Tomorrow will have been two weeks since my last post. Many times I’ve wanted to blog or thought about blogging, but felt quickly deflated at the thought. I didn’t want to write bad news or no news. I’ve been working my butt off…or so one would think. I’m just not seeing the results. So there you have it. I’ve been diligent, committed, and dog-serious (?) about this. I just wish I had something notable to show for it.
I started this process at 179 lbs., 6-1/2 weeks ago. For about 3 days last week I weighed 175. Yahoo! A four-pound weight loss. Yesterday I weighed in at 177. Today even more. Ugh. Or, should I say ‘Blerg!’ I haven’t missed a single workout (except that one Saturday in Seattle during the 2nd week…and I did workout in my room, if you recall). The only time I’ve cheated on my diet (except for the Seattle trip) was when Nick said I need to have three cheat meals per week (or save them all up for one meal, which is what I do). I’ve done that two weeks in a row. Last week I cheated, two days later I had lost 2-1/2 lbs. This week I gained it all back. I have not taken my measurements again…that’s scheduled for this coming Saturday. I figure three-week intervals is plenty often. But now I’m afraid I’ll have grown back the 7 inches I lost when I measured two weeks ago. Anxiety is high.
I’m pretty diligent about my diet, and I’m pushing myself harder and harder in the gym, lifting more and more each time. My knee is largely on the mend, in fact yesterday and today mark the first days I have foregone the ibprofen since I injured it. And last week I did the weighted squats, without a knee wrap, and didn’t re-injure it. I just can’t squat as low as I’d like. This is the third week of four-day-a-week cardio intervals (four intervals each time), which is up from three days/three intervals of the first four weeks.
So aside from the still-assumed 7-inch loss, and having doubled my weights (or more) on most lifts and exercises, I got nuthin’ good to report. Bob says my stomach looks thinner…I don’t trust it because he loves me. Someone said my face looks thinner this week…I don’t see it. I wish I’d taken pictures like Nick suggested, to start with. But I didn’t. My clothes are ever so slightly looser, and my belt is still one notch tighter than when I started (actually, depending on the pants). Sigh. Oh well, better luck next week, huh?
Sounds like you’re doing good and your knee is getting stronger. Ignore that lying scale!! You are building muscle and losing other stuff. Muscle weighs more.