Lt.Elle

I'm 23, and although i don't do it now, I did martial arts all through high school and I remember it made me RAVENOUS. I was addicted to melting cheese into Baked Beans and (don't know if its in the UK) mugs of Milo that were inverted - a whole cup of powder with just enough milk to moisten it. And PB and honey with more topping than bread. So I'd probably recommend checking to see if your diet is missing enough protein/carbs/fat in case you're working you body harder than it's fuel can handle. And I weaned myself off the hot chocolates by buying plain cocoa powder and stevia, and making it with water and just a dash of whole milk. There's still the calories from the cocoa but they are fats not sugars, and fairly negligible. I also add this to oats for a chocolatey pudding snack post workout.

Im lucky my university has studios a plenty with pianos. No excuses, and it gets me on my bike to get there. From nutting out which note equals what letter and counting them out from middle C, im proud of my progress. Ill post a video when im at a computer. Im starting to feel the lack of motivation this week. Its a struggle to remember how much better ill feel in the long run each time im faced with a choice regarding exercise and diet. It might be time to start automating, maybe putting my routine as the first thing in the morning? I will struggle to replace my coffee ritual with this, even though I know I rolled out of bed and into my joggers for a couple of years.

I'm being less controlling with food, so there isn't guilt associated with crazy-person eating. Instead I'm focussing more on long term sustainability - rather than force myself through any practise, work or fitness, I wait until I feel like doing it, or until I acknowledge I will feel better after it's completed. I can now trust that I won't fall off the wagon if I have one spurt of the food crazies, or miss a workout or a piano practise. I've made great progress with the piano, as well as my flexibility - I replaced start bodyweight with yoga, so I might have to move forums next challenge - I can now hold a forearm stand, crow pose and hindi squat. Hopefully in the future this can lead to some more stunt work oriented skills, as that's where I'd like to head in 2016. All in all, letting go of measurability in the short term has increased the chances of sticking with something long enough to achieve measurable long term results. I've read instead of writing if I'm feeling uninspired. I now have a backlog of ideas as well as having ticked some to-reads off my list. Positives: More carbs, less acheMore flexibility, less acheFrom 0 to 70% able to play Gipsy Rondo (first 9 bars)Higher contentment and trust in myselfBetter social lifeSense of achievementRead more books

Im feeling that's where id like to get to, it's just much harder to quantify "moderate" servings than zero or one hundred percent. Definition of a Lazy Type A I'm hoping some deliberate carbs here and there will fix up my health and my energy level.

Alrighty, amendments: 3x a week is what Start Bodyweight recommends, so I'll go with that with yoga in between. Hopefully my plan to up carbs will make me feel like moving on other days rather than it being a forced work out. Goal #2 I will give a 1-10 scale score at the end of each day as to whether I am happy, satisfied, feel positively about the way I treated my body with food that day. Then average out those scores at the end of the challenge.

I might see if I will experience the same positives with some primal carb additions - I have no issues with dairy and am considering legumes as chickpeas and kidney beans haven't upset my system lately. Thanks, this is interesting. Those are some great positives about the fasting and lack of carb cravings that remain. Are you VLC or LC or moderate on days other than your refeeds? I lost a lot of weight and my period too. It has been about 4 years since I've had a cycle. My hormones read at the low end of normal and GP's just say to put me on birth control - tried that, brought nothing back.

They have that! Thanks, I'll grab it today. I'm looking at 4 times a week for Starting Strength but I may have to re-evaluate depending on my energy levels. I was doing some barbell training on a MWF plan with yoga in between and I would find myself far too fatigued by the end of Saturday. A Sunday rest was just enough to get back on track. I'm going to add carbohydrates back in, albeit probably still primal ones. Hopefully this will help with #2. As for measurability; I'm not exactly sure. My schedule needs to be flexible re: mealtimes and portions so I don't think I can commit to a set meal plan. Even since making this post a couple of days ago I have encountered multiple situations where I've eaten til overfull and then eaten more, hidden my eating, eaten to avoid boredom or awkwardness, etc. I'm experimenting a bit to see if carbohydrates will help my recovery and satiety and (hopefully not TMI) my hormones. tl;dr - If anyone has any suggestions on how to evaluate 'less crazy', please share

I guess this is partly a IIFYM kind of question. I've been scared of carbs for about 5 years now. As a 21 year old girl, I may have done a bit of metabolic and hormonal damage which I'm not sure if it stems from VLC. Id like to hear other people's thoughts on this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2546975/One-twin-gave-sugar-gave-fat-Their-experiment-change-YOUR-life.html Not the obvious 'fat plus sugar is what's fattening' but more about the effects on energy and brain function. Has anyone switched from low to high carb and experienced better/a return of mental capacity? Ive been low carbing for so long that I can't recall my baseline functionality previous to my diet change.

Aaaaaah all of the gifs are so relatable! I love Bernard. Though perhaps not as a fitness rolemodel. Best of luck!

Subbing for bento shots and boxing sessions!

Safe craziness, that's a good happy median. Good luck!

Looking forward to your progress on Stronglifts too, I'm keen to hear a non-meathead opinion of it. Good luck!

It's so hard returning after an injury. You're already halfway there just committing to change! I feel a new mantra sticking: Don't let the Metroids suck you dry.

Subbed for that down to earth wisdom on why we bother being healthy. Also for the visual goals, I like pictures of things.

Good luck! I'll be watching for pictures too, acrobatics are super impressive. The Advanced Yoga Poses are too, great goal.