3rd Monday

260 -10# to date (First goal met a little early)
44 -1% body fat
43 +3% body water

I made the first 10#'s but looking over the #'s they don't make sense yet.

They say most people loose the first 10 easily but it is mostly "water weight" however I had been pushing water from the start and trying to increase my body water%...and have by 3%.

I've also been gaining muscle.

So I have more water and muscle weight, have lost 10#'s and only lost 1% body fat.....? That should have only been 2.7 #'s. ???

So I don't understand the micro level of what is going on but I do understand that I am averaging 3.3 #'s a week weight loss right now and I think that is pretty good. They say you should loose 2#'s a week and I am doing everything I can right now to make sure I am eating healthy, plenty of food, trying to keep a pro/carb/fat profile working, drinking water, exercising.... just doing things "right" so if that 3.3 changes to 2#'s later on I don't know but I see no need to make adjustments right now.

I'm feeling ok. The kick from good nutrition going into my body is currently running counter to my stepping up the exercise so I feel normal these days...(normal is to say I feel like shit). :) I ran my body down into a state of unhealth so building back up is going to involve tons of sore muscle days....dragging my body around the day after a tough workout hurts. Yeah well who am I supposed to blame for that? This part is supposed to feel like this otherwise they never would have came up with "no pain no gain".

Not like I advocate working out at a dangerous pace or something but I can't see an exercise and fitness arc so slow and gradual as to be painless....I can't see that arc taking less than 20-30 years of meticulously planned exercise. There is going to be some sore muscles for anybody that is serious about getting themselves back in shape if they have become significantly out of shape. That is just the reality of it. These are the 2 harsh realties. It's going to take time and effort.. .effort in the way of exercise (among other things) and putting out effort has to be substantial enough to meet and overcome whatever the task at hand is or else you fail to get that job done. Well if you are like me and have a pretty big job in front of you it's going to take a bigger effort to do it. Simple I know but it's mind stuff and mindset is vital to this task VITAL!

So yeah no pain no gain but I'm also not interested in getting an injury and getting all pain and weight gain, because I can't progress. Example: I did my heavy workout Sat and walked around the zoo for 4 hours on Sun. I feel pretty sore almost everywhere today so I'm changing my scheduled Monday workout to my core routine and I'll add a bunch of stretching, and after that see how I feel about doing something more. Tue is already core so it might be lighter workouts for 2 days in a row but I am totally ok with that because I am feeling how my body is reacting and adapting to exercise and I am altering routines for effect not laziness. Big difference.