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Sorry for the multiple posts. I am exhausted from work and my brain is going 5 directions at once.
When I lost 40+ pounds of fat this year my coach did a lot of calorie changes bc my metabolism would slow down. He would have me at 2300 then drop to 2000 for a while then back to 2300 then back to 2100. Was a lot of consistent calorie changes but it worked like a charm. My metabolism was a furnace and I just kept burning fat like crazy. So point being is don't get bogged down be always keeping calories super low. Be open to raising them for a few days, a week etc. The goal is to keep your metabolism going hard while the fat consistently burns off.
Great progress so far though! Please don't take any of the above as me not appreciating the great progress you have made so far! Keep grinding. I assure you that every drop of sweat, every hunger pain, every stomach growl and every bit of discomfort is worth it. There is nothing like looking in the mirror and realizing how much different you look and how much closer you are to looking how you want to look. It's a good feeling......because you know that YOU did that!
I'm no where near where I want to be but I'm damn closer than I was before I started! That's what it's all about.
When I lost 40+ pounds of fat this year my coach did a lot of calorie changes bc my metabolism would slow down. He would have me at 2300 then drop to 2000 for a while then back to 2300 then back to 2100. Was a lot of consistent calorie changes but it worked like a charm. My metabolism was a furnace and I just kept burning fat like crazy. So point being is don't get bogged down be always keeping calories super low. Be open to raising them for a few days, a week etc. The goal is to keep your metabolism going hard while the fat consistently burns off.
Great progress so far though! Please don't take any of the above as me not appreciating the great progress you have made so far! Keep grinding. I assure you that every drop of sweat, every hunger pain, every stomach growl and every bit of discomfort is worth it. There is nothing like looking in the mirror and realizing how much different you look and how much closer you are to looking how you want to look. It's a good feeling......because you know that YOU did that!
I'm no where near where I want to be but I'm damn closer than I was before I started! That's what it's all about.
Are you consistently losing weight? If your weight loss stalls I'd raise calories a bit for a while bc your metabolism might slow way down. Do a week of say 2500 calories to give your metabolism some incentive to fire on all cylinders.
