Been a while.

Let's see, Feb 13th to now is 113 days. Pretty bad.
I'd love to report that I've met my goal weight, but that's not the case. No fear, I haven't gained any weight, but the weight loss has come to a crawl. Only recently have I started to see the scale move again. What's going on? Hell if I know. But in my last meeting with Dr. Woodman, he asked me the same question. And before I could begin my defensive theory, he interrupted me by saying "you're obviously doing something wrong!". Yes and no in my opinion. On the YES, I have been eating things with sugar like Frosted Mini Wheats, Mike & Ike's, Fat Free Ice Cream, occasional bite of chocolate, etc.. On the NO, I am still maintaining my caloric intake budget as best as I can. My fat intake is still limited to 20 to 25 grams a day, calories between 1000 and 1500 net. I'm learning that it is not just about watching one thing. It's got to be kind of a team effort. Low fat and high calories will still result in weight gain. It is, however, a great learning process because I am my own experiment. I am the guinea pig and the scientist. With most experiments, it takes time to see the results.

I injured my calf muscle back in March while playing racquetball. It was a slight pull in the muscle behind the knee and only really bothered me when I made quick direction changes while playing. I couldn't thrust off of it. That was my main workout and best way to burn some calories. I tried to just use the elliptical for a while, but it wasn't enough. I started walking to stretch my calf, and over time, it began to heal. A mile turned into two, then three. Then I started jogging. Again, my distance and endurance picked up. So now I'm jogging three miles at a time five days a week. This is why I started to see the scale move.

I've read all about plateaus and the way the body adjusts to itself, so I've had to step back and really try to make some re-adjustments, both mentally and physically. I'm backing off the sugar a bit and increasing my jogging distance. I have also read about "caloric zig zag", and might try that for a few weeks. That is where you change the amount of calories you eat on a daily basis. This is supposed to keep the body from getting used to the same thing everyday and slowing down the metabolism. Changing the numbers will, hopefully, confuse it back into calorie burning mode. We'll see.

I also learned that avoiding my blog because I didn't have anything good to write about was a cop out. I'll try to do better.

My weight today is 248.5