Normally it is considered unwise to leap right into weights without doing a little foundational work in cardio to get your system ready for heavier loading. But if you had done that we wouldn't have this painfully amusing post. ;-)
I'm ten years older and I still have the blast-furnace-after-food effect. This is probably good, a sign that your metabolism won't allow high blood sugar to last for long; failure to produce an insulin response is part of "metabolic syndrome," which leads to fat deposition and weight gain, eventually to diabetes.
The dietary discipline sounds good, basically what I do. You've been leading a charmed life if you could still drink sugared soft drinks and not suffer. You looked pretty damn good last time I saw you , just before this crash program. A few months in you will plateau for a bit, but don't let that worry you -- you will also start to feel better as the longer term effects of fitness show up and the short-term muscle soreness fades. It's rare that I feel it these days and I think of it as a sign of a good workout when I do.
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Date: 2013-08-03 07:25 pm (UTC)I'm ten years older and I still have the blast-furnace-after-food effect. This is probably good, a sign that your metabolism won't allow high blood sugar to last for long; failure to produce an insulin response is part of "metabolic syndrome," which leads to fat deposition and weight gain, eventually to diabetes.
The dietary discipline sounds good, basically what I do. You've been leading a charmed life if you could still drink sugared soft drinks and not suffer. You looked pretty damn good last time I saw you , just before this crash program. A few months in you will plateau for a bit, but don't let that worry you -- you will also start to feel better as the longer term effects of fitness show up and the short-term muscle soreness fades. It's rare that I feel it these days and I think of it as a sign of a good workout when I do.