Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Day 67...almost 10 weeks of ME Fat Loss Approach

Not quite the full 10 weeks, but close enough to make an assessment.

The (almost) 10 week results appear to be as follows:
-10 inches lost
-10 pounds lost
-fat percentage down 2.5%
-"fat pounds" down from 69 pounds of fat to 61 pounds of fat (so 8 pounds of fat loss)
-muscle mass weight down about 1 pound   :-(

My measurements are what they were when I weighed even less in the summer of 2008, so I must've lost too much muscle weight back then.  I have to work really hard to keep that muscle on.

I am not really hungry.  When I am, I eat.  :-)
I am allowed cheat meals (1 a week), but I've only had about 4 in the 10 weeks.  I find myself not wanting it, believe it or not.
I really miss rolls and butter, chocolate to excess, chicken-n-dumplings, and that's about it.
I can have chocolate, but not as much as I'd like to have.

Other than that, I am good with this plan.
I commit to 10 more weeks. The workouts are short, but brutal, and I hate them.  The walking is not so bad.  I like to walk; it's just hard to find time (and the right weather) to do it.  I just despise the treadmill.  The food is good.  It's still hard for me to plan ahead and "nip in the bud" any interruptions, potential derailings, etc.  I really do have to PLAN ahead for each and every day, thinking about where I will be, what I will eat, what exercise I will do, what items I need from the grocery store, etc.  I am NOT a planner because our life here in this house is NOT ever the same from day to day, so this is the hardest part.  I will have to get better.  Last night, I ate a big salad at 10 pm for dinner.  Everyone else ate pizza earlier, but I didn't.  I think that has happened nearly every day this week.  I make dinner, and everyone eats it while I watch.  It is sad.  But it is the way it must be.
I want to feel comfortable in my own skin.  I don't want to see "rolls" on myself.  I don't want my thighs to rub together when I walk so my shorts ride up (I really hate that).  I want clothes to "fit" and look nice, not to tug, pull, and stretch.  Is this too much to ask?

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