Yesterday I had a very bad day in terms of energy. Although I initially started with a lot, buy the time I got to 6pm I had, quite literally, run out of energy. This was because, by 6pm, I had had all my meals and was still under 1000 calories. This was bad and is bad and today I was determined to make sure that I did not make the same mistake again to see if the energy loss really was to do with the calories or whether I was coming down with something.
So today, instead of not eating between meals, I have actively tried to snack (healthily) and I feel much less 'droopy' than I did yesterday. Although I have still not entirely caught up with myself, and my energy levels were so low yesterday that I was always going to be playing catch up for a couple of days.
This morning I had 5 fruits with my yoghurt instead of 3 and a banana mid morning. There were a lot of biscuits and cakes and donuts at school today and I did really well to resist them whilst I was in. For lunch I had something with more calories to make sure that I was feeling myself and a yoghurt mid afternoon (Activia 0% fat) and this kept me going.
I had already done my exercises in the morning and it's not affecting my heart as much now because I am becoming fitter and therefore will have to work harder to get the same results. However, I was definitely not feeling it this morning and the affects of yesterday was still there. I wasn't doing it with as much zest and energy as I normally do and some of the times I finished the exercises early...something I never normally do.
For dinner, we had ham risotto, with green beans, broccoli, peas and mushrooms and this took my total calories to normal levels for this time of the night and it leaves me a little to have a, possiblest,y less than healthy, snack later this evening. I have, though, learnt the error of my ways and will not be repeating it. Because I had over indulged a few nights before I was trying to not snack at all rather than listening to my body and refuelling whenever it needed it.
I will not be doing that again.
The body is a finely tuned instrument and wears out as it gets older if you don't look after it properly. Whereas I would probably have got away with so few calories in my younger years, I cannot now. I need to nurture and look after myself and my body so that it can take care of me. So overeating and under eating is something I shouldn't do. I have one day left of the week and I am looking forward to my exercises again tomorrow and should be much more energised to complete them to my normal levels of enthusiasm and without cutting corners.
So if you feel like reducing your calories to stupid levels, all that will happen is your energy will crash, your motivation and will power will also crash and you'll end up eating crap and vegging. Don't do it. Both under and over eating is dangerous and stops your energy. I have learnt this lesson and I will be watching myself much closer in the future.
Until tomorrow, stay strong and stay safe.
Thanks for reading.
Sean.
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