Before the Experiment (side view)
Before the Experiment (Front View)
I got 3 workouts in today.
The first was a painful 4-mile run. I had no energy. I was moving, but about as fast as a crippled crab on a crutch. I pressed through the run but I felt completely drained. I may have to ease into this running thing if I’m going to try to go to gym. I haven’t made it there yet.
The second workout may not qualify as a workout at all but I was pretty exhausted afterwards. I didn’t have a true appreciation for the effects of all that pure protein on my digestive system. Keep in mind that although one of the items I forgot to purchase was a fiber supplement, I really thought the 1 tbsp of flax seed would suffice. Sike. It’s fair to say that I was backed up pretty bad. In any case, I felt like I had passed a squirrel carrying a pine cone. I wasn’t pretty.
In order to mitigate experiencing that again, I increased my flax seed content to 4x tbsp. But that my flax in the bottom of a shake looks like a bag full of smashed gnat ass. So I decided to drink it through a straw in order to get all of the flax off the bottom (with ice). Here is where the workout began. The straw I had was small the ice, flax and shake coagulated at the bottom of the straw and my jowls reached muscle fatigue before I gave up and drank it normally. I guess I’ll go to McDonald’s and get some real straws. If I can drink a thick milk shake with them, then the hopefully the flax seed will flow too. We’ll see.
It’s all downhill from this point on! Passing a squirrel with a pine cone is the best description for those painful experiences. How about some flax seed oil to limit the number of servings of the milled version? “Less filling, but tastes great”.
James Evans
Thanks for the tip. I give the flax oil a shot. I probably need to up my water consumption too.