Week 17 of Alternate Day Fasting

Today I'm still at 162 lbs, the same as last week. I guess the weight loss is slowing. I did indulge pretty heavily on a couple of the fasting days this week. I really don't need to lose any more weight for health reasons, but when I'm fasting three days week I like to see a bit of progress on something. Probably I should just be happy that I am holding steady while feasting four days a week.

Week 16

Today's weight was 162 lbs. It is nice to be back to losing 2 lbs per week. Yesterday I was terribly low on energy (a fasting day). But perhaps that was due to lots of physical activity over the weekend that left me low on reserves and with sore muscles. Perhaps recovering from physical exertion on a fasting day is actually more difficult than engaging in the physical exertion on the fasting day. I usually have plenty of energy for physical work on a fasting day, but yesterday I was dragging. But I guess everyone has those days, so it is not fair to blame everything on the diet.

Week 15

This morning I weighed in at 164, the same as last week. That is a bit disappointing, but it may just be due to normal fluctuations. It also seems possible that muscle building could have kept the weight up this week. I did lots of lifting of cement blocks this week, and every muscle in my body seemed sore. So I wouldn't be surprised if I gained a bit more muscle mass. I did eat a few more calories too on my fasting days than I had been, but I'm still under 500 or so. I've decided to eat just a bit more so that I don't get quite so lethargic in the afternoons and evenings. If I don't eat anything until 6:00 pm, I have a hard time being productive in the afternoons. Anyway, even though the weight held steady this week, I do not believe that I have reached a weight loss plateau yet. I have dropped about three inches off my waist, and can't go much further there. But there is still plenty of fat left on my thighs, so I hope to be able to drop at least another five to ten pounds.

Vacation weight gone!

I weighed in the morning at 164 pounds, which is one pound less than my pre-vacation weight. So I lost about 3 pounds this week. I was skeptical that I was going to be able to lose anything at all because I felt like I was eating vast quantities of (not so healthy) food over the 4th of July holiday weekend. I guess part of it is that you feel like you are eating a lot when you are comparing it to fasting days when you eat nearly nothing. Yesterday, for instance I ate several beets, a couple cherries, and a strawberry Popsicle. Everything was red, but I'm sure that it came in at well under 300 calories for the day.