Update on my reverse diet
Today’s post is an update to my reverse diet. If you don’t know what a reverse diet is read this post here
I am on week 6 of my reverse diet and I am feeling GOOD! It’s amazing how much more energy I have when I eat more food and NO I haven’t gained any weight. The point of a reverse diet is to see where my maintenance calories are so I can go into a correct deficit for my body and lose some fat but keep my muscle then go back to maintenance calories for the rest of the time. Ultimately, my goal is to live in maintenance 9 months out of the year and do 1 cut a year.
I have increased my strength training to 4 days per week using progressive overload with 1 day of HIIT, 1 day of heated yoga. I also walk 30-45 minutes each day. Some wins with the exercises have been being able to increase my weights due to having more energy and recovering better because I am eating enough food to help my body do that.
I am also sleeping so much better than before. Before I would wake up around 2-3am hungry. Now, most nights I sleep through the night. Sometimes I wake up at 2-3am hungry and then I know I need to make sure to eat all my macros the next day so I can sleep.
My coach has increased my calories/macros each week based on my body’s feedback. Yes, I hired a coach because doing a reverse diet for the first time on yourself is hard to do mainly due to mindset. You have to weigh yourself every day (yuck but it’s the data that we need).
It hasn’t been all rainbows and lollipops over here 🙂 There are times when I don’t want to eat more food, times I feel bloated, fat, all those things. But I know that it will pass and it has! This week I feel the best I have felt since we started and I am eating more then I ever have before. Doing a reverse diet it like anything else, in order to get the results you want, it comes from consistency and being patient. If I would have stopped 2 weeks ago like I wanted to I wouldn’t be where I am today feeling lean, having massive amounts of energy and lifting heavier then ever.
If you want to know if a reverse diet is right for you send me a msg on IG @lisaholtan and let’s chat.