Plateau Update

Taking the advice of both the nurse and health educator, I've cut down my PA this week to just the bike and increased my calorie intake by including an extra shake. It took a few days to mentally down shift. It was not easy to eat more and work out less and still expect to see any change on the scale that didn't go in the wrong direction.

Wed and Saturday were big PA days. I racked up 840 calories burned each day. Saturday I took on the Core workout of P90x - so much for taking it easy! The rest of the days I've done just the bike and even gave myself less calories (420 each day). I also did something I haven't done since the beginning of this program. I took a day off. Sunday I didn't work out at all since I was sore from Saturday's workout.

Now for the food. Not surprising, it was easy to add an extra shake. I've been hungrier lately and having lots of protein cravings. I have managed to stay under 8000 calories for the week but hopefully the extra shakes make up for the missed nutrition that my body needs.

So here is where I've netted out as of Tuesday. I've eaten more or less the same number of calories (8000) but less MR's and more shakes (which translates to more nutrition). My PA is down about 650 calories which puts me at around 3350 for the week - one of my all time lows since I'm typically between 4000 - 4500.

After seeing the scale not budge all weekend, I did see a 1 pound drop but that could be anything. I'll have to see what the scales at the clinic show tomorrow.

Thursday, I want to go back to running which I purposely avoided this week. I also want to incorporate more of the P90x workouts although I'm not ready to do the entire program. My body is telling me it's time to start doing some resistance training. I just need to figure out the food part. My instincts tell me to stick to the standard plan for another 20 lbs then start incorporating veggies. Stick to that until I reach goal and then transition to Healthy solutions / Phase 3.

If I can kick this plateau, I can still get below 180 this month. I hope I hope I hope!