This morning’s weigh-in was 240.8, which is 0.6 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 16.0lbs (1.78/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider a maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 9 on plan with food.

I’m actually heavier today than I was on Wednesday morning, which is unusual for me. Ah well, the month of February is over, time to get serious again. I know that the 9-week looks good, but that’s because 10 weeks ago I was off plan and gained a couple of pounds right before the weigh-in.

Next week’s plan is:

Back to The New Rules of Lifting for Women. Yep, why not? Part of this is because I know the Stage 1 workouts are shorter than what I’m doing now, and I think that’s probably a good thing for me at the moment. I plugged my current weight into the formulas for food and get:

No workout - 1897
Active - 2213
Strenuous - 2529

So, I think for March at least that I’ll do 1900 on non-workout days and 2200 on lifting days and see how that goes for March. If I’m not losing weight a couple of weeks in I’ll likely drop the calories. Although the last time I did NROL4W I lost picking those numbers, so we’ll see.

This morning’s weigh-in was 241.4, which is 0.4 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 11.2lbs (1.24/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider a maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 2 on plan with food.

I’m not entirely unhappy with the week’s progress. I had pretty much decided to go off plan before dinner on Friday, even though I wouldn’t likely have admitted it. The damage overall was minimal, but it’s time to buckle down for a while. I’d really like to see the 9-week chart showing entirely clear, but that’s not going to happen for at least 9 weeks. Sigh….

Next week’s plan is:

Keep the calories around 2000, and since I’m feeling better start working the exercise back in. I still don’t feel like I have a huge amount of energy, which bothers me. It was a struggle to get 30 mins in on the treadmill yesterday, and I’m feeling very unmotivated in general. However, I’ll get three days of lifting in this week (starting today) and see how that goes. I’ve already planned a 2300 calorie day to support it. I’ll aim for early afternoon, which traditionally was my easiest time to lift.

This morning’s weigh-in was 241.8, which is 1.6 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 20.6lbs (2.29/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. It’s widely skewed from the end of the maintenance week, so there’s no jumping up and down from that number. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 17 on plan with food.

I think those that know me probably know that I won’t be entirely happy until the chart finally shows with no off-plan days. So, I need 7 weeks of clean eating before that happens….

Next week’s plan is:

Keep the calories around 2000, and if I’m feeling better start working the exercise back in.

This morning’s weigh-in was 243.4, which is 1.6 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 10.0lbs (1.11/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 10 on plan with food.

That off-plan Friday plan didn’t really work this week. I ate less during the week, only about a hundred calories more, and felt like I was dragging myself through the week. I think it has more to do with my sinuses than the actual calorie levels. This week if I do go out on Friday, I’ll just make it fit in to the day. I’m still not drinking the amount of water that I normally do, so I’ll keep an eye on that as well.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: rest (elbow still bugging me, but it’s more a time thing)
Mon: rest
Tue: lifting, 60 mins cardio
Wed: rest
Thu: 60 mins cardio
Fri: lifting
Sat: cardio if needed (making up the week to 120 mins)

Calories: 2000 / 2300 lifting days, 30%+ protein

This morning’s weigh-in was 245.0, which is 0.8 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 8.0lbs (0.89/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 2 on plan with food.

That off-plan Friday has me planning on something slightly different for this coming week. I’m going to drop calories by 100/day, and not worry about going a little over on Friday. I don’t plan to use it for an excuse to go over by 600 calories, especially since I’ll likely have to estimate any food. However, it’s an attempt to not have one afternoon derail the whole week. My water was way off at the end of the week as well, which I’m sure didn’t help.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: rest (long story, but elbow worse today)
Mon: rest
Tue: lifting, 60 mins cardio
Wed: rest
Thu: 60 mins cardio
Fri: lifting
Sat: cardio if needed (making up the week to 120 mins)

Calories: 1900 / 2200 lifting days, 30%+ protein

This morning’s weigh-in was 245.8, which is 2.2 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 9.4lbs (1.04/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 29 on plan with food.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: lifting
Mon: rest
Tue: lifting , other weeks maybe 60 mins cardio
Wed: rest
Thu: 60 mins cardio
Fri: lifting
Sat: cardio if needed (making up the week to 120 mins)

Calories: 2000 / 2300 lifting days, 30%+ protein

This morning’s weigh-in was 248.0, which is 1.8 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 5.8lbs (0.64/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 22 on plan with food.

So, back to the usual calorie levels (2000/2300) for a couple of weeks until I see where I’m going. And now that I’m back in school we’re going to see the really back and forth weights during the week. Although I know what that’s from (irregularity with early mornings) it means that I really don’t know how I’m doing until Saturday. I’ll just trust that I know what I’m doing.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: lifting
Mon: 30 mins cardio (or rest)
Tue: lifting (possibly stacking wood this week), other weeks maybe 60 mins cardio
Wed: rest
Thu: lifting
Fri: 60 mins cardio
Sat: 30 mins cardio (or 60 - making up the week to 120 mins)

Calories: 2000 / 2300 lifting days, 30%+ protein

This morning’s weigh-in was 249.8, which is 2.2 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 5.4lbs (0.60/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 15 on plan with food.

The second week of OPT went well. I was off with the macros on Tuesday, so I ended with 98% compliance for the week. I’m changing stuff around for next week, mainly just so I can do a rest day on Saturday. I’m not sure that an early morning and a full day of school really qualifies as a rest day (what my Wed will look like).

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: cardio, recovery
Mon: resistance A1, recovery
Tue: resistance A2, cardio, recovery
Wed: cardio, recovery
Thu: resistance A1, (recovery - extra?)
Fri: resistance A2, (recovery - extra?)
Sat: rest

Calories: 2100 (40P, 25F, 35C)

Anyway, I didn’t do a weekly wrap-up this morning. I was slow out of bed, then had other things to take care of. I did manage to get my cardio done a few minutes ago. So, on that note:

This morning’s weigh-in was 252.0, which is 4.8 pounds down from last week. It’s a combination of OPT and getting back on plan, since I know that the number last week was artificially high. We’ll see how I do next week! The 9-week loss is 4.4lbs (0.49/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 8 on plan with food.

The first week of OPT went well. I couldn’t summon the enthusiasm to do the resistance on Saturday, so I ended with 95% compliance for the week. I can live with that, since I really did think I’d have a problem with six days a week of exercises. I’m not going to change the plan though. I’ll still look as it as a non-compliance if I don’t manage to do it. Trying to keep myself honest.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: cardio, recovery
Mon: resistance A1, recovery
Tue: resistance A2, cardio, recovery
Wed: rest day
Thu: resistance A1, (recovery - extra?)
Fri: cardio, (recovery - extra?)
Sat: resistance A2, recovery

Calories: 2100 (40P, 25F, 35C)

I realized that it’s actually been three weeks since I posted a weigh-in. So, on November 30th I was 253.0 and today I’m 252.6. On the whole this looks good, but when you look at the chart below you’ll see that the last five weeks have been a bumpy ride. The 9-week loss is 8.6lbs (0.96/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but since I’m off the maintenance week and back to normal I’m not going to worry about it at the moment. I’m a little surprised how much I jumped during the maintenance week, however, the last day before that high weigh-in was that party where I drank a lot (and probably ate more than I think I did). So it’s almost certainly a false number. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So, since my last slip this is day 32 on plan with food.