body fat

Woke up and weighed myself again this morning... still sub 175 so that's good. I shouldn't weigh myself every day... but I'm kind of doing an experiment with watching my water & salt and seeing what kind of water I'm holding vs if my actual weight is different.

My scale has some cool features that are actually the same properties as those hand held body fat testers... you just have to stand on it barefoot. Thing is, I don't think it's very accurate. Today it said I'm still over 27% bodyfat... I'm thinking I'm around 21-22, but that's why I need to test several times a day throughout a week and take averages. See, with this kind of testing your hydration level can throw it off: if you're dehydrated, it says your BF% is higher than it really... so THIS is likely my problem most of the time because I don't drink enough water!!

You can read about body fat testing on a number of sites if you google it, but here are some links:
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
5 Test Methods compared
Various Testing Method ratings

I would really like to find somebody who has a pinch test caliper so that I can compare that reading to my hypothesis and what my scale is telling me.

Well... off to pick up some cheat day goodies to spend Sunday Funday at the pool... going to TRY to be as good as possible, but it's my planned indulgence day so that means HELLA cardio tomorrow and NTC.

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I bit disappointed that the #s aren't changing faster for my weigh-ins. Last time I lost a bunch of weight it felt like every week I was SO pumped because I was seeing the digits decrease... but this time is much slower. It's kind of frustrating but I know I'm doing everything I should be-- I just need to pay more attention to details.

From now on I'll be logging what I eat & my activity as it happens throughout the day, rather than list the activity after the food log. This way I can really look at how I'm laying out my day. I will mark where in the daily layout I finish each litre of water as well... this needs to be a big focus for me as I know I tend to get snack-y when I'm dehydrated.


TODAY.
1 FlatOut flatbread/tortilla
2 Tbs PB
1 Rockstar recovery
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2 light string cheese
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Street taco salad: meat from 3 chicken tacos (no tortillas) [I ordered 4 but the old lady working is way more stingy than her husband and gave me significantly less meat than I normally get), lots of lettuce, 1 jalapeno, salsa, 2 Tbs pineapple tidbits, cilantro.

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1 litre of water
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1 pear
1/2 litre of water
FiberOne granola bar
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1/2 turkey club sandwich (no mayo) at Fiddler's Elbow
green salad as my side
1 Epic Amber
1 Full Sail Amber

wednesday weigh-in

Today's weight: 177

PROGRESS!!! :-)
That's 6 pounds down from my start, 2 weeks ago. Definitely a safe rate.
I did feel kind of dehydrated this morning so that could be a bit lower than it should be, but I'm always going to record exactly what my little IKEA scale says on Wednesday mornings. I put it in the same place on my kitchen floor and always have on a tshirt and chonies.

My focus for this next week is going to be to up my water intake. I've been trying to drink at least one litre while I'm at work every day, but even that hasn't been happening every day. So, the goal for the next 7 posts is to record if I drink my daily litre at work... I should try to drink 2 a day, but I do best with small-step goals. 1 first, then eventually 2 =)