Weigh-in Week 3

(Note: The post is a day late, but the weigh in was done on time.)

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 214.8
Weight This Week: 215.0
Loss This Week: -0.2
Total Weight Loss: 1.8
Pounds Still to Go: 30
Trendline Estimate: 208.3

Ok. I gained a tiny bit this past week. What happened? Let's see... I've started to drink a lot of water. I've been working on the weight machines a lot harder this week thank last week. And so right now I'm the sorest I've been in years. Particularly in the upper back, chest, and hamstrings. Although I'm sore in a lot of other places too. I've also started to vary the resistance and a incline a lot on the elliptical. And lastly, I only went to the gym 4 days this past week rather than all 7.

What does that all mean? Well... the places I'm sorest in are big muscles, and while I have no idea how quickly muscle grows (and adds weight) that's contributed to the weight gain. The additional water may have something to do with that as well, but maybe not.

Not going to the gym for three of the four days certainly didn't help in the losing of weight, but that's how it has to be. There is no way I'm going to be able to go to the gym 7 days a week every week. In fact, I would have gone a 5th day, but I pushed my right leg too hard (the one that has a torn ACL) and I felt a slight sprain in the back of my knee so I took a day off that I otherwise wouldn't have.

In the end, I *think* I lost some fat this week, even though my actual weight changed in the wrong direction just a bit. This is the beginning where I'll be developing muscle the fastest as I work out. But I also don't want to see another week like this. Reaching 185 is attainable, if I push myself extremely hard to meet an artificial date. I don't necessarily need to do that. I *will* however, make it below 200 by the end of the year, and I would prefer to make it below 195. There's no specific reason, besides being convenient, that I chose the end of the year, so I can finish off the rest afterwards.