Here we go!!!!

[Cutiebolic]

Is the caffeine new? Sometimes too much caffeine gives me bad headaches...I'm just brainstorming here but usually the answer lies in the diet. Dammit! lol

I'm with Cali here... Diet changed right before the headaches, right?

I was thinking in the opposite direction, though. If you cut back on caffeine too abruptly (or nicotine or alcohol) you can get nasty headaches.

Same with if you're dehydrated (which might be relatively so if you're taking more supplements).

Also, I can't remember if you mentioned it or not but are you taking Clen or anything other than the Anavar?

Stevia sometimes gives me headaches as do some of the other artificial sweeteners. Sorry to go all Matlock on you but sometimes the only way to sleuth it out is trial and error.

Finally, Radar brings up an interesting point... Definitely get your blood pressure checked. You can do this for free at many pharmacies and it takes 60 seconds. Kinda silly not to.

Other thoughts... I (and a lot of women) get horrible migraines. I went to neurologists, had MRIs and CT scans and still about every other month would wind up with an ER visit for a headache and vomiting that would turn out to be another migraine (hot, I know).

In the end, it turns out that what triggers my migraines is muscle spasms in the nape of my neck and the small muscles at the base of my skull. I'm especially vulnerable to straining these when I'm starting a new program and have to stay cognizant of not tensing my neck (lol... This can even happen, um, in bed... Sorry Mom). This is easy to test for by feeling the back of your neck for "knots"... Tension even in the traps and shoulders can generate this too.

Just thoughts... Obviously if you haven't figured it out soon it might make sense to see a doc.

Hope you feel better soon!

xo

 

[dmk777]

Yeah Iv'e suffered the same thing my docs said it was a tension head ache I tried everything for it but nothing worked until I was was prescribed syndol if I remember rightly this was ibuprofen paracetamol and caffeine or something long those lines the was they worked is they relaxed the muscles which were tight and took it straight away, Im not sure if you guys have them over the pond but might be a good idea to try...........

 

[RADAR]

Yeah Iv'e suffered the same thing my docs said it was a tension head ache I tried everything for it but nothing worked until I was was prescribed syndol if I remember rightly this was ibuprofen paracetamol and caffeine or something long those lines the was they worked is they relaxed the muscles which were tight and took it straight away, Im not sure if you guys have them over the pond but might be a good idea to try...........

Our pond is a big hole to row

 

[figurechamp]

The headaches finally stopped!!! Thank you for all the suggestions. I'm still not sure what it was. Maybe it was just tension headaches coz I stress out so much about whether I'm doing this dieting thing "right" or not. I've got to stop obsessing!!!

Yesterday was shoulder day. It's usually my favorite workout of the week. But I just wasn't feelin it. I had very little motivation. I pushed through it, but I just wanted to go home.

And the eating thing was particularly rough last night. I really wanted to binge. Not even so much. "binge" as just eat whatever I want and not feel ashamed about it. I really would have rather had a bowl of cereal late last night instead of the protein source. And I really wanted to wash it down with a cookie. So I felt kinda depressed last night, which is weird coz I've never felt that way over food. I've never even thought about food as much as I do now. I guess it's because now that I can't have certain things, that's all I think about.

This week will hopefully be better. For one, today (Sunday) is my refeed day. Carbs will be my best friend today. And I go back to work this week. I've been off for the last month. I work at a major university and we've been on semester break. So I've had lots of free time to just think. It's annoying. I'm hoping that getting back into the regular work groove will make dieting easier.

And as I was reading Cali's log, I liked her idea of mini goals and her four week goal and then a reassessment. I'm copying. I've decided to plug away with this until the end of January. If I'm not seeing any noticeable improvements or if I find that the discipline it takes to do this is too much for me, I might stop the diet and perhaps give up the idea of competing.

But that's not til the end of the month!!! So in the meantime, I'll keep training hard and eating right. Thank god today includes a cheat meal!!!!!!!

