Yesterday I wolfed down 2900 kcal
. That was actually about the amt of calories I think to have burnt as I also cycled for over an hour.
It's been a while since I was that hungry, and it's the cardio that does me in most of all. Cardio doesn't even burn all that many calories, it just makes you hungry.
I've rearranged my diet so that the only deficit comes from rest days. Hopefully I'll still be able to hit an average daily deficit of 350 kcal (700 kcal on 3 days and 350 kcal on the 2nd consecutive rest day). Training days will be feeding days. I'm assuming about 2500-2600 kcal for Saturday. Which means that today it's not going to be more than 1150 kcal (assumption = 1850 kcal for expenditure).
In the past month(s) I was able to adhere better to my diet, since the lack of cardio takes away most of the appetite while working out still keeps metabolism relatively high. However, too good adherance resulted in metabolism dropping by around 400kcal! This body really adapts to lowered and raised intakes quickly. Too good adherance to diet = bad news.
Yesterday's bike ride was to visit a specialist. It was confirmed that indeed my thyroid is a tad slow. He left it up to me to decide whether or not take Cytomel (T3). Right then my first thought was that I wouldn't need it since I feel so much better nowadays with methyl-B12 and Fortega (sulbutiamine). BUt energy is still not where it should be. When I'd go back to full-force HIIT 3 or 4 times a week, I can see the energy just sapping out of me.
He suggested to get my heart tested with an ECG because of a flutter in the chest and lowish blood pressure (100/75) combined with low HR (<40 when resting). We made an appointment for September and I agreed to have free T4/T3 and TSH tested again 1 month before.