I wanted to add something about the swings (I can't see where to edit my post). I think I worry a lot. I know a lot of women do. Or maybe I stress out a lot or have a stressful life or something. But the point is that I think that I have two coping mechanisms for stress: I do cardio or I eat carbs. (I was thinking about this when niclyf wrote that she went for a long bike ride.) One raises endorphins and the other serotonin, right? I think I can be at maintenance when life is okay, which is, basically, rare. But last spring I was doing the walking, yoga, and weight training via the NROL4W, and I think I ate more carbs because I was trying to avoid the cardio. I also think that either the calorie goals in NROL4W are way off or I seriously underestimate calories or both. Still not sure if this points to a vitamin deficiency, protein deficiency or just that I should keep doing cardio even when I'm not cutting.
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