130 pounds, 94 lb lean body mass, 27% body fat
Ick.
Well, the weight is ok, but my lean body mass has continued to diminish ever-so-slightly. NOT OK! I miss being strong.
Goals for No Excuses June:
Weight goal: 126, since it would be a new Low Number first-of-the-month weight.
Fitness goal: Walk or run 20 miles. This is VERY realistic, since I am already doing a brisk 4 miles in one stretch with no problem. I'm not making it higher because I haven't been training at all this year, and moderate exercise is an improvement over none!
I want to set the bar higher than what I've been doing, but not so high that I'll get discouraged about succeeding.
Start strength training again. At least start. That is all.
Diet goal: Find a balance among carb counting, calorie counting, and eating what feels good. My body is clearly telling me, with 3 weeks at the same weight, that carb counting along will not do it for weight loss anymore. I still think it's great for regulating appetite and controlling my reactive hypoglycemia, but it can't be the only tool in my kit. I was eating a LOT before I started calorie counting, because of the high fat foods. The O in a bowl alone was easily 500-600 calories, and I was eating that with other foods for the main meal. Even with the high intake, I went from 134 to 130 in the first week, and did not gain anything back. That tells me regulating carbs is still good.
I'll stick to my 100 g net carbs daily, but I'll add 10 grams for every mile (ie walked 4 miles one day, get 140 g carbs). I would like to make a calorie goal, but I really hate tracking every calorie I consume. I'll make a soft goal of 1600 plus anything burned in exercise. If I still burn 2,000 a day, that gives me an almost-a-pound deficit weekly.
I'm inclined to plan one free day a week, but I don't think a 4,000 calorie day every week is a good idea. Maybe I'll try to be more intuitive about it and simply allow a free meal once in a while when the time is right, ie when I'm out with Charlie Brown and don't want to be obsessing over my meal quite as much.
Summary Goals:
Lose 4 pounds
Walk 20 miles
Start strength training
100 g net carbs daily + exercise allowance
Free meal now and then without guilt
i was never strong so that's cooooool
ReplyDelete27% body fat - that's a pretty good number. i'm around 22-23%ish now. i don't want to check. i do know when i hit 132, i'm about 21.3% so i'm excited for that.
i lost 1% muscle by exercising that's how hardcore i am and how weak and pathetic and spineless (i don't mind it though though if i was someone that cared about it, i'd be pissed) i'd long realised that me gaining muscle is like me sticking to a diet for more than a week. it happens, but then all good intent disappears and so does the muscle.
126 can i has it too
this will be a new low for everything
in fact 131 would be a new low. 131 as a goal it is.
shit what are you gonna do with 20 miles you're awesome ok
i get what you mean. though when i was completely high fat and very low carbs, i.e. 70% fat and less than 40ish carbs, i lost weight even on 2500. though i was technically on vegan keto. which is boring. too boring to sustain so it's out of the picture.
YES GOOD I LIKE THE SOUND OF THIS
FREE MEALS. *throws everything in the air*
now for comment replies:
"I had a wigout moment when your blog said private then I got sidetracked on other things and when I came back it was working again and I had totally forgotten. Yay for forgetting bad things." i would not leaaaaaave without at least notifying. don't worry. i was just being dumb but i am blushing because you are all so cute.
thick socks at 37 degrees Celsius yes. i wear socks all the time regardless of the time.
just think about how i feel when i have to leave the house (i'm Muslim so this means i am completely covered, sometimes wearing 2-3 layers outside in the height of the summer just because it's the right thing to do. i want to cry).
do you know what's the high temp this week? 46 degrees. no AC can make me feel cold anymore cries.
"That's it, I'm getting cucumbers." goooood bc they are the best and i'm allergic to 80% of fruits and veg but cucumbers, peas, cherry tomatoes (they are a fruit so fruit it is), blueberries. fuck me. they're all so good. that's it. i'm going downstairs and eating it all.
PS. i love you see you in the next post i'm going to read just 20 seconds from now
-Sam Lupin