Well hello everyone, been a couple weeks since I checked in. In regards to my weight loss, well its gone down a couple pounds, up a couple pounds, etc... I am still at 170lbs and 20% body fat. This has been my normal weight/bf for almost 2 years now. When I started this group at the beginning of the year I had ballooned up to about 178, this was due to coming off a year of training and racing 10 races. I just wanted to eat everything lol. My pops passed away on Nov 30th and that added alot of anxiety and stress.
Being here in this group has helped me get back down to my steady weight and it also helped redirect my thoughts and gave me something to work forward to and stay accountable. For that I am grateful.
Being that I had previously lost 90lbs and am of normal BMI, I was trying to use this program to get down to that final leanness I had been wanting. I found that trying to stick to the MWL program was actually doing me more harm then good. As someone who is training for Triathlons and am doing lots of swimming, biking and running, I burn through much higher levels of calories and nutrients that I was not making up with proper food, supplements and had cut out of my diet in the effort to try and get lean. I found myself suffering from symptoms of iron deficiency, and got a stress fracture in my ankle. With that said, I am not in any way faulting the MWL program, but I do believe that with 'my' circumstances it is incompatible with my training especially as race season is starting and I have a major early season race May 6th. I simply cannot afford to have any deficiencies or injuries. Don't worry, still plant based and 90% vegan, 100% vegetarian,
So I have accepted my jiggly midsection as a fact of life for the time being. I believe that I will have to actually take time off from training and racing to actually focus 100% on getting down to the leanness that I desire. Constant cardio and fueling requirements are incompatible with those goals. Maybe next year, or perhaps I can start the off season earlier. (ya right, lol)
Before I go, I want to thank Amanda for a wonderfully amazing effort she puts into taking care of this forum thread. Having to read everyone's posts, encourage everyone, keep track of everyone's weight losses and gains on a ongoing basis, its alot to ask of one person so for all of that, Thank You Amanda for being a exceptionally bright spirit here. You have certainly brightened my days and weight loss journey over the last few months.
Best wishes to everyone who is here working towards their own personal goals, you can do it. Keep up the good work and stay persistent and you will achieve. For anyone interested I will continue to update my training thread in the exercise and fitness forum and will post results of my Ironman 70.3 event on May 6th.
Cheers and Best Wishes