Weight Check

I weighed myself about two weeks ago at work (on a scale that may be inaccurate) and came up with 236.5. Today, on the same scale, I weighed 232.5. Not very satisfying, although I've undoubtedly put on some muscle.*

So, I'm going to check up on my food intake with a week long food log. There have been times when it didn't seem like I was taking in enough calories. I wasn't hungry but was eating low count meals. That could be working against me; sometimes your body stores everything it takes in (as fat) because it doesn't have what it needs. Or, it could be that some snacking after dinner is adding up more than I think. It's hard to tell without keeping track. Thus, the food log.

In an early post, I mentioned that I wasn't going to keep strict track of my meals this time unless my progress was slow. I think now is a good time to do it. It's tedious, but it sure paid off last time. It may be nothing. Body weight fluctuates a lot, so I'll just keep a closer eye on things for a while and then I'll know for sure.

I'm also, as already planned, going to up the cardiovascular exercise to 5 times per week.



Today's exercise: 3 sets of 25 pushups/42 crunches

* A note on building muscle: heavy weightlifting and other strength exercises can cause you to gain weight rather than lose it; on the other hand, adding muscle mass in the right proportions changes your body's muscle/fat ratio and will help you burn more calories, even while at rest.