Me too ladies. @Katie Jagocki i need to sleep more. @Holly Harding I eat a ton.

@Holly Harding for me it’s not usually a matter of being able to get to sleep. The two issues are either having the self-discipline to get to bed early or getting to bed early enough but waking in the early morning hours and not being able to get back to sleep.

I believe I’ve gone 4 days with only water. I would not do this now, thanks to reading Dr Stacy’s book and listening to her discuss her research. In some cases where there are extreme health challenges I do think fasting & then gradually adding back in foods to test the body’s reaction is helpful.

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Hi there, ladies – Back in the day I used to count my calories with pencil and paper and while that was effective for weight loss, I was hungry a lot! My affiliate owner exposed me to the idea of macros and I think I mentioned before I had to triple my protein, cut my fat in half, and my carbs 1/3. It was very effective and after a couple weeks of adjustment, I felt fine-not hungry. Since then, I count my macros often but not every day. If I’m in a maintenance phase, I might do it once a week just to make sure I’m on track. If I’m trying to slim down, I track to make sure I’m not getting little extras here and there. I’ve had a knee injury and this is meant I couldn’t do as much cardio and gained about 7 pounds. I know that probably sounds like a lot but it’s worth mentioning that. I’m 5 foot nine and 160 pounds. I have a competition in three weeks so this past week I have been being more careful of my macros and logging them is a great way to hold myself accountable. I’m also trying to pack everything in my house to move so finding time to log my macros is challenging, but I tend to eat the same types of things every day so that makes logging pretty efficient. I used to weigh my food, but now I feel I’ve gotten pretty good at estimating which also makes it more efficient. I usually allow myself a meal off during the weekend and/or a dessert that would not normally fit in my macros for balance.

I’m Kathleen Johnson. I’m a Youth CrossFit coach in Pleasanton Ca, mom of 3 and competitive Masters Athlete. I’m always up for learning more to enhance my performance and help my athletes.

As a high school & collegiate athlete, I was fortunate enough to have a background in performance over esthetics, but when I started having kids I lost a bit of that and started focusing on the scale and calories. It wasn’t until 5 years ago when we joined CrossFit that I returned to that mindset. My affiliate owner gave me macros and I realized I needed 3 times the protein, 1/2the fat and 1/3 the carbs I’d been consuming. I started eating this way and training hard, and I look completely different. But I’ll take a strict ring muscle up over defined abs any day.