The Shrinking Man

Well, weighed in at Smart for Life today. I came in at 258, which is a 4 lb. loss. Pretty good. What’s more, my morning weigh-in (the number I really keep track of) was at 257.

Weight, what a funny thing. A constantly moving target. You never truly know what your weight is, which is why you need to do your “keep track” weight at the same time when charting it/remembering it/whatever. Usually that’s first thing in the morning, after you’ve done any bathroom business you need to do.

This week was week 1 of the multi-layered week, in terms of what I’m doing exercise wise and nutrition-wise. To sum up:

• Exercise: Turbulence Training Introduction program for bodyweight/resistance and Pace Fitness for interval training 3x a week; slow-go cardio for 30 minutes the other 3 days
• Nutrition: Smart for Life w/1 extra protein shake daily; Eat Stop Eat 24 hour fasting for 2 periods; Thintuition to know when I’m hungry and how much to eat

I’ll keep this up (while switching the TT program to the Beginner’s program probably the week after next) for … well … for as long as it works for me. Hopefully, that’ll be for a really long time, as I really like doing all of this.

Another bit ‘ good news. When I weighed in, the S4L doc (a great lady, BTW) weighed me on the extremely high-falutin’ Tanita professional scale (that could help you hack into the Pentagon). While I don’t remember the percentages, my body fat was down from a month ago, but my muscle mass was up! This means I’ve lost even more fat than what the overall “scale” number indicates — which is why I hate our society’s over-dependence on the “scale” number. It’s extremely inadequate.

I may even have to add another protein shake in during the day, which would be cool. I think that it would spike my metabolism even more. I’ll give that a week or two, though.

She even said I’m “ahead of schedule” in my weight-loss efforts. Cool.

So all in all, a great week! Looking forward to another one this week, especially now that I’ll be working out in my home.

… I always hesitate using the word “big” in a blog about weight loss  ;)  .

Any-who, the big news is I’m going to join the Transformation Contest when it starts back up. Cash and prizes, plus the ultimate in accountability (a contest!) — you can’t go wrong. I’ll post details as I come across them. Click on the link to see the winners from the last contest. The winner is kinda hot, too.

Coming up tomorrow or Sunday … an update on my weigh-in this week — the first full week of Turbulence Training with some Pace Program tossed in, with side dishes of Smart for Life and Eat Stop Eat and a dash of Thintuition. Could I fit more things into my life right now? Eh, maybe. But for now, this’ll do, reader, this’ll do.

BTW - the weigh in? Let’s just say I have a really good feeling about it. After all, I’ve had a sneak peek at week-to-date results.

Eat Stop Eat … ? I’m seriously thinking about it. Have to get it past the wife unit (who is also S4L’ing with me).

The bigger question is, can I fit all of these different philosophies into one way of life? Actually, I think I can!

Geez, almost forgot … I’m incorporating a third element into my new “way of life” (WOL), to steal a term from my old days in low-carbland.

It’s called Thintuition, and it teaches you how to listen to your body to determine when to eat, when not to eat, and most important, how much to eat.

The site does a much better job explaining it than I do, so by all means, go there and read up on it. And if you’re thinking about how you’re going to keep all of the weight off that you’ve lost through exercise and diet, Smart for Life, or another diet plan, I’d recommend using this route.

One thing I’m not sure of, though, is how well this would work for most people to actually lose weight. I personally think you probably have to lose most of the weight you want to lose before switching over to this exclusively. But I can see using these principals while you’re on your plan. For example, I’m now using it in conjunction with S4L. And I know that between the small meals S4L promotes and the “mind training” (for lack of a better term) Thintuition provides, I’ll be able to take off the weight easier than without it. What’s more, I’ll be able to keep it off when I get to goal.

By the way, I’m almost to my half-way point, in terms of lost poundage. Just thought I’d mention it.