Lew, I wouldn't change your diet so drastically unless you have to for medical reasons, e.g., there is no reason to cut out coffee. Sugar, yes, but whole grain carbs can stay. Hydrogenated fats should go, but natural, healthy fats should stay.
-S-
Steve,
Thank you for your concern and advice.
I'm not a coffee drinker.
I got cured of that when there was JP5 jet fuel in our water supply on my Navy cruiser and you could see
the fuel swirling in the coffee.
The ship's medical officer said a little fuel would help clean us out!
Military wisdom: oxymoron.
I have a cold caffeine problem.
A gallon a day of Diet Coke.
I actually lost a salivary gland to it about 4 years ago.
My wife says I'm stubborn.
Since I buried Ben 5 months ago, a lot of things are changing in my life.
Caffeine's gotta go.
The rest is two fast food meals a day.
I put 'em in my food app.
~5000 calories a day in those two meals.
Fast food's gotta go.
The new way of eating (diet is a four letter word) is something I can and want to do.
One day a week is cheat day.
The same day I rest from S&S practice.
Sunday.
I'll let you know how it works for me in a month.
I've been meaning to check back with you.
Saturday was my first official full session with HR monitor.
Maffetone rate is 127-10 for blood thinner = 117bpm
(I had a massive bilateral pulmonary embolism 2 years ago.
Reason unknown. No markers. Complete blood test. Full body
scan for everything. Good news. Not a damn thing wrong with me
except for those pesky blood clots which almost killed me!
Doctor told my wife I'd be out 6-8 weeks.
I was back at work in 11 days.
I'm a lot tougher than I look!)
Resting HR ~83.
S&S warm-up gets me to low 120's bpm.
Rest about 2 minutes to 105bpm.
Swinging 16kg gets me to about 123bpm.
~2 min rest to 105bpm.
Then I'm swinging 10reps again to 123bpm.
After 8 sets my HR is up to about 127/128, ~2:15 to get back to 105bpm.
I can pass the talk test at ~115bpm, but I want to be strict about the program.
After reading scores of comments about HR and monitoring, I'm quite satisfied
I am solidly in the fat burn zone and only cross briefly and lightly into the
fitness zone. Right where I want to be.
Once every two weeks I'll 'test' as S&S says.
The TGU.
I can do one full rep with 10lbs each side.
Each practice I want to increase by one part of a movement towards another rep.
That's the goal, but the pace will be perceived perfection at each movement.
Practice, warm-up to finish, 31minutes; but I'm not doing all ten TGU's yet.
And is advertised, I felt recharged afterward.
I felt amazing.
So amazing I wanted to do it again when I got home.
I didn't.
Thanks for checking in!