I have to say I was threatening my body to get back on the weight loss track, because gaining a pound the week before was unforgiveable! I’m joking of course, I lost inches even with the fluctuation in pounds so it’s all good. Happily, my weight this week is much more agreeable, I weighed in at 163, with some nice losses in my target areas as well.

Here are the measurements for Week 7 Feb 12 2006

Height 5-8
Weight 163.00
Stomach 34 down .75 (yes!)
Thigh 20.50 down .50
Chest 40.00 down 1
Bicep 12.50 down .25
Waist 32.5 same
Wrist 6.50 down .25 (which explains why my watch keeps slipping)
Ankle 8.25 same
Neck 15.75 up .25
Body Fat .17% down 2%

Aside from dropping a few inches overall, I was glad to see my body fat percentage come down-as this indicates the loss of fat rather than muscle (very important factor to monitor on low carb diets).

For example my weight last week was 166 and my body fat was .19-this resulted in 31.54 pounds of fat in my overall body composition. Can you imagine so much in one place? Actually it’s spread out all over and you need some of that to live, so it’s not bad when the number is in balance with the rest of your body.

Scientists recommend you get closer to 15% or even 10% if you are athletic. With the changes in weight and measurements this week I dropped 2% or almost 4 pounds of fat. -Nice!

I’ll be adding more physical activity to my diet in the next week so it will be interesting to see how things shift. I also changed the kind of diet bar I have been eating for breakfast, which may be helping pounds melt off. I was eating the Atkins Advantage bar, but they are so darn expensive, that I switched to the Carb Wise brand. Carb Wise has this “s’mores” flavor that makes a great snack as well.

So last week I’m so cocky to have lost 5 pounds in one week, and the diet fairy decided I needed to be humbled…becuase the next day my weight went back up by 2 pounds! I figured, by the end of the week (today) I would drop that and more and things would be fine overall. Well, it crept up again during the week by another pound then came back down finally to 166. This has been the strangest diet week I can remember! My diet didn’t change much so I’m confused about what caused the change. One thing of note, I tried a few different restaurants and some of them may have been decievingly high in carbs. One was a mexican restaurant, I skipped the rice but I think the black beans might have been a problem.

Aside from that I found a new source for pork rhinds, which were mega salty! I’m guessing all the water I drank stayed around due to the salt so maybe that too? OK i’m whining here…..the good news-I didn’t gain any inches. In fact, I dropped a little on my waist, biceps and thighs.

Here are the measurements for Week 6 Feb 5 2006

Height 5-8
Weight 166.00
Stomach 34.75 same
Thigh 21.00 down .25
Chest 41.00 same
Bicep 12.75 down .25
Waist 32.5 down .25
Wrist 6.75 same
Ankle 8.20 down .05
Neck 15.5 same
Body Fat .19%

I’m going to try adding weight lifting to my exercise (which doesn’t exist) plan this week to see how things will shift.