I don't understand why someone who has fibromyalgia and other issues that I have over come and now can do triathlon, can run 26.2 miles and who barely stays still because it seems that I'm addicted to training (by my standards) and love to move now, I barely cheat and I can't loss anymore than one % of body fat and lose a little bit of lean muscle, WHAT! I'm stronger but I lost lean muscle mass, how does that work exactly? I've started drinking protein shakes, I eat nuts, almond butter (sometimes), chicken like it's going out of style, I've cut down my fruit intake because that's to much sugar, I have tons of veggies and I'm still at 155 lbs (down 5 lbs from start) and only lost 1 % off body fat and lost lean muscle (a little bit). As Ally would say on the biggest Loser, "Kerry, I'm sorry to tell you that, you are NOT the Biggest Loser....". I'm doing everything that everyone else is doing plus some. Well you know that I'm not going to give up (I never do), or stop eating Paleo but tonight I am very disappointed and comparing myself to others. I'm always the low man on the to-tum pole, ugh!!!
*Rant over.*
Kerry,
ReplyDeleteDo you want to post up what a few typical days of eating looks like for you.
Don’t get discouraged. I saw great progress as far as fat loss but I also saw some lean muscle loss and my performance was starting to tank. I thought I was eating “a ton” but I still had to make some changes to my diet to get back on the right track.
Also…
Make sure you are not running your body into the ground. This is my biggest problem. Like you, I am very motivated and want to work out every day. If your body can not recover, you end up in a catabolic state which makes losing fat and/or gaining muscle very difficult. You need to take at least 1 full day of rest (by rest this means no cardio, no workout, etc)… leason I am having to learn and apply as well.