I woke up feeling good today. Sleep is finally improving. I started taking magnesium L-threonate again, and it clearly helps. I am sleeping deeper and no longer waking up so often to go to the bathroom, which alone feels like a small victory.
Then came the real surprise. I stepped on the scale and saw 79.6 kg. I honestly cannot remember the last time I was below 80 kg. Probably high school, around twenty-five years ago. Muscle mass is slightly down, as expected, but I also lost about two percent body fat, sitting at sixteen percent total now. That part caught me off guard. Intuitively, I assumed less movement would mean more fat. Instead, it seems recovery itself is burning through energy, and since carbs are lower, the body is pulling from fat stores. Not what I expected, but interesting to observe.
I started the day with stretching and some exercises, but I avoided heavy quad work. The session with Cleyber really pushed it to the limit, and the muscle is still sore. I also felt a familiar pain in the muscles close to the knee on the right side. That pain has been there since surgery. We managed to release it yesterday, but once we started loading again, it flared back up. Persistent, but not new.
After that, I went to the gym. Seeing my weight drop made me slightly nervous about losing muscle. Nature is unfair that way. You spend months building strength, and it only takes a few weeks to lose it. I trained back and biceps with a trainer’s help, and that part still felt solid. At least some systems remain intact.
One thing bothered me, though. I started feeling that familiar loss of power in my thumb and index finger again. That raised some concern. Am I using the crutches incorrectly? I read that cycling gloves can help by adding padding and reducing wrist strain, which might be the culprit. Something to test.
I came back home, did more Game Ready, a few exercises, and rested. After a week full of standing and walking, resting actually felt productive. Nutrition was not great today, but sometimes recovery days look like that. Let’s see how tomorrow responds.
Key Takeaways
- Sleep quality is improving with magnesium support
- Significant weight loss reflects muscle loss but also reduced body fat
- Recovery itself demands a high energy cost
- Quad soreness and localized knee-area pain persist but are familiar
- Upper body training still feels effective
- Crutch use may be contributing to hand and wrist fatigue
- Rest days matter after physically demanding weeks