During P90X I realized I wasn't eating enough. 30 days in I couldn't figure out why I was tired or why weight wasn't leaving as quickly I thought I had it the dreaded plateau. After doing a little research I found I wasn't eating enough. That was the one thought that never crossed my mind in the world of weight loss was eating. this was a struggle during P90X and to this day is still a struggle!!!
This was one of the largest challenges I have ever had to overcome. My brain was telling me not to eat when everything I read said I should be eating a lot more than I was. Again I went online did some more research and learned how to eat (be careful online as there is a lot of conflicting articles). I realized I was supposed to be consuming upwards of 3000 calories a day. I know that isn't hard to eat that in normal food but if you are concentrating on what you eat and trying to eat healthy food 3000 calories is almost a chore to eat every day. I started eating every 3 hours, eating a lot of protein, vegetables, fruit, etc.
Breakfast had always been a staple since I started this journey but now I was up to 8-10 egg whites every morning plus toast, or granola. Mid morning was a 200-400 calorie snack such as nuts, cottage cheese, fruit, protein shakes, etc. Lunch was a huge salad with chicken, tuna, veggies and Italian dressing. Another snack simialr to that in the moring and a good size meal at dinner. Grocery shopping was crazy and I felt bad for my wife. I was eating like I was a teenager going through puberty again.
The crazy thing is as soon as I did that weight started coming off again at a faster rate and it was awesome. Eating was actually something I did to fuel my body not just something to do.
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