shesafrozenfire
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Ox Blood said:Yeah... It's addicting to work out to that point. Can't say I follow my own advice most of the time. But if you look up the consequences of over-training, they can be pretty bothersome and even cause plateau's.
But, that's good you took it easy today. And even more awesome you are striving for those goals to get fit and healthy. Keep it up
The trainers we're working with are really good about keeping us on task and reminding us of the pitfalls, and this includes the nutritional ones.
There's a big temptation to reduce calories even further, thinking that "Well, if I work out 2 hours today and cut another 500 calories, I'll lose even more," but it's not the case. Even if you're exercising vigorously, if you fall below a certain base number of calories, your body will switch to starvation mode.
Ironically, to break though a plateau, I had to eat MORE than I had the previous week, but hey, it worked.