Very impressive @s.gentz. I don’t know which floored me more - that you lost over 30 pounds in the first post, or that you gained 10 in a refeed; both are feats!
I imagine it’s less that you lost strength and more that you lost energy if you dramatically reduced carbs. And now your body has adjusted to your current energy source and become better at it.
You went from being a sugar burner to a fat burner. Switching fuels can be rough at first.
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Finished week one of 531/rest pause 6 week challenge and I’m sore as hell. Coming back to straight bar deadlifting after a slight hiatus wasn’t very fun, especially with jumping straight into widowmakers.
On the food front, I’ve significantly scaled back carbs, had a sudden and extreme drop in bloating the first week and have gotten noticably more vascular in my arms the past few days. It also looks like some quad veins want to show, but I’m still too fat for that. Seems like things are moving quickly for me, though.
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Feeling super hungry today, managed to get to the gym this morning at 530 and get in an almost full workout. I wonder if that’s going to be a thing now, if I train in the morning on the Velocity diet, I get hungry more closer to the afternoon?
Thanks for the reply.
Definitely had a rough week or two. I’d totally forgotten about what a grind low carb can be at the beginning, which is odd seeing that I’ve done this before.
We tend to forget trauma and only remember glory. It’s why I’ve run Super Squats 3 times.
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That hasn’t really been the case for me. The gym is appetite-suppressing for me
@kleinhound
The man. The myth. The monster. The legend.
Dude freaking seriously.
Whats your training and eating like these days?
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At the moment man I’m running a Grizz Phys S&C2 program, they’re a bunch of royal marines who write cool hard shit.
As for diet, I’ve had to pivot like a week ago as I got some dodgy kidney results on a recent blood test.
I’ve been working with my Doc/kidney specialist and Dietician to come up with a plan to combat it but basically I’m back to being plant based (not vegan, just quite limited eggs and dairy, protein capped at 120g, sodium at 2000mg, fats at 80)
My Dietician is awesome though, she specialises in this but also in sports nutrition so she’s focused on improving my kidney health but not at the detriment to my performance. Lots of focus on nutrient timing around workouts to minimise protein turnover.
I’m only about a week in but I think my body composition is actually improving because I’m reaaaaally focused on hitting my macro/micro goals. Fear is a powerful motivator haha
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Interesting, I also have some dodgy results for kidney function too, working with dr and a specialist. Must be something in the water down under.
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You’re old as fuck though 
Hope you’re all good mate! I think mine might come down to poor nutrition and hydration practices. Really hope yours isn’t too serious mate 
@simo74 @kleinhound These dodgy blood test results you’re getting… is it elevated Creatinine levels, or something else?
LOL I do feel that old sometimes. Function has shown a steady decline over the last 3 tests a few years apart, Nothing to be concerned about yet. Cant see the urologist until mid April. Going to do some more bloods next week and see if results were effected by hydration as they were taken early morning / fasted.
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Yeah man that and slower than desired eGFR
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Elevated Creatinine is very common among people with high protein intakes and heavy weight training.
TL;DR: you’re jacked, so you have elevated creatinine
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Haha yeah sort of jacked. There’s other stuff too so just getting to the cause of it. Being jacked shouldn’t mess with eGFR though.
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Depending how they calculate it, it absolutely does. It’s not your real GFR: the “e” is for “estimated,” and it’s a formula that most often includes your creatinine numbers.
I’m not telling you to not do the right things, because I think it’s silly to justify our poor health markers and then die of a chronic illness we chalked up to being awesome; just clarifying that small point.
I’m interested in how it shakes out for you, because I also chase that metric. Mine improved my last two trips, so there’s hope!
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Yeah that’s what Nephrologist and Dietician think
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And 100% agree with you
Definitely my mentality in the past has been “I have abs therefore I am healthy” lol
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My creatine was definite on the high side but 1kg of red meat a day for months and months will do that apparently. Mine issue was my liver function showing a reduction 2 tests in a row, a couple of years apart. eGFR reducing from 90+ 8 years ago, to 70 4 years ago to 50 now.
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