Week 3 Over and Done..

This week was probably my toughest yet. I had to come to some pretty hard conclusions about the way I felt and how my body was talking to me. Since I started the program I had this mindset that the harder I work the more pounds will come off. WRONG!!!! All I was doing was exhausting myself. I might have even prevented some extra weight loss.

On Monday I woke up and felt pretty good. Sunday is my total rest day so I did nothing except for walk around the mall. I did my typical Monday, worked out with my trainer and then did a full workout by myself later in the evening before my group session. I went straight to bed and slept for 7 hours straight. I woke up Tuesday morning just dog tired. I couldn't wake up and I felt like I was driving half asleep. I just couldn't get myself to wake up. I threw myself on the machines and just pushed it as hard as I could for an hour and did really well. This week instead of 40 - 50 minutes by myself I have to do 60 minutes now. The rest of the day I was just exhausted, tired and fatigued. Woke up Wednesday and was still extremely tired. I met with my trainer and told her how I was feeling. I thought that it was just Tuesday's that were hard but I still felt this way on Wednesday which wasn't a good sign. Thursday morning was the WORST. I woke up and could barely get myself out of bed. Got to the gym and just wasn't feelin it at all. Walked for a bit and gave up. I was just too tired. Since I felt really out of it I decided to take a class to see if that would help. Did a cardio core class for about 45 minutes and then actually had a short nap in the sauna. This morning (Friday) I felt a little better but still exhausted.

My trainer had to tell me that it's my body's way of telling me that I'm just doing too much. So we decided I should actually follow the program. Workout with my trainer 3 days a week and work out on my own 2 days a week. Instead of working out twice on Monday and 6 days a week. TOO MUCH.. There is such a thing of too much of a good thing.

This week though good news I did lose 3 lbs!!! So I will try next week to see how things go and hopefully this weight loss will continue. I got fruit added into my meals! YAY! I can have just about any fruit I want, except for it has to be measured. It's been tough with the eating. I get extremely full at night so including my shake is hard. It takes me way over the top. I noticed that my body is starting to notify me of when I'm hungry on a schedule. So when I typically get hungry it will be around the normal times I eat. So I don't really feel hungry in between meals. I did cut out eating those nasty ass 20/20 bars. I noticed that I only lost 1.5 lbs last week. I think the bars were the problem. After cutting them out I lost double the weight. So that's a good thing to know.