Confused.

Surprising to say, but I am having a hard time keeping up with my daily caloric intake. The other day I had a 1,000 calorie deficit. Then yesterday I had a deficit of 250 calories. In order to lose 2.4 pounds per week I'm supposed consume 1,697 calories per day. At least this is what it says on the daily plate from LiveStrong.com. Now I can consume over 2,000 calories in a day, but I have to take into consideration both of my workouts during a day (burning on average about 1,200 calories in one day).

So I am going to cut out one of my cardio (elliptical) workouts and just do one instead. This should help, because there are some days I just don't feel like eating that much and I would hate to put my body into starvation mode. That's the exact opposite of what I want to do.

I've also been reading on the forums at LiveStrong about a High Intensity Interval Training (or HIIT) routine. You can read more about HIIT by going to IntervalTraining.net. I think I might incorporate this into my workout routine instead of doing cardio every single day. It says you can supplement your workouts by doing weight lifting on the off days, but to keep it light enough so your body is resting. I have to say that my weight lifting routine isn't that strenuous on my body.

Time to go workout. I'm doing weight lifting today and some cardio on the elliptical. Will keep doing this until I can research more on this HIIT routine. Until next time!