 

[figurechamp]

Our pond is a big hole to row

That sounds dirty!! Lmao!!!!!

 

[dmk777]

Hey Fc that's great that them head aches are gone, I sometimes feel the same bout needing to binge but what helps me is I know that if I just give in a eat something I'm craving that doesn't take away the craving or even make it any easier so it's pointless giving once,
Cheat days for me is always a Sunday when I eat a beef roast and sometimes even a desert after but ATM that's not too bad for me as I'm needing as many cals as poss for 5x5 my true dedication will be tested when I cut for summer I think I'm guna find it hard so I guess what I'm saying is the building is easy it's the diet that takes true dedication.

 

[figurechamp]

I'm having a better day today. I'm down 4lbs for one. For only 8 days of dieting and only 3 days of cardio per week just yet, I'll take it.

I'm feeling pretty good too. I've had several days that I just wanted to quit. And I was worried I'd feel the same way after my cardio session this morning. Afterwards, I felt like shit. I don't understand all these folks that claim they feel like a million bucks after cardio; that they somehow feel "refreshed." I call bullshit on that one. I can honestly say that I've NEVER felt refreshed after a cardio session. Never in my life. It has always made me wanna go right back to bed. Of course, I don't, but I know that if I were to sit for too long (like more than 15 minutes), I'd fall right to sleep afterwards.

But I had to go to work afterwards today. Dammit.

My workout then this afternoon was awesome!!!! Today was chest day. I rotate workouts and today I returned to the flat bench press after not doing that exercise for about six weeks. Opened up with a warm up set of 12 @ 135lbs. It was super easy. I was surprised. My last set ended up being 185 for 8. I've never done that. Usually can only pop out 5 or 6. My max bp is around 225 for a double but I didn't wanna push the heavy shit today since I've taken so much time off from flat bench. But holy shit! 185 for 8 is awesome!

Moved on to dumbbell presses, three sets of the 70s for 10!

Then I pussed out on flies and this other thing I do (don't know the name of it!lol) coz I was beat.

Then I cranked out some abs and whooped myself even further.

Now I can't sleep. It's almost 5 am and I gotta get up in about 2 hours. Awesome!

 

[dmk777]

Yeah it's strange that one chic normal the chemical release during cardio makes people feel good but to tell you the truth immediately after I feel crap then after a good rest and after food I seem to feel refreshed Spose all of us different this just proves that! ,
Great workout there huni well done for pushing through the hard times I'm sure you should soon start feeling the benefits , and how you couldn't sleep after that I don't know lol , hope today isn't too much of a battle for you no sleep to me = one helliver mood lol.

 

[RADAR]

Yeah it's strange that one chic normal the chemical release during cardio makes people feel good but to tell you the truth immediately after I feel crap then after a good rest and after food I seem to feel refreshed Spose all of us different this just proves that! ,
Great workout there huni well done for pushing through the hard times I'm sure you should soon start feeling the benefits , and how you couldn't sleep after that I don't know lol , hope today isn't too much of a battle for you no sleep to me = one helliver mood lol.

Your gals need some N2KTS when on the days your feeling sluggish!

 

[figurechamp]

Yeah it's strange that one chic normal the chemical release during cardio makes people feel good but to tell you the truth immediately after I feel crap then after a good rest and after food I seem to feel refreshed Spose all of us different this just proves that! ,
Great workout there huni well done for pushing through the hard times I'm sure you should soon start feeling the benefits , and how you couldn't sleep after that I don't know lol , hope today isn't too much of a battle for you no sleep to me = one helliver mood lol.

I'm glad to hear that cardio doesn't make u feel too much like superwoman either!!!

It's 7:30 and I'm up. This will be interesting today. Full day of work followed by a killer leg day this afternoon. I hope I don't fall asleep while standing!

Going to go weigh myself in a few minutes. That scale better say I dropped another pound!!!!