
I wanted to give a recap of my nutrient intakes since I started compared to my fat/muscle percents. As carbs and fat decrease, so does my fat (slowly, but surely) and as I increased my protein and workouts, the muscle is even more slowly going up. I'd really like to see these have more dramatic changes, but at least they're still mostly going in the right directions. I just know that with how little I was eating and how hard I was working out, something wasn't working right.

I'm still struggling to understand what my calorie intake should be per day. My BMR is around 2200, so I switched my daily goal from 1200 to 1700 per day, hoping that cutting 500 from my BMR will be one pound per week. If I work out, too, then that other 500 calories will be a 2nd pound per week. Since the beginning I had my calories cut to 1200, then I'd work out 500-700 calories a day and end with only 500-600 calories. I thought this was how I would lose 1 lb a week, but apparently that has put my body into a starvation mode and it is holding onto fat and burning muscle instead. I was told we need to eat more to fuel the new muscles, and assured that the new muscles will burn off those extra calories anyway. I'm trying to steer a bit away from counting calories and more just listening to my body, but I don't want to get too lax so I'm still tracking daily.
And here is where I'm at for my workouts this week (not going well but still doable!)
Sun - Get active w/ friends at zoo
Mon- none/sick
Tues- none/sick
Wed - Yoga + Santorini Bikini X2 + Malibooty X3
Thurs - Surfers Paradise X3 + Cowabunga X3
To do:
Fri: Surfers Paradise X3 + Bikini Cardio
Sat: 60 jog (to make up two missed 30 min cardios) + Bridal Babe w/o
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