How I Changed My Diet

As in my last analysis I have changed my diet again during this period. During this period I greatly reduced my calorie intake to an average of 650 claories per day. These changes produced noticble results as I expected they would. I realized almost immedietly that this was not a sustainable diet, which is why I stuck with this experiment for only two weeks. I am using the knowledge from this class to see how my body reacts to various changes. My diet during this time consisted of carbs only in the morning and none throughout the remainder of the day for the most part. The morning carbs were my saving grace as they produced a noticeable energy spike that allowed me to get my days started. The down side to this is that due to the carbohydrate deficit, my body quickly burned through them before lunch time every day. At a 650 calorie per day diet, I was able to lose about three percent body fat but at the sacrifice to strength and endurance throught my workouts. Standing up became a chore and at times took my breath away. Every moment of everyday was the most exauhsting I have felt in a long time. I remained strong and increased my

I routinely walk at a 4 min/mile pace for 30-45 minutes per day with my heart rate monitor keeping me at a steady 150-160 beats per minute during the entire event. I try to complete this firt thing in the morning to kick my metabolism into gear early, however at the decrease calorie intake waking up in the morning before wowrk was not always easy. During the times that I was unable to wake up in the morning I completed this cardio event one hour after eating dinner and before bed. My weight training remained the same with an average of 60-90 minutes working out in the 8-20 rep ranges with varied weights. I noticed that my typical weights were almost impossible but I was able to drive through with the training at lower