My first carb up is Saturday, so this week is pretty well glycogen depleted. I feel fantastic, it is kinda creepy. My head is clear and I am less tired in the mornings. I got tired during the last 14 minutes of cardio last night, but I might’ve just been bored. I felt great while lifting.
I have some low thyroid issues so I am planning on just doing one day of carb up. When I started my thyroid meds last winter, I felt better and my hormone levels got better, but I gained weight very quickly (lots of carbs at that time, too). We’ll see if one day affects my lifts. Ideally I will lose enough weight to be able to do a carb up on the night before a meet (without busting my weight class), if the glycogen infusion is really as awesome as some people say.
I’m not craving carbs at all, which is really, really weird for me (I have an obscene sweet tooth and love beer). When I would eat a low fat, high protein, good carb diet I would find myself craving carbs like no one’s business. I would eat two pounds of cherries or grapes in a day, or five or six apples, and then still want a Twix bar.