OK – so I have to admit that I had to do a bit of a double take when I saw my results today. They’re quite astonishing:
- Weight: 183.6lbs to 176.7lbs = -6.9lbs
- Bodyfat: 41.2lbs to 37.2lbs = -4lbs
- Bodyfat: 22.4% to 21.0% = -1.4%
That’s quite the impressive loss over a week – 7lbs. That’s HUGE! But the loss of another 3lbs of muscle is also huge. And that’s a big concern. When I looked at these results, I didn’t expect that. I thought the fat burner was meant to just burn fat, not muscle. So it’s probably a good thing that I’m stopping it for the time being.
See – what I don’t know right now is how much of the above results are down to the fat burner, and how much is down to the nutrition plan. This past week has been incredible for the nutrition plan. I’ve been so good. No white foods, no white flour, no sauces… it’s been turkey and chicken with wholegrain rice and pasta all week. It’s been a lot easier than I had anticipated – so that’s a good thing.
But – given that I’ve stopped taking the fat burner, we’ll see what next week begins. Of course, I’m not going to expect results in the same league again. That’d be a bit silly. But this is a huge drop – in fat as well as muscle (which is somewhat sad). Although – what I may suggest is that this fat burner also burns off a lot of water… since water is treated the same as muscle by the scale, it may have just been reading water loss – that could explain a lot of the results. Perhaps. So they’re inflated artificially. But – being devil’s advocate, I could just be trying to rationalize an insane reduction in muscle. We’ll see.
What I do know is that this is a huge motivator. And I’m hoping it’ll’ve got me over my little hump. As of next week, I’m back to basics. This insight into nutrition has been huge, and mightily valuable. Next week will be an interesting week to determine how much of the loss this week was due to the fat burner, how much down to water loss and how much down to nutrition. A good mix. This was a good week. No wonder I could tell a change! And I’m far closer now to be goal of 20% bodyfat! In fact, if I’m extremely lucky, I may be there by the end of next week… I only need to lose about 1.8lbs of fat, and I’m there… 3 weeks early! Yippee 
We’ll see…