Staying off the scale and not tracking was initially what I needed to take a break. A year of entering everything I ate into an app became too much to continue for me so I took a break.
It is a tough balance for me, mainly because I want my cake and to be able to eat it too (literally). Over the last week with the girls on Spring Break, I knew the nutrition was going to take a hit just because of my inability to stay on track. And that caught up with me on Sunday. So I am going to get back to tracking again.
I have some updated numbers to work off of which makes me feel good and even though the number on the scale is higher than I want, it doesn’t surprise me. And I know that I can bring it down and still eat enough to support the workout that I am doing. As was in the past, I don’t want or need to cut down to another weight class. I am perfectly fine as a 105+. About a month or two ago, I was sneaking in PRs here and there and feeling pretty good. I am not sure what bodyweight I was at, but I know it was less than where I am now, yet more than I had been in the recent meets I have done. So I need to find that balance again as that is where I felt my performance was the most optimal.
I am also hoping that this will help alleviate some of the issues I have been experiencing with my knees, mostly my left. Taking some weight off, eating cleaner, and working in some more specific accessory work should really help me start feeling a lot better. Looking at my programming, the volume is a touch higher than what I have done before, so I am going to modify a few things here and there. I had a brief chat with my coach about how I was feeling and have some exercises to work in this coming week that I also expect to help out a great deal.
Overall, I am pretty excited, but then again, that feeling of starting something new is always refreshing, isn’t it? The plan is one cheat meal a week, hit -/+5 on my macros daily up through the next meet and then see where things are from there.