Two things I did early last week: I joined My Food Diary (http://www.myfooddiary.com/) and it has really helped. Also, I went and bought a kick-ass scale that measures one's weight, body fat %, and hydration level.
Starting weight: 147.2
Goal weight: 128
I picked my goal weight by figuring out my "ideal weight" on MFD (122-135). And then I just took the "median" of those two numbers.
Here's how I did this week:
So I lost 4.3 lbs over Tuesday through Sunday. My body fat percentage has been all over the place and I'm not sure why. I figured it would go down instead of up. Unless I'm losing weight because I'm losing muscle. But that doesn't make sense to me either since I exercised more last week than I have in a while. As for the big jump on Tuesday, I did weigh myself at a different time on Tuesday. All of the other days have been in the morning.
That's it! If I do as well next week I'll be in the 130s. That would be exciting since I haven't been there since last summer. :o)
Oh, wow, and we have the wedding coming up which will make it hard to be good. At least you're still bringing the bikes, right? According to Drs Oz and Roizen, your body wants to naturally get back to its factory settings, so if you quit overriding the satiety impulses, your body starts working with you. The trick obviously, is to maintain. So make sure you EAT! Just eat the right stuff so that you're satisfied, and aren't so starved you mow through a tube of chocolatie chip cookie dough before you can stop yourself. That said, good for you! You're doing great. Me, I AM putting on a lot of muscle, so I keep hovering around 135, but the fat % is still trending down.
ReplyDeleteOh, and one more thing. I agree 122 is not likely a good goal--we are not the "willowy" types, so the bottom end of those ranges just don't make sense for our body type. When you were swimming you still weighed more than that, didn't you?
ReplyDeleteYep, still bringing the bikes...the plan was to ride the mt. bikes on the beach but apparently that's one of the worst things you can do to your bike. We'll just ride the road bikes around instead. And I had considered bringing my own food, but that might seem rude. I decided instead that it'll be a good test to see if I can choose as wisely as Indie Jones. And I can't remember exactly what my weight was back then but I'm pretty sure it wasn't in the 120s. It probably fluctuated from 130 to 135.
ReplyDeleteHey, look at this! My degree may actually provide me the background to post intelligently on a subject!
ReplyDeleteFirst, I'm glad you like your scale, but the electric impedance scales are, IMHO, junk. My senior research project compared various body fat tests and the scale was the worst. (+/- 10% I believe) Granted, that was 8 years ago, so they might have gotten better. What really throws me off is how it's measuring hydration AND body fat at the same time. Those 2 variables are so closely related when using impedance that a change in one will affect the value of the other.
However, I wouldn't say it's a waste of money. 1) Use the scale first thing in the morning, when you are most likely to have a consistent level of hydration from day to day. 2) Graph your results (like you are doing) and watch your progress over the course of weeks. You will fluctuate from day to day, and maybe even week to week, but you should see a downward progression.
There's more where that came from, but I'll spare ya!
Girl, how tall are you? Doesn't 128 seem super low? Just my thoughts...
ReplyDeleteI do wonder how accurate these measurements are. That's one of the reasons I refrained from getting the one that measures your bone mass as well. Until you can "prove" to me it works or how it works, I'm a skeptic.
ReplyDeleteI'm 5'3 and 3/4" with a "medium" build (as MFD classifies me--must be those Allman genes) so 128 is in my range, but I agree, it might be a little on the never-going-to-attain-it-without-insanity end. :o)