The good news is I was down again, yay. I was not down as much as I should have been, boo.
And it was totally my fault. Boo again. But I am still overall encouraged, as I will explain.
Good things:
- Being down is always better than being up
- I did 19 workouts on the treadmill. Burning these extra calories helps!
- My body fat has dropped 2.7 pounds so far this year, which demonstrates that–assuming the readings are accurate–I am actually shedding fat and becoming leaner
- The exceptions that curbed total weight loss are special cases (I swear)
And here’s why I didn’t lose more weight:
- I made the last batch of brownies from the megabox we got from Costco. I wanted to get rid of them to clear up space in the pantry and to get the little devil cakes out of the place. They ended up in my tummy, which is perhaps not the ideal location. But they are gone now!
- Yesterday I bought a tin of smokehouse almonds because they were on sale. These very rarely go on sale and are normally expensive enough that I’m never tempted to buy. Yesterday I was tempted and their salty, “just one more” quality led to a lot more than one more. I think I actually gave myself stomach cramps. So dumb. To my meager credit, I did not devour the entire tin in one day.
I am thus overall encouraged. The workouts will continue (until morale improves) and I’m continuing to eat leaner ‘ meaner with more lean meat and salads and stuff mixed in. I am hoping to accelerate the weight loss in March. We’ll see!
Stats:
Weight: January 1, 2022: 180.6 pounds February 1: 178.5 pounds February 28: 178.1 pounds (down 0.4 pounds) Year to date: Down 2.5 pounds Body fat: January 1: 23.2% (42.1 pounds of fat) February 28: 22% (39.4 pounds of fat--down 2.7 pounds)
