1st run of GW, low blood sugar like symptoms

[elgringo0091]

I am running GW solo (from sarmsx), 5th day, while keeping my daily calories intake the same at a very slight deficit (2100 cal). Since 3 days ago and increasing, I am feeling low blood sugar like symptoms, especially 3 hours after my workouts (I only workout in the a.m). Also, intensive cardio sessions became much more difficult to complete, like I didnt eat anything.
Is this my body trying to adapt to GW ?
Should I increase my calories intake to adjust ?
I am currently slowly loosing weight while my strenght is the same. Only long intensive cardio is going backwards.

Thanks...

 

[DylanGemelli]

I am running GW solo (from sarmsx), 5th day, while keeping my daily calories intake the same at a very slight deficit (2100 cal). Since 3 days ago and increasing, I am feeling low blood sugar like symptoms, especially 3 hours after my workouts (I only workout in the a.m). Also, intensive cardio sessions became much more difficult to complete, like I didnt eat anything.
Is this my body trying to adapt to GW ?
Should I increase my calories intake to adjust ?
I am currently slowly loosing weight while my strenght is the same. Only long intensive cardio is going backwards.

Thanks...

do you have history of low blood sugar or do you consume minimal amounts? how about carbs?

 

[elgringo0091]

No history of low blood sugar.
As for carbs, I use good amounts for pre and post workout meals (no change since I started GW).

 

[DylanGemelli]

are you eating enough sugar during the day or do you keep it very low... i keep mine extremely low and i find that i have to have a small piece of hard candy or so during the day especially with gw...

 

[elgringo0091]

I have just 3 meals during the day and quite spaced:
- 6am pre workout meal, 500cal, high carb, high protein
- 11am post workout meal, 600cal, high protein, medium carbs, medium fat
- 4pm one apple (I dont call that a meal)
- 8pm night meal, 1000cal, balanced with a candy as my favorite treat before sleeping

Now that you mention this, maybe with GW, I need to either add carbs or space them less. I can somehow deal with afternoon low blood sugar levels. My problem is dealing with long cardio now. Maybe sipping carbs thru cardio, like HBCD or alike?

 

[DylanGemelli]

I have just 3 meals during the day and quite spaced:
- 6am pre workout meal, 500cal, high carb, high protein
- 11am post workout meal, 600cal, high protein, medium carbs, medium fat
- 4pm one apple (I dont call that a meal)
- 8pm night meal, 1000cal, balanced with a candy as my favorite treat before sleeping

Now that you mention this, maybe with GW, I need to either add carbs or space them less. I can somehow deal with afternoon low blood sugar levels. My problem is dealing with long cardio now. Maybe sipping carbs thru cardio, like HBCD or alike?

you need more frequency when this becomes an issue bro... it doesn't have to be large drawn out meals but your are missing a wide gap between 11-4 and since you are just finishing working out, that can be the issue... your getting 600 calories then... try to make it more toward 400 and then get another 200 a few hours later.. trust me, it will make a significant difference... spacing is more important that some believe...

 

[elgringo0091]

Thanks bro, I will try that and see how this goes.
In fact, I used to have many smaller meals before (like 6) but felt like shit post workout. I got better when I increased calories post workout. Maybe I can simply add a meal at 2pm and reduce my last meal since it is the biggest one.

 

[DylanGemelli]

Thanks bro, I will try that and see how this goes.
In fact, I used to have many smaller meals before (like 6) but felt like shit post workout. I got better when I increased calories post workout. Maybe I can simply add a meal at 2pm and reduce my last meal since it is the biggest one.

definitely you can do that as well.. thats a pretty large meal that late in the evening bro... i would cut that down significantly... at least 300-400 less... that gives you room to add during the day...

 

[RickRock]

I would guess that it's definitely diet related more than anything. Dylan gave some good advice for nutrient timing of your carbs which should help.

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[jp1957]

yea, I tried hitting a larger evening meal, not quite that high though. But since I do a fasted workout, felt like crap in the morning and still feeling full.

 

[DylanGemelli]

i definitely cant eat anything like that amount in the evening... i do a 500-600 in the evening but its simply eggs with veggies and oatmeal... its very very clean and light in general...