Other people’s photos, and being tired
I just clicked through the most recently added photos in the galleries yesterday. I used to do this more often, but realized that wasting time looking at other people’s (amazing) bodies wouldn’t give me more time to work on my own. One of the programs I work in was taking a long time to process something, so I switched over to glance at some photos, figuring it wouldn’t waste time I didn’t really have anyways.
And I got a bit discouraged! Does anyone else react like that? Looking at the average photo posted on this site makes me feel fat and small. I keep reading about how most magazine cover models are photoshopped to hell, and that most of them do steroids. While that’s believable to me for most magazine covers, I seriously doubt that most people posting here have photoshopped their pictures. I doubt that the majority of them are on steroids as well. At any rate, looking at many of the photos here makes me think that I could never look like that. The upshot? I need to stop looking at photos on this site again for awhile 
Something else I’m struggling with recently is being tired all of the time. I started doing HIIT this week again. About 3 times this week, for no more than 20 minutes each time. So I’m doing that, four (intense) 1 hour work outs a week and one 1 hour indoor rock climbing session. That’s about it for now. No yoga, no 10K runs. I’m getting 8+ hours of sleep a night. And I’m eating 2200 calories a day, at least. Yet I’m still tired. I’m wondering if it’s lack of calories, or lack of sleep. When I wake up in the morning, I’m still dead tired, and it’s a struggle to get out of bed. It wasn’t like that a couple of weeks ago. Maybe that’s normal? Or maybe it’s a lack of calories? I’m trying to cram more food into my mouth, but 2200 just isn’t enough. I should be getting 2500 at least, I think. But I have actually managed to put on a pound or two in the last couple of weeks, consistently. I guess I will up my calories again, and see if that makes a difference.
February 26, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Sometimes I get discouraged looking at other people’s pics - but usually I get encouraged, especially if the guy is in my age group. It helps remind me that changes can be made - and significant ones at that. Concerning your being tired: I’m sure that HIIT is a big part of the reason. I’d suggest moving up the calories and if it’s at all possible to sneak a nap into your day (though it probably isn’t) I’m sure that would help. Your muscles need rest and nutrients as you know!
February 27, 2009 at 9:49 am
I don’t always get discouraged, but definitely felt like it the other day. I’m gonna try to up the carbs specifically, and possibly sneak in the occasional nap. Need to stop playing video games to fit that in