hbkim's Journal, 27 November 2010

Good job on the exercising, I was really tired too, I just read that can be because 1. low sodium, and 2. not eating enough. Reading whyguys forum and doing the calculations, we should only have a 20% defecit in calorie intake, 30% if we have a lot to lose. So, but calculations of figure I am seeing above for your activities today, you should be eating around 1900 calories. I know my metabolism is not up to par, so in my exercise journal I only log sleeping and resting besides my exercising. It seems to be pretty accurate compared to my slow metabolism. But that also means I dont eat enough, even at 2000 calories.. I am seeing ladies on that forum that are about your weight who eat that much and more and still lose!! At least I know, so if I start to stall, I need to up my calories. According to all his research and testing, we can increase our metabolism by eating more since a lot of us have a defective metabolism that burns less that its full potential. Mine has the potential of 4000+, but is stuck at around 3300! 

I think my yo-yo dieting over the years has screwed up my metabolism. I've read whyguys forum; it's very interesting and will definitely keep it in mind if I stall. Right now, I'm just happy that I'm still in ketosis after my T-day dinner (nearly 40 carbs! if I estimated correctly) and that I didn't gain anything. You make a good point re salt-deprivation leading to fatigue but, in my case, I think it was just all the extra housework, on top of all the cooking. I'm usually sitting at a desk all day; not used to being on my feet all day cooking and doing housework. Boy, that's hard work! 

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