Last week I lost 7.4 Pounds, this week ended up being a gain of 0.2 Pounds. This is normal with what I have seen with my weight loss. Large losses are usually followed by a small change in the scale the following week (or sometimes a decent gain). Lets see how I did this week, ignoring the scale.
Last Monday’s Weight:225.6 Pounds
Today’s Weight: 225.8 Pounds
Pounds GAINED this week: 0.2 Pounds
Estimated Weight Loss per MFD: 2 Pounds
Total Weight Loss: 90.2 Pounds
Everything actually went really well this week. I did not have any days that I would call cheating. I did realize that the coleslaw that I had been buying was probably higher in calories than I had expected. I decided to try to make my own with low calorie options and actually made some pretty damn good coleslaw.
I biked 4 days last week (60m, 1m intervals) and played hockey twice. I also lifted 4 days, I realize I forget to mention how often I lift weight on this site a lot. I tend to try to lift 4 times a week and do not count it as calorie expenditure. My heel is still bothering me a little bit so I think I am going to try to walk without my brace this week and wait to start running again until next week. Thankfully my heel seems to be fine while biking and playing hockey.
Food wise, eating a ton of coleslaw really helped make me feel full. My recipe ended up being 600 calories for the batch with is enough for 8 big servings. I have been lacking on my greens recently and this is a great way for me to get them. I have found that since I have started working out in the mornings more often I tend to be eating most of my calories midday. My one snack in the afternoon has not been enough (250 cal) and I usually end up having a second. This leads to me eating smaller dinners, which has not been a problem but it makes me nervous that I am going to be hungry after a small dinner. It has not been a problem yet though.
I look forward to continuing my good eating this week and hope my progress continues. My goal for this week will be a 2 pound loss. It is going to be difficult to hit my March 8th goal without stringing a few good weeks together here.
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Keep on your focus and good decisions and you’ll be fine.
I am curious why you don’t count your calorie expenditure during your strength training workouts?
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I do not count my strength training as one of my safety measures for my diet. I figure that the calorie burn is minimal and the fact that I am gaining muscle is enough to not eat anymore. I also rarely (maybe never) just lift. I tend to skip lifting and just do cardio if I do not have time for a full workout.
A couple of the other things I dont count/always over estimate would be that my BMR is set to sedentary, I only enter hockey as 60 min (its 80), my bike to work only counts at 38 min (more like 60) and there are a few other things I do strange. It was just a way to build in for the mistakes I make while recording.
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Hi John and best wishes. Sounds like you have a great grip on you intake/output. I could use some more technical precision on my end. I hit 40 this year and 40 inches around and am determined to change at least one of those
I guess I could just wait around and one, or either, would get bigger.
I’m glad to read about the small bump in weight. I had the same thing last week and felt a real sense of…”all this isn’t working!!” It was helpful to read this post. Much appreciated and best of luck.
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