Diet Results
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.
Sounds like a pretty intense diet. Congratulations!
I signed up for the Presidential Fitness Challege…between May 1 and July 24, I need to work out five days a week. There is a great website where you log in your activity.
@Michele
I had taken a quick look at that from your blog. Working out isn’t really my problem these days, so I don’t really need any external motivation there. Most weeks are 6 days of workouts for me.