Macro Fit Chick

So, it's only been 2 days and good googly-moogly 2300 calories is a lot of food. The bloat from all the carbs has me feeling like a Mack Truck. I have read that this is normal and should subside after a week or so. I know that to get different results, you have to do something different. Let's just hope I'm not just making myself fat. 😂😂😂😀😀😀

It might not be zero results- but definitely not enough to keep me on restricted macros. Going to go maintenance level this week. We'll see what happens.

I've been playing around with my macros for a while now and honestly not seeing a whole lot of progress. This is partially my fault. Ok, it's all my fault and I will tell you why. I think I have metabolically damaged my body. I'm a recovered bulimic. I was bulimic until my mid-20's and I won't go into the details of it, but I've never had a healthy relationship with food. Most of the time it's been heavy restriction (which for me was long periods of time with little to no food) followed by binging. This over time just became how I ate. Even with my healthier lifestyle, this was how I ate. In the past year or two since starting CrossFit I realized eating less than 1000 calories a day wasn't going to cut it. I could get by just fine that way as I always have, but I wasn't going to lose anything or see any results. And it's pretty much stated that way even with increases in calories. I realized today I've never eaten my "maintenance" calories. And that may be part of my problem. At 5'8 and 191lbs, working out or lifting 5 days a week, my maintenance calories are 2347. That's a scary number. That number screams "fat" to me. But, restricting myself has done nothing but make me feel desperate and wondering why everyone else has this weight loss thing figured out except me. I push myself and lift heavy and I'm still "heavy" in my eyes. My personal ideal weight with the amount that I lift heavy weight would be more around 170-175. I say this number because honestly at 160 and my height and frame, people accuse me of being anorexic- no lie. So, I'm going to take a leap of faith and follow maintenance numbers for a few weeks and see what happens. I've read I may gain some at first, but that's normally levels off. Some people who are metabolically damaged actually lose weight when they finally eat at maintenance. So, 2347 is my daily number and my macros at this level would be 282c/153p/67f. Eek. Will keep you posted.

Here are my macros from Day 1. I was pretty close on everything and didn't feel too hungry. I'm on what they call a "cut", so I'm supposed to have more restrictive numbers. I'm hoping that with a few weeks I'll be seeing a difference. :)

Well, today I have started being strict with counting my macros. I'm already feeling a bit overwhelmed by it. I like that I can eat whatever I choose as long as it fits, but it's also like a huge puzzle I have to put together only with food. I've seen so many people get great results in a short amount of time, and I am hopeful I'm the same but also worried I'm not. My 37th birthday is in June and I would love to see a marked change by then. I have decided each day I will post what I ate and how I worked out to keep me accountable. I'm struggling right now with finding a place to lift weights. I CrossFit but can't get there earlier to get in extra lifting. I don't want that to hold up my progress. But, at least I can have my morning coffee the way I like it :) That makes me very happy :).

Well, I'm starting my journey to see if IIFYM really works (at least for me.). These are going to be my official "before" photos. I struggle with reducing body fat. I'm starting out with customized macros: 2000 calories 175g- Protein 172g- Carb 68g- Fat I currently CrossFit 4-5 times a week, but need to add strict lifting 3 times a week. My apartment gym is currently unavailable for an undetermined amount of time because...well, they suck. So, I'm going to focus on CrossFit and hopefully adding in some additional lifting until I can get access to a better way to strictly lift. I'm really embarrassed of these before photos, but I am hoping that if I am strict with keeping my numbers correct, I will see some differences soon.