Tired

Well, it's been a long week for exercising. I really, really struggled this week and am in desperate need for a recovery week. Tuesday and Wednesday we did pure cardio and cardio resistance. Thursday, I did cardio recovery and it took every bit of effort on my part to finish just that one workout. Oh yeah, I did cardio abs on tuesday in addition to pure cardio. It was maybe the hardest workout I've ever done. I was so fatigued afterward that I could barely make it to the shower. Like I said, desperately need a week off. Unfortunately, I have one more hard week until my "off" week. The good news is that I have lost inches and can start seeing more and more muscles that I forgot that I had. But, and there is a big but, my muscles are tired. My shoulder is hurting (from lord knows what) and my legs get tired really easily. I have still, overall, gained two pounds (which is frustrating) so I am hoping that it is muscle weight. Eating well hasn't been as hard. I'm still eating good, but I think I may have to increase my caloric intake. My body may be in starvation mode where it starts to store because it thinks I am starving it. This can happen if you exercise really hard and don't consume enough calories. For this week, I may try and increase my calories and see what happens. Of course, it's really hard to this with "good" calories...and very expensive. I'm taking Saturday and Sunday off to recoup and then it's back to it.