20 march – undereating, ketosis… what?

Today was a different day – I’m working second shift, so I had to decide what to do with my workout. And moved it to 11:30. Probably 1 slight mistake was that I had breakfast at 7, and then didn’t eat anything till workout. Then I had headache at the end of it and couldn’t even finish the cardio part at a good pace (read down)

Woke up at 6:15, but stayed in bed till 6:45. Sore leg muscles still cause me some pain, though I think it’s slightly less than yesterday.

07:15 – Breakfast: oats with milk + two tablespoons of honey + ground seeds (flax, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower)

12:30 – Post-workout: 1 protein bar (55 grams with approx. 22% protein)

14:00 – Lunch: approx. 350 grams of baked lentils, 2 boiled eggs

18:00 – Dinner: 3 boiled eggs, 1 tomato, 1/2 cucumber

20:30 – Snack: 150 grams of milk curds, 400 grams yoghurt

Workout started at 11:30:

4 series of leg lifting, 3 series ab crunches, 3 series back extensions – warm up

5 series seated rowing machine – back muscles

6 series negative angle bench press – chest

Finished with 2 x 2 minutes rowing machine as cardio, which I couldn’t finish – I think I might as well be either undereating or be in ketosis of some kind – as I reached the end of the workout I started to feel bad, wanted to throw out, had headache. That’s why I finished earlier than expected. A couple of minutes after the protein bar I felt great and my energy was back to normal. Is this some kind of placebo effect or real?