Frustrated

I've been away from daily reporting of calories, but rest assured I've been counting them. I've been staying at Tims house for a week and the room with the computer was a room without air conditioning and sweat kept me from going in there too much.

So whats the deal with how things have been going? Well, to be honest...not great. And that's not to say I haven't been good about not eating sweets, that's not to say I haven't been good about sticking to the nutrient ration breakdown, and I've certainly been exercising. All of that said...why have I been getting rashes, difficulty with digestion (I had some serious bouts of nausea, cramping, and diarrhea one day) --- AND...why did I come back to my scale today only to see I'm 135 again?

Not cool.

I don't know what to do/say about any of it, really. Working extra hard and getting nowhere. I suppose it's possible I'm under estimating my caloric intake...but most days I struggled to get to 1400, and many days I didn't make it that high and was 100-250 calories below. I use a heart rate monitor when I exercise so I'm logging all my calories burned. And what's up with last week losing 4lbs...this week I changed nothing and gain it all back? It was obviously water weight, but that's not fair! As for the digestion issues, I have read in certain places that when you replace carbs with protein you often need the assistance of probiotics to get everything digested properly. I'm a fan of probiotics so I'll pick some up today at the grocery store.

Maybe I'm eating too many nuts? I'm afraid to lower my caloric intake too much for fear I'll fall below 1200 and be in that zone where your body starts to store fat to survive. Not sure what the change-up plan is yet. Any suggestions are welcome.