One thing that I’ve learned from my nutritionist / planner is to screw fad diets (keto as an example) and focus on your body. Start counting calories, and focus on primarily protein intake and balance the rest. Workout days for me 2300 calories, 200g of protein and mix fat/carbs.
If you are going to do long term fitness for life, you need something that you can sustain yourself on.
Non workout days 2100 calories.
For tough working days I stack more carbs, for less workout days, I stack less.
I count every calorie I put in my body religiously.
I was freaking out at first, I gained weight, but that is due to protein taking longer to digest and body to get use to it. Week one gained ten pounds, week two down 8 pounds. Put on a lot of muscle and having larger gains.
Do not judge yourself on weight and adjust slowly.
Measure a body part each day. Waist, chest, hips, arms, etc.
I have a spreadsheet I track every single day of all of my body stats including HRV, sleep times, mood, food intake, appetite, etc.
Also drink more water than you think you should. Water all the time. All day everyday.
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