So tomorrow's the next weigh in. I 'm pretty sure this one is going to show the first plateau on the diet. If it does, then there's probably a few different contributing factors. On the positive side, I've added a new form of exercise to my regiment. Kickboxing is a lot of fun, but it's a lot more strength intensive and works the upper body more. So hopefully that means I've added some upper body muscle, but haven't lost a corresponding amount of fat.
More likely though we're seeing a slow down for a couple different reasons. For one thing I've eaten quite a bit more "junk" food during this most recent 20K than I have in the previous ones. I may have my calorie estimates off a bit, which would contribute to the impression of "slowing" weight loss (it might not actually be slowing, I just may have eaten more calories than I thought). It also may reflect an increase in the amount of fat and oils I've eaten in those dishes (fish and chips, 5 guys, etc), and a corresponding decrease in some of the high-fiber, low fat dishes.
The third possibility is that I've finally lost enough weight where the decrease in caloric intake alone isn't enough to have the fat simply "melt" off. The 5 pounds per 20K average I've been running for most of the diet may simply have reflected that change. Now that I'm down 40 pounds from the start of the diet, it may simply be telling me I need to do more if I want to keep losing the fat. In that case I'm probably going to need to vary some additional exercise into the mix.
Food today: baked bread today, so breakfast/lunch was two sourdough rolls (500 calories), dinner was penne, sauce and garlic toast (1000 calories), and snacks included some potato chips (500 calories). No exercise of note today.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2000
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 1000
Total Points Earned: 140541
Points to go: 59459
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