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I was anticipating that the rate of fat and weight loss would decrease the farther I got into the diet, but go figure — I’ve lost 1.5 pounds each of the last 2 days (I’m now down to 155).  But the calipers say I’m at 13% bodyfat (still can’t see much more than my top 2 abs — it’s possible I just don’t have muscular enough abs yet to really see them).  My shoulder width has, amazingly enough, remained about the same, so coupled with all the inches I’m losing on my waist (down another belt notch now — my 30 waist jeans are very loose) and stomach, my shoulder width/waist ratio makes me look almost cartoonish.  My max stomach circumference measure is also below 32 inches now for the first time (started at around 33.5 inches I believe — don’t have the spreadsheet in front of me).  The last couple of days, it’s been quite noticeable to see the fat coming off my stomach.  At this rate, I’m wondering at what weight I’m going to end up — as I’ve mentioned before, I’d kind of hate to end up sub-150, but if I’m only getting rid of fat, and I end up at 10% bodyfat or whatever, I suppose it’s worth it (Chris Shugart talks a lot about this on t-nation — if you could enter a machine that just sucked all the fat off of you — even if it put you under some "ideal weight" notion you have — why the hell wouldn’t you, given the health and aesthetic benefits).  Of course, the end goal is to gain a lot more muscle to make up for it.

 

I’ll also mention another workout for the ages I had last night.  8 sets of 3 of cleans with 155 lbs (which is just about bodyweight now!) alternated with 8 sets of 3 pullups with 7 pounds in the xvest.  The cleans were nontrivial, but the pullups were remarkably easy ( i.e., I’ll have to go up to 10 extra pounds next time).  These are wide grip pullups, chin over the bar each time, so I’m kind of amazed they’re as easy as they’ve been.  Then 8 sets of 3 of back squats with 245 pounds alternated with 8 sets of 3 of dips with 20 pounds in the xvest.  Again, the dips were ridiculously easy (I thought 20 was going to be really tough, but the dips at this weight were always a nice "break" from the squats.  Will have to go up to 25 next workout.  The squats were tough — I almost called it a day after 5 sets — but getting through them was awesome.  My actual max is only 305 (although I feel like I could probably do a bit more now), but we’re talking about ~80% of my 1 rm for 24 reps in a fairly short timespan. 

 

One exciting thing about losing weight while not losing strength is I expect my relative strength numbers to have gone up.  I doubt I’ll have time before the end of the new year to go for some PR’s (my focus is on this diet), but I think I’ll go for (and easily hit) a 2xbodyweight squat and a 2.5xbodyweight deadlift sometime in January. 

 

All in all, everything’s going great, with no signs of letup.  I do want to see some abs.  And I am looking forward to reintroducing some water weight back into my body in a couple of weeks so I don’t look so "flat".