Weel 2 - Update and Dieting
Damn. I have not been updating due to being sick 1 week and then mid-terms the next. Today was the first day back at the gym and man am I ever weak. Just so you can get a sense of how weak I am, I am asian and with all the weight lifting for a month previously I could barely hit some people's warm up weights.
If you haven't heard already, dieting is the other half of weight lifting that is important. Without a proper diet, you'll get no where. I've read from certain sources that eating more frequently and reduce the quantity and from other sources I've read eat some carbs to make you more full for longer. I certainly do not know which one is correct but what I have been trying is carb cycling. On days you workout, I allow myself to eat more carbs with vegetables and protein. On the following day, I minimize carbs and do not eat carbs or keep it to a minimum. By carb cycling, you minimize gaining fat because carbs take a long time to digest. There's more benefits and details from other sources online that you can find. I'll list one of them I found here.
(Picture from Cyanide and Happiness)
Something encouraging I heard was that the toughest time in weight lifitng is when you want to quit because that's when change starts happening.
Tl;Dr: I went to the gym after a 2 week break and i'm a weak ass shit. Does anybody read this?