Egull1's Journal, 10 February 2019

I had my strength training routine yesterday and increased all the reps, so we're seeing my typical post workout inflammation fluctuation. Back in the day it used to be about .6-.8 lb increase the day after a workout. However, I seem to fluctuate less in poundage now after releasing the excess weight. I still work my fanny off! My sore shoulders are proof! LOL. BTW - this is good inflammation, the kind that helps to heal and repair those muscles. In short, these little temporary increases on the scale are the kind one wants to see if they lift or do resistance training. To that end, it looks like I'm down another half inch in my waist and sitting on a 30 inch waist. I can now pull my super skinny size 8 jeans off and on without unzipping or unbuttoning them. Mama called it when we were doing our walking circuits yesterday and she said, "you've lost some more weight!". I feel safe enough ordering the Denizen jeans I LOVE to wear in a size 6. They're super stretchy and will wear more like a tighter fitting size 8. I know it sounds weird to be 138 lbs and wear a size 6 at 5'2. Welcome to the beautiful world of strength training, folks. Muscle is dense and takes up less room in the body, but it likes to munch on fat so it can get fed properly. When Venuto says "feed the muscle, burn the fat" he ain't lyin :-) I'll be posting my caloric maintenance trajectory later today! Have a blessed one

138.4 lb Lost so far: 71.6 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.