Hi,

I have been starting to slowly increase my carb count as I hit the gym
harder and require more carbs to properly function during and after the
workout.

So on my "off days", the days before I do the gym, I eat something carby
which is low on the GI scale.
Today it was a six inch turkey breast sub from subway, on whole wheat bread
(about 45g carbs and 4g fiber), as well as 2 slices of carb for life bread
(5g net carbs each), and I may just have about 15-30g more carbs before the
day is out.

Not alot of carbs by any measure, I mean, we are still well under 125g,
right?

HERE COMES THE SUPER DUMB PART.

When I work out, 35 minutes before or so, I always get a double espresso.
However today, I went into starbucks and got a venti (large, 20oz) dark
roast, and asked them to put a shot of espresso in it.
Why? I have no idea my friends. No idea.

The schedule looked like this:

10am - first meal. 2 slices low carb bread, 1 egg scrambled with 25g cheese
1pm - 6 inch sub on whole wheat bread (1L diet Pepsi)
1:45pm - super caffinated coffee
2:30pm - 1L diet coke

Then about 4:30pm I start to feel something I haven't ever felt before... I
am hungry, it is a blood sugar spike... yep. A blood sugar spike.

The funny thing is, I was taken out to the marble slab creamery the other
day (this was before I had a workout the next day), and that day also ate a
ton of other carby stuff as per usual. That day (according to fitday.com) I
tipped the scales at a whopping 166carbs!
However, even with the super rich ice cream and the thin crust pizza, etc I
did not get this spike.
(I had the ice cream because someone took me out for my birthday).

So the caffeine has to be the culprit. I did not go and work it off, so it
spiked me.

I caved today and I ended up munching on a bran muffin, which sucks, but
what are you going to do?

Yep. you need to listen to your body, and make sound choices. I did not do
so today, but unlike the past, I know this isn't the end of the world. I
just need to get back on that horse tomorrow ;-)