zebdavison's Journal, 29 December 2013

Yesterday was interesting. All my activities increased my estimated burn to 4019 calories. I was conservative on those estimates, so I think that should be accurate. Because my burn was so high, I ended up eating a lot! I went way over my protein target, but I nailed my target fat and carb percentages.

I was still about 126 calories below the optimal deficit for fat loss! In theory, I have cut into muscle with that extreme deficit (870 kCal). Not my goal at all, but, as we know, the daily number is less important than the averages, and since yesterday was a surplus, there is some balance. I don't think I'll lose any muscle - if I do, it will be a very small amount.

However, my weight is back up around where it was on my first weigh-in yesterday, which is a bit surprising, if you look only at the surface numbers from yesterday. Up 2 pounds? With a huge calorie deficit? How is that possible?

Here is how: I ate late to hit my numbers, and I ate a lot of carbs late at night, when my activity level was low. I had a lot of sodium late, which helps you retain fluid. And I had a lot of meat, which takes time to break down and process. I've still got some weight working its way through my system. Yesterday's low weigh-in (from an average) may have been improperly skewed down by dehydration. And, to top it all off, I'm sick, so my body is messed up dealing with that.

In short, don't sweat the daily number. What is concerning to me is that the averages are on the rise - both 7- and 28-day averages are moving up (to 187.8 and 187.0, respectively). That's due at least in part to the holiday, of course, but today's weigh-in is doing nothing to help correct that - it's increasing the trend, and I need to be a little more concerted in my efforts to put that uprising down! (My body is not a democracy!)

188.4 lb Lost so far: 0 lb.    Still to go: 18.4 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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2822 kcal

Fat: 114.37g | Prot: 172.58g | Carb: 265.97g.   Lunch: Kroger Fancy Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, Hormel Turkey Pepperoni, Papa Murphy's Pizza Cheese Original Crust Pizza (Family). Dinner: Six Star Pro Nutrition Whey Isolate Elite Series - Decadent Chocolate, Colorado Proud 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Bananas, Kroger Fancy Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, Papa Murphy's Pizza Cheese Original Crust Pizza (Family), Hormel Turkey Pepperoni, Penne Sausage and Spinach. Snacks/Other: General Mills Chex Honey Nut Cereal, Honey Roasted Peanuts. more...

2919 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Weight Training (moderate) - 1 hour and 4 minutes, Housework - 2 hours, Shopping - 1 hour, Resting - 8 hours and 56 minutes, Sleeping - 11 hours. more...