Hello everyone!
I’m a long time reader/lurker and I really appreciate the wealth of information I’ve learned from the BBF.
I’m looking for some advice for those who may have experienced something similar in the past — it’s a long story (aren’t they all?) but essentially I’ve been an athlete my whole life. I was a professional athlete for a few years after racing at the collegiate level. Two years ago I quit as a means to recalibrate my hormones (I hadn’t had my period in six years, I had gained 15lbs despite training and keeping my calories low…thanks coritsol). I never stopped exercising, though. Just took it on in different forms.
Over the last year, I’ve focused a lot more on strength training, CrossFit, etc. I’m absolutely loving it but the fact is: I am tired.
I’ve pretty much only taken 1-2 rest days/week for the last 8 years. Of course there were circumstances that kept me away longer, but never more than one week in almost ten years.
I am no stranger to overtraining, but I am newer to strength/crossfit/etc. I have lacked motivation, I’ve been perpetually tired, sore, and starving.
I’m focused on body recomp (not so concerned with scale weight, but definitely looking to drop some body fat %) and I haven’t seen that move at all despite religiously counting macros and training 5-6 days a week.
This leads me to believe I could benefit from a break, both diet (eat at maintenance or slightly above…shooting for 2100 calories as a 5’4, 128lb female, any feedback here much appreciated) and exercise (just going for walks, that’s it).
I’d love to hear other’s experience. I don’t want to say I’m looking for “permission” or “affirmation” but ya’ll know how hard this can be. I want to keep getting stronger and break through this fat loss plateau and I’ve seem to have exhausted my options. I don’t want it to be due to laziness or lack of motivation, but I’ve been digging pretty deep to figure out what that looks like.
Again, I figure the more info I give the better the feedback will be so my apologies for a long post but I *really* appreciate some insight/anecdotal experience.
Thank you all!
Margaret
I’m a long time reader/lurker and I really appreciate the wealth of information I’ve learned from the BBF.
I’m looking for some advice for those who may have experienced something similar in the past — it’s a long story (aren’t they all?) but essentially I’ve been an athlete my whole life. I was a professional athlete for a few years after racing at the collegiate level. Two years ago I quit as a means to recalibrate my hormones (I hadn’t had my period in six years, I had gained 15lbs despite training and keeping my calories low…thanks coritsol). I never stopped exercising, though. Just took it on in different forms.
Over the last year, I’ve focused a lot more on strength training, CrossFit, etc. I’m absolutely loving it but the fact is: I am tired.
I’ve pretty much only taken 1-2 rest days/week for the last 8 years. Of course there were circumstances that kept me away longer, but never more than one week in almost ten years.
I am no stranger to overtraining, but I am newer to strength/crossfit/etc. I have lacked motivation, I’ve been perpetually tired, sore, and starving.
I’m focused on body recomp (not so concerned with scale weight, but definitely looking to drop some body fat %) and I haven’t seen that move at all despite religiously counting macros and training 5-6 days a week.
This leads me to believe I could benefit from a break, both diet (eat at maintenance or slightly above…shooting for 2100 calories as a 5’4, 128lb female, any feedback here much appreciated) and exercise (just going for walks, that’s it).
I’d love to hear other’s experience. I don’t want to say I’m looking for “permission” or “affirmation” but ya’ll know how hard this can be. I want to keep getting stronger and break through this fat loss plateau and I’ve seem to have exhausted my options. I don’t want it to be due to laziness or lack of motivation, but I’ve been digging pretty deep to figure out what that looks like.
Again, I figure the more info I give the better the feedback will be so my apologies for a long post but I *really* appreciate some insight/anecdotal experience.
Thank you all!
Margaret
by margaret1992 via Bodybuilding.com Forums - Female Bodybuilding
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