Blathering about weight and diet below, but first, I want to share this song. The first time I heard this it really didn't seem like my kind of thing, but as a music teacher I listen to everything my students give to me. These guys are actually quite phenomenal. If you check the lyrics out, you'll enjoy it. Stress is a killer. At least listen to it until you see the handshake.
I tell my students to relax. Almost nothing can be learned instantly. Almost anything can be learned slowly. Don't let the outfits throw you. Be yourself and love life. Ride the Big Wheel.
Stressed out - Twenty one pilots___
Journal entry.
Not worried about this fluctuation either. I know I was a bad boy last night with the Texan burger with mushrooms, bacon, bbq sauce, lettuce (I had them add extra since I'm watching my diet ;). It was sure good. I followed that up with... * do I care tell them? * a deep fried strawberry cheese cake with whipped cream. In my defense I had the diet coke and a salad instead of potato wedges. There. Watching what I'm doing. That said, I probably only hit maintenance as I dropped my evening protein shake and normally allot 1000 calories to my evening meal. (Sorry, I know that must have hurt some of you.)
Anyway, I have a bit of a new plan. I'm seeing gains in my lifting routine. At the moment I'm lifting four nights a week for 1.5 hours and doing one heavy day of just squats and bench presses. When I got down to 165, which was ridiculously low, fostered by diet, stress, and moving my dad, I was so excited that I could squeeze into a small t-shirt and looked quite good in a medium t-shirt. I'm afraid those days are gone.
You see, for the last year, I've been wearing large t-shirts. (Is this a confession?) On Sunday (tomorrow) I'm heading to the big city to do some shopping. Yep, 260 km in the dead of winter to get to Prince George. That's a whopping 70k people. (I worry the crowds may crush me.) I will be buying extra large t-shirts. Have I been lying to you guys? Nope. This morning the calipers told me, in spite of the 191 pound weight in, that I'm now just below 15% body fat. The ab definition is getting better as well and I can see where are the defining lines are/will be. I'm pretty psyched. Oh. The extra large t-shirts. My shoulders don't fit in the larges any more. :D
The half fast is now gone, and I will do a 36 hour once a week on Sundays, except tomorrow of course because I'm heading to the big city. I'm also going with a goal of 2500 to 2700 calories per day. With that combination I'm hoping I can still recomp over the next month, gain some muscle, and lose some more fat. I'm shooting for 10-12% over the next few months and then it is my hope to maintain it. I'm not willing to risk muscle for a quick fat loss.
If I'm a few calories under my 2500 calories on regular days, I won't worry about it. This is such a shift (finally) from my dieting down days where I'd hate to hit a maintenance calorie number. I think that's good. We can get so obsessed about losing that gaining in order to serve our goals, or simply staying the same weight feels like a threat to us. I'm ready for daily weigh-ins (can't/won't give the weigh-in up, sorry) that fluctuate as long as I can see in the mirror that I'm doing okay.