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Friday, 09 March 2012

Saturday, 03 March 2012

  • Plateau

    Might as well admit it - I have plateau'd. My body is apparently very happy with being 118 pounds. However, my brain is less excited. My brain would be okay with 118 pounds and 24% bodyfat, but I'm still at 30-31. I can identify several contributing issues:

     

    1. Social eating - people offer me food, offer to buy me food at restaurants. I like people. I feel rude refusing a gift. So I don't eat as well as I could. I love you all; please do not offer me any more cinnamon rolls or alcohol for awhile.

    2. Lack of sleep - this is a big one. Spring allergies + 8 am class = not getting enough sleep. Going to bed earlier can help with the second part, but I'm not sure what to do about the first.

    3. Sitting around a lot - because of mostly #2, and partly also the extra hours at work, I have been doing a lot of sitting and not a lot of moving around. So I've made new rules: no sitting down for at least half an hour after I come home, and no websurfing with the phone (this means I have to stand up if I want to get on the internet). These rules have only been in force for a couple days, but I do feel like it gives me more energy. Also, the house is much cleaner!

     

Friday, 17 February 2012

  • Update

    Last night I had a new record for low body fat - 29.9%. And I weighed in at 118.2. That's the second day in a row that I've been under the "ten pounds lost" mark. If I'm still under 118.4 tonight, I get to reward myself. If I'm not, it restarts the clock.

     

    Our grass-fed beef tastes a little different than the corn-fed beef we're used to. It also takes a little finesse to cook, as it's tougher and leaner. But we are quickly figuring it out. I love that I'm eating burgers (well, beef patties) and steaks and losing weight. Of course, I'm ALSO eating bok choy and radishes (last night's side veggies were bok choy, garlic, and radishes cooked in bacon grease and sprinkled with sesame oil).

     

    I'm not eating perfectly by any stretch, but I'm doing pretty good. And apparently, I don't have to eat perfectly to lose weight, which is really great.

     

    Oh, and my husband looks amazing. He's down to his high school wrestling weight!

Monday, 06 February 2012

  • 2/5

    B: Mini-sausages and half a grapefruit. Coffee.

    L: Tilapia, mango salsa (mango, red bell peppers, cilantro, jalapeno), asparagus, zucchini.

    A few nuts from the free-sample bins at the corner market. Some almond butter and coconut flakes in the afternoon.

    Roast beef, spinach, and more salsa before the super bowl party. Cheese, carrots, kale chips, and pecans at the party. It was really hard not to eat all the interesting (ie, bad) food there. But I didn't! Well, I mean, I could have eaten less cheese. But it was a very stressful environment.

    Weight at 10 pm:

    120.4 lbs (-8.0 lbs)

     

    Don't remember my other stats, I'll have to add them later.

Saturday, 04 February 2012

  • 2/4

    B: Went out to Breadwinners. Ignored the free plate of sugar-coated muffins and ordered a veggie omelet. Going out for breakfast is not really much fun when you can't have pancakes, waffles, muffins, french toast, or even potatoes. Sigh. Coffee with half and half.

    L: A cube of cheese, a tablespoon of almond butter, and a pear. 

    D: Big salad with beef, avocado, red and green leaf lettuce, cauliflower, carrots, and celery. And some dressing. And a square of super-dark chocolate for dessert.

    BTW, and Frank's Red Hot Sauce is totally allowed. It makes salad way more interesting.

    We went to the movies tonight and didn't buy any snacks. That was, honestly, not very difficult.

    Worked out today. It was tough. But I can see progress--muscles where there were no muscles before. It's pretty cool.

     

    Weight at 9:45 pm:

    120.4 lbs (-8.0 lbs)

    30.3% bf (-2.2%)

    34.6% muscle (+0.7%)

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  • If you believe in internet tests, I am a healer, an intellect, a visual mathematician, and a golden retriever. I have also been accused of being Mountain Dew and Poptarts, among other things. Make of it what you will. My favorite hobby is collecting obscure hobbies. My favorite kind of art is body art. I used to write. Now I blog.