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Diet Results

April 21st, 2009

Yesterday was the last day of my diet.  I was finding that all sorts of food was looking good.  I’d see a television commercial and want whatever it was advertising.  There was one brand of dog food that looked mighty tasty.

Here’s the final tally:

Day 0: 200.8 17.3%
Day 1: 199.0 17.3%
Day 2: 196.8 17.9%
Day 3: 194.6 17.6%
Day 4: 194.6 17.5%
Day 5: 194.0 17.1%
Day 6: 193.2 16.9%

Multiplying that out comes to 2 pounds of fat lost.  This is more reasonable than the last time I did this diet, where I had the flu and ran a 103.8 fever.  2 pounds of fat would be around 7000 calories, and I’m sure my caloric deficit was at least that much.

On a related fitness note, I’ve hung up a doorframe chin-up bar and I’m trying to do one or two every time I notice it.  The movement doesn’t seem to destabilize my shoulder (the way pushups do somewhat), so I figure the movement is fine.  My body is built with a larger lower body (big thighs), so body weight exercises like chin-ups and dips have always been tough.  I’m hoping to improve that a bit as I get healthier.

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