This past Wednesday, I was out with my bff. We had dinner at
a
pub in between where we live. By bf is a talented in vivo
scientist. For my non-pharma audience, the “in vivo” trials she runs are in
animal models that have been bred to have human illnesses. She makes sure potential compounds are safe and effective before pharma companies even consider trying it on a human. My point is when
I have aches, pains and mysteries of the body; I turn to her knowledge of
biology. Example, me pregnant: “Why am I so f-ing tired all time?” Her, your body
is making a baby and its energies are re-directed to making a baby.
So in the midst of the two of us solving the mysteries of
our lives, as women’s conversations can be so telling, I asked her why I was so
f-ing hungry with weight training? (Note: I have also asked Google and my fabulous Trainer).
I mean, it’s like age 14 starting junior varsity swimming and feeling like 30
laps in the pool was the end of me. Then going to McDonalds with my parents and
eating multiple cheeseburgers. Yes I am that tired and that ravenously hungry.
My best friend, Google and Trainer have told me that I am
destroying muscles as I work them. As my body rebuilds those
muscles, I am going to need more food, hence my desire for the fatty and protein-licous. This week it was
provolone and dark chocolate chips mixed with sunflower seed butter.
I am in week 3 of my
UpLift training and I
have noticed my body changing in addition to the appetite of a 14 year old
pre-pubescent boy. I have been able to run again, not as a recovery but in
addition to the weight training. This is a vast improvement over Week 1.
The
plan has me working one set of muscle groups for
example arms and chest. As the workout is destroying me, the sequence of events
has the rest is built into it. I have to stress active rest, which
happens right before total annihilation. So I could be dying with 3-way bicep curls then get to “rest” with pushups before I get into a set of burpees.
Who doesn’t love a
burpee?
As a result, I need to consume more calories to rebuild
what I have just obliterated. By the way, I keep using words like destroy,
annihilate and obliterate because I kid you not; these workouts are kicking my
ass. I also have to add that instead of filling up on vegetables and small
portions that I need to turn to more “nutrient” dense protein and fat,
otherwise I am light headed (and f-ing hungry).