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Originally Posted by marthand99
Hi Andrea!
How was Boston?? I hope you had a great marathon! It should be great to rest after that.
For me, 1475 is definitely low. I was at about 1800-1900 with a ridiculous amount of training.
1075 is really rough.  Are you a level three or a level four? You know, in the first section, she says that an alternative is to just walk away and eat a lot of food (the catch being that you'd gain a bunch of water and fat). So what I've been doing is, when I have to, just making the choice to eat a little more sometimes, knowing that as a result I might gain a little weight (which I haven't, though I've been pretty close to compliant). She says the more compliant you are the better your results will be, obviously, but sometimes I just need more food.
I'm so excited that you're doing this too! |
Thanks - Boston was good but tough since I had been going off less training mileage. I wish I had started this immediately afterwards, instead of doing the usual half-assed recovery for the last 3 weeks. Oh well.
It sounds like your calorie level is similar, just on a different scale. I ran/lifted in about an 85/15 balance for about 7 total hours a week, on about 1600kcal daily. There were ups and downs and cheat days, but I would say 1600 is average. My level of exercise was not 'ridiculous' like yours.
But, the last 3 weeks I've done about half the usual workouts and still ate the same with no weight gain, so now to do nothing but cut food by over a third is brutal (I'm a "level 3", but that is more based on end-conditions rather than level of restriction, if that makes sense. I "only" restrict 25-35% off what I should eat, but I have all of the hormonal destruction of someone eating far less).
I guess if I don't lose weight on these calories then something is off. I'll have more answers after I speak with Leigh, but she's booked me a week away because of her busy schedule. So I plow forward, regardless.
I don't want my bones to keep rotting.
Take care!