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    This may help any of you ladies out there :-)

    This may help any ladies doing the Reboot challenge at the Gym

    Or anyone out there struggling to ‘be good’ with calories

    When taking part in the reboot in October I found it was the first time i had really understood what was needed from me nutrition wise to see results. I had the gym nailed on and off for the past 10/11 years, but have only totally remained consistent and pushed myself over the last two years, after having my second child.

    I think we can be told the same things over and over again – what we need to do to be where we want to be when it comes to health & fitness, but I believe you are only going to “tick” when the time is right for you.

    For me the nutrition side was like a light bulb moment. Although Dan has been telling me for years what to do when it comes to protein, calories etc, I’ve never really got it until now. By no means am I spot on with my nutrition, but I’m a lot further forward with it now than I ever have been.

    Back in October I had been working with Daniel Main, sending him the MyFitnessPal info each week and getting some feedback. For the first 2 weeks I was in my deficit doing really well (even with Dan Moore eating like a horse next to me on a daily ).

    The 3rd week came (this was also the 3rd week in my menstrual cycle) dinner was done and I’d usually have had a low calorie snack in front of the tv after the kids went to bed. Snack eaten I was still hungry and I couldn’t help but have something else and something else. I felt rubbish about myself but thought tomorrow is a new day.

    Tomorrow came, dinner done and I felt the same again, a really strong craving for more food. At this point I felt like I had before “I’m never going to be where I want to be” “I’ve failed already” “I can’t do this”.
    After 4/5 days of feeling rubbish about “failing” it dawned on me. I wonder if having my period has anything to do with this

    ….I had listened to a webinar Dan had organised, and some of you may remember back in lockdown from a PT Vicky. She hosted 3 webinars on the following:

    Pelvic Floor
    Period Power
    Menowhat!

    Listening to the period power webinar I was so relieved to find that this was normal and I wasn’t a failure, my body needed an extra 100-200 calories during this part of my cycle. So when I went back to Daniel we had made a plan for a 3-week calorie deficit and that 3rd week to just maintain my calories, which would still give me the results of fat loss.

    It’s really Important we know these things, as something so little could put us back and back time and time again. It has definitely helped me and I’m finding it a lot easier to maintain.

    Another thing I picked up on that 3rd week of the cycle is that our hormones peak, making risk of injury higher and our muscles break down faster, making us more fatigued than usual. Looking back I’d also had the feeling I wasn’t progressing “I managed this with a 20kg last week” as I could only manage a 16kg. Trying to catch my breath on the lovely assault bike more than usual (we’ve all been there ).

    Again this is normal and you need to allow yourself to listen to your body.

    I can’t recommend watching these 3 webinars enough. So much info on topics we don’t often discuss but can relate to when we see how our body actually works.

    We aren’t small men (ours bodies are actually a lot more hardcore…sorry guys ) and we have to consider these things when setting/achieving our goals.

    Here are the links to the guest webinars we had last year.

    If you’re struggling with any of these then I would encourage you to watch.

    Menopause workshop – https://youtu.be/oF5IExoqj5U
    Menstrual cycle – https://youtu.be/dGQPil_osfg
    Pelvic floor –
    https://youtu.be/Epdi_XGLSvI

    Hope that helps you on your journey

    Aimee

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