I can eat anything. My bathroom habits are almost totally normalized. I have zero prescription pills I have to take. My body is feeling good and responding. I can tell it is healing and moving forward!
But.........(and you knew there was a but coming) I signed up for the Pans in 10 days and I need to weigh 123.5 pounds that morning. Lately I've weighed between 123 and 126 first thing in the morning. One night I weighed 129 before I went to sleep! So my body is loving having food and wants to gain weight. Wants me to get stronger and more flexible.
So right when it feels I am on the verge of 'taking off' I am having to cut back so that my weight is low enough for this tournament in 10 days. I even ordered a new gi that is a pound lighter than my others to give me some breathing room on the scale!
Why am I doing this? Well the weight classes are <126.5 for galo or <141 for pluma. I figured it would be easier and better to drop the two pounds than try to gain 13! Normally I weigh 142 pounds and cut 5 pounds down to 137 to make it with the gi on. Because if you are .1 of a pound over you get disqualified and they weigh you right before your fight.
Breakfast has gone from potato, egg and chorizo burritos to fresh papaya and a protien shake.
Lunch went from two slices of pizza and a soda to water, 7 wheat crackers* and a can of tuna.
*Yes, I do have a scale that measures in grams I can weigh food with. Normally I use it to weigh bike parts to see how much a difference is between parts.
Going for that Christian Bale Machinist look? Well, its only 10 days.
ReplyDeleteThat scale is pretty pimp.