I know this calls for something drastic.
I have to do something. This calls for some kind of drastic change.
Tara took the time today to talk to me via Skype about it, which I really appreciated. She thinks I need to stop concentrating on the number and focus more on how I feel in this new body.
I can appreciate what she's saying. Yes, I'm smaller than I have been in a while, I'm getting stronger lifting heavy, my clothes feel a little loose, but I'm still 20ish pounds overweight.
I need to evaluate some things. Tara thinks I may not be eating enough, and she suggested upping my calories. Like astronomically. Which scares the shit out of me. She believes what may be happening is that I'm not eating enough of the right things, and so my body is holding on to what it shouldn't be.
There's a bootcamp place by my house that offers morning classes (like, crazy early, before work kinda early) 3 days a week. I'm thinking of doing it for 3 weeks to shock my body. If I like it, I'll continue it and just cut down on my at home workouts, to like once a week.
We'll see. Right now, it's still something I'm thinking about.
Got on the treadmill for an hour this morning to release some of the negative BS I was still carrying around with my from yesterday. 539 calories burned.
See, I had wondered that, too. I have NO idea how many calories you consume, but working out the way you do on top of just your daily activities (and it seems like even on your 'off' days you're darn active), it seems like your resting calorie burn would be pretty high. I wanted to say something like maybe try upping your cals for a week and see what happens! Because with all of that new muscle you're building, your resting calorie burn is just going UP. So, giving it a week or even two wouldn't set you back and you'd see if you needed to up them. But I figured you'd been doing this much longer than me and if that was suggested, it needed to come from someone with even more experience than me or you. Especially since I'm in a slump myself. I hope you give it a try and just SEE if it makes a difference. Because what a good fix if it is! Please keep us posted and GOOD VIBES!
ReplyDeleteI have heard that about food too. If you don't eat enough calories your body goes into starvation mode. I have also heard that if you stop losing change up your work out routine a bit. You look amazing! Glad to be following along!
ReplyDeleteHow would you feel about maybe only weighing once a month? Perhaps continuing to go to WW weekly but don't have them tell you your weight. I know that what it says really impacts my day(s). That would mean also not weighing in at home.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what you're eating or how much, but you do work out so much (and so intensely when you do!) that it may very well be possible you are not eating enough calories. But that's for you and someone with more nutrition knowledge than me to figure out :)
ReplyDeleteI know it sucks not to see the results on the scale, I do hope you take solace in the fact that you do look GREAT, strong and fit, even though you aren't at goal.