~phoenixnv22~

I have been on a workout program for about 8 weeks now after taking about 2 1/2 years off of clean eating and lifting.  I am following Tony Horton’s P90x program and loving it.  I am in the home stretch which just happens to be the hardest part of the program. 

I am a bit distraut because I have eaten lean and clean for these 8 weeks minus 3 not so lean meals through that whole time.  I can see the muscle going on and I am stronger but I haven’t lost the lbs that I thought I would by now.  I started out at 150 and I am currently at 147.  So either I am replacing fat with muscle faster than I can drop the fat or I am just not sure what is going on.  There is a definite change to my physique but previous times I have done programs I would have at least dropped 12-15lbs by now.

In addition I feel like crap all of the time.  I have severe headaches and I am so exhausted at times that I can’t lift any weight or sustain my workouts.  I think that I might not be getting enough calories, this is all I can think of.  I have reviewed others’ diets and although I have followed them closely I do tend to miss meals, not on purpose I just get busy during the day at work and don’t have time.  Am I over working?  And is there something out there that I can take to help with sustaining the energy I need to get through my workouts.  I don’t want to take a thermo, but is there some other booster that might help I can take before I leave work that will ready me by the time I get home to work out?  Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.