I have come to the conclusion that I can't have any starchy stuff on sparring days and I need to put away massive amounts of protein and fat. I'm not sure about the actual science behind this....it seems that I preferentially run on carbos, but when doing something intensely anaerobic I will burn through them in about 15 minutes and then there's an bad energy dip for a few minutes until the system switches over to something else (protein, I think). But if I prime it with fat by eating fat and protein all day then I just don't run out of energy.
It's not a general 'tiredness' feeling when I run out of energy, more like I don't have enough for the explosive burst needed to pull the trigger on an attack. I'll get hit in the head and instead of a) blocking, b)countering c) bobbing/weaving I'll just drop my guard and laugh like an idiot. Or I'll go to do something energetic like a midair back kick and just end up walking in a circle.
When I lift, everything is 10lb lighter if I've had my waxy, but after an hour I tend to get that protein burning smell... I usually don't lift in the PM after eating all day so I don't know if that would help. I also found that avoiding starch, especially wheat, keeps my joints and muscles from flaming up afterward.
Anyway, I was really really careful to not eat anything off-menu all day Friday and Saturday morning and felt great. Then I freaked out after class, ate a huge (and delectable) sesame bagel with lox cream cheese and coffee, went out to see "There Will Be Blood" (and there was, in fact, blood. Maybe that dude should get a few cats and they can all be disgusted with humanity together) during which I drank a beer, then had a cheeseburger with fries and another beer, and then another beer. I was up to like 125.6lb on Sunday. And this is why I did not take pictures =D.
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