Calories, Calories, Calories.

Things have been progressing since my last post.  I still have the want to go to the gym, but now I am wanting to go almost everyday instead of three times a week and I never thought I would ever say that.  Unfortunately, Andrew (my trainer) doesn't want me to do that until we get further along in the program.  Also, I am not sure my muscles want me doing that, especially since they are still sore days after my workouts.  Legs on the other hand are done so intensively that they are still sore right up until the next training session a week later.  It is all an amazing feeling and experience, but damn am I tired most the time from all the healing and digesting.  I thought exercise was supposed to boost your energy. HAHAHA.  Some good news before the bad, my boyfriend (who is also working out to get in shape) is going on Saturdays (the workout day without Andrew) with me to do his cardio, but to also help spot me so that I can really push myself.  This has been a boon for me and I am grateful to have the help.  The bad news is that I have been losing some weight.  I am down a pound since my last weigh in over a week ago.  Andrew says that it is ok since it could be just my metabolism adapting to the new food regimen, loss of excess water or visceral fat, etc. I hope this trend doesn't continue which is shouldn't considering I saw my nutritionist again on Monday.  Also, recently I have noticed I am starting to sit and stand much straighter without concentrating on doing it.  I would love if my posture improved to where I don't slouch at all.  Baby steps I guess, but I am just getting so anxious to see more results.

The nutritionist has given me a new diet plan to help keep my body guessing.  She has changed me to a high protein/low carb diet 4 days and high carb/low protein diet 3 days, as well as, added on 200 extra calories, so now I am up to 3200/day.  This is supposed to help hard gainers to really pack on the pounds.  I hope that is true because I would really like to get up to 215 soon so I can get my measurements done again. The last time I was trying to gain weight, the was around the weight that I started to plateau and was unable to break past.  It seems recently that my strength and weight gain has hit a plateau already, which could just be my already high metabolism kicking into super mode now that it has all the fuel it needs to get going.  If it keeps up this trend, I might have to see the nutritionist and again sooner to find out if even more calories are needed.  Damn you metabolism! Another side effect of all this, my normal body temperature seems to be skyrocketing.  I am constantly hot, especially when I go to bed at night.  At times it is almost unbearable to sleep...sigh.

So I'm just keeping up the training and hoping my measurements are good when that time comes.  I also hope that the current feeling that I am plateauing goes away soon with more great gains, but I gotta keep my head in the game and not worry about that, just the workouts.  At times I feel like I am regressing strength wise, but I think that is just in my mind...I hope.  I am sure Andrew would do something if he thought I wasn't making the gains he expects.  He has also said I am ahead of the game some, so I just need to get out of my own head and not worry about it.