Thread by @JennMGreenberg

Celebrating a minor milestone. Over the past year or so I’ve been really stressed and not eating much. We added up my calorie intake and it was around 700 a day, which is ... terrible. Well, yesterday, after much effort, I made it to 1,200 😂 🏆

My fitness trainer said this is a really common problem for busy moms and anyone stressed. But when you eat that little, your metabolism stalls, and your body clings to fat because it thinks it’s starving so you don’t lose weight 😭

These are the goals my trainer gave me:

And this all has to be healthy whole foods. So, fats are coming from things like eggs, avocado, yogurt, etc., protein is coming from beans, fish, lean steak, chicken, nuts ... and carbs are everywhere so it’s not difficult filling those in 😂 But this is where I got yesterday:

We’re focusing on adding protein because that’s what’s most important for building muscle and burning fat when I do strength training or cardio, and I’m doing that twice a week.

I’m already starting to feel better! 😊🙌🏼

And now my ads are bizarre in a whole new way 🧐🧐🧐

I managed 107g of protein today, so, not 140, but getting better.