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Originally Posted by MuscleMom23
I think you will feel better with a baseline of what your body needs and balance what your body wants. You sound so much like me and the food it is not funny. Pn the whole schmeel. I also have The Every Other Day Diet by Jon Benson. They are all similar. The only thing is is that on that one they have you measure by your hands your portions, no counting. But it is totally along the PN lines for requirements.
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Yeah, I think PN is great. I generally feel good - don't get sleepy in the afternoon, feel light and clean and not so bloated as I did on processed foods...I got a food scale last night, and was surprised by my measurements. I would've guessed that my steak last night was 5 oz. when it was only 4 oz. - that's either a savings of 50 calories or another ounce of food in my stomach. Loving that scale!
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Originally Posted by dillytl
Sounds like a good plan. Patience is ALWAYS the hardest part!!!  |
And patience is SO not my strong suit. Luckily, I'm stubborn as hell, so I'm sticking with this.
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Originally Posted by stephanie932
Rixa.......I think you could be my twin with your thinking. That darned scale can put me in a tail-spin faster than anything else. It also wipes my good attitude right out of the window. I am weighing but only on Saturday mornings and I'm really trying not to let it bother me.
I think you have a very good plan in place. Like you said, stick to those maintanence calories and see what happens. I'm eating 1617 on non-lifting days and 1887 for my lifting days. What are your ranges on maintanence? I'll be interested to see how you do after a few weeks at that range.
Also, remember, have you taken before photos? Have you taken recent ones? Maybe doing that will get you "believing" again.
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Ahhh! No photos!! I do have some before photos, from a while ago...I also have these really HORRIFYING pictures from the worst vacation of my life (Rhode Island, lots of rich, thin people and I had no one to talk to about anything remotely interesting), but I keep those in my sock drawer. Just knowing they exist is enough to kick me into high gear.
But I can feel changes in my body. My stomach feels tighter, despite negligible changes in measurements.
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Originally Posted by L'ilJ
Hi there. I just read through your log and I can feel your frustration with lack of weight loss. I think it's a great idea for you to go back up to "maintenance" level for a couple weeks. The NROL4W workouts are very metabolically taxing, especially if you're also doing HIIT. You're putting yourself at a pretty good sized deficit if you're eating only 1600-1800 calories.
How many complete rest days are you taking a week? See how your weight goes at the higher calorie level. If you still stay the same weight you may even consider upping calories a bit to see if it truly is your maintenance level. If you are carrying as much lean mass as you suspect, your maintenance level is higher than the average woman and you are possibly putting your body into too deep a deficit for it to let go of the fat. Keep experimenting, you'll find your sweet spot.
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Yeah, I think I figured that out yesterday, too. If I use the lean mass equation for figuring maintenance calories, it puts me around 2,600 on lifting days, which is 200 more than even the book tells me to eat. So I'm going to have to do some detective work. On the upside, I get to eat while I do this detective work!
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Originally Posted by L'ilJ
Oh, speaking of sweets...calories are calories. If you eat some Peanut Butter Puff Cereal w/protein powder while staying within your calorie range...it's all good. |
Haha, yeah...I'm trying to follow the John Berardi school of thought - eat clean 90% of the time, indulge 10% of the time...so even though it fit within my macros and calories for the day, I'm counting the Reese's cereal as a cheat meal. Accountability!
Thanks for everyone's support! I'm happy to say that after a day of intense frustration, I saw the scale move down this morning. I guess if it's not hard work, the end result probably isn't worth it, right?
