Two down days down (and 33 to go!)

(Yeah, I’m guesstimating on the “to go”…)

Yesterday was my second down day. My first one was pretty much completely undone by the weekend, but I enjoyed myself guilt-free, so that was worth something to me. I’m expecting better results for the workweek, just because I’ll only have one up day after each down day.

For the record, each down day thus far has seen me three pounds down the next morning. I’m estimating that each up day will net me 1.5 pounds up (though that may or may not be the case… time will tell). If that’s accurate, I’m looking at a net loss of three pounds a week (3 down days * -3 + 4 up days * 1.5). Again, time will be the proof of that, but it sounds good.

I’m also watching my body fat percentage with interest. It’s currently at 32% (pretty high for a woman) and I’d like to get it closer to 20%. It will also be a good indicator of whether this diet is damaging my muscle mass or actually reducing fat. (I’m pretty sure I wasn’t looking at any water loss because I had upwards of five liters of water both down days.) Hopefully I’ll also be getting a bodybugg in the not-too-distant future and will be able to track my metabolism.

As for the diet itself: yesterday was significantly easier than Friday. I know this was partially due to being so bogged down with work, but I actually ended up skipping one of my shakes and substituting a Spicy Black Bean Burger for another one (it’s got 60 fewer calories—and tastes a lot better!).

The only downsides so far are that I’ve felt a little light-headed, and had a slight bit of gastrointestinal grumpiness. Not a big deal, but worth noting I suppose. Not sure if this is more to do with up days (too much iffy food after so little) or down days (freaking my body out by not giving it much food) but I’ll continue to monitor.

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