August 30th

August 30th

Diet Compliance:Another celebratory goodbye dinner. As with previous, I fasted through the day and made this a one meal day. Too bad that one meal was chinese all-you-can-eat. As best as I can figure, I ate ~2400 calories, but holy crap, I feel FULL. I shudder at what the scale might say tomorrow.

Exercise Compliance: Got my 10k steps in, and really, with some heavy lifting relating to a move, I probably exercised far more than that (which is good, because, Chinese buffet).

Measurements Weight: -.2
Measurements Chest:  -.5"
Measurements Waist: -.5"

Comment: I know the scale is a liar when dealing with daily weigh ins, but it is a little frustrating to have closed in on -4 lbs lots total in two weeks (a good rate), and now be back to just -2 pounds lost on day 12 of 14. I know that can change quickly when the body dumps a lot of water, but still annoying, especially since I'm about to go on a big road trip and it's always good to leave for those feeling good about yourself.

I have a big challenge ahead, and one of the primary reasons why I started this blog for extra accountability. Tomorrow (or later today really), I begin a cross country trek to start a new job. The temptation to just "let it rip" will be ever present. And as you can tell by following this blog, I've deviated a bit from my initial plan *even in the course of preparing for this trip,* even if those deviations are minor and I'm still creating substantial calorie deficits each day.

I suspect sometimes it'll be easier, other times harder. Easy: probably day one; I'll be on the road myself, driving until I reach some lonely motel somewhere on the road. It'll be just me with no celebratory anything. I'll probably just grab a small fast food dinner (the 6pm fast breaker) and buy a protein bar or something at a gas station for the end of eating window meal (I'll have a ton of whey protein with me for when I get settled).

It'll get harder once I start dealing with people. Men and women just enjoy socializing with food, and this will be... pretty much how Every. Single. New. Person. Will. Great. Me. House I'm crashing at on day 3? FOOD (we'll prepare X for you!). House I'm staying in for the next few months? Big time foodies that want to "show me the best the area has to offer." First day on the new job? Of course, they are treating me to lunch (which is awkward since I don't eat lunch- I'll probably eat a light one to not look weird, and hope that they don't all get lunch together and bro out).

On the plus side, the whirlwind of activity should (at first anyway) allow me to get my 10k steps in easily, I hope (stay tuned for how I manage that while driving all day).

Stats:

Occasionally I'd like to share some statistics, courtesy of the fitbit app.

Calorie burn per day estimate, 30 day rolling average: 3007 cals. This is great since this is really only based on my improved efforts the last 12 days. It has approached even such lows as 2600 cals before, so this is a big improvement! I know it's a fake number based on averages (duh) but it is still a fun number to push up, up, and up.

Calorie Consumption average since start of plan: Fitbit has gotten chintsy in its stats and removed the 30 day rolling average for calories. Thanks for nothing guys. But here is some quick math on my cals per day since I started (so 12 days): 2068 calories. Not bad, can do better certainly as my best, most ideal target is 1500-1800, although this target is based on being very sedentary, so if I end up averaging this for months on end, I'll be successful indeed.