August 23rd

August 23rd

Got rid of the "log for" line as it was stupidly redundant. 
 
Diet Compliance:Yes, and kept it in a much better target of 1800 calories. Realtalk: The main reason my calories crept up from 1700, 1800, 2000, 2300 etc. is that I had been felling prey to the ol' bugaboo of waking up at 4 or 5am and feeling like I HAD TO EAT SOMETHING. I was justifying it by saying it wasn't much (and it wasn't), but it was enough to make hitting my targets harder. More importantly, it was *off plan* and not compliant: I want to enjoy one of the fruits of intermittent fasting, which is better hormonal response. You don't get that when you basically allow yourself a small breakfast (reminder: my fast is supposed to be from bedtime until 6pm, with a 6 hour eating window).

Exercise Compliance:Yes, 10k steps as usual. This could be one of the longest stretches I've ever had where I've hit 10k steps (ok, ok, I had one day at ~9700!) each day. Hope to keep it up. Even though I'm not using weights for my resistance training, I must have done my body weight based leg exercises like a boss because I'm rather sore!

Measurements Weight: -.4
Measurements Chest:--
Measurements Waist:--

Comment:Yep, water weight loss now completely gone, as expected, so I'm not worried. But I am ready for the next real drop to begin. When I lose weight, it basically comes in chunks- I hold at a certain weight for awhile (sometimes a long while), but then BAM, 3 or 4 pounds come off. ECM would tell me to weigh and measure every three weeks, but I'm a stubborn idiot so I'll just continue to buttress myself psychologically for the disappointing holding patterns!

Also, I'll measure my waist and chest on Thursday, the 25th. I plan to do this once a week.

ONE MORE DAY OF SOY PROTEIN!