Confused
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.
