No change on the scale. I could see my old self being very frustrated at this, making sad faces in my food journal, walking around depressed, raiding the chocolate cabinet and figuring "who cares?", etc. BUT...I don't feel that way. The fat percentage continues to go down weekly. I think I'm at a 14 pounds fat loss total so far. I'd rather lose 14 pounds of fat than 14 pounds of muscle, that's for sure! I'm lifting some very heavy weights, so the Fat Free Mass (FFM) is actually going UP. Interesting. A regular scale does not tell you this, nor does it tell you your hydration, which all affect a "weight" reading. I'm so glad I finally know what to look for, what I am looking at, and why the weight number is deceiving.
I still have much to learn. This metabolic approach has been the most "intellectual" approach to weight loss that I've seen, and my curious intellect loves it. I like to know the "why" and 'how" of everything, and, for the first time, I understand why all the stuff I did before didn't work (or either worked for awhile and then stopped working). I was doing everything wrong!!! I was telling my body to store fat. Dummy.
I really wanted some new shorts/pants before our trip in July, but it appears that may not happen. My old shorts are baggy, but not enough so that I can go down a size. All those deadlifts have left me with a muscular bum. Or at least that's the excuse I will use. ;-)
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