August 21

August 21th

Log For: August 21th

Diet Compliance: Yes, with challenges (see comment)

Exercise Compliance: Nope, 9700 steps, 300 short of 10k (I know, a piddling difference, but honesty is the best policy on this blog.

Measurements Weight: -3.6 (1+ lb from the day before)
Measurements Chest:--
Measurements Waist:--

Comment:

Re: diet compliance, today was a challenging day but I met the challenge well. Basically I woke up early, at 5am, which was probably child related (but I can't remember). One of my superpowers, as it were, is that if I wakeup at a weird time, I'm usually ravenously hungry. Like, "eat my own arm off hungry." Yet, weirdly, if I wake up at a normal time, I'm not hungry at all.

On the plus side, I didn't go nuts and it wasn't a binge. But it meant that I had to be very careful today to stay within striking distance of my calorie targets (minimum 1500, max 2000 but ideally 1800 most days). Typically I end my intermittent fast at around 6pm by eating a 1000ish calorie meal, and then finish the day (as close to bedtime as I can, to stave off night hunger, ugh!) with a protein shake that is usually 400-600 calories.

Today I had to eat a mere 600 calorie meal, in order to keep myself within the norms I've set. Fortunately, mission accomplished. I even did a big hunger no-no for me- took a nap. Much like waking up at odd times, taking a nap (one where I actually fall asleep, not just a rest) causes me to wakeup with a lot of hunger. Well, I took said nap, and woke up very hungry, but unlike in the morning I resisted said hunger. Phew, close one! With my end of day protein shake I ended up just slightly north of 1900 calories, within the target.

Exercise went fine, as running errands and doing housework naturally got me to 8300 steps at about 9pm. No problem, except I forgot to get those other steps in, so I had to do some mad stepping at 11:47... and fell just about 300 steps short by the time midnight hit. Certainly, 300 steps is hardly worth mentioning, but, again, HONESTY!

I was also not surprised to find a small amount of water weight rebound this morning. Perfectly expected as this very early stage of the game.