Greece Week

100 squat challenge today!

Workouts to get still this week. YIKES.

• Cowabunga Workout X3
• Surfers Paradise X3

• Bridal Babe X1 + 30 minutes Cardio
• Santorini Bikini X3 + 20-30 minutes cardio
• Malibooty X3 + Bikini Cardio
• 45 min cardio
• 20 min cardio + Surfers Paradise X3
• Get active with a friend
• Sunday Runday!

Today I worked 10 hours. :/ I didn't want to, I still cant shake the exhaustion and the bloating is really getting to me. Abs is my focus this month, and I was seeing great progress until this bloating settled in. A bunch of my TIU sisters suggested I up my calorie intake to at least 1700, since I burn 500-600 most days, because the minimum should be 1200. I was way confused all along about how to cut... I thought I had to workout in addition to only eating the minimum in order to lose 2 lbs per week and that was working at first but sure enough, it has stopped. I've always questioned my energy level as well.... I try to avoid energy drinks and coffee doesn't seem to do it. I also tried B12, but that didn't seem to help. I didn't get what was wrong with me!! The ultimate reason I am inclined to agree with them is not that I feel hungry all the time or feel that I'm starving myself (on the contrary! I eat nutrient dense foods and get way more out of the foods I eat than I was before this healthy initiative)... No, the reason I think they're right is because my fat % has increased meaning my body is holding onto fat because it thinks it's being starved. I guess this is what people mean when they say "listen to your body." Also that I'm tired a lot!

I'll admit, I feel really weird deciding to up my calories when I feel heavy, bloated, and fatigued and the weight has been creeping up again. I just want to say I'm not giving up on the weight loss! This is not an intent to make things easier on me for awhile, I just want to see results for all the hard work I've been doing in workouts... Plus, I don't like how tired I've felt the past two days. And then last week I had that headache that wouldn't pass. Yeah, something has been up and I'm hoping that upping my calories will resolve the problems. I don't want to become lax with my food journaling though, so I decided I will try this for 4-6 weeks. I'll assess  this decision on 6/5, 6/19, and 7/3 (if so needed) to make sure I don't lose track. I don't want to get too anxious about the weight, but I do want to make sure my bodies getting what it needs.