The weigh-in:
| Starting | 6/8 | 8/19 | 9/30 | 10/29 | 11/19 | 12/31 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | |
| Weight | 200 | 191.2 | 182.6 | 181 | 181.4 | 177.6 | 177.2 | 175.8 | 174.8 | 174.6 | 175.8 |
| Lbs. Fat | 82.7 | 72.5 | 70.3 | 70.8 | 68.1 | 67.1 | 67.6 | 66.5 | 65.3 | 66.8 | |
| Lbs. Muscle | 67.3 | 66.8 | 65.2 | 67.3 | 63.3 | 63.9 | 65 | 65.1 | 64.4 | 65.2 |
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| And this. |
What is this sorcery? This is one of those times when I think I just have to accept that, sometimes, the scale really just doesn't reflect the last week (or two) of hard work. Still annoyed, but have to trust that my body keeps track and it will catch up. I feel like I'm riding a bike at a really high gear - pedaling so fast and hard, but barely moving.
The stats for this week:
Workouts:
I went to the gym six times this week, and burned a total of 3650 calories. I did one session of strength training, so will try to do another tomorrow since that's one of my February goals
Workouts included two classes - my beloved Sunday Zumba, and a step class. Holy crap, step classes are hard. They don't explain any of the moves, they just start and newbs like me try not to fall off or be too awkward when we realized we've been facing the wrong way for the last twenty seconds.
Calories:
I had a couple of higher calorie days, especially on the harder workouts, but it averaged out well with my "flex" calories and I ended the week with a deficit of about 3200, or close to a pound. Not that you'd see it on the scale though. (Bitter? Me?)
We went to a friend's Super Bowl party on Sunday and I told John that it would be easier not to eat any of the snack foods than to just have one chip or one pretzel or one pizza. I'm so much more about the sweet, so it would just be picking and mindless eating if I ate it. And I succeeded! Our lovely host also made a huge tray of cut up veggies, and we brought some baby carrots and hummus as well. It was a fun party, and my pride was such that you'd have thought I'd just aced the LSATs.
Upcoming challenges this week: Nothing too challenging coming up, thankfully. However, my birthday is in a couple of weeks, and we have a wedding the weekend after that.
I'm stuck between "This is one of two days a year, literally, that I will not worry about calories and enjoy some food" and "Why lessen the week's accomplishments? Will your birthday really be so much less special if you don't eat a ton of junk food?" We'll see, I guess - though whatever happens, I WILL track it.
Onto the next week. Really hoping my efforts show on the scale next week. I feel like I could squeak out my goal if that happens.
Birthdays - Junk-fest-free-for-all or a chance to take a special birthday edition SoulCycle class?
