So – today was a tough day. Bad design meeting at the end of it. I considered having a nice glass of wine – which I realized was a stupid idea, so I quickly turned that one down! Yippee. But now just trying to get over the awkwardness of the day.
So results wise… the goal was to continue the weight loss – I lost 2.2lbs last week. Here are this weeks’ results:
- Weight: 189.3lbs to 186.6lbs = -2.7lbs
- Bodyfat: 45.3lbs to 43.2lbs = -2.1lbs
- Bodyfat: 23.9% to 23.2% = -0.7%
All in all – that’s pretty good! I sadly lost 0.6lbs of muscle – which isn’t desirable by any means, but it’s a part of this process! I would’ve liked to have dipped under 23% bodyfat, but that’s OK. I can live with that.
Losing 2.7lbs is good – more than the average, but I was thinking that the diet plan has been extremely strong and strict, so that’s a very good result indeed.
To be honest, I almost thought that I’d lose more than that. To be within the 3-4lbs loss, because I’ve been so good on diet for a week. It shows that while the diet is strong and good, that I need really to stick to it in order to achieve my results. It’ll also need to be maintained if I was to sustain my results in the future… well, apart from the gain cycles!
So – how am I on my goal of 15%! Well – in the past 2 weeks (yeah, I’ll call it two weeks), I’ve lost 1.5% bodyfat. A total of 4.9lbs (4.1lbs fat, 0.8lbs muscle, approximately). I guess realistically I should’ve been on 23% bodyfat by now. But c’est la vie. Tis all good!
You know – I was about to say that I shouldn’t expect to be able to maintain these results – but fuck it. You know what, I’m committed to this. And I want to really achieve it. REALLY achieve it. So – based on my understanding of these losses, I’m changing the determinants – I’m looking to lose 2lbs of FAT a week. Assuming that I lose minimal amounts of muscle, let’s say ~0.5lbs of muscle, I should be losing a total of 2.5lbs a week.
Ah – you know what – who gives a fuck. I’ll lose as I lose. Having steadfast goals is a bad thing. As long as I continue to lose 2lbs of fat a week, I’ll be well on my way 
Woo hoo!