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I will be halfway through this experiment at the end of today.  All in all, things are progressing pretty well.  I gained 2 lbs this morning (now at 158; started at 164.5) — but that was to be expected, since I had a solid meal yesterday.  What’s nice is the 2 lbs doesn’t seem to have affected my leanness at all (bodyfat scale had the same percentage today than it did yesterday, and the calipers actually had me at 13.9%).  Girth measurement (measuring the circumference of my belly at its widest point, around my bellybutton) continues to decrease, albeit more slowly than I’d like.  My arm measurement is down (as is to be expected), but I don’t think I’ve lost any of my shoulder width — coupled with the waist size reduction, I don’t think I look smaller. 

 

Workouts are going well, particularly the weighted vest walks (I’m a big fan of these now, and I think I’ll continue to use them even after I’m off the diet).  I try to walk an extra block with an extra pound every time I go out, so I’m up to just over 2 miles with an extra 10 lbs on me.  I haven’t been timing myself, but it really feels like I’m getting faster and faster at them, even though I’m making them harder and harder.  I was originally planning on doing 4 total body workouts per week (all diferent rep ranges/different exercises to prevent overtraining), but I think I’m cutting that down to a workout every other day instead ( 3.5/week). 

 

Most people have said that week 2 is the hardest, and I’m done with that.  I still don’t see middle 2 abs yet — that’s a milestone that I’d really love to reach, and I’m hopeful I can hit that this week.  I was losing so much weight over the weekend, that I was starting to wonder if I was going to dip below 150 by the end of this (150 seems to have some psychological import with me) — it’d really be nice to gain a pound or so of muscle to offset all the weightloss.

 

Oh yeah — sleep is HUGE on this diet.  The more sleep I get, the more bodyfat I lose.  I haven’t been napping much though (have napped twice while on this diet, and each time I regretted it – it interferes a bit with the quality of sleep I get at night).