Making Adjustments

As I go through this first week on my new plan I’m having to make adjustments here and there. I realized I didn’t plan well for a Rest Day, so I set that to Wednesdays – though that will often change based on whatever is going on family and job-wise. I also noticed that on days that I do longer workouts, I’m not typically as hungry so those are ending up being my lower calorie days. It is weird, because I expected that on days I work out more I would be hungrier and need more food but it doesn’t always work out that way.

The good thing is, in just four days I completely undid the “visual” damage I had done during my two weeks of eating crap. I really went all out that week of Thanksgiving, and put on a total of 8 pounds. In just four days of eating well again, all of that weight fell right back off. I was happy with that, and love knowing that it can be so simple.

The not-so-simple part is getting past that “set point”…that place where my body seems to like to hover and stay at no matter what I do. THAT is frustrating because I feel like I have to work so incredibly hard to get past it – as in feel like I’m starving, or work out to excess, or whatever.

I see these CrossFit women with awesome six pack abs, and I want that. I want to have low body fat all the time, and I want it to come easier than it does. I wonder why it is so easy for them but not me. What do they do differently? Is it their genetics? Is it a struggle for them to get, and stay, there? Are they perfect with their diet, or do they have their food vices that they give in to sometimes? and if they do give in, how often?

So many questions….but for now I’ll keep adjusting my plan until I find that “thing” that works for me, and not just for a short time, but for a lifetime.