It works. Last week, I continued to eat well and watch my total calories each day. On Saturday, I weighed-in again: once before and once after a few hours of morning Ultimate Frisbee in a fasted state. The average of the two readings: 203.75 / 25.65% / 52.25#
The previous Saturday, I had weighed-in and come in around 210# (I don’t remember exactly and can’t find the paper where I wrote it down). I other words, I was up a little from my weigh-in on April 14. This isn’t too surprising given the insane drop the week before.
| Date | Weight | BF% | BF # |
|---|---|---|---|
| Δ from start | -24.75 | -4.05 | -15.65 |
| Δ from Last | -3.95 | -0.45 | -1.95 |
| Week 18-2: 120428 | 203.75 | 25.65 | 52.25 |
| Week 16-2: 120414 | 207.7 | 26.1 | 54.2 |
| Week 15-2: 120410 | 223.8 | 29.5 | 65.4 |
That makes 20 pounds overall, 4% bodyfat, and 13 pounds of bodyfat in 18 days. I am now approaching my weight from last October when I stopped weighing myself for a few months. To celebrate this continued weight loss from eating right, I, of course, immediately took a Free Meal that evening.*
How Am I Doing It? That’s an easy question to answer: fasting every weekday from 8PM until 5 PM the next day, strict low-carb eating, and tracking my food intake in minute detail every day.
I use SparkPeople.com and their Android Diet Tracker app to track my calories and macronutrient intake.
Food Last Week. Here’s a summary of everything I ate last week. Saturday and Sunday were high and made a big difference in the overall average.
| Calories | Fat | Carbs | Protein | Fiber | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sa 21-Apr | 2480 | 183 | 54 | 149 | 17 |
| Su 22-Apr | 2589 | 195 | 51 | 142 | 9 |
| M 23-Apr | 1485 | 76 | 33 | 136 | 6 |
| T 24-Apr | 1050 | 71 | 18 | 70 | 6 |
| W 25-Apr | 924 | 51 | 49 | 61 | 11 |
| R 26-Apr | 1771 | 137 | 30 | 74 | 4 |
| F 27-Apr | 1103 | 72 | 47 | 52 | 10 |
| Avg | 1628.9 | 112.1 | 40.3 | 97.7 | 9.0 |
| Avg (M-F) |
1266.6 | 81.4 | 35.4 | 78.6 | 7.4 |
On weekdays I fast. On weekends, I usually don’t. This skews things pretty heavily and just goes to show that fasting makes a HUGE difference for me.
Tuesday and Wednesday were definitely low. I can’t explain why I eat less on some days. I just don’t get as hungry.
Looking at the food logs for those days, nothing stands out as particularly filling and likely to make me eat so much less. And I ate different entrees each day so there’s no main-dish correlation. Just an odd personal variation, I guess.
New John for a New Year 