oh, leah, thank you SO much. I really needed to hear this today. I woke up around 2am and totally couldn't get back to sleep--was SO hungry. so I had a banana and fell back asleep.
I realized that for my bench press event, I really need to weigh in at around 142 on my scale in the am (no clothes) to weigh 145 on their scale--I have to weigh with running clothes AND shoes. I need that 3 pound wiggle room. this way, I can bench using 85 pounds instead of 90 pounds. BIG difference.
the good news, I am 151.5 today, the lowest scale weight I have been in 20 plus years!!! the bad news, to reach 142 by my competition, it is a fairly aggressive 1.1 pound per week loss or 564 calorie deficit daily from now until march 5.
I know I can do this. and I really value your support Leah. it helps to know that I am not the only one going into the pain cave this year. I know it will be worth it to push myself in this direction. I have to keep telling myself that 1700 calories is not starving! there is plenty of nutrition in these calories. and on days that I burned 2900, I am eating 2300, clearly not starving, lol.
I am also getting calipers every 2 weeks during this time, so I can make sure that percent bodyfat is trending downward as well. don't want to rely only on the scale, but unfortunately, the bench press gods DO rely on the scale!!
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