Recently I have been eating around 1,600 calories a day, I need to be eating around 2,100-2,500 calories a day to drop the weight because I am burning anywhere from 500-1000 calories in the gym 6 days a week.
So, I need to eat a lot more than I have been which will be hard for me but I need to do it otherwise my body will burn out, get depressed, and won't function like I am supposed to. Once upon a time back in High School I convinced myself for a long time that the less you ate the more you would lose and if you worked out on top of that it was just extra weight you lost. That's what the media taught me along with many different diet sites. To gain fitness you don't want to run all of your calories off you NEED those calories for your body to function properly so that it will burn the fat and gain the muscle that you want to gain and lose. Another side effect which I have been experiencing is that you won't feel hungry until you are eating regularly again because your body is trying to process the food as slowly as it can so the energy isn't burned as quickly as it would be otherwise.
I am also learning how important hydration is in addition to eating well. Our bodies are mostly made up of water molecules that allow our bodies to function properly which helps digestion, the healing process, fat burning process, as well as keeping your skin, hair and nails looking and feeling great. When one or the other starts getting off kilter your body starts to compensate by shutting down different bodily functions like the shedding of skin which creates dry patches of skin or not burning as much energy that you are taking in so that it can be stored until you start eating and drinking right again.
I just wanted to make this post so others can learn via my experience because I feel like crap right now but I'm going to get better so I can keep going.
~Elizabeth
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