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At a bare minimum, I'd take a day in between each session, leaving you with a three-day A week and a four-day B week. All her well-planned programs involve muscle rotations and programmed rest so that each muscle group gets at least 24-48 hours between workouts. You might wish to alternate it with a cardio day, if you are…
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5'5" here... 125 is hard to cross. While breastfeeding, I had hit a set point around 135. I could eat ANYTHING and not gain an ounce, or lose anything. Now it seems to be 125/126, and getting below is way harder than it should be.
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If you eat too few calories, your body goes into starvation/preservation mode and changes your metabolism to hold on to body mass. (I'm not an expert by an stretch, but everyone I've ever read on the subject has said the same thing, so it's probably fairly well-established in the nutrition/weight loss community.)
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I have pretty much exactly your stats (5'5", 126 lbs) and I have been eating around 1700 cal/day (with 30-60 minute workouts at least four times a week) and I'm getting dizzy and lightheaded, presumably from the calorie drop. (Just a month ago I was still breastfeeding and probably eating nearly 2500 cal/day.) Have you…
