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Week 36 of weight maintenance - 9 month Maintenance Anniversary
I'm not sure that anyone might call what happened on Friday night at the Indian Restaurant, a "maintenance approach". I wouldn't even call it a binge! LOL. That was all out gorging. It was one of those, "I can't stop, I won't stop, and you can't make me stop" moments.
I paid for it afterward. I'm at that point where "food coma" fullness is as painful as doing 60 sit-ups. Actually, it's more painful. My stomach bloats and pushes against my ab muscles, which are very nicely tight at this point. But, basically my core doesn't allow much for stomach expansion and pushes back on a full stomach. As a result, I literally woke up the next morning with sore abs!!!
It's hard to regret. I enjoyed every moment of my Indian feast. It has been wayeeeee too long since I let those spices penetrate me. And, no it's not that I avoid Indian food, ha! But, there is a scarcity of good Indian restaurants in this city and this one had just opened up. Needless to say, my mother and I have a game plan for next time so we don't overeat. It hurts too much afterward and I have reached a point where I try to avoid going out of my way to be full up to my chin. Belly full is good, but "chin" full is not so good.
Needless to say, I am no worse the wear for it.
I've been trying some new things with my workouts lately in terms of heart rate that are really helping to take things "next level". I've been working hard to take a small break between sets and won't begin the next set until my heart rate is just below 100 bpm. I got the tip from a cross fit coach I watch on youtube. It's AMAZING what a difference it makes in terms of power and stamina. I'm not gas-ing out so quickly and for whatever reason I am capable of really focusing on form, which is nice.
It's not as easy as you think to get that heart rate down during high intensity training. I grab a chair and just sit and really focus on something relaxing (like a tropical island). When I see the fitbit hit the 90's - I immediately get up and go for the next set and hit it hard. It's awesome because I actually feel the transitions take less time and after a few sets, it started to take less to get the heart rate under 100. As a result, I turned an 1 hour and 40 minute workout into an hour and 20 min workout and genuinely felt these muscles had been worked efficiently.
Also, I did a little bit more research and am now taking the low resistance intervals on the recumbent bike at 80-110 rpms, instead of hanging at 73 rpms. I've mastered keeping the higher resistance intervals between 60-80 rpms, which is recommended for interval workouts on the recumbent. But, it felt time to increase the rpms during the intervals for low resistance. I did this today and worked hard to increase rpms, all the while keeping the breath steady in order to keep the heart rate below peak. Not easy, but possible.
I came out with a 562 cal burn for 45 minutes, at level 16 high resistance interval for a total of 13.7 miles. Normal numbers before were 517 burn at 12.3 miles. Not too shabby.
I'll do a weigh in tomorrow morn and see where we're at. I'm not expecting miracles, between the sodium of Friday's indulgence, muscle soreness, and inconsistent waste elimination - we'll see. But, I'm okay either way. This body has done stellar and I'm so thankful we've made it to 9 months of maintenance bliss!
Have a wonderful week, everyone! {{Hugs & Blessings}}
Monday - 1686
Tuesday - 1725
Wednesday - 1686
Thursday - 1964
Friday - 1686
Saturday - 1349
Sunday - 1517
Average TDEE 1698
Current TDEE for the Spring & Summer = 1710/day
2400 cals 2 days/month
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