When I first started lifting, I increased my food intake by a bazillion and I was miserable. I felt like I was forcing myself to eat during the day, I was stressing over how many meals I had had, how far apart they were, blah, blah, blah. It was insanity, and the stress of it made me want to snack on shit. Constantly.
I've gone to the method of "undereating" during the day and overeating after my training at night. I thought I would be starving. Quite the opposite has happened. I don't eat in the morning until I feel pangs of hunger and when I do eat, it's nowhere near the size of the breakfast I used to have. If I have a snack, it's something natural and whole and in turn, that fills me up wonderfully. On training days I have some protein with my lunch, noting heavy, and about an hour before I train I'll have a bit more. Then after training, I indulge in my "big meal". That's not to say I eat shitty junk food or greasy pizza. Again, it's good quality proteins, veggies, carbs and such.
I don't feel nearly as hungry during the day, my energy is more stable and constant, and I don't have those urges to snack on junk. I haven't gotten on a scale so I don't know if I've lost any actual weight or not, and I suppose for me, that was secondary to getting my eating and urges under control. I feel like I'm finally starting to make headway with better food choices. For me that's a HIUGE HUGE HUGE step!
So, onwards and upwards with life. I don't like to ever call myself a warrior but maybe I can look like one.....someday. ;)
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