Not quite sure why I couldn't get into my blog last week but it seems to be fine now.
Not a lot to update right now. I'm still on maintenance and plan to be here for two more weeks. So far, so good. The workouts are going well. I'm adding at least 3-4 reps a workout and increasing weight once I'm comfortably 5 reps over the target. My weight is down this morning (221 1/2 lbs.), probably due to getting rid of the food baby from last Friday's pizza and ice cream fest. Yes, I know, TMI. That's another thing I'm getting used to, among many things, is the weight going up and down one or two pounds. It's not the end of the world! It doesn't really mean anything. As long as it's not going up and up, then I'm ok and don't need to sweat it. Speaking of sweat, I've completely eliminated all extra exercise, except for dog walking and my usual activities. I decided to hold off on any extra walking, bike sprints or other non-life-essential activity until the fat burning phase so I can take full advantage of the additional calorie burn along with the deficit. Pretty clever, yes?
The plan is to start fat burning on October 1. I found out I'll be traveling to Seattle for work the following week (10-8 through 10-11). I think I'll deal with it, since my plan is to drop slowly into my deficit, so I shouldn't be greatly stressed that week. If I up my activity level it should be enough of a deficit to have some effect. My goal is to get down to 194 lb., with the thought that going into maintenance after that will up the weight to around 199 lb. All I want right now is to get and stay under 200 lb. before going into the final push to my ultimate goal of 170 lb. I'm figuring 3 lb a month should put me at my intermediate goal by the beginning of June next year. That seems like a long time but I'd rather take my time than continue going up and down with no progress, so if it's takes 10 months to lose 30 lbs, it takes 10 months.
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