This afternoon's lower body weight session was much easier than I had anticipated, even with the recent 5 lb increase in weights. I had to double check a few times to ensure I was using the correct higher weights.

At this point, I highly suspect that it's mostly mind over matter; my unwitting subconcious mind wishing to show the efficacy of cutting out all carbs.

It would be interesting if I could fine another at the gym to run this experiment, especially since this person would have less bias on the effects of cutting out all carbs.