A lurker's/sometime poster's introduction
Hello. I've used MFP for awhile and lurked the community for the longest time. I began posting only recently. I realized I joined this group and have posted in topics, but never introduced myself. I don't want to be one of those people who just posts w/o a proper intro.
I'm 38 and have exercised for years-I ran a full marathon, multiple halfs, and used to teach Les Mills classes in the evenings after work-body pump, rpm, body combat, and body flow, in addition to weightlifting. I didn't fuel myself properly and if my pants were too tight, I dropped to 1200 calories to make them loose (Looking back now, I can safely say that all of my 20s and half of my 30s, I was damaging my body). The past few years, my husband and I have been all-consumed with having a baby (He's 43). Reproductive specialists encouraged me to back off of the exercise in order to better our chances of conceiving. It worked, I gained some weight but multiple miscarriages later, I found myself depressed and fat.
Most recent miscarriage was in December 2013. It rocked our world, as we were at 10 weeks and began to feel confident in the pregnancy. I shut down completely. Ate tons of comfort food in large amounts and did not move. Got up, went to work, came home from work, took a nap, got up, ate, went back to bed.
At the end of Febuary/beginning of March, I realized that if we want a child, I need to be healthy. I got a bodymedia link and immediately began following 1200 calories per day and started up exercising again. My average daily TDEE from BMF is usually 1900-2100 (here is where I learned that I damaged my body with all of the years of crazy exercise). Weight dropped off and I started to feel good mentally again. Lurking the community, I have read as much as I can find on BMR, TDEE, undereating, overeating, and decided to ditch the 1200 and have been using TDEE for the past few weeks.
I will finish up my 11th week of SL 5X5 tomorrow. I really love the simplicity of it, but have found myself not being able to fully recover from squatting 3 times per week. Last week, I joined my hubby for 2 days of 5,3,1 and I think I may switch after I complete the 12 weeks of SL.
Anyway, I'm looking for friends who support doing this the right way.
