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Well as many of you know, the past five month’s of cutting have shown minimal success (1kg and maybe 1-3%BF lost). In the 2.5 years of discovering JSF, trying to trim some body fat and increase fitness and health levels, I have tried lots of combinations of exercise and diets… and have learnt many thingsin great measure from this forum; I know I have great endurance and strength, I know I have good discipline, I know long distance sports do not help me lose body fat but I enjoy them, I know I am carb sensitive, I know I have very stubborn lower body fat and I know that I have not yet discovered what works for me to lower that body fat to a level I would like, but am now not sure it is worth the continued effort (I may of course change my mind on this….) I have tried the standard 5-6 meals per day and timed carbs etc, and have not found negative repercussions from this (nor geat success) except, combined with my lack of success, the focus on ”good” and ”bad” foods and when I can and cannot eat has become a burden to me and I do not personally like the obsession it has become in my life, nor the impact on my social life (if we ate a lot socially in restaurants, as people seem to do often in the US, it wouldn’t be so difficult, but here mostly it is in homes and lovingly home prepared meals)…… So really after 2.5 years of weighing, measuring, logging and timing all my meals and exercising once or twice a day, I feel in need of a break from this…. how long this will last I do not know……
I plan on trying to live each day more intuitively, more instictively….. less obsessonally, eating when I am hungry and eating what feels right at that moment… I would like to try and exercise in a more instinctive way too, but that I think will be harder as I have this inner ’I must exercise at least six days a week” voice AND I truly do believe in regular exercise So we will see where this journey takes me… This is kind of a week off from the gym anyway so that’s a good start I did nothing Friday, Saturday and today (except a little walk before breakfast as I woke early this morning and felt like it Yesterday I did a great hike with Christophe, despite us getting to bed real late after a great beach party…. we discovered an emerald green lake and what we think are tons of blueberry plants
I have not weighed myself the past few days (was 59.5 and 16.00% if i want starting stats) . I have not measured any food, I have not eaten 5 times a day and I have had a few glasses of wine, bur I haven’t overeaten as I have been eating healthily and moderately anyway for 30 years I have eaten more carbs than normal, had a few chips and a bit of chocolate….. I am not giving myself a license to binge and eat garbage, just permission to eat more normally and not deprive myself all the time .It feels good and freeing, but its early days
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