As you've probably guessed, I've recently started after much resistance (pun intended) weight training. I'm doing a combination of bodyweight and kettlebell exercises at home or work. This is on top of my usual 10k steps a day and 30 min cardio and HIIT combi on the rowing machine. Ive managed for the last 6 months to keep up a pretty aggressive deficit of 1000 cals on average, with progress understandably slowing this last month. I pretty much stalled at 155lbs. So I figured after seeing so many suggestions to finally change up my routine a bit and start weight training. I've also relaxed my deficit a bit to between 500-750 calories depending on the day.
I can't say I'm 100% enjoying it yet, but I do enjoy the afterburner, achiness and confirmation from my body that I do have muscles in there, albeit underutilised ones! My problem happened last night. I'd gone to bed as normal, but my partner came to bed much earlier than usual. Normally I'm in a deep sleep by then and I'm not disturbed, but I couldn't get back to sleep and all I could think about was the chocolate I had in the cupboard. I got up, had the chocolate, then about 10 crackers with cheese, then a handful of almonds THEN some ice cream! About 1000 calories worth of junk at 11pm.
I don't binge, and chocolate can last in the house for months as I'm not a big sweet eater. The ice cream has been in the freezer since May. I'm not a night eater either and my period is over now so I'm not in the craving part of my cycle. I can only put this unexpected and very unwanted side effect down to beginning weight training. Annoyingly, I'd probably have slept through fine too if it wasn't for being woken up! Did this happen to anyone else? I get plenty of protein in the day. Yesterday I'd had about 98g before I went to bed. I generally have about 100g carbs a day +/- 20g. How do I avoid that type of intense craving it in the future?
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