This was finally a good week. I tracked everything I put in my mouth, stuck to my little diet, and actually saw a loss of 2.5lbs. AWESOME.
No surprise--this has worked for me before. I just need to carefully track what I eat, not underestimate my calories on my tracker, exercise, and I will continue to see losses. Yay for Jenny.
Hopefully, next week, I'll see my weight drop below 160 for the first time in probably 6 years. That'll be a huge thing for me, and hopefully, I won't celebrate with an ice cream party. ;)
Actually seeing a loss has got me thinking again as to what weight I'd like to be at for the long term. Warning! Mafs ahead!
So, going on my current weight (161.6lbs) and my current body fat (26.53%), I'm carrying about 43 pounds of body fat. That means I'm made up of about 43 pounds of fatty mcfatterton and about 119 pounds of lean mass (organs, bones, muscles.)
I'd like to have a 'fit' body, and the body fat calculator says that 21-24% body fat is typically considered fit. If I'm aiming for 22% body fat....161.6*.22 is about 35 pounds. 119+35 is 154 pounds.
That's only another 6lbs to lose. I'm not sure is 154lbs is where I want to be...I'd always imagined myself at 145. According to the calculator, that's 16% body fat which is in the 'athletes' category...though Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage ) says it's in the FITNESS range! Sigh.
A little more looking around has seemed to indicate that the first site is a little high, so, I guess I'm going to stick with 145 as my goal weight. That's only 16.6 lbs to go! At a solid rate of lose (2lbs/week), I could be there by my birthday. That'd be amazing. I may lose even more as I ramp up my training for my next half marathon (end of April).
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