Increased healthy fat = more energy!!
So i’m about 2 weeks into this ‘cut’ and i think i’m doing pretty well. My work pants are loose already! My abber-dabbers are starting to shine through also.
I am both surprised and impressed at how fast my body is responding. I am mindful of losing too fast so will continue to monitor LBM for muscle loss %.
I’m on 1800 cal with a 40carb/ 35pro/ 25 fat macro break-up.
It aims for 50g fat intake, which is MUCH more than I have previously taken in (way low - around 20-30g on a good day..that would explain my resultant ammonorea!) and i’m finding it hard to use varied sources of healthy fats to add up to that number, so it’s actually around 40g at the moment, but slowly building.
I’m using avocado, nuts, flaxseed oil and almond/brazil nut/cashew butter to increase my fat intake. LOVE the ‘ABC’ butter.. omg I could eat this all day.
My energy is way up! and my calorie cutting doesn’t seem to have affected my lifting, so all is well
Feeling alot less ‘full’ all the time, due to the smaller portions, and i’m pretty hungry alot. Is that a good thing? It just feels wrong to be hungry only 1.5 hours after i last ate.. with another hour or so to go until the next meal!
Tried sumo squats yesterday as i’m in a bit of a rut with my BB squats - stuck at 75kgs. I did one set of sumo’s @50kgs to test out and i felt very stable and it actually felt much more natural than a standard squat..! I will definately include these from now on, just to change it up a bit.
