amysuds’s BodyBlog

As this week comes to an end, I am pleased with my weight loss of 2lbs since Wednesday. With my carb intake being much lower, I feel as though I am back to balance with intake/usage of them. I noticed this week that I am now able to identify my hunger pangs much better. I REALLY remember my crazy dieting when I joined this site  (see the above pic!!) and did cardio alone without much weight training. As I lost weight, I had these hunger pangs that felt like my body was eating away my stomach and I think what was happening was my body was using lean tissue for fuel. As you can see in my legs here particularly, there was not much fat loss there. My legs stayed chubby, but I weighed about 130lb. I never once felt that feeling when I leaned down for my last shows. It was different….I did get hungry, especially in the final weeks…usually in the early evenings after leg workouts. If I couldn’t stand it…I would eat almonds (extra ones) or spoons of peanut butter. That was a BIG mistake. As I confessed this to Layne, he encouraged me that every day I stuck with the nutrition plan was an accomplishment comparable to a killer weight workout. What I did was slow down my fat loss I believe…which dragged out the process a bit for me, in my opinion. The hunger I was experiencing was my metabolism increase…which I know now is the time to suck it up and take advantage!! For whatever reason, this week I can actually feel when my body switches to burning fat (I think)…I get this sweet taste in my mouth after I feel I burned up the available carbs I took in. I could be way wrong here…just my opinion. Sometimes the taste lasts the rest of the day….I experienced it alot the past 2 days. When I did cardio before breakfast while drinking Xtend one day this week, I tasted it right away. Maybe it’s my imagination!!  LOL!!  I also seem to feel when my body’s urge to become catabolic is coming ( I get the beginnings of the hunger feeling I talked about in the beginning) . This helps me figure out the right times to take in some of my meals and minimize the chance of muscle loss. So…going forward with this comp prep, I will NOT give in to the "increased metabolic hunger teasing", when my body sends those signals. I am making sure to drink a few glasses of water now if I feel like that, sometimes I think I am hungry…but I am really thirsty. I have to remember it takes MUCH more water to digest protein (which I eat alot of) . I plan to follow Layne’s comp prep plan to the EXACT number…no giving in. It will only make this process much smoother, and I owe that to Layne. I work SO hard in my gym all the days, I need to steer that drive to my diet also.Layne spends the time to figure out what the correct macros are for me based on my metabolism. Everyone’s is different….he is the master in this regard ,as well as with his training plans. I will stay strong and challenge myself to the fullest!! 

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