I need my sugar and bread!

I'm off the elimination diet and I learned a few things. The whole purpose for me we to try and figure out how to help clear my skin and aid in muscle recovery. In my case, it had the opposite effect. By eliminating grains and refined sugars, I was not able to hit my 3000 calories a day that I burn and wieght fell off rapidly, as did my training performance. My weight bottomed out at 136 lbs and my waste went down to 28 inches. On the plus side, hill climbing has gotten easier and I found my long lost abs! 

On the minors side, my acne got worse, probaby due to hormone swings from my reduced caloric intake. My muscle recovery was appalling. I could hardly handle 60 miles a week of training volume and I had my word race of the year at a time of the year at a time I should be thriving biased on my training callender. I took two rest days after 5 days and 50 miles and my legs were still tired.

On week three, I gave up on the diet. I started eating sub sandwiches, MetRX bars, and cake along with lots of salad and like a switch, I feel like I'm back from the dead! I set 2 KOMs this week bringing my grand total to 5. The carbs seem to re charge my legs like some kind of super fuel and a day or two after a hard ride, I'm ready for more. 

More KOMs are on the horizon. I set both of these in my work shoes with a 5 lb messanger bag on my back.