Thursday, March 31, 2011

day #4 : morning post

weight:     89.2 kg
% lard:     23 %

breakfast:    3 x poached egg  (pepper & green tabasco); coffee; half-litre water.

Another 0.2 kg drop this morning. That makes a drop of 1.8 kg over the 3 days, which is better result than I expected. This is despite the fact that I have not done any exercise this week, except a small amount of walking.

My fat level has remained constant, so I hope to see a drop there in the next week.

One of the things that interests me is the mental side of this, or any other, diet. As the book mentions, just monitoring & recording, but doing nothing else, can have an effect. Also there is 'expectation management'. I do not want to set myself up for disappointment, as this the start of demotivation.

On the subject of expectation, if I could keep up a 200g daily drop, I would be more than happy, but I think that 1.2kg a week (I'll exclude cheat day) is too much.

Perhaps it is better to stick with my three longer-term fat-loss goals (now-> 19%-> 15% -> 12%) and be happy with any kind of downward trend on my weight and lard charts as I work towards them.