You’re training hard, two, three, four days a week. Started losing weight, getting stronger, but now you’re stuck. Let’s face it. This happens from time to time, especially in the beginning.
You go into your training and listen to the coach. You follow the program, and you’re losing weight and you’re feeling great, but then you hit this point. You plateaued in weight. You feel like you’re not going anywhere else and are getting discouraged. Sound familiar?
If this is you, you need to take a hard look at what you are doing. Don’t start blaming the training. Don’t start blaming your coach or something else, but it could be something else. Before you go to the couch, the training and letting that be the excuse, what are you eating? How are you moving that extra time during the day or after you work out?
Are you eating the right amount of food? Are you getting enough protein, especially women? This is normally the difficult thing for you. Are you eating a balanced diet, not eating a bunch of junk?
One of the big ones: the weekend hits and you go on a bender. You eat whatever you want, saying you’re gonna burn it off, and guess what? That’s what’s stopping you. Yes, here at Fisher Lifting, we want you to find a good balance between life and have a healthy understanding and respect for food. This doesn’t mean stop having that cupcake at the party or having that cookie or having that alcohol drink that you want, but it’s balance.
If this short little read has you kind of questioning or getting upset, maybe it is you, and that’s okay. We’re human; we want to have things. We have vices, but balance it out. Find a way to have them but still stay on track. Being 80 to 90% good with your food goes a lot longer way than trying to out train the crap food.
Yes, you’ve probably heard this before over and over, especially if you’re on and off with training and your weight is going up and down over the years, but guess what? It’s returning, and you keep hearing it for a reason because it works.
So get back, talk to your trainer, talk to your coach, let them know, do that check-in. That’s why we do check-ins here. See what’s working, what’s not working, and adjust. That’s part of it.
- Maybe you need to up your protein.
- Maybe you need to up your carbs.
- Maybe you need to reduce your carbs or your fats for what you’re looking for.
- Maybe your training needs to change and put a little more intensity on your weight or your training overall.
- Maybe you need to up the rep scheme or time under tension, or maybe you just need some sleep. Are you sleeping well? That can all correlate back to food.
Now, ultimately, having the right macro amount, meaning right protein, carb, and fats in grams a day, is the best and ideal way to lose weight and feel good, but if that stresses you out, I get it.
So to help minimize that stress, just send me a quick email to Leroy@fisherlifting.com, and I’ll send you my free easy eating guide that I give all members when they start.
It’s a simple guide with proper things to eat, how to measure out with a plate or your hand, so there’s minimal stress when you go out to eat or you’re out at a party. You can figure it out and have a fun time and not be stressed about eating too much or not having fun.
I hope this helped, and again, reach out. I’m not afraid to answer any questions you have. You can email, like I said before, or shoot us a text; that’s an option too. Head to our website if you want to learn more about us, Fisherlifting.com.
