I’ve been doing a lot of body type research for my blog. I have an endomorph body type which means my body quickly adjusts to diets and that’s why I normally stall out. The research I have been doing suggests carb cycling through the week to burn weight and inches off and stop a stall.

I am writing this blog post as I go, therefore I will be adding bit by bit over the next two weeks. I am one week in, I have found doing a higher carb diet while lifting my weights has helped A LOT. I have more energy, less muscle soreness(I still get sore though) and my appetite has changed. I don’t crave unhealthy foods like I used to, and I overall feel better about myself and my progress.

I decided for face, I’d step on the scale and weigh myself today. I have lost 2.2lb in one week. So, not really much of a change since I lost 11lb last month just counting calories and working out. I also have gained inches in some places. I have no idea if that’s an inch of muscle or if it’s fat from doing a low carb diet on my off days. At this point, I have no clue. 

I’ve noticed on my low carb days I am super hungry and more prone to want to cheat on my diet. Today, I couldn’t help myself but to have a donut. My binge disorder has more control over my mind during these days than on days where I am eating higher carbs. I have tried increasing my fat intake, for these days, to see if it helps. So far, it has not. My body doesn’t seem to feel full on my low carb days and I feel constantly starving. 

I will weigh in tomorrow and decide if I will continue to carb cycle, or if I will just go back to logging my food with myfitnesspal and trying to keep it more or less clean. I do allow myself small cheats. For example, yesterday was Valentine’s Day and I had a hot chocolate bomb. It honestly gave me the biggest sugar high and instead of sitting there doing nothing I decided to be productive and get my step count up.

The last two weeks my mindset has changed. I find that I want to be more active. I want to increase my step count from under 5k to over 7/8k a day. Eventually, the goal is to get over 10k steps a day. It also gives me more hopes for summer. I daydream about riding bikes with my children, playing soccer and baseball, going swimming, and nice long hikes with my dog Kronos. 

So, even if this carb cycling didn’t help me lose weight. It did aid in helping me learn what is good and isn’t good for my body. It helped promote more mental change. It has made me more hopeful for my future losing weight and keeping the weight off. I have also been able to help other women with ideas on meal prep, healthy recipes, and overall support of what may or may not work for them. 

So, I honestly weighed in at 4lb down. So, it really isn’t a big change at all. I see better results just using my calorie counting app and not going overboard with my fat intake. I do believe that part of sticking to this diet would be to figure out how to feel full on low carb days. This seemed to be the worst part of carb cycling for me. I have decided to go back to just eating clean and working out. Stick to whole foods and eating the correct amount of calories seem to help my muscles more than what I have been doing. All in all, I do believe when I am lower in weight I will try to carb cycle again. For now, I am going to keep doing what I am doing.