one little pound

I did for a fact gain a half a pound over each of the past two months...

I was right when I guessed that I had - a couple of days ago. (link)

This was not muscle... but just regular old fat.

Fattie fat - fat.  So - up one pound.

To be fair, I guess I did have Strep, back in October.

That was not an easy 3 weeks! Slow recovery.

28.1% Body Mass Index in July to

28.7% BMI now.

Still higher than I want. Obviously.

Lean mass stayed the same. 93 range.

Overall 9 pounds up since starting CrossFit.

6 pound of pure muscle. 

But now, 3 pounds of pure fat.

My Trainer [Robert] said that some of the trans-fats

take up to 51 days to leave your body...

Because of the half-life!

My other Trainer [Sam] says I should eat more.

He says I eat pretty clean. But need to eat more.

Especially on CF days.

Some days I don't eat at all on CF days.

Especially with the fish I've been eating.

Might see some better numbers.

The other day - I saw an old friend and hugged her.

And she pulled back - and looked at me and said

"My - you are strong!"

I've been working on my posture, and it changes

the shape of the butt, of all things!

Someone mentioned I am getting a little

"Friday Night Booty" shaped butt.

Must be all those squats and lunges!

So this counts as the numbers for now!

much less food

I have made a discovery about my body.

It needs much less food than I first thought.

Much less!

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And much more exercise.

Much more!
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[I guess I just don't eat as much 
as when I weighed 200+! pounds!]

Some people recommend exercising 500 - 700 
kcal every day.... for "maintenance."

Hecka - I never did that much to lose the weight!

And a word about fasting.
I tried ADF - Alternate Day Fasting.
But I had a little glitch - abdominal pain!
I thought it would never resolve.
Like, "almost passed out at work" - type pain.

So I stopped eating nuts, and cut way back on fats,
to rule out any kind of larger problem.

And now, my ADF is going much better.

It's a great tool for the visceral fat. Abdominal. 

Abominable.
The stubborn kind that no one likes to talk about.
And no, it's not just thick skin.
It's Visceral Fat - the kind you can't work out.
Because it is in and around the organs.

Some fat is on the skeletal muscles.
Some is just regular old Adipose - Fat

About the only thing I can think to reduce Abdominal Fat - 
other than the usual diet and exercise - 
Is lymph massage and fasting... plus
lots and lots of water!

Whatever!

Time to do the 10 month numbers!

*Link to previous numbers* and here*

The TMI part: 

Went from a 48DD to 36C...

48 men's pants to women's 8-10...

Scrubs size 2x to Medium...

(Almost a small!)

It's all in 20 months!

But who's counting!

This just in:

There was actually a small increase

from summer - in some areas... 

But I'm not worried at all!

Keep focused on the bigger picture -

and not every little *zip* in the night's sky...

Hope your week is Small in the problem areas

And Large in the enjoyment areas!