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Good morning!
Wow. What an AMAZING weigh-in! I am down 3.1 kilos - almost 7 lbs - since yesterday!
After quite some days with little to nothing happening, and a few days with very strange gains, things seem to have shifted - at least for today.
It's again a weird weigh-in, but it goes perfectly hand in hand with my experiences and actions yesterday.
First of all, I ended up having a very low calorie day yesterday. It wasn't intended at all, but I ended up at 700 calories. I spent about 300 on lunch, some on a protein shake, and a little on apples.
Then I went to work, and forgot to bring dinner. So, no dinner for me. This was not in the plans.
I was okay, though, and I just made do without it. It was no biggie.
I had to go pee ALL frickin' day yesterday. I think I went maybe 20 times. I'm not sure what caused this, but it happened. At the end of the day I knew that there was NO way I would not have lost weight today, but I had no idea that it would be this much. I'm happy with it - it was about damn time.
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If I am to point out one significant thing I did yesterday - other than the low calories, that wouldn't do all that big a difference - it would be that I started drinking coffee again, after just having my early morning coffees for a while.
This of course makes me wonder if this has something to do with it.
Coffee has no calories, and thus don't promote fat gain/loss as such.
It does however affect in many other ways, and maybe this is something that pushed my weight down. I don't know.
One thing is for sure, though, I will have more coffee today. :)
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The weigh-in numbers are interesting. I am at the same body fat percentage as yesterday, 12.1%. It's pretty good, but there is room for improvement. I'm hoping to nudge it down to under 10%.
My muscle weight and water weight is down, and the numbers look like it's about 300g fat loss and 2800g water loss that I have had. This is in no way surprising - other than of course the fact that it happened in just one day.
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I wonder how my weigh-in will be tomorrow morning.
I am almost certain that the fluid levels will adjust a little upwards, but I will do what I can to NOT have that happen. I like it here. :)
My approach is simply to keep going. I'm gonna make sure to have my 100g of protein, my 30% of calories coming from fat, and limit my carbs as much as I can. Also, keep drinking coffee. :)
I'm gonna allow myself the usual 2,000 calories as a max, but I will be VERY focused on my food choices, to avoid messing a good thing up today. Let's see if my body abides. I honesly have NO clue whether I can control this or not. It's a fun little experiment.
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Today, I am EXHAUSTED. It's a good thing that today is not a workout day. I would not have gone.
Yesterday I was tired. I didn't sleep much, as I mentioned in my journal.
On top of that, it was a LONG day.
I went to do my workout, worked my full day-job shift, and worked for additional 6 hours at the gym. I was BEAT.
I slept at 10PM last night, and had my alarm waking me up at 4AM this morning. Not enough sleep. Boo.
Today is a 9 hour work day. I already did my walk, and even did a bonus kilometer just for good measure. I know I'm gonna be tired and not want to do much when I come home, so I need to ensure that I will get my steps in and that I will reach my goals for today. It's important to me. I hate when the numbers aren't where they're supposed to be.
I could easily justify skipping a little - I have so many "extra" steps, calories, kilometers, very active minutes accumulated, but I prefer NOT looking at yesterday and just looking ahead when it comes to exercise. I like that I did great yesterday, but it doesn't mean that I can slack today.
I like to do the same with the calorie counting, though different days can have different RDIs depending which plan I decide to follow at that time.
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These days I am sticking to simply having 2,000 calories allowance per day. No Low Cal Days, no Indulgence Days. For right now, this seems to be better for me. I am happier with it, and it's always enough food when I play my cards right.
I am very sure that if I allow myself Indulgence Days right now, they'll just be "wasted" on junk, and obviously I can't do that. Not now. I'm WAY too close to my surgery date.
As a matter of fact, in 4 weeks EXACTLY, TO THE MINUTE, they should be cutting me open! :)
The date is coming closer FAST, and it's starting to give me a little nerves. It's not TOO bad, just what I think is natural.
I think it's just about the same as last time, but for slightly different reasons.
Last time, I was more nervous because I never had surgery before, and I knew that it was a big one to have done. They do, after all, cut all the way around my waist TWICE.
This time I know that the surgery isn't gonna be nearly as big, and it's not gonna be nearly as hard to recover from, but I don't have any references, and I think I simply compare this surgery with the old one, dreading the recovery process.
The recovery process last time was really hard. It was about 1½ months of me not having ANY energy whatsoever. It was pretty bad.
After that, I had another 4½ months where I couldn't really exercise.
THIS I am dreading intensely.
The surgeons tell me to not worry, the upcoming surgery is not comparable with the last one, it's a minor adjustment and not "full surgery", but I don't think my brain is listening.
I have to see and feel for myself.
I'm sure I'll be okay regardless. This time I am much better prepared, I know what's coming - and if anything it'll be a LOT easier than expected - and I am mentally ready. Well, as ready as one can be.
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Today, I'm thankful for:
- A MASSIVE DROP IN WEIGHT! DAMN!
- Wife!
- Coffee! More, please! :)
- A day with nothing to do after work. Boy, do I need this.
Happy Thursday!
Life is good!
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181.7 lb
Lost so far: 160.1 lb.
Still to go: 0 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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losing 47.8 lb a week
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