I start dieting to get my 6-pack back, but quit after a FEW DAYS b/c when I look in the mirror I see the skinny 16 year old kid again and feel very inferior. I don’t go crazy with cutting calories but only add sprints to the end of my workout. After a few days, my shirts feel looser and I literally think I am shrinking. At this juncture, I eat like crazy, feel and look full again, shirts are back to being tight and I am a happy camper. But, still no 6 pack.
I don’t step on the scale ever so I cannot reassure my mind everything is ok. The only way to reassure it is the mirror and that’s a mind f…k.
In my entire 55 years, I have never “dieted.” Guess I never had to, or saw the reason for it. I eat clean and healthy and in large quantities, and I’d sure hate to give that up. And I really don’t give a damn about how much I weigh, as long as my clothes still fit, I’m good.
“So, Momma”, you ask, “How do you keep your girlish figure in check, if you eat like a hog?”
I lift like it’s my job, and get in some HIIT when there’s a sale at the mall. I can outsprint any woman for a sale at the shoe store. ;^)
[quote]marktb wrote:
I start dieting to get my 6-pack back, but quit after a FEW DAYS b/c when I look in the mirror I see the skinny 16 year old kid again and feel very inferior. I don’t go crazy with cutting calories but only add sprints to the end of my workout. After a few days, my shirts feel looser and I literally think I am shrinking. At this juncture, I eat like crazy, feel and look full again, shirts are back to being tight and I am a happy camper. But, still no 6 pack.
I don’t step on the scale ever so I cannot reassure my mind everything is ok. The only way to reassure it is the mirror and that’s a mind f…k.
Does anyone else feel this way when “dieting”?
Mark [/quote]
Hello,
If I had to take an educated guess is that you are reducing your calories to fast or or dropping carbs too low from a high amount. the immediate loss is water weight and that is what keeps the shirt tight so to speak.–make sense ?
when my clients comment/complain of this i will switch them too a carb-cyclic diet.
edit: Just reread and what your saying is that after sprints you feel flat. That is normal after lifting then sprinting- all your blood is now in your lower half. I would start with 2 sprints after each workout and add in 1 sprint per workout every 2 weeks. your body is not used to this extra volume so you need to adjust accordingly.