Sorry I didn't post an update for week 4. I weighed in last Monday at 206.8. Today I weighed in at 208, which was definitely a bummer, but not only for the obvious reason. Let me explain a little.
According to the plan I'm following, I should have started the "maintenance" phase last Monday. But I thought, "hey, I've been dropping 2 lbs pretty consistently on the 1500 cal. phase. Lets see if I can last another week." Unfortunately that week was completely wasted. I was lazy. I didn't plan. I didn't eat more than 1500 calories in a day (except for Thursday, which was my anniversary and I shared one of those amazing giant chocolate cake balls with italian cream filling. It was called a tortufo, and it was free for our anniversary. Good thing we only go there once a year) but I wasn't as smart about it as I should have been. If anything I didn't eat enough. I skipped snacks when I was too busy. I didn't drink as much water as I should have. So I was trying to get ahead of the game, and it totally backfired. I wasted that week when I should have been on maintenance, in preparation for beginning the cycle again. Now I have to wait longer before I can really start losing again. Which is a pain in the middle of a competition.
But gaining a pound is really not that big of a setback in the grand scheme of things. Today I got weighed and measured at Curves, and I brought home a progress report. I have lost 14 lbs since I started this blog, but I have lost almost 18 lbs of body fat, which means I have gained 4 lbs of muscle. My body fat percentage has dropped from 40.5% to 34.7%. I have lost at least 2 inches from my bust, waist, abdomen, hips and thighs. And the people around me are starting to notice. I'm starting to notice that my clothes fit differently. I'm able to wear things I haven't worn in a long time. Christmas is in 2 months. I'm hoping that by then, I'll be a few lbs under 200, and I'll never see that number on the scale again.
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