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My blog name isn't about donuts for nothing!

There she is, a Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin Cheesecake doughnut square :D

She was a beauty, and a tasty little thing that was gone too fast. Haha sorry, getting carried away.

So today I had to get my car looked at by my insurance, (thanks to some lovely human who hit my car and ran :'( while I was in, you guessed it, Dunkin Donuts last week) I also had a long day of studying ahead of me.  I decided I wanted a doughnut to help fuel my day.  I also needed to go back to the Dunkin to see if they had cameras so I could find the guy that banged up my car! No such luck.  So I got a doughnut and was on my way a little less disappointed.

Now if you couldn't guess it I obviously have a love for doughnuts! I don't eat them all the time, though I wish I could.  But one of the luxuries of counting macros is that I can eat a doughnut and not feel guilty about it! I won't feel as though it has messed up my progress.  What I want to say today is actually quite the opposite!

This lovely seasonal doughnut was what I decided to eat before I hit shoulders today.  I had a shoulder and HIIT workout planned.  I personally NEED to eat before I work out or I am sluggish and just going through the motions.  But today was the first day I tried out eating a simple carb before working out.

CRAP. Can I please have a doughnut before working out everyday?!

Now I am recently starting to play around with my food more.  The more I research the more I try new things.  I have never been one that HAS to have a  pre workout food type or drink, or HAS to have a post workout food type.  I have always just kind of eaten what I like to eat.  There are of course different trains of thought on the foods to consume before and after a workout.  That I do not plan to go into because it's not my area of expertise and I don't wanna send anyone in a bad direction.  But I do want to tell you my experience today.

I ate this doughnut, and loved it. Then after a bit proceeded to do my workout.  Once I had myself warmed up and ready it was like everything changed.  I was ready to go.  I hit more reps per set, and I even was able to up my weight on some workouts.  I also found that my HIIT routine went much more smoothly.  Usually I am suffering to get through the bursts, where today I noticed I was going over the time I set and had to stop myself.  Naturally this could have just been a good day, but I feel as though this outcome warrants some further investigation.  I.E. eating more doughnuts :D

I shall devour more doughnuts and workout and get back to ya on how it goes!  Man am I excited.  Happy Monday of course! I am off to do more studying.
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