Over Training, Under Eating, Cheat Meals and Staying Positive

My blogs are inspired by what I see going on at the gym.  I had a whole bunch of topics on my mind and I figured I'd throw them all out there.
Over Training
Some people, out of a desire to do so well are starting or thinking about starting to do too much.   Remember how I've gone on and on about having a plan of attack?  Well, this plan is not limited to nutrition but your training as well.  Your training should be the same each week.  In other words, I don't want you just throwing in an extra cardio because you have time or skipping cardio because your busy.  The plan should be simple with you training once a day 5-6 days per week.  Anymore than that is too much, especially at this point.
Under Eating
You've got to make sure you are eating enough to support your training.  In other words, if you skimp your calories too much for too long your body will want to go into a starvation mode and try to hold onto fat.  Remember my last blog about the minimum 8 calories per pound?  Also, be sure not to skip your post workout VP2/ DGC or CORE PWO shake.  Yes, there are carbs in these but they are very important for recovery so use the whole scoop and don't skip it.  Ever!
Cheat Meals
This could probably be a topic on it's own, but a few important things here. One, if you are snacking, grabbing things, overall not following the plan you don't need a cheat meal.  A cheat meal has two purposes.  The first is to give you a mental break from eating clean. In other words, you are not going 17 weeks without ice cream, you are going 6 days.  The other purpose is to give your body a spike in calories.  Your body can get use to the same low amount and start to slow down.  A cheat meal or higher calorie day(s) can stop this.  Come see me to learn more.
Staying Positive
This is the hardest part of Dream Team.  You will definitely go through many emotions during these 17 weeks and your commitment will be put to the test.  It's crucial to stay positive and seek out help.  We have an amazing family of teammates and trainers here.  Use them.