Breakthrough

It's been almost a week since I started logging food and intentionally eating high fat, and 2 weeks since I last shed any weight. Well, guess what! IT WORKED.

262 pounds today!

That's 2.2 down from my last low 2 weeks ago. Am I finally in ketosis? Signs point to yes! This is a huge victory for me because historically, I've been a scale man. Meaning, prior to the past 2 weeks, I've weighed myself every day and taken 2-4 day plateaus to mean I was doing it wrong. Well, I still weigh myself every day, but the last 2 weeks taught me to care more about precisely what I was ingesting rather than precisely how much weight I was losing.

It's been particularly difficult in that, being on a heavy weight lifting regimen, I've had to get LOTS more protein than I would normally, and I've also had to balance that with lots of fat. The result has typically been that, by dinner time, I've had a huge imbalance between protein and fat, and have had to specialize my meal to be heavily weighted in either category. But I've managed to figure it out thus far. The point is, it's hard to put on muscle and lose fat at the same time - but it can be done!!

I know it's only 2 pounds in 2 weeks, but I really don't care. In fact, I'm ecstatic that the scale actually moved for once! The weight should start coming off faster from now on, if all goes well. This has been an exercise in discipline, and I have learned much along the way.