as eating it in meat form? Anyone know? Say I get about 100g/day of protein in powder + bar form, will my body still use it as efficiently?

you may be leaner than me, but i am still sexier! you do not need 300g of protein a day. you prob need about 200g of protein, 400g of carbs and 50-70g of fat. try that for two weeks straight and see what happens.

[Jcz85]

you may be leaner than me, but i am still sexier! you do not need 300g of protein a day. you prob need about 200g of protein, 400g of carbs and 50-70g of fat. try that for two weeks straight and see what happens.

I did try that. I gained back the body fat I had lost with two weeks of solid cardio added to my weight training.

[RaginCajun]

I did try that. I gained back the body fat I had lost with two weeks of solid cardio added to my weight training.

i posted in your thread

[RaginCajun]

Did a kettlebell workout his AM, really got my blood flowing good!

Legs are getting there, still,a ways to go, but if feel they are progressing in the right direction for now

[RaginCajun]

35 minutes of fasted cardio

[tarmyg]

How is it feeling thus far?

[RaginCajun]

How is it feeling thus far?

i feel the same as always. i am a little tired, but i did not sleep well last night and have only been averaging about 6.5 hours per night. i am liking the diet so far!!! i do miss those damn sweets, but it is not as bad as i thought, especially eating bacon and cheddar cheese everyday! i am only on the 3rd day of eating like this. i do have some questions though. do i need to be at zero carbs? i have been staying at or under 20-25g of carbs a day. i am getting confused over net carbs and just carbs in general from all the reading i have been doing. should i just shoot for under 20 grams of sugar carbs per day, or carbs altogether? only carbs i am getting came from 5 raspberries today and maybe 1g from unsweetened almond milk. other than that, the only thing sweet i may have is splenda and my protein powder in the AM, which has 4 carbs per serving, 1g sugar. thanks for pointing me in this direction.

[tarmyg]

do i need to be at zero carbs?

No, never heard of anyone to need to be at zero to reach Keto adaptation. I set my goal at zero and usually end up between 10g-25g when going for adaption. After adaption I add in vegetables as my carb source to reach ~60g/day.

i have been staying at or under 20-25g of carbs a day. i am getting confused over net carbs and just carbs in general from all the reading i have been doing. should i just shoot for under 20 grams of sugar carbs per day, or carbs altogether? only carbs i am getting came from 5 raspberries today and maybe 1g from unsweetened almond milk. other than that, the only thing sweet i may have is splenda and my protein powder in the AM, which has 4 carbs per serving, 1g sugar. thanks for pointing me in this direction.

I am going to be very surprised if those 20g-25g/day will hinder your progress towards adaptation. I only calculate net carbs as my carb sources all contains a high amount of fiber. Honestly, until you have adapted stay as low as possible, after that you can start experimenting with how high you can go and see where it breaks Ketosis.

[RaginCajun]

No, never heard of anyone to need to be at zero to reach Keto adaptation. I set my goal at zero and usually end up between 10g-25g when going for adaption. After adaption I add in vegetables as my carb source to reach ~60g/day. I am going to be very surprised if those 20g-25g/day will hinder your progress towards adaptation. I only calculate net carbs as my carb sources all contains a high amount of fiber. Honestly, until you have adapted stay as low as possible, after that you can start experimenting with how high you can go and see where it breaks Ketosis.

That's what I figured, thanks! I need to go buy some keto sticks. I have stayed under 25g total for the past 3 days. Honestly, besides not sleeping well, I feel good. I also have to watch my protein intake. I am so use to eating a lot of protein, i do it almost subconsciously. I have stayed around the macros I need so just gonna keep on trucking along! I will weigh in next Wednesday to see how it is working. Only hinder will be the weekends, heading to the beach this weekend so I know some cocktails will be involved. I will stay away from the beer and just have a few high balls.

[RaginCajun]

20 minutes of fasted cardio and bout 10 minutes of foam rolling. I could actually stay on the foam roller longer today than I have in a long time. Legs are healing up slowly but still have a long road ahead. I am going to keep doing what I am doing since I feel some positive difference.

[RaginCajun]

30 minutes of fasted cardio

[RaginCajun]

Did a circuit workout this AM, really got sweating good!

[RaginCajun]

25 minutes of fasted cardio and foam rolled

[RaginCajun]

Macros for today: 157g fat, 157g pro, 20g carbs. (65% fats, 29% pro, 6% fats) 2125 cals

One week weigh in tomorrow of basically eating a cyclical keto diet. Last week I only had high carbs from Friday evening to Saturday night. I know one week is nothing so will continue eating this way for a while to see what happens. I am back in the gym now more a days and really loving it. I know I need to take it easy but having a hard time laying back!

[lovbyts]

You have a lot more discipline than me. I think it's my ADD. I just cant sit and do stuff like the foam roller. I have an inversion table I SHOULD use and a very nice roller massage chair but I cant bring myself to sit or hang for even 5 minutes let alone 15 minutes a day like I should. I have not used my inversion table for months.

No I'm OK if I go and get a 1hr massage someplace but maybe it's because I'm usually interacting with the person, talking and not having to do it myself. But thats been a long time. I need to take my own advice and go back to the Philippines soon.

[RaginCajun]

You have a lot more discipline than me. I think it's my ADD. I just cant sit and do stuff like the foam roller. I have an inversion table I SHOULD use and a very nice roller massage chair but I cant bring myself to sit or hang for even 5 minutes let alone 15 minutes a day like I should. I have not used my inversion table for months. No I'm OK if I go and get a 1hr massage someplace but maybe it's because I'm usually interacting with the person, talking and not having to do it myself. But thats been a long time. I need to take my own advice and go back to the Philippines soon.

I am the same way honestly, I can't sit still!

Maybe I need to take a solo trip out there

[RaginCajun]

Weighed in at 177lbs, one pound lighter than last week.

[RaginCajun]

30 minutes of fasted cardio

[tarmyg]

Keep it up. My guess is a 3lb loss this coming week if you stick to it.

[RaginCajun]

Keep it up. My guess is a 3lb loss this coming week if you stick to it.

Thanks!

Still have a long ways to go. I am eating 1900-2100 cals a day and still hungry, even with all the fat! Not really having any sugar cravings, my protein powder has been helping for that and it only has 1g of sugar.

[RaginCajun]

2.5 mile walk, 36 min fasted cardio

Legs are tight, especially my groin muscles on each side. I grinded a bunch last night on them but seems I need to do more stretching.

Diet has been pretty easy eating fatty foods. Only thing I worry about is my cholesterol climbing. High cholesterol runs on my father's side of the family. Mine has never been high.